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SCBWI Team Blog, left to right: Lee Wind, Jaime Temairik, Jolie Stekly, Don Tate, and Martha Brockenbrough |
What a conference!
We hope you'll join us for all the inspiration, craft, business, opportunity and community of the 45th Annual SCBWI Summer Conference in Los Angeles, July 29 - August 1, 2016.
SCBWI Team Blog
Lee, Jaime, Jolie, Martha and Don
We're so glad you're here -- in person and/or following along on this blog.
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Welcome to #NY16SCBWI, the 17th Annual SCBWI Winter Conference!
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From all of us at SCBWI Team Blog, thanks for following along!
We hope you'll join us for the 17th Annual SCBWI Winter Conference in New York City, February 12-14, 2016.
Featuring:
Full-day intensives for both writers and illustrators,
The juried portfolio showcase with Grand Prize,
The opportunity to network with top editors, agents and publishers
Workshops,
Keynotes
and much more!
Craft. Business. Inspiration. Opportunity. Community.
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your SCBWI.
Check out this great discussion between SCBWI Team Blog's Martha Brockenbrough and best-selling and award-winning author Shannon Hale.
Shannon shares from the heart why she's taken a stand against gender bias in our culture and especially our books. Here's just a taste:
"If I make one change in the world, I hope it's getting more people to question why boys are shamed for/kept away from reading books about girls. The more we question the idea that it's normal and natural and fine, the more we'll realize it's not and things will slowly start to change."
–Shannon Hale
Shannon will be giving a Sunday keynote address "Opening Up The Clubhouse: Boys, Girls, and Genderless Books." She will also be leading a Sunday afternoon workshop, "Writing With Kids: The Marvelous High Wire Act of Writer Parents" and a half-day intensive workshop on Monday, "Building Worlds From The Dust."
Here's the description of that intensive:
E. Shannon Hale – Building Worlds from the Dust
There's nothing like creating a whole new world inside your fantasy or science fiction novel. We'll examine other fictional worlds and discuss tricks and tips to building your own. Assignment: Come with a page or two describing the fictional world of your work-in-progress and be prepared to discuss some of your favorite world-built novels.
Many of the intensives have already sold out, but there's still space as of this writing in others, including Shannon's.
You can find out all the conference details and register here.
And as we say in Los Angeles, "That's a wrap!"
Thank you for joining us here on the Official SCBWI Conference blog!
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Lee Wind (top), and left to right: Jolie Stekly, Jaime Temairik, Martha Brockenbrough and Don Tate! |
We hope you'll join Team Blog from July 31-Aug 3, 2015 in Los Angeles for all the craft, business, inspiration, opportunity and community the SCBWI Summer Conference offers!
Lee Wind: We’re so excited you'll be joining us as part of SCBWI team blog for the upcoming winter conference!
Don Tate: If you all are excited then I am ecstatic! I attended a national conference in LA a few years back. It was a blast. I can’t wait to attend the New York conference, covering it as a blogger. I take this job to heart; I may even wear the hat.
Lee: You’re an author/illustrator or should I say, an illustrator/author. Which came first, and how did the second evolve?
Don: I’ve been an illustrator of children’s books and educational products for more than 30 years. But it took writing a book before anyone began to notice me. I started writing about 10 years ago, when I wrote the first draft for It Jes’ Happened: When Bill Traylor Started to Draw. I guess that makes me an illustrator-author. Thing is, I love writing as much as illustrating. As a matter of fact, I just finished writing a short story that will be included in a middle grade anthology. I. Loved. Writing. That. Story! Longterm, I’d like to focus more of my career on telling stories with words—a chapter book, novel, graphic novel.
Lee: What do you want people to know about you?
Don: That I like hamburgers. And Twizzlers. I’m a newly converted chocolate lover, too. But really. I think most people who follow me on social networks think I’m an outgoing guy—the life of the party. I am not. I can’t emphasize that enough. I’m an introvert to the nth degree. But I love the children’s book business. It’s the one thing that seems to draw me out of my shell.
Lee: What don't you want us to know?wait! don't tell us!
Don: I’m a kidlit author and illustrator fanboy. Children’s book authors and illustrators and editors |
Don Tate stealing a selfie with "Bad Kitty" Nick Bruel |
are my heroes. When I attend conferences where I am a featured book creator, I spend a lot of time chasing down my favorite authors and illustrators. I once cornered a famous author hero in the men’s restroom at a big library conference and ask for a selfie. Don’t believe me, just ask Nick Bruel.
Lee: What are you most looking forward to about the conference and about being part of team blog?
Don: Well again, I’m a kidlit guy so I look forward to meeting and mingling with my tribe, as Lin Oliver would say. As far as the blog, I’m gonna be like one of those annoying red carpet reports (that everyone enjoys following). I plan to bring the Who, What, Where, When and Why. The conference will be fun, and so I hope to make it an enjoyable experience for those who won’t be in attendance, but who want to follow along.Oh, and by the way, you can also find me on
Facebook,
Twitter, and
Pinterest.
Lee: Okay, That's it. quick and easy! See you there!
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For more or information about Don, see his website!Don Tate is an award-winning author, and the illustrator of numerous critically acclaimed books for children, including The Cart That Carried Martin, (Charlesbridge); Hope’s Gift, (Penguin); Duke Ellington’s Nutcracker Suite (Charlesbridge); and Ron’s Big Mission, (Penguin). He is also the author of It Jes’ Happened: When Bill Traylor Started To Draw (Lee & Low Books, 2102), an Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Honor winner. His upcoming titles include The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch (Illustrator, Eerdmans, 2015), and Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton (Author and illustrator, Peachtree, 2015). Don is a founding host of the The Brown Bookshelf –a blog dedicated to books for African American young readers; and a member of the #WeNeedDiverseBooks campaign, created to address the lack of diverse, non-majority narratives in children’s literature. He lives in Austin, Texas, with his family.
The registration lines are buzzing, people are struggling to pull themselves away from the conference bookstore, chairs are being filled…
We're moments from the start of #LA14SCBCWI, and before we "GO!" you should know two things:
1. You're in good hands…
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Your SCBWI Team Blog: Left to Right: Lee Wind, Jolie Stekly, Jaime Temairik and Martha Brockenbrough |
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2. We're so glad you're here. (Even if you're just joining us virtually…)
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Martha Brockenbrough,
Jolie Stekly,
Lee Wind,
Jaime Temairik and
Suzanne Young. Err... Suzanne (not pictured) is doing research on her new book dealing with invisibility, and although she's not visible in the photo, she's blogging away!
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We had a great time blogging the 14th Annual SCBWI Winter Conference! We invite you to read the posts from the sessions you were fortunate enough to attend, get a glimpse of the ones you missed, and think about the moments and insights that are still resonating for you. Share your take in comments.
And we hope to see YOU in Los Angeles for the 42nd Annual SCBWI Summer Conference, August 2nd-August 5th, 2013.
Illustrate and Write On,Lee, Jaime, Jolie, Martha and Suzanne
SCBWI Team Blog
ps - thanks to Emily Jiang for the top photo!
pps - illustrator students - there's a scholarship you can apply for to attend the summer conference. Find out more here.
ppps - for published authors and/or illustrators who are interested in switching children's book genres, you can apply for a Martha Weston Grant to receive an all-expenses paid trip to the Summer Conference.
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On behalf of SCBWI TEAM BLOG (Martha Brockenbrough, Lee Wind, Jaime Temairik, Suzanne Young, Jolie Stekly, and yours truly), thanks to everyone who visited to read our conference coverage. (I encourage you to continue to peruse the blog--there's tons of great info here!)
Thanks also to all the conference-goers who stopped by our table to chat and stopped us in the halls--we appreciate all the great feedback. And we truly appreciate the opportunity to bring the extraordinary 40th Annual SCBWI Summer Conference to you.
We'll see you in New York for the Annual Winter Conference January 27-29, 2012! (Check scbwi.org for details closer to the event). --Alice
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In the months leading up to the 40th Annual SCBWI Summer Conference, TEAM BLOG has had the pleasure of talking to many of the faculty members who will be presenting at the event.
Here's a list of links to all the interviews (by Alice, Jaime, Jolie, Martha, Lee, and Suzanne--who will all be live blogging the conference as it happens from the opening remarks on Friday through the last Intensive on Monday).
AUTHORS
AGENTS EDITORS ILLUSTRATORS
Once again, SCBWI Team Blog had a great time bringing you these highlights of the New York conference!
Being able to meet many of you here at the conference has been wonderful, and we hope we brought a taste of the experience to those of you who weren't able to join us.
We hope to see you at this summer's
40th Annual SCBWI Summer Conference in Los Angeles
August 5th-8th, 2011
It's going to be an incredible event, bursting with inspiration, business, craft and community!
Join us and Mary Pope Osborne, John Green, Jerry Pinkney, Bruce Coville, Laurie Halse Anderson, Norton Juster and many more!
Until then...
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Yesterday Alice Pope offered another in our series of SCBWI TEAM BLOG pre-conference interivews with
Annual Winter Conference faculty. Alice talked to a handful of editors and agents on receiving and giving manuscript feedback.
SCBWI's Annual Winter Conference in New York is just eleven days away! If you're attending, you may be planning your outfits and your evening activities in the city (which you certainly should), but you should also be thinking about how to make the most of the event. So I checked in with a few of the editors and agents participating in the conference to ask for some advice to pass on to you.
Today's topic: CRITIQUES
Editors Krista Marino (Delacorte), Franceso Sedita (Penguin) and Jennifer Rees (Scholastic) and agents Kerry Sparks (Levine/Greenberg) and Kary Kole (Andrea Brown) are participating in the Writers' Intensive that kicks off the weekend of conferencing. At this day-long event, writers have the opportunity to get feedback on a manuscript from a several editors and agents, and writers offer feedback to one another.
Intensives have limited space for writers and this year's Writers' Intensive (as usual) sold out super fast. But even if you aren't attending it, you probably have been or will be in a critique situation, whether at a conference with an editor or agent, one-on-one with a critique partner, or in a critique group setting. Here are some things to keep in mind offered by our group of industry insiders.
Although the Writers' Intensive is sold you, you can still register for the Annual Winter Conference and rub elbows with industry insiders like the ones above. Click here for information.
Blogger Lee Wind (whose birthday is today--Happy Birthday Lee!) posted the latest SCBWI TEAM BLOG interview with Annual Winter Conference faculty. Lee spoke with award-winning author Lois Lowry, who will be delivering the keynote speech to open the conference.
Born in Hawaii, Lois Lowry has lived all over the world and now divides her time between Cambridge, Massachusetts and a 1768 farmhouse in Maine. Her list of fiction includes 36 books for young people. Twice the recipient of the Newbery Medal - in 1990 and 1994 (for the Middle Grade novels "Number The Stars" and "The Giver")
Lois has received countless other honors for her work. In recent years she has traveled extensively, speaking to children in Spain, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, Indonesia, Japan, New Zealand, and Australia about the importance of literature and imagination in their lives. She is a mother and grandmother and has worked as a photojournalist as well as a writer of fiction. She even has a
blog!
As Lee mentioned above, you can still register for the event--it starts January 28th--and get a chance to see Lois Lowry in person, as well as the terrific faculty of industry insiders amassed for the event.
Mo Willems’ work in children’s books, animation, television, theater, and bubble gum card painting has garnered him 3 Caldecott Honors, 2 Geisel Medals, 2 Carnegie Medals, 6 Emmys, and multiple bubble gum cards. Upcoming non-bubble gum card projects include Hooray for Amanda and Her Alligator, a portrait of the relationship between a girl and her stuffed alligator told in 6-1/2 stories. More information about Mo’s past, present, and future can be gleamed at
www.mowillems.com. Mo will be part of an incredible panel on Sunday January 30th, "Look Who's Laughing: How To Do Funny For Young Readers and Why" that's sure to have us all cracking up... and thinking!
Over the holidays, SCBWI TEAM BLOGger Jaime Temairik posted interview with two fabulous Art Directors in her blog
CocoaStomp.
Jaime: Okay, help is on the way. In the meantime, I'm having my people send Justin [Chanda] a bunch of emails so he'll be distracted and hopefully you'll be able to answer a few more questions. Illustrators will definitely want to know if you are currently acquiring?
Lucy: We are always acquiring new talent. I'm always keeping my eyes peeled. Even if I can't place someone on a project immediately (and it is true that some parts of publisher's lists are shrinking!) I'll often keep them on hand waiting for the right project. An example of this is the debut book from illustrator Jon Klassen, CATS' NIGHT OUT by Caroline Stutson - Jon just received the Governor General's Award for this project, and I had had his work on hand for several years before I was able to pair him with the perfect project. Although we may not always be able to immediately put the rubber to the road with new folks, good artwork makes a strong impression and the quest for a winning collaboration is always on my mind.
As for what I'm looking for - there's never anything specific. I love such a range of things, but I'm mainly looking for things I'm touched by. I love cute. I love simple. But I also love creepy and detailed! There's no one thing I'm looking for and I'm always happy to be surprised.
Next Jaime talked with Denise Cronin, Vice President in the Penguin Young Readers Group and the Art Director for Viking Children’s Books. There's a snippet below. Click here to read the full post.
Jaime: Denise, did you know not only are you an Art Director, you're a flipping Vice President? What is your average day like?
Denise: If you count time spent on the train, checking files and reading manuscripts, my day is about 9 hours. We are usually juggling about 60 books at various points of development. I work very closely with the editors and the designers in my department from start to finish. Making books is very collaborative. Rarely do I work alone.
Be sure to check out both the interviews for insights from these terrific
The lastest SCBWI TEAM BLOG pre-conference faculty interview features acclaimed YA author and Winter Conference keynote speaker Sara Zarr, who was interview by Alice Pope on her SCBWI Market Blog. Here's a bit from the post:
When I found out Sara Zarr was on the faculty for the SCBWI Annual Winter Conference, I called dibs on doing her pre-conference interview right away. (There was a quiet throwdown, but I'm captain of TEAM BLOG so I won.)
There were several reasons I wanted an excuse to talk to Sara. I first met her several years ago at a Kidlitcon and heard her speak from the heart about her first foray into blogging. I immediately liked her and immediately devoured STORY OF A GIRL, her debut novel and a National Book Award Finalist.
Click here to read the full interview with the terrific Sara Zarr.
And click here to register for the SCBWI Annual Winter Conference where you can see Sara and the rest of the great faculty in person!
The latest Annual Winter Conference faculty member featured in our SCBWI TEAM BLOG pre-conference interview series is Patricia Lee Gauch. Patti talked with TEAM BLOGger Martha Brockenbrough.
Here's a bit from the interview:
My SCBWI chapter invited Patricia Lee Gauch to Washington state for a retreat a couple of years ago, and I got to see first-hand what a fine teacher she is: gentle but demanding, and full of information distilled from a phenomenal career in children's literature.
Patti is not only a published author herself (Christina Katerina and the Box, Thunder at Gettysburg, and The Knitting of Elizabeth Amelia), she has edited some of the finest writers in the business: Brian Jacques, T.A. Barron, Andrew Clements, Jane Yolen, Janet Lisle, Katherine Erkskine, and Barbara Joosse.
She's worked with artists Eric Carle, David Small, Ed Young, Loren Long. Three books she edited have won Caldecott Medals: Owl Moon, Lon Po Po, and So You Want to Be President.
Click here to register for the Annual Winter Conference and learn from outstanding faculty like Patricia Lee Gauch!
Martha Brockenbrough offers the first in our series of SCBWI TEAM BLOG pre-conference faculty interviews starting us out with the terrific Jane Yolen!
Here's a bit from Martha's interview with Jane (in which, Martha says, "she debuts the new BIC.")
Without the mighty badge of the SCBWI national blog team to hide behind, I'd never have the guts to approach Jane Yolen for an interview.
She's Jane Yolen! Author of more than 300 books! A Caldecott Medalist and Golden Kite winner! Likened unto Hans Christian Anderson! Also, as far as I can tell, she is bionic. There is otherwise no way to explain how she writes so many fabulous books.
You might already know these things about Jane, though.
But did you know that she coined the acronym B.I.C. for "butt in chair"? Did you further know she was the second author ever to join the SCBWI? And that she was the organization's first regional adviser? She founded and for a decade ran the New England region.
Click here to read the full interview with Jane Yolen.
Click here to register for the Annual Winter Conference and see Jane--and a number of other equally wonderful faculty--in person.
The lastest TEAM BLOGger to post a
Summer Conference faculty interview is TEAM captain Alice Pope who interviewed Jennifer Hunt of Little, Brown. Below is a bit from the post.
Click here to read the full interview. The time draws near for the 2010 SCBWI Annual Summer Conference and today I offer yet another TEAM BLOG pre-conference faculty interview. I've talked with the amazing Editorial Director of Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, Jennifer Hunt.
Jen oversees the acquisition and development of all MG and YA fiction for the Little, Brown. She edits an impressive list of award-winner, bestselling and über-popular authors including Sherman Alexie, Sara Zarr, Cornelia Funke, Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Pseudonymous Bosch, Cressida Cowell, Walter Mosley, Paolo Bacigalupi, and Jewell Parker Rhodes. (She also the proud editor of SCBWI’s very own Aaron Hartzler!)
Jen is offering two breakout sessions--PEAK TO PEAK: HOW TO BUILD A CAREER AFTER YOUR FIRST BOOK and AN INSIDE LOOK AT LITTLE, BROWN BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS--and participating in a panel--A VIEW FROM THE TOP: 4 PUBLISHERS DISCUSS OUR INDUSTRY.
Click here for registration information for the Annual Summer Conference conference where you can meet Jennifer Hunt and a long list of other editors all as generous with their knowledge and advice.
Our latest TEAM BLOG
Annual Summer Conference faculty interview is courtesy of Jaime Temairik who offers
part one of her conversation with illustrator William Low on her blog CocoaStomp.
William is offering a Premium Workshop called PUSHING PIXELS: PICTURE BOOK ILLUSTRATION IN THE DIGITAL AGE
.Here's a bit from Jaime's post in which she offers a nice roundup of previous TEAM BLOG interviews with a number of the amazing
Summer Conference speakers.
Click here to read the full post.
More great pre-conference interviews popping up all over. Jolie's been talking to Ginger Clark, Arthur Levine. Suzanne's chatted with Rachel Vail. Lee's whooped it up with Paul Fleischman. Alice has gabbed with Jennifer Rees, Francesco Sedita. And Martha Brockenbrough brought down the INTERVIEW HAMMER—Mac Barnett, Rubin Pfeffer, Gennifer Choldenko, Greg Pincus, and Gail Carson Levine.
You've read all about Mac McCool here on CocoaStomp. So it is with great pleasure that I add another name to the pre-conference interview pile of goodness, William Low!
And after reading this, you may think, dang, I wish I could sit in on this workshop series. And the good news is, you still have time to sign up for it! A few spots are left, but they are dwindling fast.
The
conference is only about two weeks away--and TEAM BLOG will be and bringing full
conference coverage your way!
Jolie Stekly offers the latest SCBWI TEAM BLOG
Annual Summer Conference faculty interview on Cuppa Jolie--she interviewed Curtis Brown agent Ginger Clark, a first-time LA conference presenter.
Ginger will offer two sessions at the
Summer Conference: HOW TO APPROACH AGENTS WITHOUT SCARING THEM OFF and BRING YOUR QUESTIONS: AN AGENT ANSWERS THEM ALL. She'll also participate in a panel LITERARY AGENTS VIEW THE MARKETPLACE.
Here a bit form Jolie's post:
How can it be that the SCBWI summer conference is only a few short weeks away? Is it that the weather has been so cold it doesn’t seem possible that the end up July could be that close? Okay, I suppose that only goes for those of us in the Pacific Northwest. But still! How excited are you to be there? Or…OR are you still deciding?There’s still time. You don’t want to miss the many fab agents attending and critiquing, like Ginger Clark.
As Jolie said, there's still time to register for the event--don't you want an agent to answer all your questions?
Click here for registration info.
Author and blogger Suzanne Young brings us the latest SCBWI TEAM BLOG Annual Summer Conference faculty interview. Suzanne had a chat with author Rachel Vail, who will present a keynote speech ON SCHOOL, DROOL, AND OTHER DAILY DISASTERS: FINDING THE HUMOR AND HEART IN MIDDLE GRADE NOVELS as well as a breakout session called SEEING YOUR CHARACTERS: ADOLESCENT CHARACTERS FROM THE INSIDE OUT. Here's a bit from Suzanne's post:
As part of TEAM BLOG, covering this year's SCBWI Annual Summer Conference in LA, I got a chance to chat with the AMAZING Rachel Vail!! She will be one of the Keynote Speakers and she'll also be offereng workshops throughout the conference.
Rachel Vail has written over 30 books, for kids through teens. Her most recent include her trilogy for teens: LUCKY, GORGEOUS and BRILLIANT; and her novel for kids, JUSTIN CASE: SCHOOL, DROOL, AND OTHER DAILY DISATERS.
Click here to register for the Annual Summer Conference to hear from Rachel as well as our other amazing presenters.
In the latest in our series of SCBWI TEAM BLOG pre-conference interviews, Martha Brockenbrough talks with publishing luminary Rubin Pfeffer on the SCBWI WWA blog.
At the Annual Summer Conference, Rubin will offer a Pro-Track session--DIGITAL DOINGS: WHAT PUBLISHERS ARE DOING TO PROMOTE CHILDREN'S BOOKS ONLINE; give a workshop--FROM PUBLISHER TO AGENT: OBSERVATIONS FROM A SEASONED PUBLISHER TURNED AGENT; and deliver a keynote speech--SCCC FORMERLY KNOWN AS SCBWI? ONCE SOCIETY OF CHILDREN'S BOOK WRITERS AND ILLUSTRATORS, NOW A SOCIETY OF CHILDREN'S CONTENT CREATORS?
Here's a bit from Martha's interview:
"Rubin Pfeffer, people. THE Rubin Pfeffer.
He's one of the keynote speakers at this summer's SCBWI conference in L.A., and given his incredible career in children's literature, he'll no doubt give a sensational talk.
Rubin started as a designer for Macmillan in 1974 and then spent 27 years at Harcourt, where he rose to become president of their trade book division over the era the company won Newbery, Caldecott, and National Book awards, as well as Nobel prizes for work on the adult side."
You can meet Rubin Pfeffer in person (along with a ton of other terrific presenters) at the Annual Summer Conference in Los Angeles.
Click here to register for the event!
Our series of TEAM BLOG interviews with
Annual Summer Conference faculty continues as Martha Brockenbrough
features award-winning author Gail Carson Levine on her WWA SCBWI blog.
Gail will be offering a conference keynote address, SWEAT AND MAGIC, and will give a workshop on INFREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT FICTION WRITING.
Here is a bit from Martha's interview with Gail:
"There's something so magical about Gail Carson Levine's stories. Her first, Ella Enchanted, reimagined Cinderella; in it, Ella is cursed to be obedient--an absolutely genius touch. That book won a Newbery Honor Book in 1998, and eventually became a movie starring Anne Hathaway.
You could call Gail Carson Levine the queen of fairy and princess stories. Later works include Fairest, a beautiful twist on Snow White, as well as several works in the Disney Fairies series...:"
Click here to register for the Annual Summer Conference.
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Ahhh. It's not as good as being there, but following the conference blog helps me feel less bereft. And maybe it convinces me that I *must* go next year, no matter what. (My goal: sell two more books. Go to both national conferences)
Thanks for the great blog! With no way to be at all the sessions at once, this blog meets a need to help me catch up with what I missed. Thanks blog team! You're the best!
Thank you for all your great work! You guys are amazing :)