I recently covered NY-Metro SCBWI‘s January 2016 Professional Series. I’m always happy to be the “designated writer” when we’re short of people to cover. I’m usually in attendence anyway, but the truth is that the sessions I’ve gotten the most out of are the sessions that I hadn’t planned on attending.
It’s always the thing that you didn’t expect that stays with you.
I’ve got tips for things you’ll need at the conference (including how to save your battery life), but what you really need is food–without going outside.
Read More SCBWI Midwinter Conference Survival Guide: Food
For 2015 I had a few goals:
• Read consciously.
Actively pursue reading diversely.
• Read diversely.
Read work by diverse authors, across a diverse spectrum. This included reading books I didn’t want to read (more on this later).
• Read a lot.
When I’m writing a lot, reading feels distracting. Too bad, I told myself. I wanted to know more about what was being published.
• Listen up.
Listen diversely to what books are being talked about on Twitter
Read More A Year of Reading Diversely
“I need a friend in London,” I told my husband.
He looked serious. “What kind of friend?”
Read More On Being the Only Puerto Rican in London, or, What SHADOWSHAPPER Means to Me
I’ve finally gotten around to some little site improvements: I’ve added some new blogs to the list on the right, renamed “Diverse and Sundry Blogs.” All are worth a visit, especially Debbie Reese’s blog on Native Americans in children’s literature (and if you don’t follow…
The American Revolution, that is: we saw Hamilton on Thursday night.
Read More What I Saw at the Revolution
Peeta, Gale, whatever. I spend my time wondering about Rue’s hair-care products. Way too much time.
It was wonderfully foggy this afternoon, making it look like the entire Husdon basin was filled with clouds. José and his father would have loved this—and had a great story to explain it. Probably it was just technical glitch, but it’s so much more fun…
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