For those of you going to SCBWI-LA, keep a look out for cardboard "me"! My NYC critique group will be bee-bopping around with a paper version of yours truly in full Heart and Soul costume. I'll look something like this:


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I'm mad late on my NESCBWI recap, and there have already been lots of blogs written about its fabulousness. arialas did a nice roundup here. But I'll add my two cents also. The conference was a bit busier than my usual conference-going because I was running around volunteering and didn't snap any photos. I was the one responsible for the Book Buzz Party ( Read more... )

Yesterday I attended the American Library Association's (ALA) midwinter exhibits. Basically it's a preview of all the books that publishers are coming out with in the near future, as well as a viewing of what's on their current list. Book lovers paradise? You betcha ( Read more... )

Blue with envy that you didn't get to attend SCBWI's summer conference? Don't be! SCBWI's Team Blog made up of the wonderful Lee Wind, Paula Yoo, Alice Pope, Jolie Stekly, Jaime Temairik and Suzanne Young has done an incredible job covering the conference. And if you want that personal touch from yours truly, you can watch a video of me babbling ( Read more... )

The self-made Writers' Retreat with my writer buds Sheryl, Beverley and Jenn wasn't exactly writers gone wild a la spring break in Daytona Beach (who wants vomit in their shoes anyway?), but some of the pictures may imply we had a hellafun time. Yeah we did. And shockingly enough, we actually got tons of work done! But after a long day of butt-in- ( Read more... )

Last month I flew across the country to my home state to see my folks and friends. And to attend the SCBWI conference there. I figured, two birds with one flight...or something like that. I hadn't been home since Thanksgiving, and I happily discovered the plane ticket was HALF what I am spending for my upcoming Christmas trip home. So yay for ( Read more... )

I've been conference hoping! A lot. So I apologize for disappearing and for my late entries on the events. October 4th was Editor's Day in Santa Ana, CA, and it's never too late to learn a little more about those mysterious creatures called editors. Here's the first featured editor.


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We are operating under the "better late than never" policy here at Locket's blog. :) These notes are from Rachel Cohn's keynote: Embracing (and Resisting the Urge to Throttle) Your Inner TeenRachel suggests we think of ourselves as a teen. Remember your goth phase or whatever phase you went through and the attachments you had to pop culture things ( Read more... )

Give me a shout out if these notes are still helpful even though I am posting everything weeks later. Laura Rennert is an agent at Andrea Brown Agency which has been around for 25 years, and I have to say I was totally blown away by her break-out session. I go to a lot of these conferences, and most of the spiels by agents and editors focus on ( Read more... )

I am soooooo sorry I have been delinquent in posting notes from the conference! I have been busy rewriting my book based on Julie's revision class, and literally I can't even sleep at night I think of it so much! I woke up at 2:30 last night & jumped on my computer until four--which is so unusual for me. But I promise I will post all notes as soon ( Read more... )