Want to know the whole story behind PiBoIdMo? I tell it today on The Whole Megillah.
When I finally decided to write for children with the intention of becoming published, I got online. I made writing friends. And I listened to them talk.
In the fall of 2008, everyone got loud about an event: NaNoWriMo—National Novel Writing Month. Sounded great! Write a 50,000 novel in a month, join a community of writers doing the same, talk shop every day, and become immersed in the work. I’d feel like a REAL writer.
Except I didn’t write novels. And the thought of writing one? Daunting.
You see, my entire life I’ve been a fan of the short form. I prefer the brilliance in its brevity. I understand how every word must be carefully selected, how every action and scene must contribute to the “single effect,” as dubbed by Edgar Allen Poe. I studied short stories in college, I read short stories voraciously and I began my writing career…
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October 15, 2013 at 10:02 am
Deb Lund
Oh, my. It’s almost here and my plate is already overflowing. No was my first thought, quickly followed by, “I have to do this!” Thanks again, Tara, for getting us going. I’ll think of ideas on my way to and from the six events I have in Oct & Nov. Voice memos. That’s the answer…
October 15, 2013 at 7:23 pm
viviankirkfield
This will be my second year participating in PiBoIdMo! I am so excited, Tara…looking forward to the incredible posts you will feature during November and anxious to start writing done picture book ideas in the notebook I’ve set aside for this project. Thank you for your leadership in this, Tara!
I thought I’d have so much time to write once I retired at the end of 2012…then we made this spur of the moment decision to move more than halfway across the country. We are settling in now…and I am happy as a lark (are larks really happy? Don’t know about the larks…but I surely am.:)
October 16, 2013 at 6:01 pm
Kelly H-Y
Thanks so much for the reminder, Tara!!
October 17, 2013 at 4:30 pm
thiskidreviewsbooks
YAY! I can’t wait! But I must! YAY! Wait. I mean – AWW! I’m just excited! AW! Wait. I mean…
Yep. I’m excited. 🙂
October 23, 2013 at 9:11 am
Lynn Ann Carol
Since the very beginning, PiBoIdMo has replaced the turkey. Now the children make the dinner. Happily I have achieved that. Maybe this will be the year to achieve publication. I’m all smiles. Thanks, Tara.