Lily Malcom: The Pre-#NY14SCBWI Interview by Jaime Temairik

Check out Jaime Temairik's rollicking, silly and informative interview with Executive Art Director and Associate Publisher at Penguin's Dial Books for Young Readers, Lily Malcom.

Lily shares what catches her eye in a bookstore, plays the "Kill, kiss or marry: Helvetica, Baskerville or Comic Sans?" game and even shares some of New York's secrets: like what's the human equivalent of a Scooby Snack? (Hint: Chocolate is involved.)

We even get to see her office.

To get to see Lily Malcom in person (and Jack Gantos, Sharon Draper, Kate Messner and Elizabeth Wein!), you'll have to be at the upcoming SCBWI Winter Conference in New York City, February 22 and 23, 2014. While the intensives on Friday February 21 are sold out, there are a limited number of spaces still available for the main Saturday and Sunday of the Conference.

You can find out all the details here.

We hope to see you there!

Illustrate and Write On,
Lee

Peter Brown: The Pre-#NY14SCBWI Interview by Jaime Temairik

Ready to snort milk out your nose? Grab a glass and click on this link to check out the hysterical chat Jaime Temairik had with conference faculty member Peter Brown.

Go read it now,

laugh,

watch the videos (one is fascinating, the other is some sort of lesson about all the things you shouldn't do in a book trailer - or maybe it's all the things you should)

and then check out all the information about the upcoming SCBWI Winter Conference in New York City, February 22 and 23, 2014. While the intensives on Friday February 21 are sold out, there are a limited number of spaces still available for the main Saturday and Sunday of the Conference.

We hope to see you there!

Illustrate and Write On,
Lee

Kate Messner: The Pre-#NY14SCBWI Interview by Jolie Stekly

Feb 21-23 is coming up soon, and in the ramp-up of excitement for the 2014 SCBWI Winter Conference in New York City, Jolie Stekly interviewed conference faculty member, award-winning author (of picture books and novels for teens) Kate Messner.

They speak about Kate having been a teacher (and how that influences her as a writer) and there's a lot of great insights into Kate's process, like this quote,

"Most days, after I write a scene or two, I go back and revise my outline, so it’s not a strict guideline but more of a fluid document that changes as I grow to understand my characters more fully."

Kate will be presenting as part of the Plot Intensive on Friday, and while all the Friday intensives are sold-out, you can still register for the main two days of the conference (Saturday and Sunday.)

Workshops are filling fast, and early registration ends tomorrow at 5pm Pacific Time.

We hope you'll join us! Go here for all the conference information.