Love, love, love the amazing, exhilerating community of children’s book writers and illustrators and publishing industry. You have to go to the SCBWI Conference Los Angeles once.
It’s truly about friends across the globe – with our Internationals led by author Kathleen Ahrens in Hong Kong and the Assistant international author Angela Cerrito in Germany …..
get to meet some of your idols like Judy Bloom, NY Times best selling author Ellen Hopkins, amazing illustrator Mo Willems, huge series author Bruce Coville and so many more … and many agents and publishers.
The best part – the Saturday night PARTY – and yes, everyone sang like the SCBWI Conference in Sydney at The Hughenden.
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Loved the SCBWI Conference – :
Brilliant Meg Rostoff who is witty and realistic and more
Shaun Tan who had the audience standing and cheering – a fabulous Australian and world illustrator!
Mo Williams who is definitely a stand up comic
Julie Andrew who had us all humming Sounds of Music
Best selling authors including Bruce Coville, Jane Yolen, Lin Oliver and Theo Baker, Ellen Hopkins …. and more.
Frane Lessac, Chris Cheng and I were there representing the Aussie and New Zealand contingent.
Our fabulous international leader Kathleen Ahrens was there from Hong Kong
The speakers were wonderful, but loved the delegates even more – from all over the USA, Europe and Asia – friends through children’s books
A privilege
Sooooo….. much excitement with our own Lesley Vamos winning the illustrators’ pitch with her fabulous; Sarah Davis & Chris Cheng making a splash with ‘Sounds Spooky’; gifted Priscilla Burris illustrator and Illustrator coordinator SCBWI, talks by the greatest children’s authors & illustrators; friends from all over the world.
Love the Internationals from france, Hong Kong, Germany, Canada, Mexico — everywhere.
Time out has been cool to – my secret escape to Orogold – pure decadence of a moment of LA stardom – and I looked good aftrewards -www.orogoldcosmetics.com – nearly as good as Frane taking a pit stop on the poolside banana lounge.
