A Washington Voice Retreat

Western Washington SCBWI Retreat: Voice
The retreat was great. There were about 40-45 people there and they were split into two groups. Group A came to me, while Group B went to Patti Gauch, then we swapped for the same presentation again. I sorta knew how Patti would approach voice (and I might have done many [...]

Meet Me

I’ll be speaking a couple times this month. Stop by and say hello!
Say Hello

Weekend on the Water, Western Washington SCBWI Professional Retreat. This retreat, I’ll be teaching about Voice and Scenes.
Arkansas Curriculum Conference, Little Rock, AR. Geared toward teachers, I”ll be presenting PAPER LIGHTNING: Prewriting Activities to Spark Creativity to English Language Arts teachers and [...]

Get Help Revising Your Novel

The Novel Revision retreat was originally designed as a weekend getaway to focus on writing. But often it’s not possible for people to travel to a site.
Help Revising Your Novel
My passion is to help people revise their novels. Here are three opportunities:

Online Workshop. Online Novel Revision Workshop I’m only doing a limited number this year [...]

Current Teaching Schedule

Here’s the current schedule for my teaching/speaking for the next year or so.
2008

October 6-8 Books to Bridge the Region, NW Indiana

October 11 Educator’s Day, B&N, Little Rock

November 7-9 Scene and Voice, Weekend on the Water: Fall Professional Retreat Western Washington SCBWI
November 13-14 Arkansas Teacher’s Conference

2009

February 6-8 OK SCBWI Picture Book Retreat
February [...]

Writer’s Toolbox Retreat

The deadline is fast approaching for registration for the Writer’s Toolbox Retreat.
Arkansas SCBWI Fall Retreat
The Writer’s Toolbox:Nonfiction, Fiction and Marketing Skills
September 19-21, 2008
The Lodge at Mount Magazine.
Space is limited. The Arkansas SCBWI Fall Retreat is an intensive weekend retreat that focuses on specific craft issues for experienced writers. This year’s retreat is open to [...]

2008-9 Speaking schedule

I’m out the next two days speaking to teachers and writers. I’ve had a couple people ask, so I’ll post my schedule for the next year or so:
2008

June 5 Pine Bluff, AR, Delta Institute, teacher’s in-service
June 6 Arkansas Writing Conference, Little Rock, AR.

June 16 Western Arkansas Education Cooperative
September 19-21 AR-SCBWI Fall [...]

Meet Literary Agent Michelle Andelman

The 2008 Arkansas SCBWI Fall retreat focuses on a Writer’s Toolkit, with sessions on nonfiction, fiction and marketing.
When: September 19-21, 2008
Where: Mt. Magazine State Park, Arkansas
Meet Michelle Andelman, Literary Agent
Michelle Andelman, the east coast representative for the Andrea Brown Literary Agency, will be presenting sessions on the marketplace. Participants will have an opportunity [...]

Nebraska Retreat

Life has been interesting this week!
I was in Nebraska teaching a Novel Revision retreat when the tornadoes hit Little Rock last week. Fortunately, no one I knew had major housing problems. Just lots of trees down. And the switch near our office blew; which blew modems in nearly every computer; even today, [...]

Current 2008 Speaking Schedule

Schools, conferences, professional development for teachers–I have a little bit of everything planned for this year.

March 17 Pine Ridge Elementary, Maumelle, AR

April 1 Cathedral School, Little Rock, AR

April 4-6 Act 2 of Novel Retreat in 3 Acts, Nebraska

April 11-12 Arkansas Society of Children’s Bookwriters and Illustrators, Conway, AR
http://members.aol.com/ddpattison/scbwi/spring.html
April 21 Arkansas Association of Instructional Media, Little [...]

Arkansas SCBWI Spring Conference

FSG and National Geographic editors to speak
Arkansas SCBWI Spring Conference, April 11-12
If you’re anywhere close, you won’t want to miss the Arkansas SCBWI Spring Conference.
Editors include Lisa Graff of FSG and Jennifer Emmett of National Geographic.