January 29, 2016 1:18 pm
Been snowed in this week and going stir crazy?
Yowie! I think you may have fractured something there, buddy.
Speaking of fractures, all along I’ve been calling LITTLE RED GLIDING HOOD a fractured fairytale, but I think I’ve been WRONG. Yes, folks, I’m admitting my mistake. Somebody turn up The Biebs!
LITTLE RED is actually a fairytale MASH-UP. (This is probably a sub-segment of a fracture, like a bone chip.)
I didn’t merely retell LITTLE RED, I inserted a flock of fairytale and nursery rhyme characters into a whole new story starring Red and The Big Bad Wolf.
During revisions, editor Heidi Kilgras asked me to create a chain reaction after the boy cried “Wolf!”. I immediately whipped this up, which Troy Cummings illustrated brilliantly:
I’m wondering if maybe I haven’t marketed this book correctly. Do people think it’s the same story as the original, just taking place on ice??? No, it’s so much more than that!
Again, self-doubt creeps into the creative’s mind. Self-doubt, which I talked about last week, happens not just when you’re writing, but through every part of the book-making process…even when the process is over! I still think self-doubt is healthy, as long as it’s not overwhelming or paralyzing. Those slices of doubt help you create a better book…and perhaps also help you market the title more effectively!
So now I’m doing the mashed potato.
Oh wait, not THAT mashed potato. I’ll leave that for an alien book.
OK, enough hijinks (which is a FABULOUS word for a picture book text)…onto the final winners of the PiBoIdMo daily prizes. I will be emailing the remaining winners (from this week) later today to arrange delivery!
Day 21: Nancy Tupper Ling Winner
LANE ARNOLD (Double Happiness)
Day 22: Anna Staniszewski Winner
CAROL GWIN NELSON (Power Down, Little Robot)
Day 23: Katy Duffield Winner
SELENA SPAIN (Loud Lula)
Day 24: Jesse Klausmeier Winner
ANNIE CRONIN ROMANO (Open This Little Book)
Day 25: AJ Smith Winner
ROBYN CAMPBELL (Even Monsters)
Day 26: Pat Zietlow Miller Winner
LISA CONNORS (Share the Bread)
Day 27: Kelly DiPucchio Winner
AMY BRADSHAW (Everyone Loves Bacon)
Day 28: Paula Yoo Winner
CHRISTINE RODENBOUR (Twenty-Two Cents…the book, not $0.22!)
Day 29: Arree Chung Winner
SARA WEINGARTNER (Ninja!)
Day 30: Kim Norman Winner
KIM PIDDINGTON (This Old Van)
Congratulations to all the winners…and that includes all those who completed the 30-ideas-in-30-days challenge. Remember you can honor your gumption (ooh, another great word!) with a prize at the PiBoIdMo CafePress Shop! Like this snazzy mug! Every purchase via our link makes $3.00 for RIF (all proceeds).
In 2015, PiBoIdMo donated $230.39 to Reading is Fundamental, helping to put new books into the hands of underprivileged children. A sincere thank you to those who snapped up PiBoIdMo goodies. You did a good thing.
Thanks to everyone for participating! That’s all, it’s OVAH!
Now I think I’ll go hibernate with this guy!
Posted by Tara Lazar
Categories: PiBoIdMo 2015, Picture Books
Tags: RIF
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Mash-up IS a great description (so is FABULOUS :D). And congrats to the winners!!
By Joanne Sher on January 29, 2016 at 1:23 pm
Congratulations to the winners. Looking forward to next year!
By Rona Shirdan on January 29, 2016 at 1:27 pm
Congrats to all the winners and thanks again, Tara!!
By karadhya on January 29, 2016 at 1:30 pm
How exciting! Thank you Tara. The PiBoIdMo fun continues!
By lmconnors on January 29, 2016 at 1:39 pm
Thank you, Tara, for all the inspiration!!! Wish this happened twice a year!
By Shari on January 29, 2016 at 1:40 pm
I love reading your posts. They are hilariously informative! Thank you!
By LaurenKerstein on January 29, 2016 at 1:45 pm
Congrats to the winners! My daughter & I are enjoying Little Red Gliding Hood (I used to figure skate and she says she’d like to try it).
By Marla on January 29, 2016 at 2:02 pm
Amazing and maybe even a touch ironic how self-doubt is always lingering in the background, even after a book has been successfully published! Thanks for your amusing post and the idea to make exploding meatloaf tonight (it’s what we do with leftover meatballs & smashed pratties :> )
By yangmommy on January 29, 2016 at 2:05 pm
I had the best time in this my first PiBoIdMo challenge. Congratulations to the prize winners. I’ll look forward to next year. Now I’ll get back to writing my new picture book.
By Susie Caron on January 29, 2016 at 2:16 pm
Congratulations to the winners. Thanks for making this special event possible, Tara!
By lindamartinandersen on January 29, 2016 at 2:22 pm
Thank you Tara! It’s been fun, and I have a lot of great ideas to work with now!
By Polly Renner on January 29, 2016 at 2:42 pm
WAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!! *ahem* Thank you, Tara and AJ. I feel like dancing too. 🙂
I used hijinks in a Valentines story I’m writing. (Well, I only have a paragraph.) But hijinks is there. 🙂
I wanted to mention how glad I am that I bought Little Red Gliding Hood and I Thought This Was A Bear Book. Beautiful writing. Next I have to get Normal Norman. Can’t wait for the release. The polar bear is a story, Tara.
By Robyn Campbell on January 29, 2016 at 2:43 pm
P.S. Congrats to everyone.
By Robyn Campbell on January 29, 2016 at 2:44 pm
Fractured… mashup… it’s still a great book no matter what it is! Mashed Potatoes in an alien book? have you been looking over my shoulder? 😉 If not, I’d better get writing so you don’t beat me to the punch!
Congrats to the winners!
By JEN Garrett on January 29, 2016 at 3:06 pm
Congratulations to all the winners! And to all of us for coming up with new picture book ideas thanks … to YOU, TARA!
Now to get these ideas worked into manuscripts.
By Lynn A. Davidson on January 29, 2016 at 3:31 pm
Congrats to all of the winners! It was an incredible challenge, Tara…thank you so much! And thank you for the mini workshop in the difference between a fractured fairy tale and a fairy tale mash up…you see how we are always learning if we are reading your stuff? 😉 😉
By viviankirkfield on January 29, 2016 at 3:35 pm
Thanks Tara! d
By Carol Gwin Nelson on January 29, 2016 at 3:40 pm
Hooray! Congrats for all the winners!
By Teresa Robeson on January 29, 2016 at 3:41 pm
You always make me laugh, Tara! Thank you and congrats to all the lovely winners 😄
By Stephanie Geckle (@SPGeckle) on January 29, 2016 at 5:02 pm
I love this clip of the polar bear. I’m the put-on-three-sweaters, light-the-fire, curl-up-on-the-couch-with-a-wool-blanket kinda girl, so seeing this bear’s glee in the snow is inspiring. Just leap into the writing and enjoy it, icicles and all. Congrats to all the winners who did!
By Stephanie Farrow on January 29, 2016 at 5:03 pm
More! More! More! Exciting news! Congratulations to all and thanks Tara Lazar for giving us the BIB!!!!!!
By mona861 on January 29, 2016 at 5:09 pm
No hijinks-LITTLE RED GLIDING HOOD is a fun-tickling romp on ice! Thank you, Tara, for PiBoIdMo. Congrats to all the winners 🙂
By Charlotte Dixon on January 29, 2016 at 5:13 pm
Gee, Tara, you did it again! Another great year building on the habit of collecting story gems. Enjoy your hibernation, you’ve earned it!
By Juliana Lee on January 29, 2016 at 5:59 pm
Thank you, Tara. I appreciate all the work, energy, and time you put into PiBoIdMo. It sure keeps me motivated! And a BIG congratulations to all the winners!
By Kathy Doherty on January 29, 2016 at 6:19 pm
Thanks, Tara! Really enjoyed the process and all your great help. You’re the best!! Barbara Carney
By Barbara Carney-Coston on January 29, 2016 at 6:25 pm
Tara, I read Little Red Gliding Hood and really liked it. Very clever. It made me want to put my skates on and look for a wolf! Next year I’m signing up the first day so I can win a prize. I am coming up with tons more ideas now ever since I did 1/2 of PiBold Mo! Sue Have a great day.
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By setwiggs on January 29, 2016 at 6:34 pm
Congratulations to all the prize winners, but remember – EVERYONE that participated in ’15 PiBOIdMo is one, too. We read, we commented, we wrote, and thought, and thought some more, and stretched our brains! Some wrote lists, others outline, and some even went on to do drafts and revisions. Great or small – we are all winners for doing this!
Thanks, Tara! Putting all this together must be a tremendous task. THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
By Maria Bostian on January 29, 2016 at 6:48 pm
Congrats to all those lucky winners. Thanks for a great series of posts. I got some great ideas and wonderful information.
By Rosi Hollinbeck on January 29, 2016 at 10:40 pm
I love PIBOIDMO! Thanks to all who wrote such wonderful messages. Thank you, Tara, for all of your contributions and hard work.
By Dorothy Wiese on January 29, 2016 at 11:07 pm
Thanks for every bit, Tara. I loved doing this, and learned so much. Now you indeed can hibernate!
By Linda Baie on January 30, 2016 at 10:39 am
Congratulations winners! Tara you’re blog posts are hysterical. Thank you!
By Kimberly on January 30, 2016 at 11:10 am
Always so much fun to read your blog posts. Still trying to connect with Diane for my prize announced on December 29th. Thanks Tara.
By Sheri Rad on January 30, 2016 at 11:55 am
Congrats, winners! 😀
By Lori Mozdzierz on January 30, 2016 at 12:11 pm
Thanks, Tara, for organizing the crazy idea month. Have one written and revised and put to bed for a month. Ready to start on a second idea. Reward yourself for a job well done. And, bravo!
Read Little Red Gliding Hood. Great fun!
By Carole Calladine on January 30, 2016 at 12:38 pm
Congratulations Winners and thank you Tara, can’t wait till November 2016
By Artelle Lenthall on January 30, 2016 at 7:19 pm
Wow. Thanks for all you do, Tara, in the whole PiBoIdMo project! (Do you ever wonder how many picture books get published because of this challenge? I know I have one coming out because of it!
By Rebecca Van Slyke on January 30, 2016 at 7:52 pm
I think a fairy tale mash up describes it much better. Love that chain reaction page with the wolf! So clever! And you just whipped it up? Wow. I love how you mention the editor’s help. Good editors are worth their weight in gold! So happy for you with all your book successes. Keep them coming. And keep inspiring your author buddies.
By Carol Gordon Ekster on February 1, 2016 at 9:15 am