Would you like to go to the 2008 SCBWI Summer Conference this August in L.A., but you just don’t have an extra $1000 under the couch cushions that will get you there?!?  Fear not!  Fairy Godsisters Ink would like to pay your way.  They have created a SCBWI Summer Conference Grant.  All you have to do is right a 250 word essay on what you would gain at the conference and email it to them.  Details are here.  What an awesome way to spread good writer karma.

 

Just so it’s not all about SCBWI (again!), here is a summer reading list from the Horn Book.  

 

AND some good pointers on writing a synopsis.

 

Type in a title and this handy tool will help you with word count, grade level etc.