I’m back from the New York International Gift Fair and have been happily revelling in post-show bliss. For the first time in a couple of months I feel like I can breathe. I even played hookie yesterday and spent the day walking around New York City! (shhhhhhhhh)
 
The show was great and the overall mood was [...]

I just got back from the 39th Annual SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators) Summer Conference. The weather in Los Angeles was absolutely perfect – 70, dry and sunny everyday and the conference was held at the luxurious Hyatt Regency Century Plaza where I stayed. I almost didn’t want to come back!
 

Hyatt Regency [...]