Breezers In Your Neighborhood - May

Breezers In Your Neighborhood
May Events

Southern Breeze is kicking up some dust! 

Breezers In Your Neighborhood is a monthly post to list where you can find our authors & illustrators as they are out in the community. Come out and support your local members and invite others to do also!

Alabama:

• NAME: Heather L. Montgomery
  DATE: May 2, 2015
  PLACE: Athens-Limestone Public Library (Alabama)
  TIME: TBD, http://www.alcpl.org/event/local-author-fest/
  ADDRESS: 603 S. Jefferson St., 
  CITY/STATE: Athens,  AL 35611
  DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: Local Author Fest. The brand new Athens-Limestone County Public Library is celebrating local authors! There will be panels of authors presenting, books to buy, and discussions. Several Breezers will be participating - come join us!
• NAME:  Ramey Channell
  DATE:  May 3rd
  PLACE:  Mer Faire, an arts and literature festival
  CITY:  Fairhope
  DESCRIPTION:  Author book signing
• NAME:  Nell Branum
  DATE:  May 11th
  CITY: Hoover
  DESCRIPTION:  SCBWI Smooze for Birmingham area. Nell and her 92-year-old mother will be talking about the books they have self-published, one of which just won a Gold Medal in the Benjamin Franklin Awards Young Reader Nonfiction category.
  For those interested in attending, please contact Irene Latham (liaison) at irenelathambooks@gmail.com for directions.
• NAME:  Aileen Kilgore HendersonDATE:  May 16, 2015PLACE:  Cahaba Lily Center TIME:  8:00 amADDRESS:   Main StreetCITY:  West BloctonDESCRIPTION OF EVENT:  ANNUAL CAHABA LILY FESTIVAL. I will be signing books with Charles Adams all day.  At 3:30 p.m. I'll be telling stories. James Day will be another author there.  Larry Davenport will speak.  Guided tours of the restored coke ovens and to the river to see the lilies.  Lunch is free provided by the ladies of West Blocton.

Georgia:

• Name: Patricia Cruzan
  Date: Saturday, May 2, 2015
  Place: Peachtree City Library
  Address: 201 Willow Bend Drive
  City/State: Peachtree City, GA
  Description: Book Signing
• Name:  Writer's Workshop, "Do You Know Who Your Audience Is?"Date:  
  Saturday, May 2, 1 until 3 PMPlace:  Five Forks LibraryAddress:  2780 Five Forks Trickum Rd.City:  LawrencevilleDescription:  Join best-selling kidlit authors, Vicky Alvear Shecter and Laurel Snyder as they share the differences between YA and Middle Grade stories. And if you've attended our workshops before, you know we work on those first pages, so bring your MG or YA first page for feedback (as time allows).
• Name: Trisha Slay
  Date: 5/7/15 (Thursday)
  Place: Lumpkin County Library
  Time:  5:00 - 7:00 pm 
  Address: 342 Courthouse Hill
  City/State: Dahlonega, GA 30533
  Description of Event: Reading & Book Signing as part of the North Georgia Authors Guild
• NAME:   Shelli Johannes-Wells
  DATE:   May 9th
  PLACE:   Atlanta Writer's Conference
  CITY:   Atlanta
  DESCRIPTION:   faculty/signing
• NAME:   Faye Gibbons
  DATE:  May 21 at 7 PM
  PLACE:  Berry College on the Ford Campus
  CITY:   Rome
  DESCRIPTION:   Speaking engagement
• NAME:   Flora Rosefsky
  DATE:  May 31  at 2-4pmPLACE: The Sycamore Place Gallery & Studios
  ADDRESS:  120 Sycamore PlaceCITY:   Decatur
  DESCRIPTION:   Workshop for both the novice and experienced artist – use your imagination in a risk-free environment where experimenting in new ways to think and work is encouraged.

UPCOMING JUNE EVENTS...

GEORGIA

• Author Speed Dating event
  June 8-9
  GLMA Conference
  Peachtree City
  If you are interested, contact Jodi Wheeler: wheelertop@comcast.net
• NAME:   Shelli Johannes-Wells
  DATE:   June 8/9
  PLACE:   GLMA Summer Institute
  CITY:   Peachtree City
  DESCRIPTION:   (Faculty with Julie Stokes/Literacy Coordinator for Dalton Middle School)

~DEADLINE FOR JUNE EVENTS IS MAY 30TH~

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Book Inspiration for Toni B. Rhodes, The Writing On the Walls

Book Inspiration for Toni B. Rhodes, The Writing On The Walls

For as long as I can remember history has been my passion. I love trying to imagine how people lived in the past -- what they thought, how they dressed, what they ate, how they lived their lives on a day-to-day basis. When I started writing educational materials about 20 years ago, I was naturally drawn to writing about history and social studies. Unfortunately, history is the least liked subject for most students, so I've tried to find unique ways of approaching the study of history.

For 11 years I worked at Emory University, and one day I found myself in the dusty, subterranean Theology Library. (I can't remember why I was there.) I stumbled upon a book titled Medieval English Graffiti. I was immediately fascinated by the 200 rubbings of medieval graffiti taken from English churches by a woman named Violet Pritchard. Apparently, people scrawled writing and pictures on the walls of their churches quite frequently. That was a surprise to me!

The idea for an educational activity book started percolating in my imagination. Studying medieval and ancient graffiti could be a way to get kids interested in history! Well, after ten years of starts and stops, my book The Writing on the Walls: Discovering Medieval and Ancient Graffiti will be published in May this year (2015) by Prufrock Press.The book is intended for grades 6 - 8 to supplement the study of the cultures of medieval England, ancient Pompeii (Roman Empire), and ancient Athens (Greece). 

ABOUT TONI B. RHODES:

My love of history goes back to my dad, who was an artist and amateur historian. On family vacations we had to stop and read every historical marker and tramp across every Civil War battle field. We visited Colonial Williamsburg and most of the Indian mounds in Pinellas County, Florida, where I grew up. As a child, I don't think I was too happy about our family explorations, but as the years passed, the love of history slowly began to rub off on me. When I became a teenager and learned to cook, I made my dad "Jailhouse Chili" -- supposedly a recreation of the spicy hot dish served to prisoners in the Wild, Wild West. My dad loved it, even though it gave him heartburn for a week, but I don't think my mom was excited about having to buy all those hard-to-find and unhealthy ingredients.

After getting a Master's Degree in education and teaching for ten years, I started writing educational materials. Guess what subject I chose to write about -- history! (and social studies, too).

Visit Toni B. Rhodes' website to read more about Toni and her books. 

REBLOG: SCBWI Comes to Decatur

SCBWI Comes to Decatur

Did you feel the winds change last month? Southern Breeze moved their Spring Mingle conference to Decatur.

READERS UNBOUND did a fabulous write up:

"A new literary wind blew into our town last weekend. That’s when Decatur, GA, already a book lover’s Mecca, thanks to Decatur Book Festival, became permanent home to the annual spring conference of the Southern Breeze chapter of the SCBWI. The what?..."

To read more click   ~ H E R E ~ .

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Navigating Your Personal Information on the SCBWI Website

Navigating Your Personal Information on the SCBWI Website

Last week we covered the main page navigation. This week we will take a closer look at your "My Home" page and help familiarize the different functions.

To go to your personal page click on:

My Home (located in the top right-hand corner)

OBJECTIVE: 

This is where you will fill out your profile. Once you update, your information will be available for everyone to see.

TOP RIGHT-HAND CORNER:

LOG OUTMY HOME

• Log Out button
  You can sign out of your session by clicking on this button.
• My Home button
  This button will take you to your profile page.

TOP TOOL BAR: 

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 ABOUT SCBWI   AWARDS & GRANTS   REGIONAL CHAPTERS ... 

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This Purple Bar is the same one as on the main SCBWI.org's website and holds the same function.

LEFT SIDE BAR:

• 
  
• My Home
• Edit Profile
• Profile Preview
• Messages
• Discussion Boards
• My Region
• Speaker Profile
• Favorite Books
• Favorite Illustrations
• Change Password
• Event History
• Authors Coalition Survey
• Membership
• Renew Now
• Web Badges
• View Crystal Kite

• My Home
  This is your main page for you to navigate from in this section.
• Edit Profile
  This is where you can make your changes on how everyone will be able to view your profile. You will be able to do several things:
• Add a picture
• Chose your professional roles
• Add a current occupation
• Fill in your 'About Me' section
• Add 'My Contact Details' 
• Add 'My Blog' information
• Include an 'Artist Statement'
• State your preferences for the Bulletin & if you would like to be included on the Speaker Bureau

Don't forget to SAVE your changes. :)

• Profile PreviewThis will show you what your profile page will look like to everyone else. Click on "My Home" button or the back button to go back to your My Home page.
• Messages
  Where you can send and receive messages
• Discussion BoardsThe Blue Board - Great forum where writers and illustrators discuss all sorts of topics relating to the industry.
• My Region
  This will take you to your current region's website. We will be going into depth on how to navigate Southern Breezes website next week.
• Speaker Profile
• The age levels you are available for
• Travel distance
• If you are willing to offer Skype visits
• Email
• Presentation description(s)
• Video presentation
• Contact email
• Favorite Books
  Give a shout out to your favorite authors! List your favorites.
• Favorite Illustrations
  Give a shout out to your favorite illustrators! List your favorites.
• Change Password
  This is where you can change your password.
• Event History
  Your events
• Author Coalition Survey
  Survey you can choose to take part in.
• Membership
  Need a new membership card? Print yours here.
• Renew Now
  You can renew your membership at this link.
• Web Badges
  Show on your website or blog that you are a proud SCBWI member!
• View Crystal Kite
  Listing of previous years winners.

MIDDLE SECTION:

This is split into several sections. Here you will see the information you have completed and how others will be able to view that information. You will be able to change this with the "Edit Profile" link on the Left Side Bar OR by clicking "Edit".


FOLLOW-UP POSTS:

• Navigating the SCBWI Website
• Navigate Your Personal Site on SCBWI
• Navigate Southern Breeze site on SCBWI
• Navigate Southern Breeze Blog
• Navigate Southern Breeze Illustrator Blog
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Navigating the Southern Breeze Illustrators Blog

Navigating the Southern Breeze Illustrator Blog

OBJECTIVE:

TOP TOOL BAR:

• Home
• Our Illustartors
• Events
• Contests
• Scholarship
• Illustartors Day
• Gallery Shows
• Storybook Look
• Portfolios
• News for Visitors
• Sketch-Book Events
• Newsletter

MIDDLE SECTION:

Various published posts. You can click on the individual post to read it fully and see comments.

We encourage everyone to comment and share. There are multiple social media buttons on each posts to make sharing easier for everyone. The more shares, the more Southern Breeze Chapter is known.

RIGHT SIDE BAR:

• Southern Breeze links
• Follow By Email
• RSS Subscribe
• Google Follow
• Banner Link
• Various Links

Golden Kite Award Winner - Deborah Wiles

Golden Kite Award Winner
Southern Breeze's Own --- DEBORAH WILES

From the SCBWI website:

Announcing the 2015 Golden Kite Winners

The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators is proud to announce the recipients of the 2015 Golden Kite Awards and Sid Fleischman Award.  These awards, which are the only ones of their kind to be judged by a jury of author and illustrator peers, are given for excellence in five categories:  Fiction, Nonfiction, Picture Book Text, Picture Book Illustration and Humor (the Sid Fleischman).
“The SCBWI is gratified that the Golden Kite Awards have achieved such high visibility in our community and in the public eye,” SCBWI Lin Oliver stated.  “Our hope is that by recognizing excellence, these books will prosper and live to influence a generation of readers.”

Southern Breeze is proud to announce that our own DEBORAH WILES won the award!

The Golden Kite Fiction Award goes to Revolution by Deborah Wiles. This harrowing story centers on the 1964 Civil Rights movement and one young girl’s summer that will change her life forever.

There are many awards offered through SCBWI Awards & Grants.  The GOLDEN KITE AWARDS are the only children's literary award judged by a jury of peers. For most, this makes the award even more prestigious, because you know you have been deemed to have outstanding work based on what other writers think.

ABOUT DEBORAH WILES:

National Book Award Finalist Deborah Wiles was born in Alabama into an Air Force family and spent her growing-up summers in a small Mississippi town with an extended family full of Southern characters. Today she writes about them and they live on in her stories.

Deborah is the first children's book author to be named Writer-in-Residence at Thurber House, James Thurber's boyhood home in Columbus, Ohio. She received the Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award from the New York Public Library and the Keats Foundation in 2002 and is the 2014 recipient of the PEN/Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Working Writer Fellowship.

She holds an MFA in Writing from Vermont College and taught "Writing Techniques for Teachers" at Towson University in Maryland until she moved to Atlanta in 2004. She also taught writing in the MFA programs at Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and at Vermont College.

Deborah has written two picture books: One Wide Sky (Harcourt, 2003), a Children's Book of the Month Club selection, and Freedom Summer (Simon & Schuster, 2001), winner of numerous awards, including dual Ezra Jack Keats Awards and the Coretta Scott King/Steptow award for illustrator Jerome Lagarrigue. A picutre book about Robert Kennedy is forthcoming from Scholastic.

Deborah has written three novels about growing up in the south. They are known as the Aurora County Trilogy. Love, Ruby Lavender was an ALA Notable Children's Book, a Children's Book Sense 76 Pick, and a New York Public Library Book for Reading and Sharing. The book has also been nominated for twenty-six state book award reading lists, voted on by children. Deborah's novel Each Little Bird That Sings won the Bank Street Fiction Award for 2005, a Golden Kite Honor Award, the California Young Reader Medal, was a 2005 E.B. White Award winner and was a 2005 National Book Award finalist. The Aurora County All-Stars was a SEBA Book Award finalist. It completes the Aurora County trilogy.

Deborah's newest project is called "The Sixties Trilogy: Three Novels of the 1960s for Young Readers." Book one, Countdown, was published in May 2010 by Scholastic. Book two, Revolution, was published in 2014 and is a National Book Award Finalist, as well as the Golden Kite Award winner for Fiction.

Deborah lives in Atlanta, Georgia, where she avoids the traffic, writes songs with her husband, jazz pianist Jim Pearce, climbs Stone Mountain, and grows the world's most beautiful zinnias.

Visit Deborah Wiles website to read more about her and her books.

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Navigating the Southern Breeze Blog

Navigating the Southern Breeze Blog

OBJECTIVE:

TOP TOOL BAR:

• Home
• About SCBWI Southern Breeze
• Events
• SpringMingle
• WIK
• Contests
• Liz Conrad Scholarship
• Newsletter
• Speaker

MIDDLE SECTION:

Various published posts. You can click on the individual post to read it fully and see comments.

We encourage everyone to comment and share. There are multiple social media buttons on each posts to make sharing easier for everyone. The more shares, the more Southern Breeze Chapter is known.

RIGHT SIDE BAR:

• Follow By Email
• Want to be a Guest Blogger? Info
• Southern Breeze social media links
• Southern Breeze Illustrators Blog link
• Archive

Navigating the Southern Breeze Chapter Website on SCBWI

Navigating the Southern Breeze Chapter Website on SCBWI

To go to the Southern Breeze Chapter click on My Region

OBJECTIVE: This is where you will fill out your profile. Once you have updated, your information will be available for everyone to see.

TOP RIGHT-HAND CORNER:

• Log In/Out button
• My Home button

LEFT SIDE BAR:

• Picture of our RA(s)
• Links to the profiles of our RA(s), ARA, & Illustrator Coordinator
• Links to additional volunteers

MIDDLE SECTION:

This section is updated with current information pertaining to the Southern Breeze Chapter.

RIGHT SIDE BAR:

• About Us
• Events
• For Our Illustrators
• Contests
• Joan Broerman Book Basket
• Speaker's Bureau Links
• SB Newsletter
• About Self-Publishing
• Blog – Southern Breeze
• Other Regions
• Join

BOTTOM TOOL BAR:

Here you will find direct links to Southern Breeze on Facebook, Blogger, & Twitter.