Earlier this week I got my acceptance letter to attend the 2010 Rutgers One-on-One Plus Conference.

I was very excited because one of my goals this year was to get accepted to this conference. I went in 2006 and it was fabulous so I can’t wait to return.

And even better, a member of my critique group [...]

One of the biggest conferences for writers is having its closing ceremony today — The Society of Children’s Books Writers and Illustrators 39th Annual Summer Conference.

I’ve been trying to follow the Official SCBWI Conference blog between assembling bookcases and rearranging office furniture but I’m sure I’ll catch up later this week.

I’ve only been to this [...]

Today I’m wrapping up my series of the 2010 Florida SCBWI Mid-Year Workshop highlights.

For those of you who attend conferences, you might already know about First Page sessions. It’s where agents, editors, and authors read the first 250 words of anonymous manuscripts and then give their immediate reactions. This has become one of my favorite [...]

I’m continuing my highlights from the 2010 SCBWI Florida Mid-Year Workshop and Intensives. Today I’m going to share what I learned from the editors and authors about query letters and how to construct one that is compelling and can result in a request for full or partial manuscript.

The following notes are from the Novel Intensive [...]

This past weekend, I had the pleasure of attending the 2010 SCBWI Florida Mid-Year Workshop. It was FABULOUS. Did I say it was FABULOUS?! Hands down best conference I’ve been to this year.

Attendees posted live tweets throughout the conference, so if you missed any of them, you can go to the Twitter #scbwifl thread to [...]