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 [...]
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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 »
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
A Troop is a Group of Monkeys: Blog Tour
Posted in Authors, Children's Books, Digital Publishing, ebooks, Giveaway, Guest Blogging, Picture Books, Publishing, Social Media, Writing, tagged Blog Tour, Blogging, Contest, Debbie Diesen, Digital Publishing, e-books, e-publishing, Guest Blogging, Julie Hedlund, Laura Barnes, Marketing, MeeGenius Author Challenge, Nancy Hatch, Publishing, Social Media, Writer on December 12, 2011 | 13 Comments »
If you read yesterday’s post, you’ll know I’m running a contest to promote my entry for the MeeGenius Children’s Author Challenge, and that marketing guru Laura Barnes gave me some great advice. Today I am implementing another one of her suggestions, which was to try to do a last minute mini blog tour. Please stop [...]
Contest! Help Promote My Story and WIN
Posted in Agents, Authors, Children's Books, Digital Publishing, ebooks, Giveaway, Guest Blogging, Picture Books, Publishing, Social Media, Writing, tagged apps, Authors, Blogging, Children's Books, Contest, Digital Publishing, e-publishing, ebooks, Giveaway, Guest Blogging, Julie Hedlund, MeeGenius Author Challenge, Picture Books, Publishing, Social Media, Storybook Apps, Writer, Writing on December 11, 2011 | 84 Comments »
Special post today. Gratitude Sunday will be back next week. ETA: IMPORTANT! PLEASE LET ME KNOW IN THE COMMENTS IF YOU ARE ENTERING THE CONTEST. Some people may vote just to vote (not to enter), so I want to make sure I count everyone who does. Thank you! Alright everyone, I may not know a [...]
The Story Behind The Story: My MeeGenius Entry
Posted in Children's Books, Digital Publishing, ebooks, Picture Books, Poetry, Publishing, Queries, Rhyming, Works in Progress, Writing, tagged e-books, e-publishing, Julie Hedlund, MeeGenius Author Challenge, Picture Books, Poetry, Publishing, Rhyming, Works in Progress, Writer, Writing on December 5, 2011 | 43 Comments »
Many of you know by now that I recently submitted one of my stories to a contest with MeeGenius – an e-publisher. For the past week, I’ve been emailing contacts and posting it on Twitter and Facebook – getting my first real taste of promoting a book. Hands off to published authors – it’s very [...]
How I Got My Agent: Susanna Leonard Hill
Posted in Authors, Children's Books, How I Got My Agent, PiBoIdMo, Picture Books, Publishing, Writing, tagged Authors, Can't Sleep Without Sheep, Children's Books, How I Got My Agent, Julie Hedlund, Not Yet Rose, PiBoIdMo, Picture Books, Publication, Publishing, Punxsutawney Phyllis, Susanna Leonard Hill, Writer, Writing on November 28, 2011 | 61 Comments »
Today I am so pleased to introduce Susanna Leonard Hill to the How I Got My Agent series. Susanna is the author of seven picture books, the most recent being April Fool, Phyllis – the second story featuring the lovable groundhog Punxsutawney Phyllis. (I adore Phyllis! Talk about a great character-driven story). Other titles include [...]
300th Post – My Bucket List
Posted in Authors, Charity, Children's Books, College Football, Cooking, Creativity, Dogs, ebooks, Entertaining, Family, Friendship, Garden, Goals, Gratitude Sunday, Holidays, Parenting, Picture Books, Poetry, Publishing, Self Publishing, Skiing, Social Media, Spirituality, Travel, Travel Writing, Volunteer/Community, Writing, tagged Adventure, Authors, Books, Bucket List, charity, Children's Books, College Football, Community, Cooking, Family, Friendship, gardening, Gratitude, Gratitude Sunday, Hiking, Julie Hedlund, Parenting, Personal Essays, Publishing, Self Publishing, Skiing, Spirituality, Things to Do Before You Die, Travel, Travel Writing, Volunteering, Wordless Picture Books, Writer, Writing on November 15, 2011 | 48 Comments »
ETA: As soon as I published this post, I immediately thought of more things I want to do and places I want to see. Rather than keeping track of them elsewhere, I will add them to the lists here. I will also cross them off when I’ve completed them (except for the last list, because [...]
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