Talking to a Publisher

Well I have finally decided that one of my books is ready to go. Certainly no illustrations but hopefully if it is picked up by a publisher then they could hook me up with a professional.

New Voice Competition

As writers we have all been tempted to enter certain writing competitions. Then we wait nervously and...well nothing. I must admit that I had been somewhat sceptical about the whole entering of a competition when the prize was a publishing deal after what was a bad experience a few years back.

Quentin Blake Podcast

Well folks today I got to do something I never really expected to ever be able to do. With me being in America and Quentin Blake being in England I was sure that there would be no chance that I would ever get to meet the guy who had made Roald Dahls books come to life for me as a child.

SCI Lesson (CHC4C) Practical Assignment

I did this a bit backwards. For those of you paying attention you will notice that this project should have come before the previous one. Well I'm sorry but I wanted to tackle the other ones first, okay? Good. Let's move on.

SCI Lesson (CHC5A)

So we are coming to the last part of the course right now and I must say I have enjoyed it a lot more than I actually thought I would. I told you guys at the very beginning about my apprehensions with doing an online course. However I decided early on that if it gave me some feedback on my work and/or some contacts then it would be worth the money.

ABC Event with Author Mary Quattlebaum, Germantown MD

I am really excited to let you know how I got on with this, my first event, as a member of SCBWI! I must be honest the whole thing almost never happened for me but it did and I am so glad that I did this.

Joined SCBWI!!

Well as you know if you have been following my blog I have been taking this whole writing books for Children thing pretty seriously and I do have the great backing of my Fiance who, although we do not have a whole great deal of spare cash, has been behind me 100% from the very beginning. It was her that encouraged me to start the course and now she has done the same with joining SCBWI. The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.