It's a rainy Sunday, and I'm working on revising my manuscript. I'm also counting the days until our 20th Annual Writing and Illustrating for Children Conference! Registration is full, but you can still get your name on the waiting list! It's also a perfect time to introduce another of of our talented Agent Faculty; Tina... Continue Reading →
2011 Conference Series: Editorial & Art Director Faculty: Liz Waniewski
One month until our 20th Annual Writing and Illustrating for Children Conference. It's time to highlight another one of our wonderful Editorial & Art Director Faculty; Liz Waniewski! Liz is the Senior Editor for Dial Books for Young Readers (an imprint of Penguin). She's been with Dial since 2001, and and edits everything from picture... Continue Reading →
The Do’s, Don’ts, and “Stuff” of Writer’s Conferences
Happy one month until our 20th Annual Writing and Illustrating for Children Conference!!! I'm so excited!! And every day for the next month I'll continue our Faculty Bios & also start posting Faculty interviews! We'll be sharing other conference tips, events, and so much more!! The conference registration is full, but you can still go... Continue Reading →
2011 Conference Series-Distinguished Faculty: Jolie Stekly
The 20th Annual Writing and Illustrating Conference is just around the corner!!! Although the event is full, you can still get your name on the waiting list. One reason I'm so excited is because we have the most amazing faculty! The talent, experience, and all-around-awesomeness is overwhelming! Another one of those super stars is our... Continue Reading →
2011 Conference Series-Distinguished Faculty: Rosanne Parry
Registration is full for our 20th Annual Writing and Illustrating for Children Conference, but the wait list is open! Go to the event website and get on the waiting list asap! And to give you that little bit of extra motivation, we're going to introduce another one of our very talented Distinguished Faculty; Author Rosanne... Continue Reading →
2011 Conference Series-Distinguished Faculty: Lin Oliver
Just a few spots left for our 20th Annual Writing and Illustrating for Children Conference!! We have more staff to highlight (and starting soon you'll see interviews with these fantabulous faculty). One of our Distinguished Faculty stands a little bit above the rest, because she's part of the reason SCBWI exists!! Lin Oliver is not... Continue Reading →
2011 Conference Series-Distinguished Faculty: Deb Lund
If you haven't yet registered for the 20th Annual Writing and Illustrating for Children Conference...you'd better go register here at the event website (right after you read this post), because there are just a few spots left!!! And to entice you just a little more...here's another one of our FANTASTIC distinguished faculty; Author Deb Lund.Deb... Continue Reading →
2011 Conference Series-Distinguished Faculty: Victoria Jamieson
Only a few days left in February! That means spring is just around the corner, and just a bit longer until our 20th Annual Writing and Illustrating for Children Conference!! We still have many more incredible faculty to showcase, and one of those is a member of our Distinguished Faculty; Author/Illustrator Victoria Jamieson. Victoria has... Continue Reading →
2011 Conference Series-Distinguished Faculty: Brent Hartinger
Happy Wednesday fellow SCBWI WWA members! It's time to meet another one of our Distinguished Faculty for our 20th Annual Writing and Illustrating for Children Conference; Author (and Playwright) Brent Hartinger. Brent has sold eight novels; including GEOGRAPHY CLUB; a novel about a secret high school gay-straight alliance. Besides books, he writes screenplays, published articles,... Continue Reading →
2011 Conference Series-Distinguished Faculty: Kevin Emerson
Time to introduce another one of our 20th Annual Writing and Illustrating for Children Conference Distinguished Faculty members; Author Kevin Emerson. Kevin is the author of the OLIVER NOCTURNE books and CARLOS IS GONNA GET IT. He also writes songs and sings in Seattle band Central Services, and their kids' music counterpart, The Board of... Continue Reading →