I'm having a serious problem deciding if I should attend my region's SCBWI conference in July. Our region is awesome. Really, really awesome. We have some great speakers this year (although none that I'm seriously ga-ga over; they're great writers, just never happened to write any of my favorite books). The location is great; it's less than ( Read more... )

Last week I returned to Hollins for the Children's Literature Association conference. It's a wonderful conference anyway, but the chance to combine that conference with a Hollins trip and reunion was just amazing ( Read more... )

Had a WONDERFUL time. This year was very different. Instead of rooming with citycountrygirl and one or two other Hollins friends, I roomed with Brian and the Wyrmling. Wyrmling still views bottles as EPTFH (Evil Plastic Things From Hell) and we didn't want to introduce solids right before a trip, so she's still nursing. It actually worked out decently, mainly ( Read more... )

Feel free to circulate ( Read more... )

Ok, I'm SERIOUSLY behind on my blogging. Now that I have all my travel done (until the write-in in Boston next week) and video shot (ok, so it isn't edited yet), here's a quick ICFA update ( Read more... )

So, I've been absent from LJ for a while because things have been nutty with finishing up the book and all the fall conferences. Two weekends ago I went to SCBWI Western Pennsylvania in Pittsburgh. My mom and I stayed in the hotel overnight and had a wonderful time. Also got to see lizjonesbooks briefly, as well as Pat Easton, my very first writing teacher ( Read more... )

The 31st Annual International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts ( Read more... )

slwhitman is plugging my previous request (thanks!!!) and asked for some more info. In one sentence: IAFA is a scholarly organization dedicated to the study of the fantastic in the arts. Let's break down those terms ( Read more... )

Just had an amazing time at ChLA with a lot of Hollins folk and other friends from the Children's Lit world. I presented my paper on Anne Lindbergh's "Three Lives to Live" (more specifically, the use of food and eating and dining as a reflection of the plot and character issues). I think this could grow into a larger work on the work of Anne ( Read more... )

In a few hours, I'll be heading to Roanoke for graduation. Wow. I started this program in 2001, it's been part of my life for 8 years (almost exactly as long as my husband's been in my life as a love interest; our first date was the Wednesday before I went to Hollins the first summer). I've done two abroad trips. I've written two book-length ( Read more... )