It’s hard to believe the SCBWI Summer Conference is already two weeks behind us. What an incredible experience. If you’ve missed my previous recap posts, here you go: Part 1 (Bruce Coville, Publisher’s Panel, Libba Bray) Part 2 (Laure Halse Anderson, Emma …
SCBWI Summer Conference Recap, Part 2
I’m spending the next week or reviewing my notes from the SCBWI Summer Conference. As I stated in my previous post, I took a notebook’s worth of notes, but out of respect for the SCBWI, I’m only sharing the highlights …
SCBWI Summer Conference Recap, Part 1
Hello! I’m back from the SCBWI Summer Conference, and it literally took me a week to recover. What an amazing and intense weekend. The SCBWI pulled out all the stops for their 40th anniversary, inviting a legendary lineup of speakers. …
SPEAKing Out: My thoughts on book banning
Last Friday I started reading a book that’s been in my To Read stack for a few months: Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson. I’d heard nothing but praise for this book, as well as admiration among other kidlit authors for …