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Saturday, December 27, 2014 11:43:34 AM
Tara Lazar wrote a blog post titled Final PiBoIdMo 2014 Prizes!:
Tara said, "“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 your name! I will be..." more
Thursday, December 18, 2014 10:12:54 AM
Tara Lazar wrote a blog post titled PiBoIdMo Announcement and 2015 Sneak Peeks:
Tara said, "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 him, that is. All grand prize..." more
Saturday, December 13, 2014 6:58:10 AM
Tara Lazar wrote a blog post titled Pre-PiBoIdMo Prize Winners!:
Tara said, "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 Myers-Culver’s Prize..." more
Saturday, December 13, 2014 6:58:10 AM
Tara Lazar wrote a blog post titled Post-PiBoIdMo Prize Winners!:
Tara said, "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 BROWN (I Hate Picture Books) Carol..." more
Tuesday, December 9, 2014 6:11:42 AM
Tara Lazar wrote a blog post titled Post-PiBoIdMo Final Day 9: Deb Lund Works Her “Fiction Magic”:
Tara said, "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 writers for a PiBoIdMo and NaNoWriMo kickoff at..." more
Monday, December 8, 2014 8:19:45 AM
Tara Lazar wrote a blog post titled PiBoIdMo 2014 Grand Prize Winners!:
Tara said, "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, just kidding. That..." more
Monday, December 8, 2014 5:33:37 AM
Tara Lazar wrote a blog post titled Post-PiBoIdMo Day 8: Laura Zarrin Begins (plus a prize!):
Tara said, "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. I loved to really pad those answers. Fast..." more
Sunday, December 7, 2014 8:21:32 AM
Tara Lazar wrote a blog post titled Post-PiBoIdMo Day 7: Elizabeth O. Dulemba Lets it Simmer:
Tara said, "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 piece that’s missing, or elements that..." more
Saturday, December 6, 2014 11:03:26 AM
Tara Lazar wrote a blog post titled Post-PiBoIdMo Day 6: Carol Gordon Ekster Goes for PiBoIdMoS (plus a prize!):
Tara said, "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 you are your own boss and you can do as you..." more
Saturday, December 6, 2014 5:49:34 AM
Tara Lazar wrote a blog post titled Gift for Writers (In Other Words, Gifts for You!) 2014 Holiday Edition:
Tara said, "♩♪♫♬ Oh the weather outside is frightful… ♩♪♫♬ …and so is my voice so you really don’t wanna hear me sing! But what you do want is snazzy stuff for your favorite writer friends, maybe even for yourself...." more
Friday, December 5, 2014 5:55:22 AM
Tara Lazar wrote a blog post titled Post-PiBoIdMo Day 5: Laura Gehl Draws a Diagram:
Tara said, "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 you need to separate out from your other..." more
Thursday, December 4, 2014 4:05:17 AM
Tara Lazar wrote a blog post titled Post-PiBoIdMo Day 4: Michele Wells Creates Interactive Picture Books:
Tara said, "by Michele Wells Creating a digital version of your picture book can be exciting. Or daunting. Or both. The learning curve in creating apps and eBooks was once so steep that most picture book authors and illustrators had no choice but to leave the..." more
Wednesday, December 3, 2014 6:03:13 AM
Tara Lazar wrote a blog post titled Post-PiBoIdMo Day 3: Timothy Young Hates Not Having Time (plus prizes!):
Tara said, "by Timothy Young First, congratulations on completing PiBoIdMo, getting all 30 of your great ideas down on paper. Or, congratulations on attempting PiBoIdMo, but only finding the time to get about 20 picture book ideas down on paper. Or, good try,..." more
Tuesday, December 2, 2014 5:23:12 AM
Tara Lazar wrote a blog post titled Post-PiBoIdMo Day 2: Cece Bell Hires Herself:
Tara said, "by Cece Bell Several years ago I was at a really low point in my career as a children’s book author and illustrator. None of my published books seemed to be doing all that well, and every new book I submitted seemed to get rejected. I was..." more
Monday, December 1, 2014 7:27:10 AM
Tara Lazar wrote a blog post titled Got 30 Ideas? Take the 2014 PiBoIdMo Winner’s Pledge!:
Tara said, "So do you have 30 ideas? YOU DO??? You can qualify for one of our AMAZING PiBoIdMo prizes just by taking the following pledge. Put your right hand on a picture book and repeat after me: I do solemnly swear that I have faithfully executed the..." more
Monday, December 1, 2014 4:41:10 AM
Tara Lazar wrote a blog post titled Post-PiBoIdMo Day 1: Vanessa Brantley-Newton Celebrates Diversity:
Tara said, "***To everyone who completed the PiBoIdMo Challenge, the Pledge for you to sign is coming later today. In the meantime, enjoy our first Post-PiBo guest blog with a very talented illustrator!*** by Vanessa Brantley-Newton When I was going to..." more
Sunday, November 30, 2014 7:59:01 AM
Tara Lazar wrote a blog post titled PiBoIdMo Day 30: Tara Lazar Changes Her Perspective:
Tara said, "by Tara Lazar When I was growing up, there was an entire section of my home that was roped off. Like a nightclub, a velvet rope draped across the threshold to the living and dining area, off limits to my grubby little hands. A plush sectional beside..." more
Saturday, November 29, 2014 3:26:57 AM
Tara Lazar wrote a blog post titled PiBoIdMo Day 29: Trinka Hakes Noble Writes Visually (plus a prize!):
Tara said, "by Trinka Hakes Noble Before there were words, human beings communicated with pictures. In pre-verbal times, stories were drawn out in picture form. So, the picture book, which uses pictures and words, touches something deep within all human beings,..." more
Friday, November 28, 2014 8:16:55 AM
Tara Lazar wrote a blog post titled PiBoIdMo Day 28: Aaron Reynolds Doesn’t Judge (plus prizes!):
Tara said, "by Aaron Reynolds “Where do you get your ideas?” This is the question that kids and aspiring writers ask me the most. And the answer is kinda lame: I have absolutely no idea. I recognize that many people think about ideas as elusive endangered..." more
Thursday, November 27, 2014 7:50:47 AM
Tara Lazar wrote a blog post titled PiBoIdMo Day 27: Mylisa Larsen Panics Creatively (plus a prize!):
Tara said, "by Mylisa Larsen Ladies and Gentlemen, Today is the 27th of November. For some of you, that means you have 27 ideas lined up like jewels on your desk. I have nothing to say to you. Keep doing whatever it is you’ve been doing. Never mess with..." more
Wednesday, November 26, 2014 5:14:45 AM
Tara Lazar wrote a blog post titled PiBoIdMo Day 26: Ruth McNally Barshaw Makes Affirmations (plus a prize!):
Tara said, "by Ruth McNally Barshaw Ruth McNally Barshaw grew up in the Detroit area. When she was little she wanted to be an artist. She thought books were written by companies, not real people, so she didn’t want to write books. She changed her mind..." more
Tuesday, November 25, 2014 5:28:41 AM
Tara Lazar wrote a blog post titled PiBoIdMo Day 25: Liz Garton Scanlon Loafes (and offers GOOD PIES as prizes!):
Tara said, "by Liz Garton Scanlon Recently, while discussing poetry with a bunch of 5th graders, I discovered a word that’s pretty much left our daily vernacular: loafe. Whitman used it in SONG OF MYSELF… I loafe and invite my soul I lean and loafe at..." more
Monday, November 24, 2014 10:48:38 AM
Tara Lazar wrote a blog post titled PiBoIdMo Day 24 Part Two: Vesper Stamper Chooses a Reality:
Tara said, "by Vesper Stamper When I was growing up as a latch key kid in New York, two things formed my sense of place and identity in the world: my grandfather’s freckled arms and my picture books. There is something about visualizing a chosen reality..." more
Monday, November 24, 2014 5:16:34 AM
Tara Lazar wrote a blog post titled PiBoIdMo Day 24: Agents Love Picture Books:
Tara said, "I asked the kidlit agents participating in PiBoIdMo as your “grand prizes” to tell us why they love picture books. Their answers are sure to inspire! Heather Alexander, Pippin Properties Picture books are easy to love because they are..." more
Thursday, January 8, 2015 9:50:24 AM
Tara Lazar wrote a blog post titled Is Your Idea a Picture Book, Chapter Book or Middle Grade Novel?:
Tara said, "by Hillary Homzie and Mira Reisberg You have an idea for a book! Yahoo! It’s one of those ideas that hits you so deep in your gut that you immediately scribble it into a little notebook. Your stomach bubbles, not in an indigestion sort of way, but..." more