PiBoIdMo

[...] popular NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). You can read more about it on Tara’s blog (here). And if you’re a writer looking for a fun but motivational event (because you really DO [...]

[...] participate in their own version of NaNoWriMo. Writer Tara Lazar spun off the NaNoWriMo idea into Picture Book Idea Month, which charges writers with the challenge of, well, of what the title says: coming up with a [...]

[...] PiBoIdMo 2010 [...]

[...] just because I’m prone to overcommitting myself, I’m also participating in PiBoIdMo, Picture Book Ideas Month. The goal in PiBoIdMo is to come up with a new idea, phrase, image or [...]

[...] Check Tara’s blog for more information.  http://taralazar.wordpress.com/piboidmo2010/ [...]

[...] PiBoIdMo is Picture Book Idea Month and, you guessed it, the notion is to come up with 30 ideas for a picture book over the course of the month. Hosted by Tara Lazar of Writing For Kids (While Raising Them), I think this is a brilliant idea for a challenge and may try to keep up in some sort of modified fashion. [...]

[...] PiBoIdMo Day 1: one idea down, 29 more to go [...]

[...] Oh, and over at WRITE WILD, my own personal blog, I’m having a GREAT giveaway contest to celebrate my taking this course AND to celebrate my 100 followers! I am giving away TWO copies of the market guide published by ICL. One 2011 issue, and one 2010 issue of Book Markets for Children’s Writers. If you think you know your picture books, go comment on my blog post for 11-5-10. And come back on the 6th for an interview with Tara Lazar, the creator of PiBoIdMo! [...]

[...] aka Picture Book Idea Month was created by Tara Lazar as a way to get writers’ creative juices [...]

[...] I really think that this is a great idea.  You can read more about PiBoIdMo at author Tara Lazar’s website.  It is a great opportunity, plus it is free and it can only help.  You have nothing to lose for [...]

[...] was sooooo busy baking that I’d forgotten all about my PiBoIdMo idea for the day – but that baking worked a treat for inspiration. At 11:45pm (thanks to a [...]

[...] so thanks to PiBoIdMo 2010, I actually completed my first storyline for a picture book. Woo hoo! Only took 5 months of writing [...]

[...] I haven’t been keeping up with PiBoIdMo (Picture Book Idea Month) the way I’d intended, but I’m still having fun with it. So far I’ve jotted down about 12 [...]

[...] want to wait until November 2011, you can always do it another month on your own. Visit the PiBoIdMo site to access the motivational [...]

[...] I have been a very, very bad blogger. It was the end of October when the last edition of From the Family Bookshelf was posted.  In all fairness, I was tied up in November with book tours and Picture Book Idea Month. [...]

[...] NaNoWriMo. PiBoIdMo. If you’re a children’s writer, those acronyms are probably [...]

[...] Read more about PiBoldMo, or previous challenges at the Tara Lazar blog. [...]

[...] @jimhill tweeted a lifesaver (though he didn’t know it at the time) about #PiBoIdMo that I completed in November – a picture book *idea* every day for the month of November. [...]

[...] go with Beatrice and the Polar Bear, but it would also be fun to tackle my #25 story idea from Picture Book Idea Month - A New Home. It’s kind of like a Goldilocks and the Three Bears meets The Three Little Pigs [...]

[...] Tara Lazar is one of those talented writers who help inspire other picture book writers to go a little out of their comfort zone to create great ideas for new stories that may lead to successful publication. Here are her answers to my questions about PiBoIdMo - Picture Book Idea Month, held in November of each year. The concept is to create 30 picture book ideas in 30 days. To win prizes for PiBoIdMo, you have to register on her blog: http://taralazar.wordpress.com/piboidmo2010/. [...]

[...] those partaking in Tara Lazar’s PiBoIdMo in November (and everyone should!), this activity is a great precursor and could help you generate [...]

[...] writers out there, PiBoIdMo(Picture Book Idea Month) starts soon.  You can sign up on Tara Lazar’s site.  She has a lot of great stuff lined up so check it [...]

[...] PiBoIdMo.   I already blogged about Picture Book Idea Month.  The goal is to come up with 30 sound picture book ideas throughout the month of November and then to work on writing as many of them as possible within the coming year. This is the one I’m committing to this year. [...]

[...] BIG month around here and throughout the blogosphere. Not only is National Novel Writing Month and Picture Book Idea Month going on, but another equally (if not more so) event is occurring for the first time [...]

[...] also signed on for Picture Book Idea Month Challenge http://taralazar.wordpress.com/piboidmo2010/ So far I’ve come up with fifteen ideas. Next year I may delve more seriously into writing for [...]

[...] November 10th. Ten days into the month that is PiBoIdMo.  It’s been an interesting week and a half. The guest posts at Tara Lazar’s Writing [...]

[...] days in and not doing too bad. For those who don’t know, PiBoIdMo is the brainchild of Tara Lazar, and goes through the month of November to coincide with Picture Book Month and National Novel [...]

[...] are what the pep uses uses to smash the self-doubt back into it’s deep, dark cave. They are 31 Picture Book Ideas. This entry was posted on Thursday, December 1st, 2011 at 1:39 PM and is filed under Musings.You [...]

[...] just completed Tara Lazar’s very creative PiBoIdMo activity for authors to come up with 30 picture books ideas, (one a day) [...]

[...] had fun with this. A side note: this idea came out of PiBoIdMo and is one of the first that I’ve had the chance to expand on. I’d do more with this [...]

[...] the perfect opportunity to choose twelve ideas from the list I came up with when I participated in PiBoIdMo in November 2011. It was wonderful-30 ideas in 30 days! And what an awesome 30 days. Tara Lazar [...]

[...] children’s writers is getting out of control with calendar writing challenges. There’s PIBOIDMO, Picture Book Marathon, and NaPiBoWriWee, 12x12in12 Back in October of 2011, I piloted a prototype [...]

[...] have been diligently working on my PiBoIdMo ideas. And on occasion I have even expanded from the idea into a full fledged story. Since the 1st [...]

[...] that idea book. Remember PiBoIdMo? And all those ideas you had? Go back to them. Add one word. Add a whole story. Add whatever [...]

[...] book draft each and every month with her 12x12in12 initiative. Much like Tara Lazar’s PiBoIdMo, 12x12in12 “will be running guest posts on the blog from experts in the field along with a [...]

[...] and got incredibly helpful feedback on both.  These were ideas generated from Tara Lazar’s PiBoIdMo [...]

[...] nothing left to do there is always PiBoIdMo 2010! Doolittle about picture book ideas!  Here’s the link! Don’t miss [...]

[...] did PiBoIdMo in November and successfully thought of 30 new picture book [...]

[...] the past  two years I participated in Tara Lazar’s PiBoIdMo and, while I ended up with a list of ideas, they stayed seeds buried under a pile of dirt (or [...]

[...] 12 x 12 in 2012 author, Bethany Telles, before 12 x 12 even started. She and I both participated in PiBoIdMo last year and in the MeeGenius Children’s Author contest. Needless to say, I was so excited [...]

[...] http://taralazar.wordpress.com/piboidmo2010/ – PIBOIDMO 2012 (even though the link says 2010) PIcture BOok IDea MOnth. #piboidmo2012 (I came up with nearly 30 Picture Book ideas and discovered something about myself and my tastes in writing and illustration.) [...]

[...] PiBoIdMo 2012 [...]

[...] the Picture Book Marathon (write 26 picture books in 28 days during the month of February), PiBoIdMo (the picture book writer’s answer to NaNoWriMo hosted at Tara Lazar’s blog), and Laurie Halse [...]

[...] PiBoIdMo at http://www.taralazar.com [...]

[...] is a challenge to work on 12 picture books over the 12 months of 2013 with a group organised by Tara Lazar she ran the PiBoIdMo I mentioned to you in a previous post. ( By the way the 30 ideas I was [...]

[...] http://taralazar.com/piboidmo/ [...]