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I often get sent questions and so I've decided to do a new video series where I'll be answering one of them each week. I'll be featuring them here on the blog every Thursday.

This weeks question is "Why do you write children's books?" Watch the video below for my answer.

Got a question for me? Leave it as a comment below and I'll add to the list to be answered in future Ask Jo videos.

I'm doing a free webinar on Friday 29th March,
at 9:30pm Central European Time (that's 3:30pm EST)

If you have either...

(a) thought about self publishing

(b) want to create and publish a children's book

(c) want to know more about book marketing

Then this free video webinar will be extremely valuable to you.

To attend click here

What I'll be covering

Why you should consider self publishing.
The process of creating children's picture books.
What your audience wants.
Marketing children's books.

The webinar will last for about an hour and will be full of tips, advice and strategies for you to put into practice.

There will be social chat widgets embedded on the webinar page for interactions during the event to make it super easy to connect with myself and other attendees, share your comments and ask questions.

Again, this webinar is FREE.

Join me

There is no charge and no need to register either. Just turn up and join in.

Hope to see you there

Picture Book Month 2012

The Picture Book Idea Month Challenge

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November is Picture Book Month and to celebrate I'm taking part in Picture Book Idea Month (you can follow on twitter using the hashtag #PiBoIdMo).

So far I'm doing really well... in fact I've gotten a bit carried away in all the excitement and already have 26 ideas on my idea list... and it's only day 2! Hitting my goal of 30 ideas in 30 days shouldn't be a problem ;)

Just to be clear, I don't have 26 finished manuscripts. These are just ideas. In most cases I have just a working title and a few notes and maybe a quick sketch or two of what the characters might look like.

I've already been asked by several people how I've managed to come up with so many ideas in such a short space of time. Those of you that know me will know that coming up with ideas isn't a problem for me. In fact I often have too many. The real problem is finding the time to develop them all. As a mum to a 4 year old and a 1 year old I watch a lot of cartoons, read a lot of children's books and play a lot of games. I also get inspiration from just watching my kids. My 4 year old often comes up with some wonderful comments that spark my creative brain too.

My PiBoIdMo list will be handy for when I do 12 x 12 in 2013. The aim of the 12 x 12 challenge is to write 12 complete picture book drafts in 12 months.

These brainstorming challenges are great motivators to create more picture books and will definitely play an important role in the books I produce over the next year. They're also a fun way to connect with other children's authors and illustrators.

Are you taking part in any of these events?