4 Tips on Promoting to Educators

Put your Book in Educator’s Classrooms
A friend and I recently sat down with two librarians to talk about what they like to hear in presentations. Their needs were different: one teaches in an elementary school and one in a high school. Yet, they agreed on several things. Educators are one market for most authors of [...]

3 Keys to a Successful School Visit

I just finished a great school visit. Driving home, I realized there were some keys to making it great.
Communication.
It’s essential to communicate with the venue effectively right from the first contact through the actual event. I try to respond within 24 hours to requests for

Retreat Trailer

For an inside glimpse of the Novel Revision Retreat, here’s a short video podcast or trailer from the recent San Rafael, California retreat.

2009 Arkansas SCBWI

Meet Editor and Agent at Arkansas Conference
The Arkansas SCBWI Spring Conference schedule is now online!
When: May 15-16, 2009
Where: Conway, AR
Speakers include:

Anastasia Suen, author, teacher

Jennifer (Jaeger) Rofe, literary agent, Andrea Brown Literary

Interview at KidLit Central news
Cynsations interview

Martha Mihalick, editor, Greenwillow Books/Harpercollins

Greenwillow books on Facebook
Christy’s Creative Space report on Mihalick’s talk on Voice
Cheryl’s Musings reports on books [...]

Michelle Nagler, Bloomsbury

This entry is part 4 of 6 in the series Why YOU Should Attend a National Conference
One main reason to attend a national conference is to meet editors, listen to how they describe their lists, and find out what they are looking for. Attendees are usually offered an opportunity to submit for a short period [...]

Who Attends National Conference

This entry is part 2 of 6 in the series Why YOU Should Attend a National Conference
Who attends a national conference of writers?
Demographics
Executive Director of the SCBWI, Lin Oliver, always starts the conference with jokes and then gives a demographics report.

This year the conference was attended by 1056 people; 890 women, 166 men. Which, of [...]

Meeting with Editors

This entry is part 1 of 6 in the series Why YOU Should Attend a National Conference
Why should you take the time and spend the money to attend the NYC SCBWI Midwinter conference? Because it’s worth it!
Reports from the NYC – SCBWI Midwinter 2009 Conference
The conference changed venues to the Grand Hyatt, which is [...]

Society of Children’s Bookwriters & Illustrators NYC Conference

I’m tomorrow to the NYC-SCBWI MidWinter Conference.
If you attend, please look me up and say hello! I’d love to meet anyone and everyone!
Here’s my reports from last year’s SCBWI NYC conference, including information on Molly O’Neill of Bowen’s Press and Jennifer Hunt of Little Brown.

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 [...]