Category: SCBWI

Conferences & writing retreats, Interviews, SCBWI

A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the 50th Annual New England SCBWI Conference with Co-Director Jim Hill

The 2023 New England SCBWI Conference will be held Friday, April 28th – Sunday, April 30th.

This is my go-to writing conference because it’s always got great depth in everything kidlit, from writing picture books to middle grade and young adult novels, plus graphic novels and illustration. I was looking for the inside scoop to share with readers and got it and thanks to Co-Director Jim Hill.

This year’s conference will be extra special because:

– It’s the conference’s 50th anniversary!
– It’s IN PERSON. While Zoom conferences are great, I think we’re all ready to meet up live with writing and illustrating peeps who we haven’t seen for a bit.

For a run-down on what the schedule includes and more, read our full article! Continue reading A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the 50th Annual New England SCBWI Conference with Co-Director Jim Hill

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Conferences & writing retreats, SCBWI

The Inside Scoop on the 2022 New England SCBWI Conference: An Interview with Juliana Spink Mills

This year’s New England SCBWI Conference is Friday, April 29th through Sunday, May 1st. It’s my regional conference and I look forward to it every year. This year’s conference is particularly special because co-director Juliana Spink Mills lives in my town. It’s wonderful that a writer-friend is running the show!

I wanted to get the word out about how great this conference is, so I sat down with Juliana to get the inside scoop. Continue reading The Inside Scoop on the 2022 New England SCBWI Conference: An Interview with Juliana Spink Mills

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Conferences & writing retreats, SCBWI, Writer's Life

Socially Distant, but Still Connected

For all of us writers, one of the difficult things about the pandemic has been the cancellation of so many of the annual conferences that we depend on for continuing education, camaraderie, critiques and just general get-out-from-behind-our-desks opportunities. But even though our in-person connections may have been curtailed this year, there are still a ton of ways to experience the networking and learning of a … Continue reading Socially Distant, but Still Connected

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Conferences & writing retreats, Publishing & Promotion, SCBWI

It’s Never Too Early: Marketing for Published and Non-published Authors

This year we are surrounded, slammed, by political news, and unfortunately, there is no end in sight. Not even on November 4, 2020.  It got me thinking about those poor books being published later this year. Will their announcements get lost in the presidential candidate bickering? Will the book tweets disappear in the mass of berating tweets from—? How will readers hear the good news? … Continue reading It’s Never Too Early: Marketing for Published and Non-published Authors

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Conferences & writing retreats, Interviews, SCBWI

A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the 2019 New England SCBWI Conference with Loretta Jo Kapinos

The New England SCBWI conference is fast approaching, and Loretta Jo Kapinos, one of the conference co-directors took a few minutes out of her busy prep-work to give us the behind-the-scenes scoop on the conference. Welcome, Loretta! Continue reading A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the 2019 New England SCBWI Conference with Loretta Jo Kapinos

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Conferences & writing retreats, Creativity and Craft, SCBWI, Writer's Life, Writing Retreat

Tales From an Introvert: My Experience at the SCBWI Winter Conference 2019

We’ve all heard that writers are introverts. Maybe it’s because we spend so much time working alone, or because we’re always in our heads thinking, developing, and writing stories.  Some writers know how to get out of their own minds and socialize when at conferences. Others do not.  I fall into the DO NOT category. But let me explain. Not only am I constantly writing … Continue reading Tales From an Introvert: My Experience at the SCBWI Winter Conference 2019

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