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How to Write a Picture Book No. Scrub that heading. Let's go with How to FIX a Picture Book I have awful trouble trying to name, label, title my podcasts. They're always so chatty and full of incidentals that are bound to help you and it's hard to settle on one thing. The 'formal' title …
Hello, dear reader. Do you remember the Ponds Institute? Here at girl and duck HQ, I desperately wanted to call our new school, The Pond Institute. In loving memory, of course. And so I could justify a lab coat. But. I didn't want to get sued. So, we have opened the girl and duck …
Hello, sunshine! Missing Q & Q Friday? Here's a transcript from a lovely one we recorded last year. Thanks to Suzy from Wagga Wagga in NSW for this awesome Q! You can listen, read or watch. Whatever suits you. or visit the Girl and Duck Podcast on iTunes where you can subscribe and listen on the go. The Q: As an aspiring illustrator who …
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