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Jane Yolen is Added to the SCBWI Winter Conference Lineup...

The 11th Annual SCBWI Winter Conference already has a terrific lineup--and it just got a little better. SCBWI announced yesterday that author Jane Yolen has been added to the roster.

Jane, who's been called the Hans Christian Andersen of America and the Aesop of the twentieth century, and is the award-wining author of numerous children's books, fantasy, and science fiction, including Owl Moon, The Devil's Arithmetic, and How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?, will offer the closing keynote address.

I remember seeing Jane speak from a wheelchair at the 2006 SCBWI LA conference after a night in the emergency room. She still knocked our socks off!

There's still time to register for the SCBWI event--click here. Early registration rates apply until January 4th.

If you can't make it, you can follow the conference as it's happening with full SCBWI TEAM BLOG coverage on the Official SCBWI Conference Blog.

And if you'd like some Jane Yolen wisdom you can carry around in your bag, check out her wonderful book Take Joy.

Writer's Digest Has a New Online Bookshop...

If you like Writer's Digest Books (and I hope you do because CWIM is one of them) and you like cheap books (and who doesn't?) you should check out our new Writer's Digest Shop.

Some cool things about the new Shop are discounts (20% off or more), free U.S. shipping if you spend $25, and a Member Reward program which is cool in that once you spend $100 you get an additional 10% off all the other stuff you buy from the shop in the future. And since the shop just had it's grand opening, there's an extra 10% off any books you order before April 15th-- which makes the 2009 CWIM a real bargain. Here's the secret 10%-off code: WDPB0309.

There's an area featuring writing books focusing on Children's & Young Adult (published by WD and others), but also an array of other great offerings including our Elements of Fiction and Write Great Fiction series which everyone seems to love. And Jane Yolen's wonderful title Take Joy is currently on sale for $7.50.

P.S. Check out the new Writer's Digest Community Facebook page. We need fans.

P.S.S. We've got a survey open about online writing courses and we'd love to have your opinion. It's only 10 questions, so if you have a minute click here to take the survey.