Okay, yes. I just attended the SCBWI Los Angeles National Conference. And yes, I’m going to the Winter Conference in New York. And well, fine I’m at the Mid-Atlantic SCBWI Conference this weekend but I am not, I repeat NOT a conference junkie.
A conference junkie would squeal when seeing writing friends from long ago and far away. I saw a bunch of friends from my time at VCFA and friends I met as far back as 2004 at the Highlights Chautauqua Writer’s Workshop. I did not squeal once. But I did hug a lot.
A conference junkie would take notes furiously filling up pages and pages in her notebook or lap top. I didn’t even bring a notebook. But I did reuse all the pages in my folder writing down crucial information such as: “Figure out what your character is most afraid of and make them face it,” (Caroline Abbey), “We are allowed three lines for a positioning statement. That’s it,” (Chelsey Eberly), and “The moments that define us are when we choose to loose something to gain another,” (Abby Ranger).
A conference junkie would sidle up beside famous people and have perfect strangers take their picture.
No. No. New England Crystal Kite winner Brian Lies and I go way back. I knew him WAY before he became an “overnight success.” (After 25 years of hard work.)
So you see, I am not a conference junkie.
(How many days until New York?)
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I am a mother, an educator and an author/illustrator. Please go to my website www.annajboll.com where you can see my portfolio and check out my online store. The blog contains semi regular updates on the life of a woman turned mother. Writing and drawing in the shards of time allowed by family life, I submit regularly to children's publishers as an author illustrator. I'm getting used to rejections.
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I am a mother, an educator and an author/illustrator. Please go to my website www.annajboll.com where you can see my portfolio and check out my online store. The blog contains semi regular updates on the life of a woman turned mother. Writing and drawing in the shards of time allowed by family life, I submit regularly to children's publishers as an author illustrator. I'm getting used to rejections.
By: Anna Boll,
on 10/22/2011
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