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The 2011 NY SCBWI Conference - Part 2

Feb 02, 2011 18:11

It wouldn't be a SCBWI Conference if we didn't start off with this...

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kellyrfineman February 3 2011, 01:39:14 UTC

WONDERFUL!!

kimmiepoppins February 3 2011, 01:56:44 UTC

Thanks Kelly!!!!

marivee February 3 2011, 04:20:56 UTC

All I can say is .... wow .... Lois Lowry.

You are such a lucky girl!

Thank you for sharing your conference experience with us. :)

kimmiepoppins February 3 2011, 04:26:23 UTC

I kept saying WOW...over and over again LOL! Thanks for reading. :o)

kimberleylittle February 3 2011, 05:35:55 UTC

I LOVE your report, Kimmie, thank you! I *have* to ask - what is Lisa Sandell like in person and WHAT did she talk about???

kimmiepoppins February 3 2011, 12:17:29 UTC

First-she's gorgeous and you can't take your eyes of of her!!! She was also very sweet. She talked about e-publishing not being a negative. A book, in any form is going to be about the content. She also said that technology elevates the publishing business in other positive ways. She talked about constructing a good pitch (all three editors did). She gave three examples of books that she's done-
THE CLOCKWORK THREE, THE GREAT WALL OF LUCY WU, ASHES, ASHES.

Thanks so much for reading. :o)

kimberleylittle February 3 2011, 13:46:22 UTC

I've seen her in videos before and she does look very gorgeous! I can't wait to meet her sometime. I meant to say - Lisa is my editor at Scholastic, too - that's why I was so curious. Sorry about that! :-)I would love to get to SCBWI NY sometime . . . but I am very far away. Have you ever done the LA one? How do they compare?

kimmiepoppins February 3 2011, 13:56:01 UTC

You lucky girl-she seems fantastic! I haven't done LA but I'm going this year. Sooooo excited! Are you going to LA? From what I hear LA is more creative and NY focuses more on the business side of the house. I've always had a great time in NY. I'm just 60 miles north of NYC so its easy for me to get there.

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christine444 February 3 2011, 05:56:40 UTC

What an awesome conference! I never knew that about Lois Lowry's book inspirations. I would've been gaga in her presence, too. :>)

kimmiepoppins February 3 2011, 12:18:55 UTC

I was gaga-for sure. She also talked about several of her other books and every story of how she came to write the book was personal, interesting, funny and usually touching. It was so cool. Thanks for checking out the blog Christine. :o)

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kimmiepoppins February 4 2011, 01:43:56 UTC

Thanks Karen!