This past weekend, I went to the 2010 Springmingle conference sponsored by the Southern Breeze SCBWI chapter.
On Wednesday, I shared some tips about developing your character. Today, I’m going to share some revision techniques.
For me, I love the revision process more than I do writing the draft. Revision allows me to make my characters deeper [...]

This past weekend, I went to the 2010 Springmingle conference sponsored by the Southern Breeze SCBWI chapter.
Cheryl Klein, senior editor of Arthur A. Levine Books (a Scholastic imprint), led an interesting workshop called “Dimensions of Character.”
I’m a plotter first, which means my character arcs come second after the plot idea. I don’t concentrate on character [...]

This past weekend, I had the pleasure of attending the 2010 Springmingle conference, which was sponsored by the Southern Breeze SCBWI chapter.
I posted live tweets throughout the conference, if you missed any of them, you can go to the Twitter #scbwiatl thread to get the highlights.
The conference was great with wonderful speakers and workshops and [...]

I’m excited because I get to attend my first writing conference of the year. I plan to attend at least three more conferences this year as well — and I’ll be sure to tell you all about them.
Springmingle ‘10 is sponsored by the Southern Breeze chapter of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators [...]

The first AACBWI conference was a true success. I met so many talented writers and illustrators. The only bad thing about the conference is that it was just only one day!
Author Eleanora E. Tate was wonderful in her keynote speech where she shared her Tate Tips. My favorite was “Write What You Care About.” She [...]