Thursday, February 3, 2011

SCBWI Winter Conference

Okay, right off the bat...


Best thing about SCBWI’s Winter Conference: I met Lois Lowry!


Second best thing: I was in NYC for three days!


What I learned (Part 1):


1.) I still appear to be the only member who refers to SCBWI as “Skib-we.” Hey, we all have our quirks.


2.) Apparently, I need a dog. Lois Lowry (and a few of the other authors) showed some letters they received from kids, and nearly every single one ended with “And do you have a dog?” In case you were wondering, Lois does. I wonder if my landlady will accept that as an excuse to violate the “no pets” policy…


3.) I hate my Blackberry’s spelling autocorrect. Also if you correct your Blackberry’s auto spell correct of your facebook status update with a comment on said status update bemoaning your Blackberry’s stinking spelling autocorrect…your facebook friends will still make fun of you.


4.) I am an atypical writer personality. When one of the speakers—Sara Zarr, I think—said something about most of us being introverts, just about every head around me (and we’re talking over a thousand heads) nodded in agreement. I am SO not an introvert. I must have people around me. If there are no people, there had better be a bunch of books so I can get sucked into a story with people. Actually, I think that’s why I started making up stories in the first place. I had brothers—no sisters with whom to play Barbies and My Little Ponies. Although my brothers and I *did* often play GI Joe in the land of the giant women and talking ponies, they didn’t always want to play. Then I was stuck by myself. So I made up stories wherein my Barbies and My Little Ponies and Strawberry Shortcake dolls went on epic adventures that literally spanned weeks if not months. Anyway, if there were no people with whom to interact, I made some up. But I digress…


5.) I really have to join Twitter. :(


(part 2 to come...eventually)

1 comment:

  1. Heh :0 You've made me laugh! I'm so glad you got to go to the Nat'l conference! Sounds like it was inspiring and wonderful and I can't wait to hear more.

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