Just a little late but here we go:
The highlight time for the day has to be the Golden Kite Luncheon and the wonderful and delightful and so excellent Susanne Williams being announced as Member of the Year ... yeah.
This is an amazing award ... I know because this is the award that I received in 2010. It is a total surprise and the recipient is chosen by the LA office. As Susie Williams proceeded to the stage from the back of the ballroom all the Regional Advisors stood and clapped and cheered our excitement at her award.
The chaotic time of the day has to be the autograph party where the throngs of folks gathered to get their books singed. Patricia Wiles and I have just about got this down pat and organised so that it runs smoothly - if not a little crazily. Now if we could just solve the sort feet problem!
The not so highlight time of the day has to be getting up at 7 am to go to a breakfast meeting. I was sooooooo tired, but at least the company was grand and we chit chatted lots discussing all things international.
The highlight time for the day has to be the Golden Kite Luncheon and the wonderful and delightful and so excellent Susanne Williams being announced as Member of the Year ... yeah.
This is an amazing award ... I know because this is the award that I received in 2010. It is a total surprise and the recipient is chosen by the LA office. As Susie Williams proceeded to the stage from the back of the ballroom all the Regional Advisors stood and clapped and cheered our excitement at her award.
The chaotic time of the day has to be the autograph party where the throngs of folks gathered to get their books singed. Patricia Wiles and I have just about got this down pat and organised so that it runs smoothly - if not a little crazily. Now if we could just solve the sort feet problem!
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| it was a long snaking line around the ballroom foyer |
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| a normal chaotic autograph party |
The not so highlight time of the day has to be getting up at 7 am to go to a breakfast meeting. I was sooooooo tired, but at least the company was grand and we chit chatted lots discussing all things international.
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| not breakfast at Tiffany's but the Hyatt! |
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By: CHRISTOPHER CHENG,
on 8/5/2012
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A time full of meetings ... meeting last night, meeting at lunchtime today, meeting tomorrow morning ... lotsa meetings ... but it is all good! A late night to bed on Friday due to time swap and lots of catching up with friends I don't see often enough (and that most definitely needs to be done), so meant that it was a late morning rising here. I did make it down in time in time (just) for the early session but alas, no coffee so I had to raid Starbucks! Still it is better than no coffee fix at all. Today was more listening to speakers - many whom are able to tell such inspiration and loving stories from folks including Bryan Collier, Deborah Underwood, Ruta Sepetys and Deboarh Halverson. emotion and warmth and beautiful stories. This evening was a glimpse into the wonderful stunning talents of the illustrators here at the conference. Was it 160+ portfolios on display - not sure but I can't imagine the difficulty this posed for the judges. How the heck do they decide? It is beyond this mind! There were some amazing pieces and I am just in awe when I see some of this artwork. Some of these should most definitely be hung in galleries .. I was often walking around and seeing the art and imagining stories!   And then it was the social event of the SCBWI calendar ... the gala ball. This time it was the 60s Hippie Hop and it was good ... it was very very good. So many wonderful colourful pieces of clothing and lots of great music. But not only was there music and dancing ... we had the first SCBWI flash mob to the tune of Aquarius! Lots of emailing, an instruction clip to follow, and a secret practise session at our Thursday meeting was very worthwhile ... and we were good ... and yes I did join in - my two left feet worked appropriately!   
By: CHRISTOPHER CHENG,
on 8/4/2012
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So today the conference begins ... again a stellar lineup has been organised and again it is a near sellout!!! What's happened. keynotes including Arthur Levine who delivered a timeless keynote referencing his 15 years of books published under his own imprint.Another very entertaining and humorous one from Tony DiTerlizzi on imagination, and workshops, and lunch meetings, and afternoon tea meetings and workshops and the PAL Showcase and Pizza party and social gathering and then post social gathering meeting in the deep dark of the evening ... before a very late night of sleeping. A busy day 1. The Pal showcase and Pizza party was the chance for published members to showcase and sell their books. Interestingly for me when people saw the title of my book they did one of two tinges. They either came over and had a look - or they got as far away from the books possible - me thinks they don't like Pythons! For a few of us who were showcasing their books though, the pizza part of tonight's gathering never eventuated and we missed eating pizza, too much talking about our books which then went into the last programmed part of day one -- the various evening social gatherings (as well as internationals there was a gathering for illustrators and another for yoga enthusiasts. Tonight the Internationals gathered and chit chatted about all things international - we even had gate crashers ... okay so they probably didn't fit into any of the other programmed socials but we are a pretty amazing group! Just look at the assembled throng. It is just so amazing to see the reach of the SCBWI tribe.  By now though a few of us had barely eaten a snack, let alone had dinner, so the international RA crew continued to chat over food! But first I had to zap up the pen and ink room to do a quick camera piece on advice for J.J. Pennifur (Penny the hamster) who is seeking editorial wisdom. Pen and Ink created the pirate alphabet clip - this year it is hamster editorial time! More on that later!
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