12 x 12 June 2017 Winner!
It’s time to announce the winners of our June check-in. This month we had three books up for grabs from Featured Author Tim McCanna! And the winners are … Barnyard Boogie Winner – TINA BARBOUR! Watersong Winner – LISA KATZENBERGER! Bitty Bot Winner – KARIN LARSON! Congrats! Please contact Kelli at kelli (at) JulieHedlund […]
12 x 12 July 2017 Featured Author – Leanne Shirtliffe
Hey 12 x 12ers, What a delight it is to be here. Can you see me waving from Canada? There’s no wall! I have a few counter-intuitive ideas to share with you regarding this crazy writing journey we’re on. 1. Don’t quit your day job. I still haven’t. I teach high school English full time […]
Janine Le & Ginger Harris – 12 x 12 Featured Agents July 2017
Little GOLDen Book members of 12 x 12 will be able to choose one of two agents to submit their manuscript to each month. Janine Le of Sheldon Fogelman Agency will be accepting picture book submissions from 12 x 12 GOLD members July 1-15. Ginger Harris of Liza Royce Agency will be accepting picture book […]
12 x 12 June 2017 Check-In!
Well, I didn’t write OR revise this month (boo!), but I did take a real vacation with my kids. That sometimes happens at six months in. As Benjamin Franklin said, “Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.” I did a lot of somethings worth writing about this month. 😉 Happy 4th of […]
12 x 12 May 2017 Check-In Winner!
It’s time to announce the winner of our May check-in. Featured Author Chana Stiefel is giving away a signed copy of her picture book Daddy Depot! And the winner is … JUDY COOPER! Congrats! Please contact Kelli at kelli (at) JulieHedlund (dot) com to claim your prize. Be inspired by your favorite summer activities and write […]
12 x 12 June 2017 Featured Author – Tim McCanna
Hey 12 x 12ers! Tim here. I started writing picture books way back in 2009. I flailed around for 3 years, studying the industry and practicing my craft. By the time I joined 12 x 12 in January of 2012, I was a hungry, handsome, unpublished writer with a big binder full of rejection letters. […]
12 x 12 May 2017 Check-In!
You can bet your booty that, since I spent a week at Jane Yolen’s home in Scotland, I got both a draft and a revision done for May! It was as if the walls were saying, “Butt in chair! Butt in chair!” In fact, I wrote two new drafts in May which is a personal best […]
Erzsi Deak & Christa Heschke – 12 x 12 Featured Agents June 2017
Little GOLDen Book members of 12 x 12 will be able to choose one of two agents to submit their manuscript to each month. Erzsi Deak of Hen&ink Literary Studio will be accepting picture book submissions from 12 x 12 GOLD members June 1-15. Christa Heschke of McIntosh & Otis, Inc. will be accepting picture book submissions from […]
12 x 12 April 2017 Check-In Winner!
It’s time to announce the winner of our April check-in. Featured Author Heather Preusser is giving away a signed copy of her debut picture book A Symphony of Cowbells! And the winners is … KATE ARONSON! Congrats! Please contact Kelli at kelli (at) JulieHedlund (dot) com to claim your prize. Spring has sprung! May your head be […]
12 x 12 May 2017 Featured Author – Chana Stiefel
Recently, a friend asked me why I’m so excited about the release of my debut picture book, DADDY DEPOT. I mean, it’s all I’ve been yapping about for months. We 12 x 12ers get it. Debut. Picture. Book. Hellloooo?! But my friend’s question was really this: “What makes this book different from all of your […]
