At a conference as large and as awesome as the SCBWI Summer Conference, there are numerous sessions to choose from. They offer it all. The first day of the conference, I chose to attend Matthew J. Kirby’s talk entitled, “Form, …
SCBWI Summer 2012 Recap: Stand There and Shine
Karen Cushman delivered a keynote address during the SCBWI 2012 Summer Conference that was brimming with inspiration and wisdom. Here’s a bit of what she shared. Stand There and Shine Ms. Cushman began her talk by telling us that every …
SCBWI Summer 2012 Recap: Looking Backward to Go Forward
Over a week has passed since I returned from the SCBWI Summer Conference in Los Angeles. What a week it was, too. Spent the first couple of days shuffling around like a zombie (averaging three hours of sleep per night …
Two Lies and One Truth*
1. I love summertime in the desert. 2. Life is so peaceful with the kids off school for the summer. 3. I’m knee-deep in querying agents, revising manuscripts, writing new manuscripts and starting creative fires. In a couple of weeks, …
A New Appreciation for Silence
I have a list of things I want to try this year. A kind of subset to my list of things to do before I die. This list is compiled of offbeat things that sound interesting to me, or artistic …