Our next Schmooze will fall on 6-27-2012 at the College Station Barnes and Noble. Bring copies (up to 5) for gentle critique at 9:30 a.m. Our program begins at 10 a.m. and the discussion topic will be: Schmooze: What Is YA Today?
In local news, authors Kathy Whitehead and Molly Blaisdell will be speaking on several panels at the upcoming Writers League of Texas Agent Conference.
SHOUT OUT
SCBWI member with close local ties Kelly Bennett has a new book out called ONE DAY I WENT RAMBLING from Bright Sky Press. It's illustrated by Terri Murphy. The book is a celebration of shutting down the screens and diving into a creative play. You may wish to purchase it HERE. You may also enter win an original illustration from the book and more HERE. Pass the word.
Here is a peek at the cover.
Awards
This year the CLIP Carnegie Medal for picture book writing and the Kate Greenaway Medal for picture book illustration went to the author and illustrator of the same book: A MONSTER CALLS (Walker). No book has ever won both awards in the same year, reports PW.
To Market
Here is Vonna Carter's popular post: Conferences 2012: Editors. This post may help you choose what conferences to visit and you seek publishers for your work.
Here is a little article over at GalleyCat. It's entitled "When Is Your Book Ready For An Agent." Check out Eddie Schneider's advice; he's an agent at JABberwocky Literary Agency.
The views expressed here are my own, and not necessarily those of the SCBWI
Hi Molly, thank you for sharing the news about One Day I Went Rambling! (BTW: the publisher is Bright Sky Press in Houston.) The best part of having a book published is sharing it! I appreciate all my BV friends support and encouragement! Ramble on!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Molly for providing us such great information. We appreciate your time and efforts with the BV Scratchpad. You rock! :))
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