Mio Debnam
@miodebnam.bsky.social
Author & editor, Regional Advisor SCBWI HK, devoted servant to a flatulent blind dog, as well as a mum & wife. Loves animals/nature, reading, exploring & good food. Japanese/third culture kid. Geeky & proud of it! Latest book: Game Changers
Happy book birthday to my dear friend, @candygourlay.bsky.social !
Little Rhino Lost, written by Candy and illustrated by Jamie Bauza is a story about what happens when Maya helps a 'Polite baby rhino' that has become lost in the city. It's a tale that will warm your heart!
youtu.be/prOmb69XZRI
Little Rhino Lost, written by Candy and illustrated by Jamie Bauza is a story about what happens when Maya helps a 'Polite baby rhino' that has become lost in the city. It's a tale that will warm your heart!
youtu.be/prOmb69XZRI
Little Rhino Lost by Candy Gourlay and Jamie Bauza
YouTube video by Candy Gourlay
youtu.be
February 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Happy book birthday to my dear friend, @candygourlay.bsky.social !
Little Rhino Lost, written by Candy and illustrated by Jamie Bauza is a story about what happens when Maya helps a 'Polite baby rhino' that has become lost in the city. It's a tale that will warm your heart!
youtu.be/prOmb69XZRI
Little Rhino Lost, written by Candy and illustrated by Jamie Bauza is a story about what happens when Maya helps a 'Polite baby rhino' that has become lost in the city. It's a tale that will warm your heart!
youtu.be/prOmb69XZRI
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Unsolicited writing advice, #17171617:
Don't just write. Read books. Watch films. Look at paintings and sculpture. Play games. Go to plays. Listen to music. Think about how these things make you feel.
Making art is a two-way stream. To make art, you have to consume art.
Don't just write. Read books. Watch films. Look at paintings and sculpture. Play games. Go to plays. Listen to music. Think about how these things make you feel.
Making art is a two-way stream. To make art, you have to consume art.
January 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Unsolicited writing advice, #17171617:
Don't just write. Read books. Watch films. Look at paintings and sculpture. Play games. Go to plays. Listen to music. Think about how these things make you feel.
Making art is a two-way stream. To make art, you have to consume art.
Don't just write. Read books. Watch films. Look at paintings and sculpture. Play games. Go to plays. Listen to music. Think about how these things make you feel.
Making art is a two-way stream. To make art, you have to consume art.
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Argh!
Here's another good reason not to use those stupid MSFT/OpenAI/Meta/Anthropic AI tools: "A ChatGPT-powered search, according to the International Energy Agency, consumes almost 10 times the amount of electricity as a search on Google." www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
AI is exhausting the power grid. Tech firms are seeking a miracle solution.
Some data centers need as much energy as a small city, turning companies that promised a clean energy future into some of the most insatiable guzzlers of power
www.washingtonpost.com
June 23, 2024 at 3:22 AM
Argh!
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This is pretty cool -- @andreabrownlit.bsky.social made the Publishers Marketplace News! #fancy #publishingnews
lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2024/06/abla...
lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2024/06/abla...
ABLA Second Chance Inbox - Publishers Lunch
Andrea Brown Literary Agency has introduced a Second Chance Inbox for projects that certain agents at the agency have already passed on. They write on their website, “If a creator would like another o...
lunch.publishersmarketplace.com
June 21, 2024 at 9:01 PM
This is pretty cool -- @andreabrownlit.bsky.social made the Publishers Marketplace News! #fancy #publishingnews
lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2024/06/abla...
lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2024/06/abla...
Aww that's adorable! Though not quite in keeping with the hashtag #poorlydrawnpets... More like #excellentlydrawnpets ! Also, how DOES one have a capybara for a pet?? Can you ask for us, @kookychooky.bsky.social ?
I signed up to be a volunteer illustrator for our state RSPCA's event called #poorlydrawnpets where people send in photos of their pets and a pool of volunteers draw them. I got to draw this capybara!! How does one keep a capybara as a pet.. 🤔
February 2, 2024 at 3:57 AM
Aww that's adorable! Though not quite in keeping with the hashtag #poorlydrawnpets... More like #excellentlydrawnpets ! Also, how DOES one have a capybara for a pet?? Can you ask for us, @kookychooky.bsky.social ?
This!! If you have books you love or authors/illustrators you love… or author/illustrator friends with books out (which you hopefully love!) please do tell others about them!
Y'all, discoverability is harder than ever. With Twitter all but gone and publishing being --in a mood-- your favorite authors are floundering. We don't know how to reach our fans or find new readers. Telling someone about a book you love is a really big deal. That's the #1 reason people buy books!
December 8, 2023 at 10:06 AM
This!! If you have books you love or authors/illustrators you love… or author/illustrator friends with books out (which you hopefully love!) please do tell others about them!
Still so shocked and sad to hear of Benjamin Zephaniah’s passing.
www.theguardian.com/books/2023/d...
www.theguardian.com/books/2023/d...
December 8, 2023 at 9:57 AM
Still so shocked and sad to hear of Benjamin Zephaniah’s passing.
www.theguardian.com/books/2023/d...
www.theguardian.com/books/2023/d...
This is interesting news: Penguin Random House (and others, inc authors, Laurie Halse Anderson, John Green, Jodi Picoult & Malinda Lo) sues the state of Iowa to fight book bans
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/articles/wha...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/articles/wha...
December 2, 2023 at 5:26 AM
This is interesting news: Penguin Random House (and others, inc authors, Laurie Halse Anderson, John Green, Jodi Picoult & Malinda Lo) sues the state of Iowa to fight book bans
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/articles/wha...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/articles/wha...
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My cover for today's A.I. issue of The New Yorker
more: www.christophniemann.com/detail/nyerc...
more: www.christophniemann.com/detail/nyerc...
November 13, 2023 at 12:09 PM
My cover for today's A.I. issue of The New Yorker
more: www.christophniemann.com/detail/nyerc...
more: www.christophniemann.com/detail/nyerc...
Awww, thanks Jen! It was so much fun writing and researching this book which is 1/2 fiction about a neurodiverse biracial girl called Hana, who really, REALLY loves cats, and 1/2 NF (fun cat facts!). The fab, fun illustrations by @jenjamieson.bsky.social really brings it to life!
I loved designing these characters for this wonderful book about Cats! Written by @miodebnam.bsky.social and published by Oxford Children’s Readerful
November 2, 2023 at 2:54 AM
Awww, thanks Jen! It was so much fun writing and researching this book which is 1/2 fiction about a neurodiverse biracial girl called Hana, who really, REALLY loves cats, and 1/2 NF (fun cat facts!). The fab, fun illustrations by @jenjamieson.bsky.social really brings it to life!
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#WriterBeware: Another fake agency doing the solicitation thing: Collins Literary Guild. Web domain just 54 days old, multiple ludicrously false claims of repped books, and a roster of AI "literary agents" w/ bios cribbed from Sanford Greenburger Associates collinslitguild.com
Collins Literary Guild
The Collins Literary Guild functions as a specialized firm, providing a comprehensive array of representation services to authors who are at various stages of their publishing journey.
collinslitguild.com
October 15, 2023 at 12:11 AM
#WriterBeware: Another fake agency doing the solicitation thing: Collins Literary Guild. Web domain just 54 days old, multiple ludicrously false claims of repped books, and a roster of AI "literary agents" w/ bios cribbed from Sanford Greenburger Associates collinslitguild.com
Same!
I hadn’t realized how many voices I value had left Twitter until I got here & saw them on Bluesky. Like walking into a room of friends—or more accurately, spotting a bookshelf full of writers I adore.
October 12, 2023 at 12:51 PM
Same!
I've been driven from my desk (by workmen standing outside my study window on the scaffolding...) And now there's a worker sitting in front of me in the lounge too. Even worse, she putting up opaque plastic on our windows to protect the glass from the building renovation. No more view for 4mths! 😢😢
September 26, 2023 at 1:33 AM
I've been driven from my desk (by workmen standing outside my study window on the scaffolding...) And now there's a worker sitting in front of me in the lounge too. Even worse, she putting up opaque plastic on our windows to protect the glass from the building renovation. No more view for 4mths! 😢😢
Whilst I’m trying to figure out what’s going on, please enjoy a pic of Alfie who is almost completely blind but acts like he’s not - rushing around joyously, occasionally bumping into furniture and bouncing back instantly! He’s 9.5 years old but I call him my pup still!
September 20, 2023 at 6:19 AM
Whilst I’m trying to figure out what’s going on, please enjoy a pic of Alfie who is almost completely blind but acts like he’s not - rushing around joyously, occasionally bumping into furniture and bouncing back instantly! He’s 9.5 years old but I call him my pup still!
Gosh how do you all find people to follow here? Thank you to @debbieohi.bsky.social for her list which gave me a start!
September 19, 2023 at 12:13 AM
Gosh how do you all find people to follow here? Thank you to @debbieohi.bsky.social for her list which gave me a start!