It’s finally time to resurrect my blog from its long hiatus! I’ve actually missed being on Walking In Public… digging up blog content has always kept me engaged with the publishing/art/design industries, and it motivates me to write and draw regularly. So, I’ll be back on the blog for a long while, with all-new features and updates on my journey to success in the children’s book world!
What have you missed while I’ve been away from the blog? Here are the best things that happened, circa 2011:
Annie’s Top 5 2011 Professional Developments
1. Illustrated and designed the Little Farmer app.
You may remember that I began a project working on a toddler game app, called Little Farmer, back in May. Well, after months of illustrating, designing and developing, we released it for sale in the iTunes store in October! It has been a really wonderful experience working with a talented developer, Anita Hirth, to create artwork that children can interact with, right there on any iPhone. There’s much more to say about the process of creating an app, and my future in the digital world… but those are subjects for bigger posts!
In the meantime, purchase the app here, or watch the video trailer, above!
2. Joined the Children’s Book Council’s Early Career Committee.
I’ve been attending events for young adults in the publishing industry for awhile, so it was exciting to be asked to represent Penguin Young Readers (and designers everywhere) on the Children’s Book Council’s Early Career Committee. This organization creates opportunities for those in the first 5 years of the children’s book industry to network, learn, and become more involved in their fields… so their mission is right up my alley! Since becoming a part of the team this summer, I’ve had a TON of fun making great friends with 20-somethings in different houses, through planning creative programming. I’m also having a blast designing fliers, making good use of my design time and talents.
If you haven’t already, make sure to catch up on the CBC and ECC’s fabulous social media enterprises – Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest!
My Dear Blog,
You've received my full attention and then some for the last 30 days. While this month's festivities are winding down, my semester is wrapping up. I am mired in final projects and a stack of papers I can't see over. Grades are due by 9 am Tuesday morning, so please forgive me while I step out for a few days to attend to more pressing matters. I promise I'll feed you something extra special very soon!
Your friend (and creator),
Tricia
P.S. - Don't fret about the usual Monday crowd, the poetry stretch will launch without me. I think you can handle them for a day or two, as they're a pretty nice bunch.
Tomorrow morning, bright and early, William and I head out for the L-O-N-G (10 or 11 hours) drive to western NY to spend nearly two weeks with my mom. (Did I mention my husband is a golf pro? No summer vacation for him.) I may check in once in a while, but for the most part, I'll be enjoying some much needed time off. I'll see you back here at the beginning of August.
I have a stack of books a mile high just begging to be reviewed. I have two thematic book lists waiting to be polished. There is much I wish to do here.
BUT...
I am teaching two intensive summer school classes. I teach for 6 hours (back-to-back classes) on Monday and Wednesday evenings.
I have three grant projects gearing up for the summer.
I am being swallowed by work.
AND YET...
I am worried about neglecting my blog.
I promise to return to a more regular schedule in a week or so. Until then, hang in there with me. I'll be back.
I'm sad to say that April is over and May is already here. So long
National Poetry Month, hello
Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month. What's happened in the last 30 days? Let's recap.
- 35 wonderfully talented poets/writers were interviewed in the Poetry Makers series.
- 78 posts for the month (this is double what I normally average!)
- Somewhere in the middle of it all I passed the 1000 post milestone.
- Nearly 16,000 (15,953 to be exact!) visitors stopped by to take in all the poetry goodness.
- 15 books were given away thanks to generous authors and publishers.
I'm off now to dig deep into the end-of-semester grading and take a day or two off from blogging. I'll see you in a few days for
Nonfiction Monday.
A well-deserved break, indeed!
Enjoy!
Thanks so much for the 30 days of poets. I really enjoyed the series. <br /><br />Good luck with that grading!
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