Welcome to DAY ONE of NAPIBOWRIWEE (National Picture Book Writing Week) 2013! From May 1-7, 2013, we will attempt to write 7 picture books in 7 days. I will be posting a new blog every day by 6 AM (West Coast Time) at https://paulayoo.com/napi Please post a comment on each day’s blog with any questions or thoughts on today’s blog or about your own NAPIBOWRIWEE 2013 experience. Remember, I will include everyone’s name in a fun contest drawing at the end of this week’s event. Winners will receive fun souvenirs… Read more NAPIBOWRIWEE 2013: Day 1 – Guest Blogger Lauri Meyers! (May 1, 2013) →
Welcome to DAY SIX of NAPIBOWRIWEE! Can you believe it? Only two days left! In 48 hours, you will be the proud author of 7 first draft picture books written in 7 days, thanks to my fourth annual National Picture Book Writing Week goal! 🙂 I am so proud that y’all are still in it to win it! 🙂 For those of you who successfully finished five first drafts of picture books – congratulations! For those of you who are still working on Books 1, 2, 3, and/or 4, hang… Read more NaPiBoWriWee 2012: Day Six – May 6, 2012 →
Welcome to Day Five of NAPIBOWRIWEE – National Picture Book Writing Week – as we now ask ourselves if we are NUTS for agreeing to try this ridiculous experiment of writing 7 picture books in 7 days. Always around Day Five, I start to bang my head against the wall and mutter to myself, “Paula, you and your nutty ideas! WHY did you start NaPiBoWriWee? I’m so SICK of writing picture books. I can’t do this anymore. I am burned out. Ooooooh I bet everyone hates me for torturing them… Read more NaPiBoWriWee 2012: Day Five – May 5, 2012 →
Welcome to Day Four of NAPIBOWRIWEE! We are officially half way through my fourth annual National Picture Book Writing Week where we attempt to write 7 picture books in 7 days. I’m thrilled by everyone’s comments on their writing journeys this year. A lot of you have managed to keep up and write one book per day – congratulations! For those of you still struggling on Book 1 or 2 or 3, don’t worry! Just keep writing. You’re still a winner in my book even if you only get ONE… Read more NaPiBoWriWee 2012: Day Four – May 4, 2012 →
Welcome to DAY THREE of NAPIBOWRIWEE 2012! (National Picture Book Writing Week where we attempt to write 7 picture books in 7 days)! I just replied to everyone’s comments on all the blogs for 2012 and also answered some questions, so please go back and check if you want! Very impressed and excited by everyone’s progress. Yippee! I carved out some time in the afternoon to write Book No. 2. I used a photo of my three cats sleeping (posted in yesterday’s blog) to inspire me. To my surprise, I… Read more NaPiBoWriWee 2012: Day Three – May 3, 2012 →
Good morning! Welcome to DAY TWO of our marathon 7-picture books-in-7-days annual National Picture Book Writing Week! Thank you for all your comments on my blogs so far. I’ve been blown away by everyone’s hard work and enthusiasm for this event. Congrats to everyone for finishing their first book! I’m live blogging every morning with thoughts on my own writing journey plus writing advice from myself as well as my friends. I’m also posting new updates and breaking news about our prize drawing contest at the end of the week… Read more NaPiBoWriWee 2012: Day Two – May 2, 2012 →
Welcome to another Pre-NaPiBoWriWee 2012 blog! For information on our 4th annual National Picture Book Writing Week event, please read last week’s blog here that has all the rules and basic info:Â https://paulayoo.com/napi/?p=351 NaPiBoWriWee 2012 takes place this May 1-7, 2012. Please comment on my blogs or email me to have your name included in our prize contest drawing at the end of the event. Good luck writing 7 picture books in 7 days! This should be a fun event! This week’s blog is to inspire you with links of previous… Read more NaPiBoWriWee 2012: Author/Illustrator Q&A Links →
Hello! Well, another NaPiBoWriWee came and went. As always, I was THRILLED by the turn-out, the enthusiasm, and the insightful comments that were posted on the blogs during May 1-7, 2011. I was also inspired by how hard everyone worked to try and write 7 picture books in 7 days! I hope everyone has at least ONE picture book draft from our annual event that you feel might be worth revising and submitting in the future. Please keep me posted on how your NaPiBoWriWee books fare in the coming… Read more NaPiBoWriWee 2011 Wrap Up & Reunion Date! →
EXHAUSTED? I bet you are! But doesn’t it feel GREAT? You wrote 7 picture books in 7 days! And for those of you who fell short of the mark, you still TRIED. And that’s what counts. I hope you take away from this experience a sense of pride and accomplishment for having lived the life of a REAL writer who writes as often as possible, hopefully every day. And I hope you have walked away with at least one jewel – if not more – amongst your 7 books that… Read more NaPiBoWriWee Day Eight: Guest Author Blog – Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen →
Good morning! Welcome to the Day After NaPiBoWriWee! Can you believe we finished 7 picture books in 7 days? Or at least tried to? I hope everyone slept in this morning… you deserve it! The prize drawing announcement of the winners will be posted by 5 PM (PST) today. Please come back to see if you won! I will be drawing names from a hat at random. The prizes will include autographed copies of my two picture books, the IRA Notable Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story… Read more NaPiBoWriWee Day Eight (Prize Drawing): Guest Author Blog – Lisa Wheeler →