Wearing a ball cap, suspenders, jeans and a long-sleeved navy blue shirt three time Newbery-honor winning author Gary Paulsen told us about a A Writer’s Upside-Down Life. A life of poverty. A life growing up on the streets of Manila, Philippines. A life with two drunken parents who didn’t give a rat’s darn about a […]
Tag: 40th SCBWI Summer Conference
SCBWI 40th Anniversary Summer Conference Day Two – Libba Bray and Jon Scieszka
Having to present a keynote or workshop after the award-winning author Judy Blume has spoken could be construed as a daunting task but it seemed effortless for the authors I heard. Perhaps that’s because Executive Director Lin Oliver and President Steven Mooser lined up an incredible team of talent for the SCBWI 40th Anniversary Summer […]
SCBWI 40th Anniversary Summer Conference Day Two – Judy Blume
I missed part of the morning blogging about Day One of the SCBWI 40th Summer Anniversary Conference so I made an executive decision and decided I’d put the recaps together after the conference not during it. My hat goes off to the SCBWI bloggers who’ve been sitting in sessions with their laptops banging out up-to-the-minute […]
Giveaway Winner!! And 1st Night in L.A.
I’m happy to announce that 10-year-old Analise Flatt won the giveaway What Happened on Fox Street (Balzer & Bray, 2010) donated by author Tricia Springstubb. Congratulations, Analise!! Enjoy Mo Wren and the cast of characters on Fox Street. Thanks, Tricia for your autographed copy! On another note, RA Debbie Gonzales and I made it to sunny L.A. where we’re here to […]