Tag: awards competitions & prizes

  • Book Giveaway Winners Announced & Thanks

    Book Giveaway Winners Announced & Thanks

    I am a little late on this announcement but here are my book giveway winners… PiBoIdMo winners: Thank you to the 170+ people who left comments on my post and entered my giveaway on PiBoIdMo. Thank you for the overwhelming encouragement. It is so rewarding to know my article inspired and gave you renewed hope.…

  • Happy New Year – what a year it was!

    Happy New Year – what a year it was!

    I almost felt overwhelmed at the thought of my first post for 2014. I have so much news. So much has happened over the last few weeks so I will try to be brief… ASA PROGRAM COVER The Australian Society of Authors selected me to illustrate the 2014 Professional Development Program cover for 2014. What…

  • Get 30 ideas for picture books and prizes!

    Get 30 ideas for picture books and prizes!

    Have you read this post yet? : “PiBoIdMo Publishing Deal” How one of may creative challenge ideas has become THIS published book!? I’ll will be blogging for PiBoIdMo (creative challenge of 30 picture book ideas in 30 days), but also decided to participate this year again. You can never have enough ideas–can you? Registration is…

  • Creating Author Platform Event

    Creating Author Platform Event

    Children’s Author speaking on creating author platform This weekend I have been invited to speak at the Caleb Conference in Indooroopilly, Queensland. The sessions are Marketing Tips and Traps and Children’s Books Today. Publisher Rochelle Manners (Wombat Books) and I will be discussing author platform with writers from all over Australia and New Zealand. The conference…

  • Book Giveaway for Children’s Book Week

    Book Giveaway for Children’s Book Week

    Who likes free books? Who would like one of mine to celebrate Children’s Book Week? It is easy…… 1. If you are on Twitter follow me @ArtKayleenWest and tweet this click to tweet: #childrensbookweek giveaway, Picture Book-Adoptive Father! RT for a chance to win! 2. Comment below and tell me why you would want to…