Sunday, August 5, 2012

The Golden Kite Lunch: An Exercise in Perspective

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far away close up

The Golden Kite Luncheon Starts Out With SCBWI Staff Introductions and Applause!

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Lin introduces the SCBWI staff, to the appreciation of the crowd.  ( Here's a close up photo from the scbwi website.) From right t...
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SCBWI Success Stories

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Each panelist has found SCBWI to a part of their success along the way: getting them started, keeping them going as they traveled their p...

Jon Klassen: The Basics of Visual Storytelling

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Jon's first tenet:  Stories don’t exist outside of how they are told. Jon Klassen reading left to right. He uses the example ...

Patricia MacLachlan: My Writing: What Works, What Doesn't

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Patricia MacLachlan is the author of SARAH, PLAIN AND TALL, SKYLARK, and CALEB'S STORY. In her wonderfully blunt and colorful way, s...

Deborah Halverson-How to Talk Like a Teen When You’re So Not One: Dialogue in YA/MG

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Deborah Halverson was an editor for Harcourt Children's Books before becoming the award-winning author of Writing Young Adult Fiction ...

Picture Book Panel: Antoinette Portis

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Antoinette Portis on the big screen (Jon Klassen on the left, Yaccarino's loafer on the right) Antoinette Portis! I have wanted to...

Picture Book Panel: Eugene Yelchin

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Eugene Yelchin (right) on the big screen (that's Dan Yaccarino on the left) Eugene Yelchin is a Russian-born author and illustrat...

Picture Book Panel: Jon Klassen

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Jon Klassen is so darned talented. He's worked as an illustrator for animated movies and music videos. He illustrated Caroline Stut...

Picture Book Panel: Lee Wardlaw

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Lee Wardlaw is the award-winning author of nearly 30 books for kids. How do most of your books start? Lee has done nine picture books. S...

The Picture Book Panel Begins!

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Dan Yaccarino moderates the picture book panel, with, left to right:  Jon Klassen, Antoinette Portis, Dan (in the center) Eugene Yelchin ...

Agents Panel: Jill Corcoran

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Jill Corcoran is an agent at The Herman Agency. She represents everything: picture books, chapter books, middle grade, and YA novels. A fo...
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Agents Panel: Josh Adams

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I had the pleasure of chatting with Josh Adams of Adams Literary at last year's conference, and he couldn't be a nicer dude. Everyo...
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Agents Panel: Deborah Warren

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Deborah Warren is the founder of East West Literary. Deborah started the agency over ten years ago, always with the belief they would have...

Agents Panel: Linda Pratt

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Linda Pratt and her longtime colleague, Marcia Wernick, established the Wernick & Pratt Agency in January 2011 after working toge...

The Agent Panel Starts!

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Lin Oliver moderates the agent panel, from left to right: Lin, Jill Corcoran, Deborah Warren, Linda Pratt and Josh Adams.

The Hippie Hop Poolside Gala!

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Here's just a taste of the Groovy Costumes, Flash-Mobbing Dancers, and Peace, Love, and Children's Books Fun! Peace In! M...