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Post-PiBoIdMo Day 5: Laura Gehl Draws a Diagram
by Laura Gehl In November, there are no bad ideas. You write down every single thought that comes into your brain. And that’s good. But then…December comes. And now there are bad ideas. Bad ideas that...
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Post-PiBoIdMo Day 6: Carol Gordon Ekster Goes for PiBoIdMoS (plus a prize!)
by Carol Gordon Ekster Whew! You finished your 30 PiBoIdMo ideas. Now what? Stare at them. Admire them! Write them all at once? Good luck with that! One of the great things about being a writer is that...
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Post-PiBoIdMo Day 7: Elizabeth O. Dulemba Lets it Simmer
by Elizabeth O. Dulemba Sometimes I’ll get an idea for a picture book that I know is a winner! I scramble to write the key lines, the story’s premise, its arc…and then, something goes wrong. There’s a...
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Post-PiBoIdMo Day 8: Laura Zarrin Begins (plus a prize!)
by Laura Zarrin Picture Book Idea Month is over. You have ideas waiting to be developed. Now what? As a kid and all the way through college, writing came easily. Essays or essay questions? No problem....
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PiBoIdMo 2014 Grand Prize Winners!
It’s the moment you’ve all been anticipating! Monty, show ’em what’s behind door number one! Why, good golly, it’s a Broyhill bedroom set! What better place to read a picture book, right? OK, sorry,...
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Post-PiBoIdMo Final Day 9: Deb Lund Works Her “Fiction Magic”
by Deb Lund “Amplify the Longing!” That was the first card I randomly pulled from my Fiction Magic card deck for writers on the first day of November. Jan O’Neil and I were hosting about a dozen...
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Pre-PiBoIdMo Prize Winners!
I know you’ve been waiting patiently… So here are the Pre-PiBoIdMo Winners! Matthew Winner’s Prize Winners (say that 10 times fast!): One picture book each RITA ANTOINETTE BORG KAREN CALLOWAY Margie...
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Post-PiBoIdMo Prize Winners!
Oh, this doggie is persistent! He is so eager to know if he won! Well, let me tell you if YOU won… Timothy Young’s Prize Winners: One picture book each JENNY SEIGER (The Angry Little Puffin) ELIZABETH...
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PiBoIdMo Announcement and 2015 Sneak Peeks
Thank you for your patience with the PiBoIdMo winner announcements. I intend to get to them prior to year’s end, so I hope you’ll stick around just a while longer. Here, have a cookie. If you can catch...
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Final PiBoIdMo 2014 Prizes!
“Look, Daddy! Teacher says every time a bell rings, a PiBoIdMo’er gets a prize!” That’s right, Zuzu. It’s the final prize announcements for PiBoIdMo 2014! Sit back and scroll down. I hope you find...
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