This past weekend I flew down to Charlotte, NC for the SCBWI Carolinas conference. We all promised not to blog or tweet any details, so instead I'll just post a few pictures and say that it was a truly exceptional conference. I personally learned a lot from the wonderful faculty, including Dial Senior Editor Liz Waniewski (who started as our intern in the Boston office 10 or so years ago!), Art Director at S&S Laurent Linn, and author and marketing guru Shelli Johannes-Wells.
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The audience during the First Pages session |
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Liz speaks about Dial |
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me and faculty member author/illustrator Elizabeth Dulemba |
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Elizabeth and my delicious (and partially eaten by this point) red velvet cake |
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Shelli's decadent chocolate dessert (yes, I had a bite...or two...) |
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The pool! |
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Shelli sharing marketing and publicity wisdom |
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Some of the faculty on the last day.
L to R: Authors Steve Watkins, Fran Cannon Slayton, me, Shelli, author Alan Gratz (top), agent Chris Richmond, and Liz |
It was really great getting to know everyone at the conference--my only complaint is that I didn't have more time to spend and actually see the city. Oh well, I'll just have to go back again someday.
4 comments:
Enjoyed meeting you this weekend & appreciate your comments regarding my m/s Chez Bug. The conference was wonderful, but then being around folks who love books as much as I is always a treat.
-Niki Masse Schoenfeldt
Enjoyed meeting you this weekend & appreciate your comments regarding my m/s Chez Bug. The conference was wonderful, but then being around folks who love books as much as I is always a treat.
-Niki Masse Schoenfeldt
Alvina,
It was our pleasure to have you in the Carolinas. You were a huge hit. You were accessible, engaging and your presentation on Literary and Commercial fiction was an eye-opener for many of our members. Thanks again. Come back to the Carolinas any time :)
Teresa Fannin
RA SCBWI Carolinas.
it was fun ;)
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