Children’s author Emily Lim | VIVIAN KIRKFIELD

Pi Bo Id Mo: Throw me a deadline & I will write a story.

Hurray! Children’s author Emily Lim, the awesome lady who invited me to speak at the 2013 Asian Festival of Children’s Content in Singapore, is joining PiBoIdMo!

PiBoIdMo is the perfect launching pad for picture book writers…not only will you create a notebook of 30 ideas that might someday become award-winners…you will also be exposed to over 500 (YES, 500) energized writers and illustrators who will be sharing tips and helpful information in posts (on Tara Lazar’s blog and in their own) and in the comments (I know, scrolling through hundreds of comments on each post takes time…but it is time well-spent…there are always excellent nuggets of knowledge lurking there).

The Bible says something about if two or three are gathered There IS power in community…and here we have over 500 gathering…don’t you feel the energy?

Haven’t signed up yet? What are you waiting for?

http://taralazar.com/2012/10/23/piboidmo-2012-registration-begins-now-sign-up-here/

PiBoIdMo: The Promise (literaryfriendships.wordpress.com)
Pi Bo Id Mo: Throw me a deadline & I will write a story (mummumstheword.wordpress.com)
November celebrates the Picture Book Idea Month. (prathambooks.org)
What Do Picture Book Writers Do during NaNoWriMo? (suebe.wordpress.com)
PiBoIdMo (alisonkolesar.blogspot.com)
PiBoIdMo 2012 (loniedwards.com)
Picture Book Month – Read *Share *Celebrate! (loniedwards.com)
PPBF: Cat Tale….A Lesson in Group Dynamics and Word Power (viviankirkfield.wordpress.com)

18 months on: The New Parent is the ultimate Transformer (Part 3).

Emily Lim is a children’s author and first-time mom. We connected earlier this year through the blogsphere…and have found we are on the same page about many things.

Her post today was so amazing, I felt compelled to ‘press’ it and offer it to my readers.

I agreed with all of the six ways she found her life had changed because of motherhood…but I especially loved the four points she considers before she takes on any new work. As a WAHM, she puts her job as ‘mum’ first…not an easy thing to do.

I also wanted to share that I received an email from Emily this morning, inviting me to be a speaker at the 2013 Asian Children’s Writers and Illustrators Conference (part of the Asian Festival of Children’s Content)…needless to say, I am deeply honored and hope we can work things out so that I will get to meet Emily in person next May in Singapore and share my passion for helping every young child become a lover of books and reading.