Thanks to everyone who entered and voted in my Comic Caption Contest from last month. So many wonderful entries! Congrats to Linda W., who came up with the winning caption: Runners-up: “Of course I’m having a bier. Why aren’t you drinking a Bloody Mary?” — Ray Pace “I may have a book deal, but at least [...]

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Any caption suggestions? Please post below in the comments section – please post one caption at a time, and let someone else post a comment before posting another. Vote for the caption(s) you like by clicking on “Like.” Caption suggestion with the most Likes by Sat. May 18th gets a selection of writer-focused greeting cards from [...]

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  News since the last time I posted: I’m delighted to announce I’ll be illustrating Michael Ian Black’s new picture book, NAKED! See the announcement in Entertainment Weekly. Scheduled for publication in Summer 2014.

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  I do admit that I waver between making New Year’s Resolutions and not making them, depending on the year and how I’m feeling. I LOVE Juliet Marillier’s Nine Good Gifts For The New Year (posted earlier in the week) so felt compelled to add one of her Gifts to my comic today.

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The quote “Writers: enjoy every success, no matter how small” came from Nathan Bransford, and it’s such good advice. Sometimes we get so obsessed with some big goal (getting published, writing a bestseller, etc.) that we forget to enjoy good moments along the way. — Debbie p.s. If you’re doing NaNoWriMo this year, I encourage [...]

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To fellow Canadian writers out there: Happy Thanksgiving! I’m up at the cottage right now, so decided to do an autumn-themed format this weekend.

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Congrats again to Dave Olimpio, who won the Writer Unboxed Summer Flash Fiction contest! Thanks to WU for giving me the chance to provide illustration prompts. My big news: my first children’s book launches this week! I’M BORED is a new picture book written by Michael Ian Black and illustrated by yours truly, published by [...]

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In 2005, I started a webcomic for writers called Will Write For Chocolate: The premise: a bunch of writers with different genre and market interests live together in a big house. My main focus at the time was on getting nonfiction articles published, so that was the initial focus of the strip’s main character, Eliza. [...]

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The comic above was inspired by a recent discussion in Writer Unboxed as well as Juliet Marillier’s recent post. Last time, I posted a cartoon caption challenge for an image featuring an editor at a desk and an Easter bunny. Lots of great responses! John Monahan‘s caption suggestion got the most thumbs up: “We’ve had [...]

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Any suggestions for a caption? Post your suggestion below. Only one at at time, please — if you have more than one, please wait until someone else posts before you post again. And do come back later to “Like” the captions you like the most! Have a great weekend, all.

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