report: scbwi-la-2011

How to boil it all down to one blog post? I tried to do everything. EVERYTHING. I went to every keynote, breakout and workshop. The problem? Didn’t schmooze nearly enough. I did find myself in a quiet moment before the first keynote, and introduced myself to the shy little lady sitting next to me. We [...]

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scbwi-la-2011: taking all those notes

Another post in the GETTING READY FOR SCBWI-LA-2011 series TAKING ALL THOSE NOTES So in-between meeting the hell out of all of you and passing out business cards at SCBWI-LA-2011, there will be workshops/lectures/talks/salons/confabs. And I will need to take copious notes, as I have used up all my memory brain cells long, long ago [...]

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scbwi-la-2011: the business card

Another post in the GETTING READY FOR SCBWI-LA-2011 series… THE BUSINESS CARD I plan to meet the hell out of all of you at the conference. I want to be able to place your names with your faces, and I sure want my name placed with my face. (I think.) Yes, yes–I have made the [...]

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scbwi-la-2011: i whip my hurr back and forth

Thought I’d start letting you guys in on the little things I’m doing to get ready for SCBWI-LA 2011. Today… THE HAIRCUT You might be familiar with my previous hairstylist’s method: But since I have been lucky enough to be chosen to attend SCBWI LA I need to look like the YA WRITER THAT I [...]

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thank you doesn’t cover it

Since our brand-spankin’-new Regional Adviser Colleen Cook announced it on Twitter, I suppose it’s okay for me to talk about this: I am blessed to have been awarded a Tribute Fund Scholarship by SCBWI to attend the 40th Annual Summer Conference in Los Angeles this year. I KNOW!!!!!!! The best part of the whole thing [...]

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