So last night I arrived back to Atlanta after attending the fabulous Big Sur Children’s Writing Workshop. Unlike a conference, this is more of a workshop intensive --- designed for writers who have manuscripts ready for critiquing, revising, and editorial guidance. It's sponsored by the Andrea Brown Literary Agency and also includes other published authors and editors to assist writers during the weekend with critiques and panels. There is also a private session with an editor, agent, or … [Read more...]
Big Sur Bound
December 2, 2010 Read Comments
Today I'm off to the lovely Pacific coast where I'm attending the Big Sur Children's Writing Workshop. I've had my eye on this conference for awhile so I can't wait to attend! It will also be cool because I'm going to be driving up the gorgeous Pacific Coast Highway to the Big Sur Lodge with writer friend Heather who blogs over at Heather's Odyssey and posts great Twitter Tuesday links. As ya'll already know, I love going to conferences and workshops and I can't wait to meet all the other … [Read more...]
2010 Rutgers One-on-One Highlights (3)
October 22, 2010 Read Comments
I'm wrapping up my week-long series on the 2010 Rutgers One-on-One Plus Conference. If you missed it, you can also check out the Part 1 highlights, which spotlighted the featured speakers and panel discussion and Part 2 highlights, which focused on the Five-on-Five session. The primary agenda of the conference is the One-on-One session in which a mentee is paired with a highly experienced author, illustrator, editor or agent for private mentoring on a work-in-progress. My mentor was … [Read more...]
2010 Rutgers One-on-One Highlights (2)
October 20, 2010 Read Comments
I'm continuing to share highlights from the 2010 Rutgers One-On-One Plus Conference. If you missed it, you can also check out the Part 1 highlights, which spotlighted the featured speakers and panel discussion. One of the great things about the conference is the Five-on-Five session, which brings together five mentor/mentee pairs and a moderator to discuss publishing and writing topics. For my five-on-five session, we had a great table featuring agent Molly Jaffa (Folio Literary … [Read more...]
