(NOTE: For this entire week, I will post a new blog every day by 6 AM PST here. So check back daily! Also – I will post fun Tweets live each day! Follow me on Twitter @paulayoo) WELCOME TO DAY FOUR!!!!! It’s official. We are halfway through NAPIBOWRIWEE! Who’s still here? Are we all surviving? Any burn out? Fatigue? Frustration? Do NOT worry if you are frustrated, burned out or suffering from writer’s block. Because I myself got a little cranky, burned out and had a huge case of writer’s block,… Read more NAPIBOWRIWEE 2014: Day Four – Guest Authors, Part 1 of 2 (May 4) →
Welcome to DAY SEVEN of our 2013 NAPIBOWRIWEE event where we are ALMOST DONE writing 7 picture books in 7 days! For the past six days, we have somehow managed to write and finish six picture book drafts. And some of us may be behind – some folks have only written one book, or some folks have maybe gotten a few drafts under their belt. But guess what? You folks ROCK, too! Because you are fighting to write every single day no matter what! So give yourself a pat on… Read more NAPIBOWRIWEE 2013: Day 7 – Guest Blogger Erin Eitter Kono! (May 7, 2013) →
Welcome JANIE BYNUM, our guest author/artist for 2011 NaPiBoWriWee Day Seven! Janie Bynum is an author and illustrator of children’s books. Originally from Dallas, she has lived half her life in Texas and half of it in Michigan (with a one-year residency in Oak Park, IL). She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in graphic design from the University of North Texas. Over the years she developed her illustration and writing skills and attended two children’s book illustration classes at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In addition to… Read more NaPiBoWriWee Day Seven: Guest Author Blog – Janie Bynum →
Welcome DON TATE, our guest author/artist for 2011 NaPiBoWriWee Day Six! (From Don’s website bio): “Don Tate is the award-winning illustrator/author of more than 25 trade and educational books for children. His books include Ron’s Big Mission (Dutton, 2009), a Junior Library Guild spring 2009 selection; I Am My Grandpa’s Enkelin, written by Walter Wangerin Jr., published with Paraclete Press in December 2007; Sure as Sunrise: Stories of Bruh Rabbit and his Walkin’ Talkin’ Friends (Houghton Mifflin, 2004), which received starred reviews from Booklist Magazine and School Library Journal, as well as… Read more NaPiBoWriWee Day Six: Guest Author Blog – Don Tate →
Welcome KATIE DAVIS, our guest author/illustrator for 2011 NaPiBoWriWee Day Three! Children’s author/illustrator Katie Davis has published nine books and appears monthly on the ABC affiliate show, Good Morning Connecticut, recommending great books for kids. She produces Brain Burps About Books, a podcast about kidlit, a blog and monthly newsletter. Katie has volunteered in a maximum security prison teaching Writing for Children and over the last dozen years has presented at schools and writing conferences internationally. She’s a 2010 Cybils judge and has also judged the Golden Kite, smartwriters.com, and… Read more NaPiBoWriWee Day Three: Guest Author Blog – Katie Davis →
Meet 2011 NaPiBoWriWee Guest Artist Ken Min! Welcome KEN MIN, our guest author/illustrator for 2011 NaPiBoWriWee Day Two! Ken Min studied illustration at Art Center, College of Design and has worked as a storyboard artist for animation and various commercial houses. He has been recognized for his portfolio work at various SCBWI regional events and was runner up in the portfolio display at the 2008 National Conference in Los Angeles. He recently illustrated the title HOT HOT ROTI for Lee & Low Books. For more information on Ken, please visit his… Read more NaPiBoWriWee Day Two: Guest Author Blog – Ken Min →