Robin Mellom, Gordon Korman and me!
Photo by Rita Crayon Huang
Lee Wind, Robin, Thalia Chaltas and guess who?
Photo by Rita Crayon Huang
The festive Eve Porinchak, me and Robin.
Photo by Rita Crayon Huang
Some highlights included dancing with M.T. Anderson at the gala. Okay, I didn't exactly dance with him so much as danced next to him, but whatever. Going to dinner with Lee Wind and feeling like I'd known him all my life. Meeting my new bestie Thalia Chaltas and hanging with roomie extrordinaire Robin Mellom and her bestie Eve Porinchak. Meeting so many people that I 'knew' from the Internet. Discovering that contrary to preconceptions, Shelli Johannes-Wells does not drink cosmos, but instead prefers dirty martinis.
The actual seminars and keynotes were great and inspirational, particularly the rousing speech by Ashley Bryan and getting to meet Gennifer Choldenko and Gordon Korman who are both my son's heroes. It was like a giant, four day slumber party with people you've always wanted to spend hours talking with. I highly recommend it!
Lindsey Leavitt, me, Guadalupe McCall, Kim Derting
With Greg Pincus
Jen Cervantes, Christina Gonzales, me
Me, Shelli Johannes-Wells, Robin
On this date: In 1958 Nabokov's LOLITA is published.
3 comments:
YAY!
I loved hanging out with you, too. I really think the SCBWI Summer Conference is magical - how we children's books writers and illustrators and industry folk all come together as a tribe and learn and share and bond...
It's a great time, every time!
Namaste,
Lee
Double Yay! Thanks for the shout-out. It was so great to meet the famous cynjay in person. I didn't realize this was your first summer conference. (Triple yay!) I look forward to hanging out more in the future!
(You danced next to M.T. Anderson?? Sigh.)
r
Hey Lee, Hey Rita! I can't wait until next year and do it all over again.
Rita, I may have danced next to him, but you got the uber-cool photo WITH him. Double sigh.
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