Archive for June, 2012
A Great Character
Friday, June 22nd, 2012At the Niagara conference, one of the concepts that came up over and over again was the idea of a great character. Someone with spunk, someone readers want to spend time with. Someone strong enough and interesting enough to sustain a whole book, or even a series. And then, last week, I heard about this [...]
Niagara SCBWI Conference
Wednesday, June 13th, 2012First, a smile for the day: check out this video shared with my writing group by friend and author Bill Swan: All You Need to Know About Fonts. This past weekend was the SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators) conference in Niagara Falls, Canada. It was a horizon-expanding experience. Presenters included Kathleen Duey, [...]