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Parents and those concerned with education reform were victorious when the California Board of Education on July 13 unanimously approved tentative regulations governing the groundbreaking "Parent Trigger," a state law allowing parents of children in failing school districts to overhaul schools, teachers, staff and administration via petition. The state board should be applauded because it rightly kept intact one of California's few innovative approaches to empower parents and hold public schools accountable.
Narrowly approved by the Legislature during the Schwarzenegger administration, the Parent Trigger allows parents to demand radical reforms of their failing school. Under the law, when a majority of parents petition for a school to be reformed, the district must take action – one option could be the conversion of a regular public school into a charter school.
One of the weaknesses of the law, though, had been its lack of clarity; how it could be utilized, the process for petitioning reform, etc. This allowed opponents of the law to attempt to circumvent its use. At Compton's McKinley Elementary School, for example, administrators and the local teachers union attempted to block parents from using the law and converting the school to a charter by disqualifying parent petitions on technicalities.
But the state education board's new rules should clarify the use of the law. Parent Revolution, an advocacy group backing the Parent Trigger, heralded the reform as a win for parents and highlighted certain aspects of the new regulations:
•"They ban harassment and intimidation of parents organizing around Parent Trigger, and they ban the use of school resources to campaign for or against Parent Trigger;"
•"They create a model petition, so that no future Parent Trigger petition will ever be thrown out due to a technicality;"
•"They provide every parent at all 1,300 Parent Trigger-eligible schools in California with notice about the law and their rights under the law;"
•"They create common sense signature verification procedures and timelines, and mandate that no legitimate signature shall ever be thrown out based on a technicality;"
•"They empower parents to choose their charter or in-district reform partner through a transparent and public parent-led RFP process after the parents have won the organizing campaign, and;"
•"They reject CTA's outrageous proposal that teachers be given veto power over Parent Trigger."
Even though Parent Revolution was optimistic about the clarifying regulations, one lingering issue will likely be the California Teachers Association's continued demand that teachers be given a veto of the law, that is, a majority of a school's teachers must also vote in favor of an overhaul for it to take effect. But, as noted by the Los Angeles Times, board president Michael Kirst said, "It's called the parent empowerment act, not the teacher empowerment act, for a reason." Even so, we expect the CTA to continue fighting the Parent Trigger, or at least subvert its intent, giving teachers more power in the process, perhaps even through new legislation.
The battle is not over. A public comment period on the new rules is pending, so they could still be challenged. But for at least the time being, Californians have a game-changing education reform on the books.
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Each individual event (excluding the heptathlon and decathlon) will have 48 competitors, while relays will have 24 teams. The top 12 from every event will move on to the NCAA Outdoor Championships, to be held in Eugene, Ore., on June 5-8.
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ACC 400m champion Jordan Lavender is one of three Cavaliers who will compete in two events at the meet, as she was also selected in the 200m. Thomas Porter will compete in the men's 5,000m and 10,000m, while Barbara Strehler will compete in both the 5,000m and 10,000m on the women's side.
The Cavaliers have four athletes who are among the top 10 seeds at the meet. Abbey Karin is seeded sixth in the women's javelin, Anthony Kostelac is seeded sixth in the men's 800m, Vicky Fouhy is seeded eighth in the women's 1,500m and Moira Cronin is seeded ninth in the women's high jump.
In the men's running events, Mark Amirault will join Porter in the 5,000m. Payton Hazzard will compete in the 400m, while Brandon Burton was selected in the 400m hurdles. For the second consecutive year, Taylor Gilland will run the 1,500m at the meet, and Colin Mearns will compete in the 3,000m steeplechase. Ryan Satchell will represent the Cavalier field event athletes as he earned a place in the meet in the triple jump for the second straight year.
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796542794634086442016-06-30T08:07:07.886-07:00The Official SCBWI BlogLee Wind, M.Ed.http://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-679654279463408644.post-64747486100423639412016-06-30T08:07:00.000-07:002016-06-30T08:07:07.942-07:00The 'Misaligned' Picture Book - Advice For Authors and IllustratorsI really liked this piece, Writing Between The Lines, by Author/Illustrator Fred Koehler, whose illustration collaboration with author Rebecca Kai Dotlich on ONE DAY THE END just won a Boston Globe Horn Book Honor Award.

Fred discusses how in that picture book, "the pictures tell a completely different story than the words," and then breaks down - with some very specific advice - how authors can help illustrators achieve this.

In particular, the exercises Fred suggests are well worth it, guiding us with insights like:

Describe the emotional impact of the scene instead of the physical one. (i.e. – instead of "Quinn threw his stuffed dog toy against the wall." Try "Quinn was mad, and he wanted everyone to know it..")
 Give it a try with your picture book manuscripts!

Illustrate and Write On,
Lee

Thanks to Claudia Harrington for the heads-up on this one!Lee Wind, M.Ed.http://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-679654279463408644.post-456941658076889982016-06-28T08:18:00.000-07:002016-06-28T08:18:10.830-07:00A cool brainstorming toolFor those times when the right word or visual concept eludes you, or you need stretch your curiosity muscles, check out the App Blippar.

You point it at something (I aimed my smartphone at an arrangement of sweet pea flowers) and it generates a cloud of words that are, according to it, related.

Words like floral and blooming pop up on the screen, and then the app loads the circles at the bottom with options to explore. Garden snapdragons, poinsettia, Flower bouquet, Streptocarpus, Flower.

I chose flower, which then gave me these choices

And then I went down the path of the word I didn't know: Gametophyte:

Which lead me to Pollen:

Which lead me to Pollen tube:

Which led me to Giovanni Battista Amici:

Who? Well, I clicked on it and discovered Giovani was one of the inventors of the microscope.

Cool.

It's a pretty interesting visual brainstorming tool. I wonder how you'll use it?

Illustrate and Write On,
LeeLee Wind, M.Ed.http://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-679654279463408644.post-69591167690628666912016-06-23T06:00:00.000-07:002016-06-23T06:00:31.295-07:00Stuart Horwitz's Advice on Finishing Your Book In Three DraftsCourtesy of Jane Friedman's indispensable blog for writers, this post adapted from Stuart's book of the same title, How To "Finish Your Book In Three Drafts" has some really good advice in it.

Even the idea of calling each draft a different name offers the value of having the right mindset for wherever you are in the process. He calls:

Draft 1 - Messy Draft
Draft 2 - Method Draft
Draft 3 - Polished Draft

I also thought Stuart's list of questions for your beta readers included some stunningly obvious ones that have never occurred to me to ask… but I will now!

Things like: "What scenes do you remember the best?"

and

"Which parts did you want to skip?"

and

"Where did you feel there was an emotional payoff?"

Well worth reading, whichever draft you're currently on…

Illustrate and Write On,
LeeLee Wind, M.Ed.http://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-679654279463408644.post-70862540360513855852016-06-21T08:44:00.001-07:002016-06-21T08:44:22.462-07:00Barnes & Noble's Future, and the ecosystem of PublishingThis New Republic article by Alex Shephard, "Pulp Friction: If Barnes & Noble goes out of business, it will be a disaster for book lovers," is a fascinating perspective.

In particular, the idea that

"The irony of the age of cultural abundance is that it still relies on old filters and distribution channels to highlight significant works."

is worth considering.

And, as the article explains, if B&N is the old financial support for risk-taking in publishing, what might be the newer supports?

Will it be the old model of chain bookstores placing huge initial orders, or will it be something else?

Will it be crowd funding, along the lines of the recent success of "Good Night Stories For Rebel Girls?"

What do you think?

Lee Wind, M.Ed.http://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-679654279463408644.post-56886377370202318652016-06-16T06:00:00.000-07:002016-06-16T06:00:25.421-07:00Malcolm Gladwell on Cultivating Intellectual Messiness

click here to see the video

This short video by Malcolm Gladwell was fascinating.

Enjoy!

Lee Wind, M.Ed.http://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-679654279463408644.post-24219515723483024352016-06-14T06:00:00.000-07:002016-06-14T06:00:32.404-07:00In the face of tragedy: CreateThese words by self-described "black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet" Audre Lorde (from her journal entry, as collected in A Burst of Light, and found here) may offer some solace and purpose in the wake of this week's anti-LGBTQ hate crime attack in Orlando, Florida. Every moment we get is precious.

Note, it includes the f-word, so if that offends, please skip this post.

Audre Lorde's biography at the Poetry Foundation website

I want to live the rest of my life, however long or short, with as much sweetness as I can decently manage, loving all the people I love, and doing as much as I can of the work I still have to do. I am going to write fire until it comes out of my ears, my eyes, my noseholes—everywhere. Until it's every breath I breathe. I'm going to go out like a fucking meteor!
-Audre Lorde
Lee Wind, M.Ed.http://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-679654279463408644.post-23066734885723815892016-06-09T06:00:00.000-07:002016-06-09T06:00:33.683-07:00Author Photo AdviceOkay, first, the comedic answer, courtesy of Powell's tumblr:

There are lots of articles offering authors advice on their author photo, which seem unanimous mainly about hiring an actual photographer. The best of the bunch was Porter Anderson's "Facing Up to the Importance of Your Author Photo." Some of Porter's advice:

The best background is no background. Friends won't let you drive drunk, and professional photographers won't let the Eiffel Tower emerge from your left ear.

Don't hold your book(s) in your shot. Nothing says carnival barker like an author clutching his or her book(s) in a photo. Remember: dignity is a virtue.

It's a headshot. Not an upper torso shot. Not an arm-on-the-back-of-the-sofa shot. Not a you-and-your-kids shot. Your photo has to convey accessible, intelligent personality in the tiny space of a Twitter thumbnail. "Headshot" means your head. We want your face up-close, not your furniture.

Arguably, his best tip was:

But the true secret to a great photo is always having something on your mind at the time the picture is taken. It's so easy to go mentally blank as soon as the photographer says, "Ready?" So be ready with an idea, an image, a voice, a person, even your grocery list. Just put your mind to work on something and your personality will surface nicely.

Check out the full article here.Lee Wind, M.Ed.http://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-679654279463408644.post-86516540950951079532016-06-07T06:00:00.000-07:002016-06-07T06:00:09.255-07:00Kwame Alexander Has A Strategy: Do You?

Kwame and Lee hamming it up

Recently I had the opportunity to sit in on one of Kwame Alexander's amazing school visits with an assembly of Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd graders. As always when I get to see a master do their thing, I learned so much. How it's as much performance art as anything else. How music (guitar played by Kwame's friend Randy Preston) can elevate and set the tone. How giving the kids some measure of control (like asking the students which of his two picture books they wanted to hear him read to them) is empowerment, and that's the key to having the audience engaged and hanging on your every word.

An incredibly well-behaved and excited group of 5-8 years olds are still a bunch of excited 5-8 year olds, and there was a moment about twenty minutes in when there was a lot of excited chatter that wasn't really focused. Kwame didn't miss a beat, shifting into a call and response cadence that he'd already engaged the students with earlier, but changing the words:

Kwame: I say, Surf's, you say Up. Surf's...

Kids: Up!

Kwame: Surfs...

Kids: Up!

Kwame: I say Listen, you say Up. Listen...

Kids: Up!

Kwame: Listen...

Kids: Up!

And then he just stood there, smiling. And they were listening again.

Kwame's picture book "Surf's Up"

It kind of blew my mind how elegant and tied into the title of his picture book "Surf's Up!" it was, and it worked! Do you have a strategy to re-gain control of your presentation? It's certainly worth considering.

Illustrate and Write On,
Lee

Gratitude to my librarian friend Yapha for inviting me to Kwame's presentation and for the photo above!

You can find out more about Newbery-Winning author Kwame Alexander here.

Lee Wind, M.Ed.http://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-679654279463408644.post-7457325968134154842016-06-02T06:00:00.000-07:002016-06-02T06:00:08.507-07:00"What To Do When No One Shows Up To Your Reading" - A Funny and Poignant Piece by Matthew NormanPosted over at literary hub, this article cracked me up, and made me so sympathetic for Matthew and everyone else who has been in this situation...

I like how Matthew focused on cherishing the reader he had, rather than bewailing the ones he hadn't reached yet. There are a lot of additional lessons in here, not the least of which are these three:

• Don't expect a crowd to materialize for your events. You have to participate - and even take the lead - in getting the word out!

• Do be professional and do your best job, even if there's an audience of one... or none. Consider that every bookseller at the store can become your proxy, talking up your book and hand-selling it to potential readers for months and months to come... if you wow them, your visit will reap rewards long after you've gone home.

And maybe my favorite lesson is from author Sara Zarr, who while she was speaking of something else in her podcast with Gayle Forman, gave some great advice:

• "If your validation comes from an exterior source you are f***ed. You're in real trouble because that is so fickle."

Applying Sara's advice to this situation, the size (or lack of size) of the crowd shouldn't be your yardstick for your self-worth.

Any further advice to share with the community? Add yours in comments, or tag @SCBWI and/or @leewind on social media.

Lee Wind, M.Ed.http://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-679654279463408644.post-67434613192298823822016-05-31T06:00:00.000-07:002016-05-31T06:00:05.983-07:00Scene Advice from Blake Snyder
"I always like to think of a scene like this: As the lights come up two people walk into a room from opposite doors, meet in the middle, and begin to struggle past each other to reach the door on the other side.They each enter the scene with a goal and standing in their way is an obstacle. That's conflict. And whether it's physical or verbal or simply a guy who needs to pee and must get to the bathroom soon or else!, that conflict must be foremost on your mind when you conceive each scene."

-Blake Snyder, pg. 111 of Save The Cat

.Lee Wind, M.Ed.http://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-679654279463408644.post-72335705825808889522016-05-26T06:00:00.000-07:002016-05-26T06:00:11.025-07:00And the 2016 Crystal Kite Winners Are...

In the Atlantic division (Pennsylvania/Delaware/New Jersey/Wash DC/Virginia/West Virginia/Maryland), the winners are Laurie Wallmark, illustrated by April Chu - Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine (Creston Books)

In the Australia/New Zealand division there was a tie! The winners are Frané Lessac for A is for Australia (Walker Books Australia) and Peter Carnavas for Blue Whale Blues (New Frontier Publishing/Scholastic Australia)

In the California/Hawaii division, the winner is Stacey Lee for Under a Painted Sky (Penguin BFYR)

In the Canada division, the winner is Margriet Ruurs for A Brush Full of Colour (Pajama Press)

And in the International Other division, the winner is Angela Cerrito for The Safest Lie (Holiday House)

In the Mid-South division (Kansas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Tennessee/Kentucky/Missouri/Mississippi), the winner is Stephanie Bearce for Top secret Files of History – WWII (Prufrock Press)

and in the Middle East/India/Asia division, the winners are author Melanie Lee and illustrator David Liew for their The Adventures of Squirky the Alien #3: Who is the Red Commander? (MPH Group Publishing)

In the Midwest division (Minnesota/Iowa/Nebraska/Wisconsin/Illinois/Michigan/Indiana/Ohio), the winners are author Pat Zietlow Miller and illustrator Eliza Wheeler for their Wherever You Go (Little, Brown)

And in the New England division (Maine/Vermont/New Hampshire/Connecticut/Massachusetts/Rhode Island), the winner is Lynda Mullaly Hunt for Fish in a Tree (Nancy Paulsen Books)

In the New York division, the winner is Kat Yeh for The Truth About Twinkie Pie (Little, Brown)

and in the Southeast division (Florida/Georgia/South Carolina/North Carolina/Alabama), the winners are author Rob Sanders and illustrator Brian Won for their Outer Space Bedtime Race (Random House)

and in the Southwest division (Nevada/Arizona/Utah/Colorado/Wyoming/New Mexico), the winner is Melanie Crowder for Audacity (Philomel Books)

In the Texas/Oklahoma division, the winner is Don Tate for Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton (Peachtree Publishers)

In the UK/Ireland division, the winner is Teri Terry for Mind Games (Orchard Books)

and in the West division (Washington/Oregon/Alaska/Idaho/Montana/North Dakota/South Dakota), the winner is Elise Parsley for If You Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School, DON'T! (Little, Brown)

Congratulations to all!

You can find out more about the Crystal Kite Awards here.Lee Wind, M.Ed.http://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-679654279463408644.post-2254478597833864262016-05-24T06:00:00.000-07:002016-05-24T06:00:20.710-07:00The Asian Festival Of Children's Content 2016 starts tomorrow!

This year, Japan is the country of focus at the Asian Festival of Children's Content. Among the many tracks will be one on translation, and SCBWI International Translator Coordinator Avery Fischer Udagawa has a great roundup of the Japanese children's literature "dream team" that will be presenting at the conference here. That "dream team" includes Akiko Beppu, editor; Cathy Hirano, translator; Kazuo Iwamura, author-illustrator; Kyoko Sakai, editor; Naomi Kojima, illustrator; and Holly Thompson, Mariko Nagai, and Trevor Kew, authors who write from and about Japan in English.

There's also a pre-conference interview you can check out at Cynthia Leitich Smith's Cynsations, (Cynthia will also be presenting at the conference.) In the interview with award-winning translator Cathy Hirano, Cathy explains how she focuses on the author's voice in her process,

"With literary translation ... I find the translation process more personal and subjective. The author has written the book for me and I'm translating it so that others can enjoy the same experience. In the initial stages in particular, I don't worry about the readership and instead focus far more on the author, on his or her style, choice of words, rhythm—on the voice. I'm quite faithful to the original. It is only when I go back and reread it, that I regain some objectivity and become rather ruthless. But I am still trying to convey an experience rather than just content or meaning." - Cathy Hirano
Sounds like an amazing event - I'll be following along on social media with the hashtag #AFCC2016. Join me there, and in cheering on all our SCBWI members in Singapore!

Illustrate and Write On,
LeeLee Wind, M.Ed.http://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-679654279463408644.post-12305140940639218292016-05-19T06:00:00.000-07:002016-05-19T06:00:12.445-07:00Did you know Beethoven loved maracroni and cheese? Kathleen Krull on writing biographies

One of Kathleen's titles

While this list was intended for students, there's some great stuff here for those of us writing biographies for young readers. Here are three of Kathleen's ten tips:

Look for juicy details to make your information come alive. What did they wear? what did they do in the middle of the night? How weird was their family life? (Many geniuses come from troubled backgrounds, proving through history that it's possible to make something great out of your life anyway.) What did they crave? While researching Beethoven, I found out one day that his favorite meal was macaroni and cheese, and this tidbit helped me focus on other concrete details.

After you've soaked up all your information, don't use it all. Being selective is the magic key. Use only the most savory, cream-of-the-crop stuff, plus the facts that move your narrative along. Look for the arc, or shape of the person's life. Athlete Wilma Rudolph's life had the most dramatic arc possible, from her childhood with every disadvantage, her golden moments of Olympic triumph. But every life story has a beginning, middle, and end. Aim for the most dramatic part and tell what led up to it. what traits enabled them to over-come what obstacles?

Try tweaking your story by taking a point of view other than the standard third-person omniscient. You can use bystanders, or the neighbors as in "Lives of . . .". You could take the "warts and all" approach of a critic, divulging faults as well as redeeming qualities. Or, how would they tell their own story? How would one of their children? How would one of their teachers? How would a space alien?

Thanks, Kathleen!

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LeeLee Wind, M.Ed.http://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-679654279463408644.post-38303172551788799212016-05-17T06:00:00.000-07:002016-05-17T06:00:01.369-07:00Tips for Illustrators from Rosanne Kakos-Main, courtesy of Harold UnderdownIn Harold's article, Getting Out of the Art File, designer Rosanne Kakos-Main offered seven tips for illustrators to consider when putting together their portfolio.

Here are three:

Composition: interesting points of view, above, below, foreshortening, distortions, what is in the foreground and background. Consider what you do when you have your camera in hand, how you choose the contents, edges, and positioning of what enters the frame, how different lenses affect how much is included.

Subject Matter: What is (are) your subject(s) doing? Who are they? Do they have unusual expressions or clothing? Are they in an unusual predicament? Do they evoke an emotion? Are they up close or far away?

Lighting: Where is your light source? Dramatic lighting can often catch the eye... a candle lighting a dark room, the late afternoon sun casting huge shadow

Though it's not mentioned in Harold's article, Brian Selznick's The Marvels offers many examples of these three tips... often in a single image, like here:

The full article is worth checking out. Okay, one more tip that was really good:

Continuity of Subject: Can you illustrate the same subject from different points of view, in different situations, showing different feelings?

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LeeLee Wind, M.Ed.http://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-679654279463408644.post-86212408631448199182016-05-12T08:36:00.000-07:002016-05-12T08:36:46.201-07:00The Secret Power Of The HashtagILA. ALA. BEA. Digital Book World. Bologna. Frankfort. London. SCBWI Florida. SCBWI New England. SCBWI Western Washington. SCBWI Europolitan. SCBWI Summer Conference. SCBWI Winter Conference. And all the local book fairs and festivals and school librarian conferences and school counselor conferences and on and on and on...

Unless you own your own plane and have nothing but free time, its just not possible to attend every conference with a kid lit and teen lit focus that might be packed with great information, colleagues, and opportunities. So you choose the ones that make sense to attend, and the rest, you feel a bit wistful about missing out on, right?

BEA is happening in Chicago as I write this, and yup, I'm not there. I'm in Los Angeles.

But there's a secret way to get a taste of what's going on across the continent, or the world... Use the hashtag.

On twitter, #BEA16 reveals photos, great quotes, anecdotes, and some of the buzz and enthusiasm of the event.

It's a bit magical.

Only have 5 minutes free?

Drop in on the hashtag, and get that virtual taste... Here are five tweets that caught my eye from this morning:

It's no substitute for the full experience of attending, but it's an excellent "live" way to dip in to a conference that otherwise, you'd just be reading about afterwards.

It works across social media platforms, including Facebook and Instagram...

Now you, too, have the secret power of the hashtag. Use it well.

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LeeLee Wind, M.Ed.http://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-679654279463408644.post-84229619208810301862016-05-10T06:00:00.000-07:002016-05-10T06:00:04.168-07:00Writing Poetry Is...

Love this quote - saw it on twitter and had to share. Thanks, Antonia.

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LeeLee Wind, M.Ed.http://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-679654279463408644.post-39032922677593321332016-05-05T06:00:00.000-07:002016-05-05T06:00:16.271-07:00The SCBWI Summer Conference is Selling Out FAST

In particular, the intensives are filling up!

You'll have to jump on it to get a space in the Illustrator's Intensive,

CHARACTER BUILDING
Developing a Believable and Engaging Cast for Your Picture Book
 With the day's faculty: Sophie Blackall Author/Illustrator, Peter Brown Author/Illustrator, Priscilla Burris Author/Illustrator, Pat Cummings Illustrator, David Diaz Illustrator, Laurent Linn Art Director, Simon & Schuster, Cecilia Yung Art Director Art Director & Vice President, Penguin BFYR, and Paul Zelinsky Illustrator

It's a full day drawing session. Bring drawing material and a 8-1/2" x 11" pad and tracing paper!

And there are just a few spots left in these craft intensives,

School Visits – the Crash Course, with Suzanne Morgan Williams Author / Bruce Hale Author (All Day)
In this hands-on intensive, Bruce Hale and Suzanne Morgan Williams coach you in taking your school/library presentation to the next level. They'll cover planning, marketing, performance, curriculum tie-ins, and everything in between. You'll even be videotaped and receive feedback on a brief excerpt from your presentation. Assignment: Please bring a five-minute talk to share, plus: your latest book (or ARC), any marketing materials, and a prop (small enough to fit in a shoebox) that represents you and your work.

Supplementing Your Writing Income, with Bonnie Bader, SCBWI PAL Advisor (Morning)
Are you in between projects, or waiting for a contract? This class will give you concrete ways to supplement your writing and illustrating income. Learn how to get writer/illustrator work-for-hire, and come away with a list of publishers to contact for work. In class exercises include writing query letters, writing to a publisher's specifications, and more!

Novel Writing: Soup to Nuts with Stacey Barney, Senior Editor, Penguin/Putnam (Morning)
In this session, Stacey Barney will guide you through a comprehensive overview of novel writing devices. It's always helpful to bring a work-in-progress so that you can apply each technique and device to your own work during the discussion. Stacey brings her editorial expertise to help each participant discover what is working with their manuscript and what can be improved.

Writing Voice – Speak Up, I Can't Hear You, with Kat Brzozowski, Editor, St. Martin's (Morning)
You've come up with a plot. You've created characters. You have a setting. Now how do you make your readers feel like these characters are really speaking to them? Voice is one of the most important elements of fiction and one of the hardest to master. In this session, we'll work hands on to improve voice in fiction, with a focus on young adult fiction (and techniques that also apply to middle grade). By reading and discussing how authors create voice on the page and working on our own writing to sharpen our voice, this session focuses on writing that really brings your characters' individual personalities to life.

The Ins and Outs of Writing Middle Grade Fantasy, with Bruce Coville, Author (Morning)

The session begins with an "annotated storytelling" that will analyze a piece of fantasy writing from the macro to the micro—discussing everything from mythic structure down to the reasons for specific metaphors and word choices. Then we'll examine ten specific tactics to employ while writing middle grade fantasy. We'll conclude with some critiquing, as time allows. Assignment: Please bring a work-in-progress.

Crafting Your Novel's Narrative: The basics of structure, voice, character, and plot, with Alvina Ling, VP & Editor-in-Chief, Little, Brown (Morning)
Whether you're just starting out, or in the revision stage of your novel, this intensive will give an overview of the four basic elements of your narrative. This workshop also aims to help you work through and brainstorm around any specific issues your having with your novel's narrative. Assignment: bring an issue you're having in your work-in-progress that deals with either structure, voice, character, or plot to discuss and talk through with the group. Optional: Read both Where the Mountain Meets the Moon and Starry River of the Sky by Grace Lin.

Revising and Re-Imagining Your Picture Book, with Harold Underdown, Publishing Consultant (Morning)
Picture books are so simple, but often need to be revised or even re-imagined many times before they are just right. Drawing on our years of experience as independent editors, and in-house children's book editors in New York before that, Eileen Robinson and I developed this workshop to help writers do just that. This workshop will teach you techniques to enable you to find problems with your picture book manuscript, reshape it, even re-imagine it, and then polish it before you send it out.

Poetry: From Picture Books to Verse Novels, with Carole Boston Weatherford, Author/Poet (Morning)
Examine how narratives unfold through poetry. Consider how poets choose language, channel voices, evoke settings and use structure. Practice creating tableaux, experimenting with structure and writing from different points of view.

Put Your Best Foot Forward: Looking at that crucial first page, and making it better, with Victoria Wells Arms, Agent, Victoria Wells Arms Literary (Afternoon)
Sometimes writers start in just the right place, and sometimes the best opening line or scene is hiding on page 27. Some authors seem to think a prologue is the only way to really get their point across. How are you going to hook that reader–any reader–into dying to know more? In this three-hour intensive, Victoria Wells Arms, former editorial director now agent will look at both your first page, and the place you think might actually be a better first page, and we will discuss the various options in how you start a novel (chapter books thru YA, no picture books here). Assignment: Send in the first two pages of your current work-in-progress to firstname.lastname@example.com, and, if you like, the other place that you think might be an alternative starting place, two additional pages max so I can read ahead of time. We are going to have to stick to 5 mins total for each participant.

Build Your Social Media Presence, with Martha Brockenbrough, Author (Afternoon)
Learn the differences between Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Tumblr, and get down to the brass tacks of how you can use each to: build authentic relationships with a variety of readers and power connectors; increase your platform without increasing your workload; and share your books without clobbering people over the head with tone-deaf marketing messages. We'll focus on best practices for each social media platform, tools you can use to create images that resonate, and website platforms that let you integrate all of it seamlessly. Assignment: Please bring a laptop and 2-3 favorite quotes from your books or about writing.

Why Did You Do That?: Creating Strong Characters to Push Your Plot Forward, with Matt Ringler, Senior Editor, Scholastic (Afternoon)
In this intensive we will take a close look at character motivation through dialogue and back story and how to use that to advance your plot. Will include several (fun!) writing exercises. Assignment: Please come with three characters from books, television, or movies that you find to be particularly strong (whether you love them or hate them!)

Revising Your Chapter Book or Novel, with Harold Underdown, Publishing Consultant (Afternoon)
What happens after you write your first draft of a novel or chapter book can be the most important and most difficult part of the writing process. Based on my own work with writers, this workshop teaches proven techniques to get useful feedback and others, dig into "big picture" problems with your manuscript, and refine it at the sentence level.

It's going to be an amazing conference, and the intensives promise to be game-changers for your craft and career. You'll find registration and all the other conference info here.

We hope to see you at #LA16SCBWI!Lee Wind, M.Ed.http://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-679654279463408644.post-87687977328746915412016-05-03T06:00:00.000-07:002016-05-03T06:00:00.882-07:00SCBWI Student Memberships!This is awesome.

How I wish I'd known about SCBWI back in college!

Happy for all the full-time students who get to plug into the knowledge, inspiration, opportunity and community of SCBWI now...

Click here for the Student Membership scoop.

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LeeLee Wind, M.Ed.http://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-679654279463408644.post-629447433249016962016-04-28T06:00:00.000-07:002016-04-28T06:00:16.954-07:00Judy Blume on Character versus Plot, and her 'Security Blanket' for writing that first draftIn this archived interview on Cynthia Leitich Smith's amazing Cynsations blog, Judy Blume discusses her process.

Here are two highlights:

 On whether she's a Character or Plot-focused writer,

I'm a character writer but there wouldn't be a book if that character didn't have a story to tell. I tend to get ideas about a character in a situation. I don't like to think about "plot." I don't know everything that's going to happen when I begin. I know where I'm starting and where I'm hoping to wind up (though that sometimes changes along the way). The hardest part of writing for me is getting that first draft. I find it pure torture.

To help with that first draft, Judy has a strategy,

I keep a notebook for months before I actually sit down to begin a new book. Before I start the notebook I have a vague idea of the characters and their story, usually something that's been brewing inside my head, sometimes for months, sometimes for years. I jot down anything that comes to mind during this period -- details about characters, bits of dialogue, chapter ideas, descriptions - sometimes even scenes. This way, when I actually begin, I have my "security blanket."

It's a great interview (and very reassuring to hear that even Judy Blume revises multiple times!)

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LeeLee Wind, M.Ed.http://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-679654279463408644.post-63220019936111489492016-04-26T06:00:00.000-07:002016-04-26T06:00:22.579-07:00Picture Book Craft Insight From Caldecott-Winning Author/Illustrator Dan Santat

Dan's new picture book

I moderated a panel of picture book creators at the LA Times Festival of Books earlier this month, and what Dan Santat shared about his process is still resonating for me.

For his picture books, Dan illustrates the entire book first without any words, and only then, once the story is working, does he add text, making sure the text isn't duplicating what the images have already said.

It seems like a brilliant strategy that even those of us who write but don't illustrate might try...

It's certainly working for Dan!

Illustrate and Write On,
LeeLee Wind, M.Ed.http://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-679654279463408644.post-7179338522742827342016-04-21T06:00:00.000-07:002016-04-21T06:00:21.063-07:00Got a recent review?Was it good? Less than good?

Find out more about Thornton Wilder here

Either way, take these words of Thornton Wilder as good advice:

 "The important thing is that you make sure that neither the favorable nor the unfavorable critics move into your head and take part in the composition of your next work."
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LeeLee Wind, M.Ed.http://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-679654279463408644.post-45283426678079048802016-04-19T06:00:00.000-07:002016-05-04T20:58:18.970-07:00Registration for #LA16SCBWI Opens TODAY!

We're so excited!

The SCBWI Summer Conference is packed with:

Keynotes and inspiration,

Agents and Editors and Panels and insight

Breakout sessions on the craft and business of writing and illustrating for kids and teens,

Optional classroom-sized intensives with the amazing Conference Faculty (a who's who of children's literature!)

Optional one-on-one manuscript critiques and portfolio critiques for feedback from a publishing professional.

The Portfolio Showcase gives you an opportunity to display your work to faculty and participants alike. Come and be discovered!

The Golden Kite Awards Cocktail Reception and Dinner

Illustrator, International, and nonfiction socials and the LGBTQ & Allies Q&A

A PAL Booksale, Autograph party, even yoga,

And the conference gala... The Red Carpet Ball!

So bring your Hollywood Glamour, sense of career adventure, and dive into all the craft, business, inspiration, opportunity and community that the SCBWI Summer Conference has to offer. You'll find all the information and registration here.

We hope to see you there!

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LeeLee Wind, M.Ed.http://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-679654279463408644.post-39277749883688251892016-04-14T06:00:00.000-07:002016-04-14T06:00:11.923-07:00Author Jason Hough's 5 Reasons To Listen To AudiobooksListening to to audiobooks as a way to up your craft? Check out this piece by author Jason Hough.

As Jason puts it,

"Audiobooks are a dynamite way to improve your writing,"

His five points included,

Unlike reading printed text, you can't really skim. You've trained yourself over the years to skip the "boring bits", to the point where you may not even realize you're doing it anymore, or why. And, this may be affecting your own writing. With an audiobook you're forced to hang on every word the author wrote. No eye-wandering past those large wall-of-text description paragraphs. No accidental glimpse at the big reveal in that next big line of dialog. And as a result, you'll gain newfound appreciation for the words themselves.

What's the last audiobook you listened to? Did it help your own craft?

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LeeLee Wind, M.Ed.http://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-679654279463408644.post-14047595555098526442016-04-12T05:50:00.000-07:002016-04-12T05:50:10.196-07:00Beverly Cleary is 100 today!Winner of the Newbery and National Book Award, and named a Living Legend in 2000 by the Library of Congress, Beverly Cleary's books include...

Check out this lovely interview/profile with Beverly here.

a highlight:

For Cleary, the most rewarding thing about her writing career has been "the children who have discovered the pleasure of reading with my books," she says. "I remember when I made the same discovery in third grade, and it was a turning point in my life."

Happy Birthday, Beverly! And thank you for the books, your gift to all of us.

p.s. - my favorite Beverly Cleary book? The Mouse and The Motorcycle. What's yours?

Lee Wind, M.Ed.http://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-679654279463408644.post-25470667010031580552016-04-07T06:00:00.000-07:002016-04-07T06:00:15.534-07:00Hugh Howey's empassioned argument for Amazon and self-publishing
In this Digital Book World interview by Daniel Berkowitz, successful self-published author Hugh Howey makes some fascinating points talking up the pros of self-publishing, like

"There's a good route here for a livable wage if you can write entertaining stories and really pour energy into doing it right."

and the cons of traditional publishing, like

"Publishers need to rebrand from the ground up. Get rid of ancient imprints that readers don't care about. Stop paying seven- and eight-figure advances to people who are already millionaires, and instead pay more up-and-coming authors a livable wage."

Here's a highlight of their exchange:

Daniel: There's some talk lately about Amazon being a monopoly or monopsony and the negative effects its share of the market has on the flourishing of literature. In your opinion, how worried should we be?

Hugh: I think the motives here are no secret, and they have historical precedent. When those who can't compete on the open market realize this, they appeal to the public for sympathy and to the courts for protection. There are two very strident campaigns going on here, and both are ethically bankrupt.

Amazon has vastly increased the access to books. They have also vastly increased every author's access to the market. They are lowering prices for consumers and increasing pay to producers. They are able to do this by operating very efficiently and by pouring all their earnings back into their business divisions.

What's really Orwellian about these monopoly complaints isn't just that Amazon is doing the opposite of what they're being accused of; it's that major publishers are the ones who have enjoyed a collaborative monopoly for many years and have used the lack of competition to calcify the reading experience, overcharge for their wares and underpay for work.

For a very long time, most aspiring writers had no hope of expressing themselves and having access to consumers. Amazon almost single handedly changed that. For an equally long time, many lower income and small-town readers have not had access to enough affordable books. Amazon almost single-handedly changed that.

Even better, Amazon is now hurting the big-box brick and mortar stores that decimated indie bookshops. Indie bookstores are making a comeback, and it's largely because Amazon cleared out the wolves that were winnowing their kind. Those bookstores offer a shopping experience Amazon.com can't emulate, so the two can exist in harmony. But there's no doubting the positive effect Amazon has had on their numbers. Shoppers are showing they will support both.

So Amazon has been great for readers, writers and small bookstores. That leaves noncompetitive middlemen and the authors who were enriched by their system to complain. To be simultaneously pro-books and anti-Amazon requires some truly impressive mental gymnastics from anyone else.
It's a thought-provoking interview and well worth reading.

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