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 […]
Samantha Bremekamp & Adriana Dominguez – 12 x 12 Featured Agents March 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. Samantha Bremekamp from Corvisiero Literary Agency will be accepting picture book submissions from 12 x 12 Gold members March 1-15. Adriana Dominguez from Full Circle Literary will be accepting picture book submissions […]
12 x 12 January 2015 Check-In Winner!
It’s time to giveaway our first prize of the year! January’s winner will get a picture book critique from our PiBoIdMo founder Tara Lazar. And the lucky winner is… DIANE KRESS HOWER!! Congrats! Please contact me at JulieFHedlund (at) gmail (dot) com to claim your prize. Registration for 12 x 12 in 2015 continues! If you haven’t […]
Jodi Moore: 12 x 12 Featured Author February 2015
One of my favorite parts of running 12 x 12 is choosing featured authors. I get to ask myself, “Who do I want to learn from?” Then ask them to teach me (and fellow 12 x 12 participants of course!). When author Jodi Moore burst onto the 12 x 12 scene a few weeks ago, […]
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. […]
12 x 12 Registration is Now OPEN!
It’s the moment I know I’ve been waiting for, and I hope you have too! 12 x 12 in 2015 is now OPEN for registration! If you write picture books, please come and join the friendliest writing community on earth. The benefits of 12 x 12 membership are ample, and you can find them all […]
Meet our 12 x 12 in 2015 Scholarship Winners!
In 2014, the 12 x 12 Picture Book Writing Challenge* community generously donated funds to provide four scholarships in two categories — Diversity and Financial Need — for pre-published picture book authors. The purpose behind these scholarships is to cultivate underrepresented voices in children’s picture books and to provide an opportunity for dedicated writers to […]
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 […]
