Month: February 2011

10 Trends in Children’s Books from 2010

Scholastic, the largest publisher and distributor of children's books, released last December a list of 10 Trends in Children's Books from 2010. I thought this was pretty interesting: * The expanding Young Adult (YA) audience * The year of dystopian fiction*...

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Interview and Contest with Ellen Oh!

Grab a coffee, tea or hot chocolate and relax while we chat with Ellen Oh about her upcoming (AMAZING) book, PROPHECY: The Dragon King Chronicles.From Publisher's Marketplace - Ellen Oh's PROPHECY: The Dragon King Chronicles, in which an elite warrior and bodyguard to...

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Conferences- Why I Go

Conferences are a lot of money. Money that most of us don't have much of. But I can honestly say that the money I spent on my SCBWI conference was well worth it.Wow. I got to meet so many amazing writers, agents, and editors. I sucked in more information that I...

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Agent and Editor Panels

AGENT PANEL- Psst! Wanna Know a Secret?Now for the agent and editor panels at the SCBWI conference. Wow. What a fantastic lineup and they were so open and willing to share their thoughts. I jotted down some notes below and hope they can be useful to you!The agent...

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Bruce Hale- Warrior’s Mind, Writer’s Mind

Bruce Hale kicked off the SCBWI Miami conference and boy did he kick it off. Wow. Bruce is AMAZING! And not only is he a good speaker, he can write, sing and even dance. Oh, and he wears really cool hats too.He read his book, Snoring Beauty to us (so funny! I loved it...

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Interesting Links

I've been locked up in my writing cave for the last week (a little sick from too much chocolate and Twizzlers) working on revisions. But I still have more notes to share with you on the conference. I will get to those this week because they've got some good stuff in...

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