Encore and Writers' Salons

Oh, I wanted to let people know about two wonderful SCBWI New England events coming up. (I'm helping out with both.) You can find out more about these events at http://www.nescbwi.org

Encore Details: On Saturday, September 12, SCBWI in Southern New England will host ENCORE 2009, a day of four workshops by faculty from recent past regional conferences. Workshops include: "Choices in Narrative Voices" given by author and editor J. L. Bell, "What's so Funny and Why" given by award winning author Ellen Wittlinger, "Writing the Middle Grade Series" given by editor and author Lisa Papademetriou, and "Before and After" given by Houghton editor, Erica Zappy.

For this event, SCBWI New England is teaming with the Alliance for the Study and Teaching of Adolescent Literature (ASTAL) at Rhode Island College in Providence. The registration fee of $50 includes a continental breakfast and buffet lunch.

For information and a simple registration form, download this PDF file, print it, fill it out, and mail it in. Additional information on the workshops and presenters is below. The registration deadline is September 1st.

Writers' Salon details:

Taking Your School Visits to the Next Level: Q&A with Two School Visit Coordinators

AND

Passion and Process vs. Product and Promotion: A Group Discussion

Saturday, September 19, 2009, 10:00 - 2:30, in Acton, Massachusetts

An event for published authors and illustrators of books for children

SCBWI Salons are gatherings for published authors and illustrators of children's books...

• To share ideas, triumphs, and struggles
• To discuss what SCBWI-NE can do to help us as published members
• To grow as artists
• To be inspired by experts in the field
• To get connected

The topics for the 19 September Salon are--

Taking Your School Visits to the Next Level: Q&A with Two School Visit Coordinators

Two experienced school visit coordinators describe their idea of the perfect author/illustrator visit and offer advice for making your programs better than ever.

Passion and Process vs. Product and Promotion: A Group Discussion

Passion led us to become authors and illustrators and we spend hours of time creating our works, but sending them out into the world is a job most of us weren't expecting. We will discuss how to balance time spent making books and time spent marketing them.

Schedule:
10:00-10:30 Registration and Networking
10:30-12:00 Presentation and Group Discussion
12:00-1:00 Lunch and Networking
1:00-2:30 Presentation and Group Discussion

Location:
Faulkner Room, Acton Town Hall
472 Main St., Acton, MA (directions below)