independent publishing

I am delighted that Julie Gribble has agreed to do this series of blog posts on the process she went through in creating, publishing, and marketing her picture book, Bubblegum Princess, (written by Julie, illustrated by Lori Hanson). Julie’s background, as you can see from the brief post I did last month, is in film and television, which has given her a unique perspective from which to approach the production of a picture book. You will see this even in this introductory post. Now, let’s see what Julie has to say… Background First let me start by thanking Jules Feiffer – if it weren’t for him, illustrator Lori Hanson and I would never have met. On an early winter morning, about 3 years ago, I was running late to hear him speak at the SCBWI Winter Conference in NYC (sign up to go if you haven’t already). It was my first conference and I didn’t yet know who was who, but I certainly did know who Jules Feiffer was! When I got to the hotel, I jumped out of my cab and tore up the stairs to grab a front row seat in time to hear his keynote speech. But I arrived late and was stuck in the back of the room, sitting on a camera platform.