A Garden Party with Writers and Illustrators

This Saturday, I joined writers Adam Gidwitz, Rob Buyea, Ann Haywood Leal, and Michaela MacColl in speaking at the 13^th Annual Shoreline SCBWI Conference in Doe Boyle’s garden in southern Connecticut, and what a relaxed, gracious, inspiring event it was.  I’m still mulling over the wisdom of my fellow presenters, and marveling at how at home I felt among sixty other writers and illustrators, even though I’d met only a handful of them before.  As I witnessed the camaraderie and heard about the support they give each… Continue reading →