So, blogging everyday from the conference didn’t work out so well.  Huh.  Sorry about that.  It was my first national SCBWI conference, and I had a blast.  A busy, busy, blast.  The week was a whirlwind of workshops, inspirational speeches, fun parties, meetings, friends, cocktails, and meeting lots of great people.  I saw a few familiar faces that helped me out of my shell, and I met so many new friends.  It was transformative.  I didn’t get a lot of any writing done, but I’m making up for it now. I feel charged up.  I have a couple of ways to tweak my revisions, and some clarity with the next project on the pipeline. 

It was an eventful week back home in Seattle.  I would call home and hear about run away dogs (A revolt?), a flooded kitchen, a soggy basement, a broken fence, dogs running away again (Definitely a revolt.), and a toddler with a taste for Sharpie.  I tried to just roll with it and focus on the conference, but if you chatted with me and I was glassy eyed and/or incoherent- this is why. My apologies.

Anyhoo, here are a few of the highlights for me:

 

 

 

Paint the Town Red SCBWI 2008

Paint the Town Red SCBWI 2008

 There is A LOT of blog coverage of the conference.  Paula Yoo, Alice Pope, and Suzanne Young have all conveyed the awesomeness- with pictures!  Can’t wait to do it all again next year (Note to self:  Pay whatever you have to NOT to fly on American next time, for the love of holy cannoli.)

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