Happy Spring! This is not a shameless plug for friends and events, but there are some phenomenal things coming up in these parts. If your writing needs some get-up-and-go, get up and go!
Later today, Laurie Halse Anderson heads to Santa Monica for her Wintergirls book tour (4:30 at the main library, 7:00 at Barnes & Noble). Not only is she an exquisite writer, but she's inspirational, so go if you can. She'll be in Pasadena over the weekend.
April 18th is SCBWI-LA's Writer's Day. Check out the line-up at www.scbwisocal.org. We've got something for everyone, including that nudge to get you going!
For those of you who asked, the class visit on mask poems was so much fun - the kids were enthusiastic and came up with some fun poems. They especially liked my props...I brought 2 different textured cookies for each of them, so they'd learn about details in writing. Hey, I was scheduled for AN HOUR with 7 year olds. It went by very quickly, and I heard that I was "awesome" -phew!
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About Me
- claudia
- I'm a Sotheby's west side realtor by day, an actress-turned children's-book-writer by night, loving to spend time in other people's shoes. I'm also a Regional Advisor Emerita for The Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI), stepped down from the Los Angeles chapter after 11 years.
Critique Group
Kidscribblers: Stephanie Hemphill, me, Jill Corcoran, Kitty Donohoe, Paula Yoo, Joyce Lee Wong
3 comments:
Two different textured cookies - what a fabulous idea. And yummy, too. I'm glad you were a hit.
Of COURSE you were fabulous! (And so were the cookies, I'll bet!) Any mask poems to share with us?
Everything one kid wrote involved a snail. I didn't get copies (at least not yet) of their work, but his was something like "I'm full of chocolate chips. Oh, no! A snail is eating me!"
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