[LeslieG Posts: 220 Status: Offline WWW]

Sign-up #169 and counting...

[DonnaE Posts: 197 Status: Offline life is too short to wear pantyhose. WWW]

YAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!!!!

[CarrieF Posts: 271 Status: Offline WWW]

Could we just skip straight to November?

[DonnaE Posts: 197 Status: Offline life is too short to wear pantyhose. WWW]

Have y'all seen Kathy Davis' post on PiBoIdMo? http://taralazar.com/2012/10/25/pre-pibo-day-1-kathy-ellen-davis-and-the-three-little-ps/
VERY cool!

[Lynda Posts: 98 Status: Offline Works in progress]

Yes, and I've just seen yours, which is equally cool. I get some of my best ideas in the shower too. But not in the bath. I always fall asleep in the bath. No baths for me  in November! (Yuk.)

[DonnaE Posts: 197 Status: Offline life is too short to wear pantyhose. WWW]

Thank  you, Lynda! I know what you mean about baths. I do the same thing!

[Jayca Posts: 2,122 Status: Offline]

Signed up! Thank you, Tara!

Ditto what y'all said about the shower...it's a great thinking spot:)

[dkshumaker Posts: 1,005 Status: Offline]

I signed up last week and am looking forward to it! Thanks Tara!

[JodyJS Posts: 1,396 Status: Offline IT'S A FIELD TRIP, BUSY BUS! Preorder now! WWW]

Think I'll try it this year.  Thanks, Tara.

[Ev Posts: 4,427 Status: Offline Making learning fun! WWW]

I'm trying it for the first time this year.  My friend Tina persuaded me.     I've been enjoying the posts so far (including yours, Donna).  Thanks, Tara, for all your hard work in organizing this wonderful event for the rest of us.

[taralazar Posts: 264 Status: Offline WWW]

Hey everyone,

I'm still without power due to Sandy and I realize others may be, too, so I am extending PiBoIdMo registration until at least November 7th.

While you do not have to register to follow along, those who register and complete the 30-ideas-and-30-days challenge are eligible for the agent and editor prizes, like picture book critiques.

Hope everyone affected by Sandy is doing well. Our home is fine, just without power. We are now staying with friends until we're back on the grid. But we realize we are lucky.

[crookedbook Posts: 133 Status: Offline WWW]

Thank you for the update - I hope you get electricity back soon. 


Thank goodness notebooks run on brain power!

[Stephanie Ruble Posts: 1,996 Status: Offline author/illustrator WWW]

Tara, I hope your power comes back soon! Thanks for hosting PiBoIdMo! I'm having fun with it so far

[Mindy Alyse Weiss Posts: 3,590 Status: Offline A long journey - but I'm determined to get there!]

Thanks for the update, Tara.  I hope your power comes back on soon!   I'm sending tons of good thoughts your way.

And I'm loving all my PiBoIdMo ideas--thanks again for all the inspiration.

[Lynda Posts: 98 Status: Offline Works in progress]

Ditto. This is my first PiBoIdMo and I'm having a blast - fuelled by the constant niggling fear that there will come a point when the fountain of ideas will dry up. Maybe even today... 

[anom3 Posts: 155 Status: Offline I love kids' books! WWW]

I'm in. Make ya think, doesn't it!

[Kell Posts: 1,400 Status: Offline On the other hand WWW]

I'm already behind! I will try to catch up on ideas today. Maybe an awesome idea and its sequel...

[KDuBayGillis Posts: 310 Status: Offline]

Took some time yesterday to do big picture/big idea brainstorming.....lists of universal kid problems/wants, universal kid loves (hooks), universal kid character traits/flaws....then will play a sort of mixed-up game of seeing which ones mix and match in funny ways.  Hoping some good stuff jumps out at me!

[dkshumaker Posts: 1,005 Status: Offline]

One or two ideas a day so far - this has been a good exercise for me. Like Lynda, though, I'm afraid of hitting that dry spell!

[JennaWren Posts: 2,231 Status: Offline WWW]

Sending positive power thoughts your way, Tara! 

I'm also behind already!    Kellie, what a great idea, to brainstorm that way! I am totally stealing it. Um, do you mind, dear friend? 

[taralazar Posts: 264 Status: Offline WWW]

Today Kelly Light drives through roadblocks! This is very inspiring, as Kelly has SEVEN books under contract. (Might be more by now. They are multiplying like rabbits! LOL)

http://taralazar.com/2012/11/09/piboidmo-day-9-kelly-light/

Also, she has an interesting character sketch exercise on her own blog from earlier this year. It will help illustrators come up with more ideas:

http://kellylight.com/2012/06/character-design-101-exercise-from-my-nescbwi-workshop.html

[Cali Posts: 218 Status: Offline Twitter: (csuefrye) WWW]

Tara, thanks so much for sharing Kelly's links! They totally rock! I always get my stories from catchy titles and as of today, I already have over thirty new titles and climbing, thanks to your generous (blockbusting) ideas!

Thanks!

[taralazar Posts: 264 Status: Offline WWW]

Today, editor Tamson Weston shares five tips for writing picture books that "stand the test of time."

Tamson has worked with PB rock stars like Adam Rex, Mac Barnett and Robert Weinstock.

http://taralazar.com/2012/11/14/piboidmo-day-14-tamson-weston/

[Julie Hedlund Posts: 15 Status: Offline I love kids' books! WWW]

All the posts have been amazing, and this is no exception! Go Tamson!

[AJSchumacher Posts: 90 Status: Offline WWW]

Great link/post Tara! I really dig the last line:

There are a lot of wonderfully quirky picture books that are having their day out there. And you can bet that these books are not a result of market research. They are a result of love.

[DebraG Posts: 58 Status: Offline WWW]

Participated in PiBoIdMo for the first time. It was great.  Thanks so much Tara.

[Julie Hedlund Posts: 15 Status: Offline I love kids' books! WWW]

Thanks for another great year Tara! I have 30 ideas + and I'm already working on one of them.