Thursday, February 2, 2012

Back from the SCBWI Winter Conference. Now what?


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I just got back from the SCBWI Winter Conference in NYC. Whoa -- what an amazing, inspiring event. Just before the conference, I also visited my publisher at Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers about I'm Bored and other projects. I'll be posting about both events in my Inkygirl blog, with (likely way too many) photos.

But the main message prevalent throughout: no matter what the format, what promoting I do, what process or techniques I use, it's the CONTENT that matters most in the end. In the end, a good story and strong characters trump all.

So while my head feels so full of all the wonderful information and advice I learned during the event, I know that most of all, I need to get my butt in my chair and do more WRITING. 

8 comments:

  1. Great comic! :) It's so true too--it's easy to get caught up in all the new stuff and forget to just write!

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  2. Love the comic. It really hits home!

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  3. I love that comic. We need to set up a system of giving each other electric shocks or something over long distances when we're not writing.

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  4. Oh, the truth of your comic! I enjoyed this. Thanks for sharing :-)

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  5. I love all of your comics. So much personality to them. And yes, it's hard to sit down and write. So many distractions! Glad you had fun!

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  6. Excellent points -- writing the book is the hardest and most important thing. Without an awesome book, your "platform" and anything else you do online really just doesn't matter. Have a great monday!

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  7. Your picture really captures it--all writers need to paste that picture on their wall.

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