It is with great pleasure that I introduce George Shannon, author of more than 40 books for children, as our featured author for February. I discovered George’s blog more than a year ago when I was procrastinating on my own writing by surfing social media sites serendipitously followed a link there. I wrote a post about [...]
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George Shannon: February 12 x 12 Author
Posted in 12 x 12 in 2012, Authors, Children's Books, Giveaway, Goals, Picture Books, Publishing, Writing, tagged 12 x 12 in 2012, Authors, George Shannon, Giveaway, Goals, Julie Hedlund, Picture Books, Writer, Writing on February 1, 2012 | 130 Comments »
Twofer Tuesday: Two 12 x 12 in 2012 Announcements
Posted in 12 x 12 in 2012, Authors, Children's Books, Guest Blogging, Picture Books, Publishing, Works in Progress, Writing, tagged 12 x 12 in 2012, Children's Books, Contest, Editing, Editors, Guest Blogging, Julie Hedlund, Picture Books, Pitching, Publishing, Tamson Weston, Tuesday 12 x 12, WIP, Works in Progress, Writer, Writing on January 24, 2012 | 49 Comments »
Two exciting 12 x 12 in 2012 announcements! Announcement #1 Beginning February 7th, a pre-published participant of the 12 x 12 challenge will guest post on the blog for the new Tuesday 12 x 12 series. Each participating author and/or illustrator will write a post on a topic of their choice related to the challenge [...]
I’m on Katie Davis’ Brain Burps About Books Podcast!
Posted in 12 x 12 in 2012, Apps, Authors, Children's Books, Digital Publishing, ebooks, Goals, Gratitude Sunday, Guest Blogging, NaPiBoWriWee, Perfect Picture Book Friday, PiBoIdMo, Picture Book Month, Picture Books, Publishing, SCBWI, Social Media, The Artist's Way, Writing, tagged 12 x 12 in 2012, apps, August 10 for 10 Picture Books, Authors, Brain Burps About Books, Children's Books, Goals, How to Promote Your Children's Book, Julie Hedlund, Katie Davis, NaPiBoWriWee, New Year's, Paula Yoo, Perfect Picture Book Friday, PiBoIdMo, Podcast, Resolutions, Susanna Leonard Hill, Tara Lazar, Writer, Writing on January 11, 2012 | 31 Comments »
Smile, You’re on Katie Davis!* That’s the way I feel today as I have the extreme honor of being Katie Davis’ first Brain Burps About Books podcast guest of 2012. I am so excited I’ll be throwing the link around all over the place – in this post, on Facebook, on Twitter, email. Want to [...]
Participant Badge for 12 x 12 in 2012
Posted in 12 x 12 in 2012, Children's Books, Picture Books, Publishing, Self Publishing, Writing, tagged 12 x 12 in 2012, Illustration, Julie Hedlund, Linda Silvestri, Picture Books, Publishing, Self Publishing, Writer, Writing on January 1, 2012 | 37 Comments »
What a fantastic way to start the new year and to kick off our challenge! We not only had the honor of Tara Lazar kicking this off, but we now have our very own, official participant badge!! Here it is – both a large version and a small version. The small one should be perfect [...]
2012 Anti-Resolution Revolution
Posted in 12 x 12 in 2012, Authors, Birthdays, Children's Books, Family, Goals, Guest Blogging, Health/Fitness, Holidays, Italy, PiBoIdMo, Picture Books, Poetry, Publishing, Queries, SCBWI, Travel, Works in Progress, Writing, tagged 40th Birthday, Bolder Boulder, Bucket List, Critique Groups, Goals, Holidays, Italy, Julie Hedlund, Marketing, MeeGenius Author Challenge, New Year's, New Year's Eve, PiBoIdMo, Promotion, Resolutions, Rocky Mountain Chapter SCBWI, Writer on December 30, 2011 | 54 Comments »
This year, I’m signing up for the anti-resolution revolution. It is so tempting to start listing all the things one wants to accomplish at the start of a New Year, but in my experience, the process (and thus the result) is flawed. I believe the reason resolutions often don’t work is because they start from [...]
Contest Results!!
Posted in Apps, Children's Books, Digital Publishing, ebooks, Friendship, Giveaway, Gratitude Sunday, Picture Books, Publishing, Social Media, Writing, tagged apps, Blog Tour, Contest, Digital Publishing, e-publishing, ebooks, Giveaway, Gratitude, Julie Hedlund, Marketing, MeeGenius Author Challenge, Picture Books, Promotion, Social Media, Writer, Writing on December 19, 2011 | 28 Comments »
With everyone’s help, I developed the strength of TEN Grinches! Plus two. Last Sunday, I launched a contest to help promote my entry in the MeeGenius Children’s Author Challenge. Everyone who entered promoted their hearts out all week. What’s more, MANY people who did not enter the contest did the same. What meant the most [...]
Gratitude Sunday 66
Posted in Authors, Children's Books, Digital Publishing, Family, Friendship, Gratitude Sunday, Guest Blogging, Picture Books, Publishing, Social Media, Writing, tagged Digital Publishing, e-books, e-publishing, Family, Friends, Friendship, Gratitude, Gratitude Sunday, Guest Blogging, Marketing, MeeGenius Author Challenge, Picture Books, Publishing, Social Media on December 18, 2011 | 52 Comments »
I am almost without words to write this post, so overwhelmed by gratitude am I. Anyone who’s read the blog at all this week knows that I entered a story in the MeeGenius Children’s Author Challenge, A TROOP IS A GROUP OF MONKEYS. I started the week at #47 in the rankings (out of 400 [...]
Blog Tour Day 4
Posted in Children's Books, Creativity, Digital Publishing, ebooks, Friendship, Giveaway, Guest Blogging, Picture Books, Publishing, Writing, tagged A Troop is a Group of Monkeys, Blog Tour, Children's Books, Contest, Creativity, Digital Publishing, e-books, e-publishing, Guest Blogging, Julie Hedlund, MeeGenius Author Challenge, Picture Books, Writer, Writing on December 15, 2011 | 10 Comments »
Today is the final stop on my blog tour to promote my story, A TROOP IS A GROUP OF MONKEYS, which I entered in the MeeGenius Children’s Author Challenge. I’m honored to be visiting my friend, fellow writer and creative soul, C.B. Wentworth. This time, the post is more introspective, addressing the importance of “taking [...]
Blog Tour Day 3, Artist’s Way: Bye Week
Posted in Authors, Children's Books, Digital Publishing, ebooks, Guest Blogging, Picture Books, Publishing, Social Media, The Artist's Way, Writing, tagged A Troop is a Group of Monkeys, Blog Tour, Blogging, Debbie Diesen, Digital Publishing, e-books, e-publishing, Guest Blogging, Julie Hedlund, MeeGenius Author Challenge, Publishing, The Artist's Way, Writer, Writing on December 14, 2011 | 8 Comments »
If you’ve been on my blog at all this week, you know I’m in the middle of an impromptu blog tour to promote my MeeGenius Author’s Challenge story, A TROOP IS A GROUP OF MONKEYS. As such, I’m taking a week hiatus from posting on The Artist’s Way. I am still doing my morning pages [...]
Blog Tour Day 2
Posted in Apps, Children's Books, Digital Publishing, ebooks, Guest Blogging, Picture Books, Publishing, Social Media, Writing, tagged A Troop is a Group of Monkeys, apps, Blog Tour, Contest, e-books, e-publishing, Guest Blogging, Julie Hedlund, Marketing, MeeGenius Author Challenge, Picture Books, Publishing, Storybook Apps, Writer, Writing on December 13, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Today, as part of my blog tour for my MeeGenius Author’s Challenge story A TROOP IS A GROUP OF MONKEYS, I am guest posting over at my friend Nancy Hatch’s blog Spirit Lights the Way. Nancy herself is a very generous spirit, and she provides loads of thoughtful and fun content on her blog. So [...]
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