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 sessions because I always learn something that I can apply to my own work. The following are responses and suggestions to First Pages from senior … [Read more...]
2010 FL SCBWI: Query Letters
June 9, 2010 Read Comments
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 with senior editor Alvina Ling (Little, Brown), Editorial Director Stephanie Owens (Disney-Hyperion), and author Kathleen Duey and the YA Track Workshop with editor … [Read more...]
2010 SCBWI FL Mid-Year Workshop: Highlights
June 7, 2010 Read Comments
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 get the highlights. The Novel Intensive was also AMAZING. I think with the smaller number of attendees (limited to 25) and of course having the dynamic trio of author … [Read more...]
