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A Comic About The P-Word A Comic About The P-Word

The comic above was inspired by a recent discussion in Writer Unboxed as well as Juliet Marillier’s recent post. Last time, I posted a cartoon caption challenge for an image featuring an editor at a desk and an Easter bunny.…

Comic Caption Challenge: Editor and the Easter Bunny Comic Caption Challenge: Editor and the Easter Bunny

Any suggestions for a caption? Post your suggestion below. Only one at at time, please — if you have more than one, please wait until someone else posts before you post again. And do come back later to “Like” the…

Comic: New Year’s Resolutions Comic: New Year’s Resolutions

I have to confess that I actually did make a New Year’s resolution: to (mostly) stay offline in the mornings until I get a solid block of creative work complete. As Jane Friedman pointed out in her recent column on…

Comic Caption Winner (“Snowman Writer”): Joseph Mazzenga Comic Caption Winner (“Snowman Writer”): Joseph Mazzenga

Congrats to Joseph Mazzenga, whose caption got the most “Likes” in the Comments section of my December 3rd post. Joseph wins a selection of my hand-doodled notecards (to Joseph: I’ve sent you a Facebook message).…

Comic Caption Challenge: Snowman Writer Comic Caption Challenge: Snowman Writer

Any caption suggestions? I doodle on blank cards in my spare time, just for the fun of it. If you write the winning caption, I’ll send you a bunch of hand-drawn cards from my collection! I’m going to try an…

Comic: NaNoIdMoAdMo Comic: NaNoIdMoAdMo

In case you’re curious, I’m participating in PiBoIdMo and am also a NaNoWriMo Rebel. Do YOU participate in writing challenges? Why or why not? If don’t have time for 50k this month, you want an ongoing writing challenge with some…

Comic: Another Advantage Of Print Books Comic: Another Advantage Of Print Books

I love my iPad and I may even get a Kindle Fire, but I also love reading dog-eared favorites in the tub. By the way, I’ve just created a Facebook Fan Page for the picture book I’m illustrating: I’M BORED,…

Google+: Should Writers Sign Up? My Recommendation: YES! Google+: Should Writers Sign Up? My Recommendation: YES!

The comic above illustrates how I felt when I first heard about Google’s new social network, Google+. After being disappointed with Google Buzz and Google’s much-hyped Wave, I was highly skeptical. Also, did I REALLY need yet another social network?…

Comic: Comma Cuts (& an Oxford comma poll) Comic: Comma Cuts (& an Oxford comma poll)

This comic was inspired by the recent Oxford Comma Controversy discussion. For those not familiar with the debate, the question is whether or not a comma belongs before the last item in a list. According to the University of Oxford…

Comic Challenge Winner: SG Redling Comic Challenge Winner: SG Redling

Last time, I challenged you all to come up with a caption for the image above. So many great responses! You can read them all here. The winner, with the most “thumbs up”, was SG Redling. SG is a fiction…

Cartoon Caption Challenge: Writer and Cat Cartoon Caption Challenge: Writer and Cat

Do you have an idea for an appropriate caption for the image above? Feel free to post it below! Then please do give a “Thumbs Up” for any captions posted by others that you like. ONE caption per comment. You…

Comic: While You’re Sleeping… Comic: While You’re Sleeping…

Bidding for my donation package in the Writers For The Red Cross effort is closes tomorrow! What you win: hand-illustrated handwritten instapoem about you or a friend PLUS a selection of writer greeting cards. For the latter, if there are…

Comic: The Four Stages Of Writing Comic: The Four Stages Of Writing

I’ll be attending the SCBWI conference in NYC at the end of the month — hope to see some of you there! Tweet This! Share this on Facebook Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon Post on Google Buzz…

Comic: Writing Therapy Comic: Writing Therapy

Loved all your caption suggestions for the cartoon I posted last time. Therese’s made me laugh out loud. :-D Thanks for participating, everyone!…

Cartoon Caption Challenge Cartoon Caption Challenge

I’ve been traveling a great deal recently (I’m at a convention in Texas right now) so am posting a caption challenge instead of my regular cartoon this weekend. Feel free to post your suggestions for a caption for the cartoon…

Comic: Compulsive Editing Support Group Comic: Compulsive Editing Support Group

Thanks to Jeanne Kisacky for inspiring the following cartoon with her recent Writer Unboxed post:…

Comic: iPad Disappointment Comic: iPad Disappointment

This comic was inspired by a conversation I had with children’s book author Arthur Slade on his Facebook wall. My big news from this past week: I’m delighted to announce that I’ll be illustrating a picture book written by author/comedian/actor…

Comic: Only A Book Lover Would Understand Comic: Only A Book Lover Would Understand

To those who haven’t heard: to my utter astonishment, I won two awards at the 2010 SCBWI Illustrator Portfolio Showcase. I entered the Showcase at the last minute and only because an illustrator friend urged me; I usually focus on…

Comic: Misplaced Apostrophes Comic: Misplaced Apostrophes

I’m at the SCBWI Summer Conference right now so don’t have time to create a new comic this time, but here’s one from the Inkygirl archives:…

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