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Monday, May 2, 2011

NaPiBoWriWee 2011

Just a quick post to let you know that NaPiBoWriWee 2011 is going on right now! What? You don't know what NaPiBoWriWee is? National Picture Book Writing Week is the brain child of children's book writer, screen writer and musician Paula Yoo who packs more into her schedule than I care to think about. With all of these activities swirling about, she found it was hard to take the time to sit down to write those picture book ideas that were swirling in her head. So she set a goal, gave it a name and invited others to join her. The goal is to write a picture book a day for seven days. If you take the challenge you and finish you will have seven picture book drafts when you are done. Some people have more than that. 


Paula is a great cheerleader. She provides guest bloggers, writing tips, inspirational posts and community through this challenge. Oh, and there are prizes. For those who do finish the challenge, there are a number of books signed by authors or illustrators ready to be distributed. While the real fun is the challenge itself and the community, the prizes are an added bonus. 


I met many of my writing buddies through this challenge last year. We have crossed paths many times during other writing challenges. So this week feels like homecoming week to me. These friends, and you know who you are, have added so much to my life this past year - encouragement, knowledge, information, humor and motivation. We've participated in some of the same challenges, we've visited each other's blogs, we follow each other on twitter. This is one of the many beauties of the internet. So Paula, thanks for starting it all!

This article is also posted at my blog Picture Book Inspirations

3 comments:

Ann Dixon said...

You're going to love this -- or not -- but here it is: I bestow upon you The Stylish Blog Award. What does this mean? Check it out at http://kidlitnorth.blogspot.com. Don't worry, you can wait until after NaPiBoWriWee 2011, which sounds infinitely more productive! Still, your readers await with curiousity...

sewa mobil said...

Nice article, thanks for the information.

Lynda Shoup said...

Ann Dixon, you are so sweet. Thanks for sending it my way. I took your advice and waited until after NaPiBoWriWee as it has been just too crazy. My posting soon. Thinking about what 7 things to divulge.

Sewa, thanks for your comment. Hope you enjoyed it.