Friends, Some of you have been clamoring for answers. Some of you have been respectfully patient. How do I reward the latter camp without indulging the first? I do not know. It is 5:00 in the morning, and I lack the wits to do anything but march on into that...
Matthew
Matthew Draws 48: The Answers
Hello friends and people who used to be friends but quit in exasperation and won't be coming back. It's time to share the answers, both wrong and correct. I gave you this. And you gave so much in return. First of all, was the Sarah Jessica Parker camp. ELEVEN of you...
Matthew Draws 47: The Answers!
Another batch of drawings calls for another batch of answers. I gave you this: And you tried, friends. You tried so hard. And some of you prevailed. But most of you did not. This is not: Lebron Janes John Hamm Charles Manson Jason Momoa Ben Affleck Jimmy Kimmel Jared...
Matthew Draws 46: The Answers
Perhaps driven by pent-up demand, Matthew Draws 46 prompted the most guesses of any Matthew Draws in Matthew Draws history. Thank you, everyone who risked humiliation by daring to guess the identities of my hapless victims. With no further ado, here is the drumroll...
A Mighty Book
We are thrilled (and a little bit shocked) to find The Real McCoys featured on the soaringly popular A Mighty Girl Blog on the occasion of National Siblings Day.
Advice to a Young Writer
Not long ago, I received an email from a young woman (the daughter of a high school friend), asking me for insight on the writing process. It was fun (and instructive) to take a few minutes to reflect on what it takes to do what I do. I figured that, since I took the...
Covers Uncovered
One of the most exciting and vexing and challenging and time-consuming parts of making a book is coming up with the cover, because no matter how many times we're cautioned not to judge a book by it, the cover is that first impression we can never shake. And so a whole...
Gratitude
One of the great pleasures of publishing a book is the chance to plant a dedication in the front, to express the gratitude you feel to the people whose contributions made that book possible, through help or inspiration, and oftentimes both. We dedicated Babies Ruin...
Robbi’s Guide to Nocturnal Productivity
Robbi is a raccoon. By which I mean, she comes alive when the sun sets and kicks into full gear when the most of us are ready to climb into bed. Her natural creative sweet spot is 10:00pm -2:00am. We've known this for a long time, but in the interest of spending time...
