NaPiBoWriWee Update & More

First things first. As you can see by my lack of posts about my 2011 NaPiBoWriWee progress that I didn't have much progress... At least not with the NaPiBo challenge.  I've been working on tightening up one of my newest picture books and, like Starry Kalahari, this one is in verse with a nonfiction slant. 

Tomorrow is the 2011 SCBWI Agents Day in Newport Beach and I'm looking forward to seeing two of my long-time picture book critique partners, Sherry Dargert and Anne Speirs.  I also can't wait to meet two of the five agents on my "agent wish list".  Considering this year has been slow in the query area (aka: procrastination), I expect next week to be a week filled with query letters, postage stamps and lots of optimism.

More soon...

National Picture Book Writing Week (aka: NaPiBoWriWee)

It's that time of the year again. It's my 3rd year as a National Picture Book Writing Week challenge participant. It takes place between May 1-7 and is one of the most insane (and exciting) weeks of the year for us picture book writers.  Paula Yoo has once again challenged us to write seven picture books in seven days.  Yep, that's right.  SEVEN!!!

Of course, these are seven first-draft picture books, but insanely challenging, none the less.  You can read more about the details of this lovely event and enjoy guest blogs on Paula's website at http://paulayoo.com/napi/.

I'll post here daily, giving an update of my personally NaPi progress.  And speaking of, I'm on my 2nd spread of my first PB.  If you jump in today, don't worry that you're starting late.  I'm notoriously behind with this thing and have been known to write my last 3-4 picture books in the last day... Yes, as you can tell, I'm painfully competitive and I like it that way!

Good luck and above all, have fun!