Bonnie Adamson
@bonnieadamson.com
Illustrator; writer of various things;
former #SCBWI IC and ARA;
co-host of #kidlitchat, Tuesdays at 9E/6P;
art and books at bonnieadamson.com
former #SCBWI IC and ARA;
co-host of #kidlitchat, Tuesdays at 9E/6P;
art and books at bonnieadamson.com
Give her a hug from me, Pete. <3
#kidlitchat
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November 26, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Give her a hug from me, Pete. <3
#kidlitchat
#kidlitchat
November 26, 2025 at 2:48 AM
I'm actually in SC now--my whole life has pretty much been spent in shouting distance of I-85, lol. #kidlitchat
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I'm actually in SC now--my whole life has pretty much been spent in shouting distance of I-85, lol. #kidlitchat
Hello, fellow Atlantan! #kidlitchat
November 26, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Hello, fellow Atlantan! #kidlitchat
Yes--that's a great way of putting it. #kidlitchat
November 19, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Yes--that's a great way of putting it. #kidlitchat
I think that's what I (and Frodo) call There and Back Again. Or Rounding the Bases. #kidlitchat
November 19, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I think that's what I (and Frodo) call There and Back Again. Or Rounding the Bases. #kidlitchat
I think the problem for me was imposing a process that didn't feel organic--I couldn't see the whole picture. What you're describing is having the vision down, and THEN breaking it up to revise, right? Much more natural. #kidlitchat
November 19, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I think the problem for me was imposing a process that didn't feel organic--I couldn't see the whole picture. What you're describing is having the vision down, and THEN breaking it up to revise, right? Much more natural. #kidlitchat
That's giving me fashbacks to high school term papers. Lol, is that still a thing? We had to write each thought on an index card, for easy rearranging (and also for keeping track of footnotes). #kidlitchat
November 19, 2025 at 2:22 AM
That's giving me fashbacks to high school term papers. Lol, is that still a thing? We had to write each thought on an index card, for easy rearranging (and also for keeping track of footnotes). #kidlitchat
YES! it's great when you can get that echo in the illustrations. #kidlitchat
November 19, 2025 at 2:19 AM
YES! it's great when you can get that echo in the illustrations. #kidlitchat
ROLLING BOOKS! You should trademark that--and split the profits with me. #kidlitchat
November 19, 2025 at 2:16 AM
ROLLING BOOKS! You should trademark that--and split the profits with me. #kidlitchat
I do think the process is largely intuitive, and maybe you don't recognize a structure until after the fact. #kidlitchat
November 19, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I do think the process is largely intuitive, and maybe you don't recognize a structure until after the fact. #kidlitchat