Category Archives: Member Monday

Giving Thanks for Readers!

Posted on November 21, 2012 by

Thank you! Shepherd Elementary School Early Readers. This morning I accompanied my mother to her volunteer position as a reader for the Shepherd School Early Readers program. I’ve discussed the program here originally, and here as a follow up. (So I suppose this … Continue reading →

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SCBWI NYC Registration Oct. 19th

Posted on October 11, 2012 by

Registration for the SCBWI New York winter conference opens October 19 at 10am PDT. It is an amazing line up of keynotes, breakout faculty of editors and art directors and intensives. Get a sneak peek at www.scbwi.org.

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Member Monday: NESCBWI Fall Events!

Posted on September 4, 2012 by

The RA’s in New England have not been idle during the summer months. No… after the spring conference we all hunker down and keep planning events for you. Three events are on the docket in the next few months! 2nd … Continue reading →

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Children’s Book Illustration Symposium Poster!

Posted on August 31, 2012 by

Click through for registration, workshop description, portfolio critique information, schedule, and faculty bios! A huge thank you to the design department at NHIA for this beautiful poster. Special thanks to Melissa Sweet for the images, Jim Burke, Illustration Department Chair, Ryan … Continue reading →

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Registration opens today for NESCBWI/NHIA Children’s Book Illustration Symposium

Posted on August 27, 2012 by

Note: This event used to be called “Illustrator Day.” SCBWI members you have dibs on registration for this event for a week. Also, this is my first time working with PayPal on a Google form so if anyone chooses those … Continue reading →

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Member Monday: Old news or news to you?

Posted on August 20, 2012 by

I’m just back from a two-week research/family trip to Italy where I visited Florence and small red-roofed, hill topped towns in Tuscany. I’ll be posting more about that later this week, but first I’m passing on some of the news, … Continue reading →

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Member Monday: Getting the most from Social Media

Posted on July 30, 2012 by

This weekend I had lunch with some wonderful, experienced NESCBWI writers and illustrators who are, like many in the industry, a little overwhelmed and perplexed by social media. They wonder if they have to do everything– Facebook, Twitter, Pintrest, Goodreads… … Continue reading →

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Member Monday: The importance of the nap…

Posted on July 23, 2012 by

Sleep. Many Americans get too little of it and use sugar and caffeine to keep going during the day. Just look at the proliferation of caffeinated products including gels, liquid shots, pumped-up water, and on the horizon- caffeine you can inhale. Sadly, what … Continue reading →

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Member Monday: Google Me, Baby

Posted on July 16, 2012 by

Come on, you know you want to…. Everyone is doing it… Google yourself. If you haven’t taken the time to type your name (in all its forms including any screen names you use on bulletin boards and listserves) into the … Continue reading →

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Member Monday: Stages of writing ala L.B. Schulman

Posted on July 9, 2012 by

This post, Chugging through the Stages of a Writing Career, on EMU’s Debuts is so wonderful and helpful for beginning through PAL authors that I thought I’d post the link here and let you enjoy L. B. Schulman‘s words today. … Continue reading →

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