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A Look At the Week May 24th-June 1st
It’s sadly the last full week of Spring into Writing! Since there is not much left to do after Saturday I’ll be going over the rest of the month through June 1st!
Monday, May 25th: Dawn Young starts off the week talking about fun with writing. Yes, she’s taking on the spirit of our event here and putting it into post format. Lots of fun little tidbits here you wont want to miss. Dawn’s Website: https://www.dawnyoungbooks.com/
Tuesday, May 26th: A list of some books released in 2020 from different authors!
Wednesday, May 13th: Lisa Chen-Wing shares a powerful post about the reasons to start a webcomic. She creates her own autobiographical webcomic called “Whiny Whiny Pancakes”. This comic is hilarious. Check it out and fall in love with Lisa’s comic: http://whinywhinypancakes.com/
Friday, May 15th: The superpowered Cyndi Marko talks about her life as an writer/illustrator. Her book collection just released in April. The fifth book in her Kung Pow Chicken series coming out in September 2020! She’s also got a lot of other books coming out, so you wont want to miss this interview! https://www.cyndimarko.com/
Monday, June 1st: End of Spring into Writing. Lots of crying and one last prize!
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A Look At the Week: May 17th-23rd
A Look At the Week May 17th-23rd
Monday, May 18th: Sharon Gilthrow had the unfortunate luck to have her book released during a major lock down. See what she did to overcome the problem of a book launch while at home. Read about her digital release and her beautiful new picture book “Bedtime, Daddy!” https://sharongiltrow.weebly.com/
Wednesday, May 20th: Dea Poirier loves to write deliciously dark murder mysteries. She didn’t always write in that genre. See where Dea started and how she found her voice. Her books Next Girl to Die and Beneath the Ashes are to die for! https://www.dhpoirier.com/
Friday, May 22th: Robin Stevenson is all about pride. She’s making the world better one rainbow at a time! Robin’s non-fiction books cover important topics such as Pride, children who are activists, refugees, abortion rights and that’s just her non-fiction. Her books include Pride: The Celebration and Struggle, The Summer We Saved the Bees and Blood on the Beach. https://robinstevenson.com/
Saturday, May 23 A Look at the Week May 24th- June 1st. A couple extra days in there to end off our Spring into Writing event!
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A Look at the Week: May 3rd-9th
Not yet signed up for Spring into Writing? Sign up here: http://ngi.c96.myftpupload.com/register-for-spring-into-writing/ Don’t forget to pick up a badge of your choice and the booklet!
A Look at the Week May 3rd – 9th:
Monday, May 4th: Kaitlyn Sanchez is talking about voice! She’s a writer and Intern at Olswanger Literary. Kaitlyn has generously donated a PRIZE! One lucky person will get a critique from Kaitlyn. https://kaitlynleannsanchez.com/
Wednesday, May 6th: Christina Myers is the editor of BIG: Stories About Life in Plus Sized Bodies. She is a journalist turned freelance writer and editor. She is talking about writing with kids! https://christinamyerswrites.wordpress.com/
Friday, May 8th: Larissa and Keith Marantz are a married couple who created the Clyde the Hippo books. They recently had a book launch for their new books. I am interviewing them about Clyde the Hippo, how they work together and future projects! http://larissamarantz.com, http://clydethehippo.com
Saturday May 9th: A Look At the Week May 10-16th.
There may be more surprises later this week. Keep checking back (or look in your mail) for more fun!
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Smart Dummies Week 9 Schedule
Smart Dummies has run longer than it ever has before, and I think it’s a bit too much. Next year’s event will be shorter and have prizes again! Look for more info next week for next year’s event.
Smart Dummies Week 9 Schedule
Sunday – Smart Dummies Week 9 Schedule
Tuesday – Finding Places to Submit Your Work
Thursday – Facing Rejection
Friday – Smart Dummies Finish Line
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Smart Dummies Week 8 Schedule
I hope you are doing well finishing up your finals. I’ll have a couple posts for you yet this week. Next week we’ll finish up with a bit about submissions!
Smart Dummies Week 8 Schedule
Sunday – Smart Dummies Week 8 Schedule
Tuesday – More Great Artists
Thursday – Process Post
Friday – Possible Book Review
Sunday – Smart Dummies Week 9 Schedule
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Smart Dummies Week 6: The Week That Time Forgot
Have you ever forgotten about a number? I sure have. At the beginning of Smart Dummies I completely forgot about the number 6! I couldn’t think why this upcoming week was so off with the schedule (we will be working on finals next week, not this week). Now that I know about the number 6. I will be working to come up with good stuff for this week. I will also be recalculating my age based on this new information!
I’m hoping to have some process videos to show you soon. Fingers crossed that I can make or find people to post some process videos or posts. I’ll also come up with a post of links to different techniques. The following schedule is subject to change!
Smart Dummies Week 6
Sunday – Smart Dummies Week 7 Schedule
Tuesday – Process Post!
Thursday – Links to Techniques
Friday – Possible Book Blog
Sunday – Smart Dummies Week 7 schedule
If you have not signed up for Smart Dummies yet go here: http://ngi.c96.myftpupload.com/register-for-smart-dummies-2019/ You can sign up, pick up the booklet and badge and find out everything you need to know about the event!
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Smart Dummies Week 3: Planning Out Pages/Drawing
All sorts of things are happening this week! A bit of planning, research, thumbnails and perspective are all on the schedule. If you have time you can start working on your drawings.
Smart Dummies Schedule Week 3
Sunday – Smart Dummies Week 3 Schedule
Monday – Planning out pages
Tuesday – Thumbnails and Research
Thursday – Perspective & Loose Drawing
Friday – Book Blog
Sunday – Smart Dummies Week 4 schedule
If you haven’t signed up for Smart Dummies do so here: http://ngi.c96.myftpupload.com/register-for-smart-dummies-2019/
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Smart Dummies Week 2: Advanced Character Design
This week it’s all about finishing up your character. Monday we’ll be talking about character turnarounds and character emotions. These are the two activities you’ll be working on until Monday. These are on pages 10-13.
Also this week I’m going over some good critique group practices, Ksenia Anske will talk about her Finance and Business Coaching and there will be a book blog on Friday! The critique groups are closed. You are welcome to ask for a critique group on the Smart Dummies Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/548159692008535
If you haven’t signed up for Smart Dummies do so here: http://ngi.c96.myftpupload.com/register-for-smart-dummies-2019/
Smart Dummies Schedule Week 2
Sunday – Smart Dummies Week 2 Schedule
Monday – Character Turnarounds (page 10-11)
Tuesday – Critique Group Practices (page 3)
Wednesday – Ksenia Anske’s Finance & Business Coaching
Thursday – Character Emotion and Poses (pages 12-13)
Friday – Book Blog
Sunday – Smart Dummies Week 3 schedule
If you have already worked on any of the above and wish to move on feel free to work ahead. There is a Smart Dummies Regular schedule and a Smart Dummies adjusted schedule on page 4 of the booklet! You can get the booklet here: http://ngi.c96.myftpupload.com/register-for-smart-dummies-2019/
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Pre-Smart Dummies Schedule August 12-17th
Pre-Smart Dummies is going to run a little slow this year. Honestly the whole event will be running slower. I want to make sure that more time is given to actually get a dummy done. This week we are working on story. Today and tomorrow I want you to look through the stories you’ve written. If you can’t find a book you like, then find a fairy tale, folktale, nursery rhyme ect you want to make. You can find public domain stores at the Gutenberg Project: https://www.gutenberg.org/
If you are using a story that’s not yours, please make sure it’s in the public domain. Anything published before January 1st, 1924 is now in the public domain.
This Week’s Schedule:
Aug 12-13: Chose your story. If you have a story great! If not you can choose a fairy tale, folk tale or other story.
Aug 14-15: Editing your story (or rewriting an old story).
Aug 16-17: Plan Your Pages (page 4).
I need to make a lot of edits on the Smart Dummies Schedule part of the planner. For now the planner can be found here: http://ngi.c96.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Smart-Dummies-2019.pdf
Make sure to register for Pre-Smart Dummies here: http://ngi.c96.myftpupload.com/register-for-smart-dummies-2019/
