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82501. So You Killed Off the Parents in Your Novel?

By: Elizabeth O. Dulemba, on 5/21/2010
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It's become a cliché way to make sure a main character has the freedom/autonomy to do what they need/want to do in a story - kill off the parents. But doing that creates all sorts of legal ramifications for the protagonisht which must be considered. Here's a great article by Donna Ballman, author of THE WRITER'S GUIDE TO THE COURTROOM: So You Killed Off the Parents in Your Novel? It covers divorce, custody, inheritance, siblings, school, dating, injuries, and work. Great!

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82502. Knuffle Funny Exhibit opens in Orlando!

By: Mo Willems, on 5/21/2010
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Knuffle Funny: the art and whimsy of Mo Willems opens at the Orlando Museum of Art tomorrow.It's a pretty full scale retrospective first organized a year and a half ago that is filled with originals from the Knuffle Bunny books, early cartoons, The Pigeon, and other fun stuff. The Orlando version will feature some new sketches from my pop-up Big Frog Can't Fit In! as well.If you're in the

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82503. kidweek theatre illos

By: Sarah McIntyre, on 5/21/2010
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I've just been working with Damian Kelleher and Helen Boyle on some images for Kids Week a great promotion where kids aged 5-16 can go free to London shows and take part in lots of activities and events. (More details here.) I might even grab a kid or two to get the deal, it sounds good.

Just in case you want to see, here's how my work looks from the brief to the final artwork. First I do a pencil sketch, then I scan it, place it in the client's template in Photoshop to show the client how it fits, then do the final artwork, scan it and put it in the template. (I don't think my initial pencil sketches are all that lovely, but they do the job.) I drew this with a dip pen and india ink, then coloured it using Dr.Martin's inks. (They work pretty much like watercolour, but they're a bit more intense and quick-staining.)

Hey, did you see that Richard Bruton reviewed my Dear Diary mini comic on the Forbidden Planet International blog? Thanks so much, Richard! (Here are the original entries on my blog.) I'm actually sold out of it at the moment, but I'm going to do my best to print up some more in time for London's MCM Expo on 29 & 30 May. Do come along, all my lovely studio mates from the Fleece Station will be there, the DFC Library will have a big presence, along with loads of other people from the small press scene.

Have you been keeping an eye on the DFC team's Super Comics Adventure Squad website? You'll always get lots of new things popping up over there.

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82504. An Old Owl Boat

By: Eric Orchard, on 5/21/2010
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82505. The Frightful Flight 8

By: Christine Garner , on 5/21/2010
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This is an illustration for a project collaboration with writer, editor and artist Jennifer Poulter.

Inking and design by me

Colour by Katherine Garner .

To be available soon as an e-book

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82506. The Frightful Flight 8

By: Christine Garner , on 5/21/2010
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This is an illustration for a project collaboration with writer, editor and artist Jennifer Poulter.

Inking and design by me

Colour by Katherine Garner .

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82507. The Frightful Flight 7

By: Christine Garner , on 5/21/2010
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This is an illustration for a project collaboration with writer, editor and artist Jennifer Poulter.

Inking and design by me

Colour by Katherine Garner .

To be available soon as an e-book

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82508. The Frightful Flight 7

By: Christine Garner , on 5/21/2010
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This is an illustration for a project collaboration with writer, editor and artist Jennifer Poulter.

Inking and design by me

Colour by Katherine Garner .

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82509. The Frightful Flight 6

By: Christine Garner , on 5/21/2010
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This is an illustration for a project collaboration with writer, editor and artist Jennifer Poulter.

Inking and design by me

Colour by Katherine Garner .

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82510. The Frightful Flight 6

By: Christine Garner , on 5/21/2010
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This is an illustration for a project collaboration with writer, editor and artist Jennifer Poulter.

Inking and design by me

Colour by Katherine Garner .

To be available soon as an e-book

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82511. The Frightful Flight 5

By: Christine Garner , on 5/21/2010
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This is an illustration for a project collaboration with writer, editor and artist Jennifer Poulter.

Inking and design by me

Colour by Katherine Garner .

To be available soon as an e-book

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82512. The Frightful Flight 5

By: Christine Garner , on 5/21/2010
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This is an illustration for a project collaboration with writer, editor and artist Jennifer Poulter.

Inking and design by me

Colour by Katherine Garner .

To be available soon as an e-book

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82513. The Frightful Flight 4

By: Christine Garner , on 5/21/2010
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This is an illustration for a project collaboration with writer, editor and artist Jennifer Poulter.

Inking and design by me

Colour by Katherine Garner .

To be available soon as an e-book

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82514. The Frightful Flight 4

By: Christine Garner , on 5/21/2010
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This is an illustration for a project collaboration with writer, editor and artist Jennifer Poulter.

Inking and design by me

Colour by Katherine Garner .

To be available soon as an e-book

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82515. The Frightful Flight 3

By: Christine Garner , on 5/21/2010
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This is an illustration for a project collaboration with writer, editor and artist Jennifer Poulter.

Inking and design by me

Colour by Katherine Garner .

To be available soon as an e-book

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82516. The Frightful Flight 3

By: Christine Garner , on 5/21/2010
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This is an illustration for a project collaboration with writer, editor and artist Jennifer Poulter.

Inking and design by me

Colour by Katherine Garner .

To be available soon as an e-book

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82517. The Frightful Flight 2

By: Christine Garner , on 5/21/2010
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This is an illustration for a project collaboration with writer, editor and artist Jennifer Poulter.

Inking and design by me

Colour by Katherine Garner .

To be available soon as an e-book

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82518. The Frightful Flight 2

By: Christine Garner , on 5/21/2010
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This is an illustration for a project collaboration with writer, editor and artist Jennifer Poulter.

Inking and design by me

Colour by Katherine Garner .

To be available soon as an e-book

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82519. The Frightful Flight 1

By: Christine Garner , on 5/21/2010
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This is an illustration for a project collaboration with writer, editor and artist Jennifer Poulter.

Inking and design by me

Colour by Katherine Garner .

To be available soon as an e-book

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82520. The Frightful Flight 1

By: Christine Garner , on 5/21/2010
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This is an illustration for a project collaboration with writer, editor and artist Jennifer Poulter.

Inking and design by me

Colour by Katherine Garner .

To be available soon as an e-book

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82521. Big Bad Wolf Makes New Friends

By: Lynne Chapman, on 5/21/2010
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I just had a lovely email about Big Bad Wolf is Good, to tell me that he is an all-time favourite, in fact 'an obsession' with the Peterson family, who live all the way round the other side, in Canberra, Australia.

Deborah Peterson has written a lovely review of the book if you want to read it. Thanks Deborah!

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82522. Two brand new books!!!/ Due libri nuovi di zecca!!!

By: Lucia Masciullo, on 5/21/2010
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The Boy and the Toy is a whimsical and cool story written by Sonya Hartnett and published by Penguin Australia. The main characters are a boy, son of an inventor, and his funny but jealous toy.

I enjoyed so much setting up all the story in a fantastic lighthouse, full of wheels, pipes and clocks. You can say it's a children version of a clock-punk world.

The Boy and the Toy è una storia fantasiosa e ganza, scritta da Sonya Hartnett e pubblicata da Penguin Australia. I due protagonisti sono un ragazzo, figlio di un inventore, e il suo buffo ma geloso giocattolo.

Mi sono divertita un sacco ad ambientare la storia in un bizzarro faro, pieno di ingranaggi, tubazioni e orologi. Si può dire una versione clock-punk per bambini.

The second illustrated book is Family Forest, written by Kim Kane and published by Hardie Grant Egmont (Australia). It's a lovely portrayal of an extended family and it's full of hilarious word games, so that children can have fun and familiarize with modern concepts as partner, half-sister or step-mum.

I gave to my old-fashion parents the first copy I get, as a gift. Maybe they can learn something too...

Il secondo libro che ho illustrato è Family Forest, scritto da Kim Kane e pubblicato da Hardie Grant Egmont (Australia). E' un simpatico ritratto di una famiglia allargata ed è ricca di divertenti giochi di parole, così che i bambini possano divertirsi e familiarizzare con concetti moderni tipo partner, sorellastra o matrigna.

La mia prima copia l'ho regalata ai miei genitori vecchio-stampo: chissà se anche loro impareranno qualcosa...

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82523. New Print by Uberkraaft at Society6

By: Thomas James, on 5/20/2010
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VIEW THE PRINT AT SOCIETY6 >>

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82524. More Editor and Agent Dinner Opportunites

By: Kathy Temean, on 5/20/2010
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First, I want to apologize to my visitors who are not attending the conference I’m running in June for not keeping up my usual posts. I just can’t find the extra time to do the research I need to provide a decent post on improving your writing, right now. Of course, everyone can jot down the names of the editors and agents we’re working with and maybe pick up some underlying information about them. In a little over two weeks, it will all be over and things will get back to normal.

Yesterday, I said I was working on summer dinners in NYC with editors and agents for the Silent Auction. That isn’t exactly right. Last year, we did put them in the Silent Auction, but there were some problems. I had gotten so many editors and agents that after the conference I realized that there weren’t enough weeks in the summer to do them all. To get around this, I made each dinner have four editors/agents. I never thought anyone who bid would complain that there were too many editors/agents and were upset. The other thing I didn’t realize was that some of the dinners would not get high enough bids to pay for the cost of the dinner. So, for all my effort and work, I had some members who weren’t happy and we lost money.

Feeling unappreciated, my first thought was to not do them again this summer. It takes hours and hours of work to make them happen. I spent all summer working on them. But many members did appreciate the effort and found them to be a great networking opportunity. They were fun, even the editors and agents enjoyed themselves, so I sat back and tried to think of a way to do them without killing myself and not having members complain. This is what we are going to try this year:

I am shooting to get four editor/agents for each dinner. Here are the dates that I am working on, right now.

June 29th and June 30th NYC

July 14th Princeton, NJ

July 27th and 28th NYC

Aug. 3rd & 4th NYC

Maybe another date with Artist reps, Art Directors and PB editors – Four total. I haven’t started to work on that, yet.

On Friday June 4th at the conference, I will put out a sheet of paper for each dinner with the date, the editors/agents, restaurant, cost of the dinner and the amount of people who can attend. I will ask for a certain dollar amount that will cover the members dinner and part of the editors/agents dinners and a few dollars for the Scholarship Fund. I will also put this out to the attendees before the conference, so everyone will have time to consider if they want to grab a limited spot.

Some people do not like the idea of paying for a portion of the editors/agents dinner, if you are one of these people, then these dinners are not for you. I wouldn’t expect our guests to come out and pay for their own food and drink.

Here is what I have so far:

June 29th -

Rebecca Frazer – Editor, Sourcebooks, Jabberwocky
Marissa Walsh – Agent, Fine Print Literary Agency
Michelle Poploff – VP Editorial Director, Random House

June 30th

Stephen Barbara – Agent, Foundry Literary + Media
Alison Wortche – Assistant editor, Knopf Crown

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Nanci Turner Steveson said, on 5/21/2010 3:59:00 AM
Well said, Kathy! More exciting opportunities. You know, having just moved here from a different area of the country, I am amazed at the amount of work you do for this chapter which provides us with RARE opportunities to connect one on one with agents and editors. We all know it is the personal connection that gets us out of the slush pile and on the road to publication and I feel very fortunate to be a part of this group. I’ve got two dates I’d like to sign up for. Do you know the cost yet? And did someone really complain about paying for part of the editor/agents dinner? People never cease to amaze me.
Ame Dyckman said, on 5/21/2010 5:19:00 AM
I just spontaneously caught fire. ANYBODY who dares criticize even the slightest detail of the selfless, heroic efforts of Kathy for all of us NJ SCBWIers shall suffer the immediate and full Wrath O’ Ame. Fear me.

That said, Kathy, the dinners sound marvelous. Love you!
Mary Nida Smith said, on 5/21/2010 5:43:00 AM
Kathy, I am a regular visitor to your blog. I will not be attending your conference. I wish I could. I’ll enjoy what you share on your blog. Kathy, don’t you ever
apologize for anything. You have provided me with so much helpful information, I can’t say “thanks” enough.
Mary Nida Smith
Nanci said, on 5/21/2010 6:16:00 AM
Go Ame!!!!!!!!!!! I’ve got your back!
Barb Massa said, on 5/21/2010 6:39:00 AM
Kathy, I’m with Ame. You know what you do, we know what you do. We appreciate your effort and results. For those who criticize, try getting these networking opportunities on your own. Shame on you.
Mimi Cross said, on 5/21/2010 8:09:00 AM
Rock on Fearless Leader!
Big hug,
Mimi
:Donna Marie said, on 5/21/2010 11:21:00 AM
It looks like we’re all of like mind here, as it SHOULD be! The full Wrath O’ Ame! Lovin’ it! As writers we must be very strong people to deal with rejection, so as a group, we are generally strong of character—-well, we who know what to be grateful for, and your efforts, Kathy, are VERY appreciated! The “NJ” in NJ SCBWI doesn’t just stand for “New Jersey”—-we are the “NO JIVE” chapter of the SCBWI!

Using the cliche a bit differently here:

The pen IS mightier than the sword!

Love, hugs, and appreciation to you, Kathy, and EVERYone who works so hard putting all of this together. It’s a monumental effort and invaluable to the vast majority of attendees, INCLUDING THE FACULTY!

And honestly, you are SO busy now, you shouldn’t feel you have to apologize for not posting here every day. To me, if you posted even once a week at this time, it would be amazing!
Donna
chris behrens said, on 5/21/2010 11:57:00 AM
I really enjoyed last year’s dinner!! Hope to do it again.

You do a GREAT JOB!

THANKS-CHRIS B.
Hallee said, on 5/23/2010 8:27:00 PM
Ok, Ame…considering you are SO NOT SCARY, the full Wrath O’ Ame isn’t really terrifying. That said, I agree. Kath, YOU ARE AWESOME!!

The dinners sound incredible.

Sending hugs to both (and extra sleep to Kathy!)–

H
kathytemean said, on 5/23/2010 10:05:00 PM
Nanci,

I’ll be working on what I have to charge this week and then post the cost. See you soon,

Kathy
kathytemean said, on 5/23/2010 10:07:00 PM
Ame,

People like to complain. I could see it if this was a paying job, but we all give so much to make it the best conference out there, that it is disheartening sometimes.

Thanks for all your help,

Kathy
kathytemean said, on 5/23/2010 10:09:00 PM
Mary,

Thanks for letting me know you have gotten alot from reading my blog. I hope someday you will be able to come to an event or that we meet some other way.

Kathy
kathytemean said, on 5/23/2010 10:12:00 PM
Barb,

Thanks! Didn’t mean to look for pats on the back. See you soon,

Kathy
kathytemean said, on 5/23/2010 10:13:00 PM
Mimi,

You rock too.

Kathy
kathytemean said, on 5/23/2010 10:14:00 PM
Donna,

All I can say is thanks!

Kathy
kathytemean said, on 5/23/2010 10:16:00 PM
Chris,

Thanks for the comment. I really do think most people enjoyed them. I just had an editor say she would come, because she had such a nice time last year.

See you soon,

Kathy
kathytemean said, on 5/23/2010 10:37:00 PM
Halle,

You and Ame are great. We have really formed a nice group of people and I have been lucky to have you as friends.

Kathy
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82525. flying

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By: Tony Flowers, on 5/20/2010
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This is an image from my Handmade pop up book, which Im about to post to the Oshima World Handmade Book competition in Japan. see my blog for details and more images.
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vesna said, on 5/20/2010 10:02:00 PM
beautiful!
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yes you do wonderful work Tony
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