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I'm actually surprised Blood Red Road wasn't nominated and Scorpio Races was. While I love Maggie's books, I didn't really see the literary weight of the book compared to the others. No surprise though that once again, genre fiction was pretty much shut out. :(
Sorry if you came here on Saturday looking for this post. I had a busy weekend and didn’t get to my computer much.
But here is day six of my reports from the Austin SCBWI conference. First, a quick recap of my other reports: agent Mark McVeigh on publishing, agent Andrea Cascardi on getting and working with an agent, editor Cheryl Klein on writing a great book, agent Nathan Bransford on finding the right agent for you and author/former editor Lisa Graff on writing and revising.
Today I’m featuring three of this year’s ALA award winners, all of whom show that success comes from perserverance.
Jacqueline Kelly, author of the 2010 Newbery Honor book The Evolution of Capurnia Tate, said the inspiration for her book came after she fell in love with a really old house that’s falling down. As she sat on its porch one day, she could hear the main character come alive in her head and recite the book’s first paragraph to her.
She first wrote about the characters in a short story, and it was her critique group members that encouraged her to expand it into a novel.
Capurnia Tate was rejected by 12 publishers before it was picked up.
If it wasn’t for Jacqueline’s critique group and her perserverance, we would not have Capurnia Tate to enjoy today.
Acclaimed illustrator Marla Frazee, whose picture book All the World is a 2010 Caldecott Honor book, has had similar perserverance during her career. She said it took 12 years to get her first book, then another five years before her second.
She said picture books are a collaboration between words and pictures, with the two working together to tell the story. Sometimes the pictures will illustrate the words completely, and other times the pictures will add new meaning to the words. For example, she showed a picture from her book A Couple of Boys Have The Best Week Ever, in which the words say the character is sad to leave his parents but the picture shows him excited and happy.
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2 Comments on Advice from ALA winners, last added: 2/10/2010
More advice from published writers « Day By Day W said, on 2/9/2010 8:16:00 AM
[...] By Day Writer Balancing work, life and the desire to create « Advice from ALA winners More advice from published writers February 9, 2010 Today is my last post from the Austin [...]
Writers’ motto: Never give up « Day By Day Writ said, on 2/10/2010 1:29:00 PM
[...] of this year’s ALA winners were there — Jacqueline Kelly (The Evolution of Capurnia Tate), Marla Frazee and Liz Garton [...]
Missed seeing some of the ALA winners on the Today Show this morning? You can watch it here, featuring:
Rebecca Stead, author of When You Read Me (winner of the 2010 Newbery Medal);
Jerry Pinkey, illustrator of The Lion and the Mouse, winner of the 2010 Caldecott Medal;
and ALA President, Camila Alire.
It would have been nice if they’d had a bit longer segment on the author, illustrator, and winning books, but I’m happy they featured them at all. What do you think?
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I'm actually surprised Blood Red Road wasn't nominated and Scorpio Races was. While I love Maggie's books, I didn't really see the literary weight of the book compared to the others. No surprise though that once again, genre fiction was pretty much shut out. :(
Smiles!
Lori