Saturday, January 29, 2011

LGBTQ Meet and Greet

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Always a highlight of the conference, the LGBTQ Meet and Greet was fantastic. Aaron Hartzler set the scene with a great story that really pu...
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Autograph Party (A.K.A. the Epic Line)

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R.L. Stine terrifies an attendee with his signature. Look at all those people! Lois Lowry is an autograph giver. Jules Feiffer...
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Jules Feiffer Keynote Address

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 Jules Feiffer cutting a rug with a dance partner of his own design  Cartoonist, playwright, screenwriter and children’s book author/...

First Time SCBWI Conference Attendee Patricia McNeill

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I met Patricia after the third breakout session on Saturday - just past the halfway point of the conference, and asked her about her experie...
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Interview with a Conference Veteran

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Danielle Youngblood, a three-time conference attendee from Boston For lots of people, this conference was the first national SCBWI shindi...

Jeannette Larson, Editorial Director: Tips on Submitting To Any Editor

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As part of Jeannette Larson, Editorial Director of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's breakout session: "What Makes Your Work Publishable?...

Jeannette Larson, Editorial Director: What Makes Your Work Publishable

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Jeannette Larson, VP & Editorial Director, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Jeannette is sharing about her newly merged company: they publ...
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Jen Besser: What Makes Your Work Publishable

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Jen Besser is VP & Editorial Director at G.P. Putnam's Sons (Penguin). The floor is open for Q & A during this session. I'...
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Denise Cronin: What Makes Your Work Publishable

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There are two Denise Cronins in our industry, and so the first step in the right direction of your long walk toward publication is knowing w...
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Dan Lazar: What Makes Your Book Publishable

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Writers House agent Dan Lazar is tackling the topic of making publishable books. And he has handouts! Yay! First up Dan is talking about the...

R.L. Stine's Keynote!

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R.L. Stine addressing over 1,100 writers and illustrators Follow along on the scary and funny color commentary and our blog coverage of R....
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A Heartfelt Tribute to Nancy Lewis

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We paused in our lunch to honor the memory of extraordinary SCBWI member and Regional Advisor Nancy Lewis.

Lisa Sandell: What Makes Your Work Publishable

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Lisa Sandell is an executive editor at Scholastic Inc., where she focuses her attention on acquiring and editing middle grade and young adul...
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Ginger Clark: What Makes Your Work Publishable

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Ginger Clark has been a literary agent with Curtis Brown  since the fall of 2005. [Curtis Brown has been around since 1914, and has three ...
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Alexandra Cooper, Senior Editor: What Makes Your Work Publishable

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Alexandra Cooper speaking to the first of her three breakout sessions Alexandra Cooper is a Senior Editor at Simon and Schuster Books f...

Jim McCarthy: What Makes Your Work Publishable

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Agent Jim McCarthy is vice president at Dystel and Goderich Literary Management and he is also doing a fabulous session right now. For aspir...

Alessandra Balzer: What Makes Your Work Publishable

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In real life, Alessandra Balzer isn't this blurry.  She's the co-publisher of Balzer & Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins, and...

Patricia Lee Gauch: Creating and Recreating the Picture Book

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Patricia Lee Gauch  is one amazing woman .  Patti is not only a published author herself ( Christina Katerina and the Box ,  Thunder at G...

Mark Teague: Creating and Recreating the Picture Book Panel

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Conference goers were told that panelist David Small could not be here this morning due to a death in the family. Our condolences to David ...

Jane Yolen: Creating and Recreating the Picture Book

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Jane Yolen Jane Yolen is the author of approximately 16 million books. Oh, but I kid. She won't have written that many until next yea...

Conference Interview with Little, Brown AD Patti Ann Harris

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Illustrators attending the conference today can spend each of their three breakout sessions with a real live art director. Let me know if yo...