Welcome to NAPIBOWRIWEE DAY 4! Hello? Anyone there? 🙂 LOL This is usually the day that some folks, MYSELF INCLUDED, start to feel fatigued. The first 3 days can be… Read more NAPIBOWRIWEE DAY 4 – Meet Children’s Book Author & Artist Sylvia Liu! →
Welcome to DAY 3 of NAPIBOWRIWEE! How’s everyone doing? I have to say how impressed I am by everyone’s comments. I finally caught up on reading everyone’s posts. I was… Read more NAPIBOWRIWEE DAY 3 – Meet Children’s Book Author Gwendolyn Hooks! →
WELCOME TO NAPIBOWRIWEE 2016! This is my eighth annual “National Picture Book Writing Week” event since I started it in 2009. In 2009, my second picture book biography, SHINING STAR:… Read more NAPIBOWRIWEE DAY 1 – Meet Lee & Low Books Editor Jessica Echeverria! →
Happy April Fool’s Day! I’m excited to announce our upcoming line-up of guest authors, illustrators, agents and editors for the 2016 National Picture Book Writing Week event taking place May… Read more NAPIBOWRIWEE 2016 LINE-UP ANNOUNCED! 4-1-16 →
Welcome to the NEW website for my annual National Picture Book Writing Week, AKA “NAPIBOWRIWEE”! Official link: https://napibowriwee.com This is the new home for those of you who participate in… Read more Welcome to NAPIBOWRIWEE 2.0 – A New Website! →
Well, we survived our seventh annual National Picture Book Writing Week (“NAPIBOWRIWEE”)! I am so proud of everyone. I had a ton of fun. I hope you did, too! More importantly, I hope everyone wrote a lot! Now you have anywhere from one to seven completed first drafts of picture books that you can now spend the rest of the year carefully crafting and revising! Congratulations! PLEASE NOTE – OUR CONTEST WINNERS ARE LISTED BELOW. I WILL EMAIL ALL THE WINNERS TO GET YOUR ADDRESS INFO SO I CAN MAIL OUT YOUR PRIZES!… Read more NAPIBOWRIWEE 2015 – DAY EIGHT: CONTEST WINNERS! →
Welcome to DAY SEVEN of my seventh annual National Picture Book Writing Week (“NAPIBOWRIWEE”) 2015! What? It’s Day SEVEN? Are you kidding me? Where did the time go? How is everyone feeling? Can you believe you have been writing for almost an entire week, non-stop? Are you exhausted? I am! But hang in there! We can do it! Just one more day! 🙂 Even as a professional writer who HAS to write every day, I have to admit writing 7 picture books in 7 days, no matter how much “pre-writing… Read more NAPIBOWRIWEE 2015 – DAY SEVEN: Submissions Check List →
Welcome to DAY SIX of my seventh annual National Picture Book Writing Week (“NAPIBOWRIWEE”) 2015! Well, it’s Wednesday, AKA Hump Day. At this point, I’m sure most of you are exhausted, crabby, burned out, and seeing talking animals everywhere. LOL! But hang in there, we just have two days left! Ha! I bet you didn’t realize how much hard work this week would be! You are not just writing 7 picture books in 7 days but you are also FINISHING 7 picture books in 7 days. For those of you… Read more NAPIBOWRIWEE 2015 – DAY SIX: Editorial Pet Peeves →
Welcome to DAY FIVE of my seventh annual National Picture Book Writing Week (“NAPIBOWRIWEE”) 2015! I am so proud of everyone for hanging in there. We’re getting closer to the finish line. Can you believe you have been writing non-stop for FOUR DAYS IN A ROW? Talk about a marathon writing session! I’m so proud of you for not giving up. Think of writing as if you are in a gym working out or training for a marathon. You have to exercise every day to stay in shape! Same with writers! We… Read more NAPIBOWRIWEE 2015 – DAY FIVE: Editor Vs. Writer →
Welcome to DAY FOUR of my seventh annual National Picture Book Writing Week (“NAPIBOWRIWEE”) 2015! This is when the burnout happens. Day 4 is always the toughest for our NAPIBOWRIWEE writers because it’s the halfway point. Plus it’s MONDAY. All that weekend writing wore everyone out! And if you have a day job, you lose a whole day of writing because you’re back in the office! So this is where I stop being nice and get tough…. KEEP WRITING! DON’T GIVE UP! YOU CAN DO IT! ON YOUR FEET, WRITING SOLDIER! 🙂… Read more NAPIBOWRIWEE 2015 – DAY FOUR: Character & Plot →