By Tim | Published:
September 24, 2009
The Caldecott Medal is named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. Awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, it goes to to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.
2003 Caldecott winner, Eric Rohmann, just sent us four illustrations to [...]
By Tim | Published:
September 23, 2009
Pam and I did a new radio interview this morning detailing what’s happening at AnAuthor World. It is scheduled to air this Sunday: The Planet 93.3 FM at 7:00 am, and WROQ Rock 101.1 FM at 7:30 am. We also hope to post it here sometime next week.
By Tim | Published:
September 22, 2009
My old friend and former co-worker, Jim Harris, sent us oodles of art from down under. It will be on display by November 17 along with a host of other new children’s illustrations from an eye-popping array of illustrators.
Jim is best known for his light-hearted and whimsical picture book characters. Among his best selling [...]
By Tim | Published:
September 21, 2009
In our August conference I talked about the integration of art and words in picture books. In my preparation, I came across this chart (no credit given) which shows how we express visual and verbal ideas and bring them together.
Maybe its not that profound, but at least it serves as a reminder that there are [...]
By Tim | Published:
September 15, 2009
This great portrait hanging at the gallery was done by Bruce Ink.
Bruce has been doing a wide range of illustration for thirty-four years. After graduating from the University of Georgia, he has worked in both the advertising and publishing fields in Greenville, Atlanta, Detroit, and New York. His specialties include portraits, caricatures, cartoons, and technical [...]
By Tim | Published:
September 14, 2009
Pam begins teaching her three week Overview of Creative Writing course tonight. A good place to start!
Overview of Creative Writing
This course will give an overview of writing fiction, non-fiction, and poetry for beginning writers. In-class assignments will help students find their writing niche.
By Pam | Published:
September 10, 2009
“Never sleep under the same roof with a rejected manuscript. Send it out again as fast as possible!”
Rejection is always hard to take, no matter how long you’ve been writing or how often you’ve been published. So, to reduce the sting of rejection, get that manuscript back in the mail as soon as [...]
By Tim | Published:
September 6, 2009
We just received two new pieces from Jeyanthi Manokaran, a writer and illustrator of children’s books based in India. She received a UNESCO award for illustrating in a folk art style for kids and has published nine books with Scholastic. Love this style!
By Tim | Published:
September 1, 2009
Today marks the first day of classes at AnAuthor World. Principles of Illustration begins this evening at 6:30, with Tim instructing. Then, Thursday evening at 6:30, Pam’s Basics of Writing Fiction part 1 begins.
Thanks to all of you who registered for our classes. We look forward to assisting you in your writing and illustrating [...]