OA’s Assistant Producer Ânia Marcos and OA’s Support Ninja Érika Casab share the latest updates on:

• Shawna JC Tenney shares how she wrote, illustrated & sold her first picture book on Stories Unbound.
• A NEW Storytellers’ Summit series on Introducing Conflict to your story.
• The countdown to OA Day and CTN Animation Expo.
• Community conversations about workflow for freelancers.
• OA Now! is going LIVE!

Listen to OA Now! #13:

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Links Mentioned:

OA Podcasts:

• How I Wrote And Sold My First Picture Book: A Conversation With Shawna JC Tenney

The Backstage Pass:

• Case Study w/ Rebecca Black Gliko: Anatomy of a Purple Cow [Part 2] [Part 3]
• Escape From Art Jail Live Q&A: Do Your Emails To Art Pros Get Ignored?
• Post Your Questions for Chris and Edge
• Upcoming Live Portfolio Review: Post Your Questions for Ashley Dotson

The Magic Box:

• Upcoming Live Critique: Post Your Questions for Ashley Dotson

The Storytellers’ Summit:

• New Lesson: Introducing Conflict
• Live Story Q&A: Post Your Questions for Adam and Maike
• Join us at our next Story Group Hangout!

What’s On The Horizon

• How To Make The Most Of CTN-X: LIVE Q&A On August 28th
• Post Your Questions for Ânia and María

The OA Community:

• Sarah’s Thread: Freelance Flow Of Work
• New at The Oatley Academy? Join us at our next Welcome Session!

Other Awesome Links:

• Find all Oatley Academy Events in our Calendar
• Album Art by Melissa Dow
• Music by The Years

What Did You Think?

Do you have any questions or feedback you’d like to share for the next episode?

…or any follow-up questions for Érika?

Please post them in the comments below!

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