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A comic for those who think picture books are easy to write

Thanks to Catherine Bailey for her help!

Jul 26, 20261 min read1 read

Cartoon of a man in a turtleneck drinking wine and a woman holding a glass. Man says, “I think I’m going to write children’s books. Thought I’d start with something easy, like a picture book.” Woman replies, “I think I’m going to be a cage fighter. Thought I’d start with something easy, like a guy in a turtleneck.” Text at bottom: ©Debbie Ridpath Ohi (DebbieOhi.com) & Catherine Bailey (CatherineBaileyBooks.com).

still run into people who think it's easy to write a children's picture book because it has so few words. I also still run into people who think writing children's books is not Real Writing.

A long while back, I posted an unfinished version of this comic, asking for suggestions about the person on the right might say. Thanks to Catherine Bailey for coming up with the brilliant reply above! You can find out more about Catherine and her books at https://www.catherinebaileybooks.com/.

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