Sean McCarthy & Ginger Harris-Dontzin – 12 x 12 Featured Agents March 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. Sean McCarthy of Sean McCarthy Literary Agency will be accepting picture book submissions from 12 x 12 GOLD members March 1-15. Ginger Harris-Dontzin of Liza Royce Agency will be accepting picture […]
PENGUINAUT! Cover Reveal with Marcie Colleen!
We’ve never done a cover reveal on 12 x 12 before, but this cover is especially special. Why? Because waaaaay back in 2012, the very first year 12 x 12 was in existence, a woman with the biggest, baddest, best hair I’d ever seen, joined as one of the inaugural members. She’s been here ever […]
12 x 12 January 2018 Check-In Winner!
It’s time to announce the winner of our first check-in for 12 x 12 in 2018. Thanks to Susanna Leonard Hill, our January Featured Author, we will have two winners! One person will win an enrollment in Susanna’s course Making Picture Book Magic. Another member will win a personalized signed set of Susanna’s books, WHEN YOUR […]
12 x 12 February 2018 Featured Author – Jeanette Bradley
It’s already our second month of the year! For many of you this is just the beginning of your 12 x 12 journey. We are pleased to announce that, for the second year in a row, all of our Featured Authors will be published 12 x 12 members! We love celebrating the success of our […]
12 x 12 January 2018 Check-In!
Just… WOW! What a month! I probably say this every year, but I think this is the best first month of 12 x 12 ever! Everyone is so enthusiastic and excited, and I see so many new members actively participating alongside the veterans. Plus, we are already 900 picture book authors and illustrators strong. That […]
Rachel Orr & Jennie Dunham – 12 x 12 Featured Agents February 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. Rachel Orr of Prospect Agency will be accepting picture book submissions from 12 x 12 GOLD members February 1-15. Jennie Dunham of Dunham Literary Agency will be accepting picture book submissions […]
12 x 12 December 2017 Check-In Winner!
It’s time to announce the winner of our December check-in. This month, we have THREE prizes from our December Featured Author Marcie Colleen! And the winners* are … KRISTINE MASSEY – Signed copy of Love, Triangle LOURDES HEUER – Signed copy of Super Happy Party Bears #8: Tiny Prancer DAN MARVIN – A picture book […]
Bullet Journaling for Writers
HUGE thanks to 12 x 12 member extraordinaire Michelle Cusolito for sharing her inside tips and resources for keeping a bullet journal. Michelle was my inspiration for keeping one in 2016. It made such a big difference, not so much in terms of how much I got done (I don’t think…), but in terms of […]
12 x 12 Featured Author January 2018 – Susanna Hill
It’s a new year and that means a brand new year of 12 x 12! We are pleased to announce that, for the second year in a row, all of our Featured Authors will be published 12 x 12 members! We love celebrating the success of our members and watching 12 x 12 drafts bloom […]
2018 12 x 12 Scholarship Winners!
Let’s ring in the New Year by congratulating and welcoming our 2018 12 x 12 Picture Book Writing Challenge Scholarship winners! In 2014 and 2015, the 12 x 12 community generously donated funds to provide four scholarships in two categories — Diversity and Financial Need — for pre-published picture book authors. The generosity increased in 2016 and […]
