The Flippant Girl’s Guide to Conference Success

/ May 3, 2013/ conferences, Flippant Girl's Guide, lists, my non-professional opinion, sarcasm ahoy/ 2 comments

As a writer, it’s important to um… well, write. This goes without saying. Another important thing is to be all professional and go to a writer’s conference. This is a great place to meet other writers, get ideas, and be smart and shit. If you’re new to the conference scene, you might be overwhelmed by the amount of things: people,

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NESCBWI Conference Recap, Part II

/ May 17, 2011/ advice, conferences, nescbwi, writing/ 4 comments

It’s kind of hard not to get good advice when you’re at a conference for three days. Even at the crappiest of conferences, you should be able to take back one nugget of information. Since I’m an avid note-taker, I have pages of information. Unfortunately, I can’t share everything with you. But I can share a few thoughts. After reviewing

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NESCBWI Conference Recap, Part I

/ May 16, 2011/ conferences, lists, nescbwi, scbwi/ 9 comments

It’s Monday, Lurkdom, and after my truncated week last week, the day job exploded all over itself.* You know what that means… I’m still thinking about the 25th Annual NESCBWI Regional Conference I attended this weekend. I hung out with some fantastic people (Kris Asselin, Laura Pauling, and Heather Kelly specifically) and learned a bunch of stuff. I come here

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