A little late on this recap but I just had to share! Right after my first picture book Greetings from Kiwi and Pear came out in 2009 I joined the Society Of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators to absorb as much as I could about the craft of writing/illustrating children’s books and about the publishing [...]

Last weekend I attended an amazing children’s book writers and illustrators conference at the Wyndham Princeton Forrestal Hotel and Conference Center in Princeton, New Jersey hosted by the New Jersey Chapter of the Society of Childrens Book Writers and Illustrators.
 

 
It was a fabulous weekend full of workshops, networking functions, inspirational keynote speeches as well [...]

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 [...]

There’s a SCBWI New Jersey Chapter conference in a couple of weeks. These conferences are great as we get to take workshops on a variety of book topics as well as sign up for a one-on-one critique on a manuscript with an editor or literary agent! They also get me motivated to work on [...]