Wow--huge congrats everyone! I'm happy dancing for all the wonderful ideas we've created this month and hope they turn into many PB sales over the next couple of years.
Thanks again for creating this fun and motivating challenge, Tara!
I ended up making a file with ideas that are fleshed out at least a little, and another file of random thoughts. The main idea file has 41, and the random thought file (which might just be a title or some other grain of an idea) ended with 44, plus I have two ideas that might be good to work into a future picture book or novel, for a total of 87 this month, which really blows my mind!
Now, the question is...what are we going to do with all these amazing ideas? I always participate in Paula Yoo's NaPiBoWriWee 7 drafts in 7 days challenge in May, and I just signed up for the new 12 x 12 challenge where the goal is to write one new manuscript a month in 2012. If I'm successful, that will mean at least 18 new picture book drafts out of these 87 ideas by the end of 2012--wow! It sounds like a lot, but so did coming up with 30 ideas in 30 days, and look how amazing we all did.
Who is going to take the 12 x 12 challenge with me? There's also a Facebook group which should be filled with enthusiastic participants, since many PiBoIdMoers seem to be tackling it, too. Here's a link:
http://writeupmylife.com/2011/11/30/12-x-12-in-2012-picture-book-writing-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-5329