Congratulations on finishing the third annual National Picture Book Writing Week from May 1-7, 2011!!!! I’m so excited we were able to make it through together. I’M ALSO EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS OF OUR ANNUAL PRIZE DRAWING!!!! As for moi, I did not write 7 picture books in 7 days, however, given my work schedule and all these blogs! LOL! No surprise there. I ended up writing six very rough first drafts. Okay, when I think about it, make that 5 1/2 drafts. LOL! But again, the whole purpose… Read more NaPiBoWriWee Day Eight: CONTEST WINNERS ANNOUNCED! →
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 →
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 →
Good morning! Can you believe it is DAY SEVEN? It is the last day of the 2011 National Picture Book Writing Week! By now, you are all hardened veterans of NaPiBoWriWee. Congratulations on making it this far. 🙂 Today we have a special treat. Not one but TWO Guest Author blogs to inspire you as you write! To get your morning started right, let’s hang out with author/artist DAN SANTAT, author/artist of the upcoming graphic novel Sidekicks (coming out July 11, 2011 from Arthur A. Levine Books). Dan has graciously offered… Read more NaPiBoWriWee Day Seven: Good Morning Guest Author/Artist Dan Santat →
My eyes hurt. No, really, my eyes are KILLING me. I don’t think I’ve blinked in the past six days. Usually around now I kick myself and bang my head against the wall, bemoaning, “Why did I create NaPiBoWriWee? Am I INSANE?” Turns out, yup. I’m nuts. 🙂 LOL! How is everyone doing? Did you survive Day 6? For those of you keeping count, I have written FIVE picture books so far. I’m hoping I can get the last two done tomorrow because it’s Saturday and I don’t have to… Read more NaPiBoWriWee 2011 Day Six – Bedtime Blog! →
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 →
DAY SIX PEOPLE! We are at DAY SIX! Don’t give up! Keep writing! The end is in sight! And don’t forget, we have a fun random prize giveaway drawing contest on May 8th! Stay tuned for details on that! Special Announcement: Because we are on Day 6, I’ve posted TWO Guest Author Blogs. The first was Carolyn Crimi, which was posted at 5 AM (PST) for the East Coast folks waking up at 9 AM (EST)! The next one is at noon (PST) – featuring writer/illustrator Don Tate. For those… Read more NaPiBoWriWee 2011 Day Six – Good Morning! →
Welcome Carolyn Crimi, our NaPiBoWriWee Day Six Guest Author blog! Because tomorrow is Day 7, we have TWO guest author blogs to encourage you to keep going and make it to the finish tomorrow! 🙂 Carolyn graciously offered to donate an autographed copy of her latest picture book, Dear Tabby (illustrated by David Roberts, HarperCollins 2011) for our NaPiBoWriWee drawing! Carolyn Crimi received her MFA in Writing for Children from Vermont College in 2000. Her publishing credits include Outside, Inside (Simon & Schuster, 1995), Don’t Need Friends (Random House, 1999),Tessa’s… Read more NaPiBoWriWee Day Six: Guest Author Blog – Carolyn Crimi →
Shortest. Blog. EVER. It’s almost midnight PST and I just got home after having dinner with our NaPiBoWriWee Guest Author/Artist Erin Eitter Kono (her blog here: https://paulayoo.com/napi/?p=55). My main thought is – during NaPiBoWriWee or any time you are busy in your writing batcave, it helps to have a writing buddy! Someone you can pitch ideas to or ask to read/critique your work, and vice versa. A writing buddy is a great safety net and lifeline, especially when you are feeling frustrated with your writing and/or suffering from writer’s block or… Read more NaPiBoWriWee 2011 Day Five – Bedtime Blog! →