Sadly, I was only there for one day, but it was for a good reason, since it was M's junior prom on Saturday. As Angela De Groot reminds me, there will be other conferences, but there will not be another junior prom for M ( Read more... )

I finished a draft of a new picture book at the end of 2011, and I've embarked on revisions in the new year.

Let me say this about that: It's tricky.

Which reminds me that I will be on faculty at the NESCBWI Conference this April, with a presentation entitled "It's Tricky to Rock a Rhyme: Real Tips You Can Use". And yes, I totally swiped those ( Read more... )

These are generally in order of my attendance at things, since I'm skimming my notes in order to prepare this particular post (goodness, but that was alliterative!). Also, my notes only cover speeches and breakout sessions, so while I had a blast at dinner on Friday and Saturday evening, at lunch on Saturday and Sunday, and hanging out in the lobby ( Read more... )

The retreat

I got to see my lovely Aunt Martha twice last week, once Thursday, when she came up to see her new stove and to join us for lunch (grilled cheese - NOM!), and again on Friday when she and my Uncle Jim came up for the weekend, arriving before we'd skipped out. It's always lovely to see both of them, since they are terrifically kind ( Read more... )

I love going away on retreat and to the NESCBWI Conference ( Read more... )

We are sorry for the inconvenience, but this blog has been temporarily interrupted by the NESCBWI Conference, which is far too engaging to allow for a regular blog post.

Your regular service will be restored no later than Monday, May 16th.


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Holy cow, folks. My calendar is looking chock full of fun between now and the end of May. And lucky girl that I am, I'm going to be seeing a bunch of you between now and then. Here's some of the fun stuff I've got planned:

1. A writing retreat in Connecticut this weekend with Angela De Groot (angeladegroot), Amanda Marrone, Ammi-Joan Paquette, Susan Colebank ( Read more... )

Busy. Busy busy busy. Here are only some of the reasons why ( Read more... )

On the one hand, time seems to fly ever more quickly these days. On the other, it seems like 2010 started a long, long time ago. With it being the start of a new year, I decided to take stock of my year, which saw some of my best writing successes to date. And I'm posting it here because some of you like these sorts of posts (I know I like reading ( Read more... )

Let's see. Where to start?

The Fall Philly SCBWI Conference was fabulous, as always. Lindsay Barrett George was the first featured speaker, and she spoke a bit about her career and a bit about the making of picture books. Next up, a panel consisting of my good friend Jennifer Hubbard (writerjenn) talking about YA books, Nan Marino talking about middle grade ( Read more... )