12 x 12 June 2018 Check-In Winner!
Happy 4th of July to our U.S. members! It’s time to announce the winner of our June check-in. Special thanks to our June Featured Author Michelle Cusolito! Our lucky winner this month will receive a shrunken Styrofoam cup that went to the seafloor on the outside of Alvin. It went down 4400 meters (roughly 2 […]
12 x 12 Summer Celebration #1 – Book Releases
Welcome to our 12 x 12 Summer Celebration! We are launching a new 12 x 12 Good News feature. Every month we will showcase 12 x 12 member book releases, agent signing news, book deals, and award winners! To launch this fun new feature, every week in the month of July, we will post 12 […]
12 x 12 July 2018 Featured Author – Jami Gigot
Hello lovely picture book writers and illustrators! What an honor it is to be your guest blogger this month. You’ve done it! You’re over the halfway mark! I hope all of you have had a productive year so far. As summer rolls in, and the days get very busy, I hope you still manage to […]
12 x 12 June 2018 Check-In!
It’s official! We are halfway through 12 x 12 in 2019. Time to take stock, see where you are and make any adjustments you might want to make as we head into the second half of the year. As for me, I’ve only written one new draft this year (gah!), BUT overall I am happy […]
Mary Cummings & Hannah Mann – 12 x 12 Featured Agents July 2018
Little GOLDen Book members of 12 x 12 will be able to choose one of two agents to submit their manuscript to each month. Mary Cummings of Betsy Amster Literary Enterprises will be accepting picture book submissions from 12 x 12 GOLD members July 1 -15. Hannah Mann of Writers House will be accepting picture […]
12 x 12 May 2018 Check-In Winner!
It’s time to announce the winner of our May check-in. Special thanks to our May Featured Author Casey W. Robinson! Our lucky winner this month will receive an autographed copy of Casey’s debut picture book, Iver & Ellsworth! And the winner is … SHERRI RIVERS! Congrats! Please contact Kelli at kelli (at) JulieHedlund (dot) […]
12 x 12 June 2018 Featured Author – Michelle Cusolito
Thank you Julie and Kelli for welcoming me to the blog today. I’m a longtime 12 x 12 member who’s been reading these featured author posts for years. I’m honored to be this month’s author. I’m sure many of you have read my interviews on KidLit 411 and on other blogs hosted by friends and […]
12 x 12 May 2018 Check-In!
Ah, May. My favorite month. Springtime. Mother’s Day. My birthday. Bookended by the start of summer. I did a LOT of revising this month, and will continue that trend through June. I wrote a new draft in my head at the sink doing dishes, but since I haven’t gotten it down on paper yet, I’m […]
Jenna Pocius & Natascha Morris – 12 x 12 Featured Agent June 2018
Little GOLDen Book members of 12 x 12 will be able to choose one of two agents to submit their manuscript to each month. Jenna Pocius of Red Fox Literary will be accepting picture book submissions from 12 x 12 GOLD members June 1 -15. Natascha Morris of BookEnds Literary will be accepting picture book submissions […]
12 x 12 April 2018 Check-In Winner!
It’s time to announce the winner of our April check-in. Special thanks to our April Featured Author Tara Luebbe! We have two lucky winners this month! One member will win a copy of Shark-Nate-O and another winner will win a copy of I Am Famous. And the winners are … LISA BILLA – SHARK-NATE-O! […]
