Vonna | September 10, 2010
The manuscripts are trickling in for Darcy Pattison’s Novel Revision Workshop I am attending in November. So far, they look good!
This week I also am looking forward to reading a friend’s manuscript—a YA fantasy. He was one of my beta readers and now I happy to have a chance to return the favor.
I’ve done all [...]
Vonna | September 4, 2010
As I mentioned in my last post, I have a lot of writing events coming up. Some of them come with homework. EEEK!
Actually, it is homework I’m looking forward to. For the Oklahoma SCBWI conference, Joni Sensel, who is leading the fantasy intensive, has asked us to read or reread the first chapter of several [...]
Vonna | August 29, 2010
Thanks to Elaine Scott for speaking at the August SCBWI meeting. Elaine’s topic was billed as Get an Agent or Not, but her talk was far more fascinating than this title indicated. Elaine shared her experiences with her two very different agents, why she felt compelled to leave her first, well-known, high-profile agent for [...]
Vonna | April 13, 2010
It never rains; it pours.
In the next two weeks we have three fantastic kid-lit author events in our neighborhood. For me, these events are like going to a free conference. Think about it—if these authors were appearing at a conference, they would speak for forty-five minutes. There might be a question and answer panel at [...]
Vonna | February 22, 2010
On Saturday morning, our conference had sold out and had a waiting list. The Merrell Center was an excellent facility. We had three big screens so everybody could easily see the speakers presentations. The microphones worked perfectly and we had wi-fi and plenty of electrical outlets so that our bookstore ran smoothly. The room for [...]
Vonna | February 22, 2010
The Friday night before the Houston SCBWI conference, Varsha and Rajeev Bajaj hosted our guest speakers and the conference organizers at their lovely home in Katy.
We treated our guests (and ourselves) to good ol’ Texas barbecue and had a great time getting to know each other. This will be a low word count post, [...]
Vonna | February 9, 2010
In my last post I talked about the great lineup of authors who will be showing their books at next week’s Houston SCBWI conference. In fact, it is such a great lineup that I need to add SIX more authors!
A few weeks ago I did a post on Creative Publishing using Cherie Foster Colburn as [...]
Vonna | February 8, 2010
In just two weeks, the Houston chapter of the SCBWI will be having our annual conference. Besides the great speakers we have lined up, one of the great features of our conference is the amazing number of local authors who will be participating in the conference bookstore. For those of you who will be joining [...]
