Author Illustrator Roxie Munro – 12 x 12 Featured Author June 2015
Our June featured author, Roxie Munro, is doing some of the most exciting work in children’s books today. She is an author, illustrator, innovator, and tireless advocate of learning through literacy, no matter what form that learning takes. She is equally as passionate about helping fellow authors and creatives in this brave new world of publishing. […]
12 x 12 April 2015 Winner!
It’s time to giveaway our amazing April prize! This month, one VERY lucky 12 x 12 member will win a picture book critique from Caldecott-honor winning author/illustrator John Rocco! And the lucky winner is… SANDY JONES!! Congrats! Please contact Kelli at kelli (at) JulieHedlund (dot) com to claim your prize. Four months down, 8 to go! […]
12 x 12 March 2015 Check-In!
I always find myself more than a little astonished when we reach the end of the first quarter of the challenge. I always want to protest, “But wait! It’s still so shiny and new.” This year, in particular, it really does feel that way. Why? I think we’ve had the greatest number of active new […]
12 x 12 February Check-in Winner!
It’s time to giveaway our February prize! This month’s winner will get a picture book critique from our own Jodi Moore. And the lucky winner is… JENNIFER GILL FAHRION!! Congrats! Please contact me at JulieFHedlund (at) gmail (dot) com to claim your prize. We are just getting started! Get to work on your March draft and […]
12 x 12 February 2015 Check-In!
Brrrr… That’s how the weather’s been here in February. But great for writing! Or rather, for me, revising. I didn’t complete a new draft in February, but I did revise THREE manuscripts, two of which are now on submission. So I call that a successful month! Now tell us about you. Did you complete a draft […]
12 x 12 January 2015 Check-In
HELLO 12 x 12 in 2015 Participants!! WELCOME to your first monthly check-in. This is where we share whether we wrote or revised this month or made any other progress in our writing. I go first, then I ask you. But remember, as one of our participants said on the Facebook Group yesterday, if you didn’t […]
Liza Fleissig, Ginger Harris & John Cusick – Featured Agents February 2015
Little GOLDen Book members of 12 x 12 will be able to choose one of two agents to submit their manuscript to each month. We are kicking off 2015 with PHENOMS in the agenting world. In fact, I met Liza, Ginger, and John for the first time at the same conference a few years ago. […]
TARA LAZAR – January, 2015 Featured Author
It’s officially 12 x 12 in 2015!! The start of a brand new, shiny year full of blank sheets of paper (and computer screens) for us to fill with our luscious words as we write picture book drafts. Here to kick off our year is none other than Tara Lazar, founder of Picture Book Idea […]
Sue Fliess – 12 x 12 Featured Author July 2014
Our July featured author, Sue Fliess, is one heck of a busy lady! But she took time out of her unbelievably hectic summer to answer some questions I gave her focused on writing picture books for younger children (0-5), which is Sue’s specialty. I’m lucky enough to have met Sue in person several times at SCBWI […]
Emma Walton Hamilton: January 12 x 12 Featured Author
What do you get when you mix a shiny new year, the beginning of another round of the 12 x 12 picture book writing challenge, and an amazingly talented and generous NYT-bestselling author kicking us off with the first featured author post? You get phenomenal writing tips to start your year AND unprecedented opportunities to get even […]
