Breezers In Your Neighborhood - September

Breezers In Your Neighborhood
September 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:

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Florida Panhandle:

Georgia:

• NAME: Nancy Raines DayDATE: 9/4/15TIME: 6 - 8 p.m.ADDRESS: Brunswick Public Library, 208 Gloucester Street, Brunswick, GA 31520DESCRIPTION: signing What in the World? Numbers in Nature, my brand new rhyming picture book celebrating things in the natural world that come in sets from one to ten and beyond. Kirkus called it "textured, visually rich, and gracefully simple." Related crafts for kids will be on hand.
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• NAME: Nancy Raines DayDATE: 9/12/15TIME: 1 - 3 p.m.ADDRESS: G. J. Ford Bookshop, 600 Sea Island Road, #6, St. Simons Island, GA 31522DESCRIPTION: signing What in the World? Numbers in Nature, my brand new rhyming picture book celebrating things in the natural world that come in sets from one to ten and beyond.
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• NAME: What's Your Story? Turning Your Life Into Fiction.
  DATE: Saturday, September 12, 2015
  TIME: 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
  ADDRESS: N.E. Spruill Oaks Library, 9560 Spruill Road, 30022
  DESCRIPTION: Led by Deborah Wiles. "In this workshop you will learn how to access your personal narrative -- your own life history — and turn it into “story” whether your interest is in picture books, poetry, or novels. You’ll also work with specific techniques and models. Bring notebooks and a WIP.”   Register to attend by contacting Stephanie Moody, SCBWI Local liaison: stephanie@Moodyviews.com or Librarian Karen Swenson - 770-360-8820 karen.swenson@fultoncountyga.gov
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• NAME: Coastal GA Member Meeting
  DATE: September 19, 2015
  TIME: 4:00-6:30
  ADDRESS: Residence of Phyllis Limbacher Tildes,   Skidaway Island, Savanah, Georgia
  DESCRIPTION: Phyllis has sent the members in her area an invitation and will handle the connection(s).
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• NAME: North GA East Special Event
  DATE: September 26, 2015
  TIME: 10-11:30
  ADDRESS: Dawson County Public Library 
  DESCRIPTION: Lola Schaefer will be a speaker, She will talk about character driven fiction and non fiction picture books.
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Upcoming October Events...

Regional Event:

• NAME: WIK '15
  DATE: October 16-17, 2015
  TIME: All day event
  ADDRESS: Spain Park High School in Birmingham, Alabama
  DESCRIPTION: The conference includes your choice of 32 breakout sessions with industry professionals – something for everyone, writers, illustrators, beginners, published and not-yet-published! Space in each session is limited. Register to ensure the sessions you want are available.

Alabama:

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Florida Panhandle:

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Georgia

• NAME: Tracey M. Cox
  DATE: October 31, 2015
  TIME: 9 am - 5 pm
  ADDRESS: Ocilla, Georgia
  DESCRIPTION: Books Love & Taters Book Festival. Tracey will be signing books.

~DEADLINE FOR OCTOBER EVENTS IS SEPTEMBER 27TH~

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"Something for Everyone!" 30 Days of WIK15 - Stephanie Moody

"Something for Everyone!"
30 Days of WIK15 - Stephanie Moody

One hat, two hats, old hats, new hats!

Hats! and changing them…that’s what led me to my role as WIK conference coordinator two years running, and kept me early on as a volunteer in a variety of other SCBWI Southern-Breeze conference positions.

I like changing hats and roles. Some of the most memorable include break room tidy-upper (yes, there really was such a role), registration desk worker (great way to meet conference participants), airport driver (allows a little one-on-one time with a speaker), angel (lots of one-on-one time), and even conference photographer (little time to do anything else but snap those pictures).

No doubt my varied participation and happy willingness to wear any volunteer hat is what landed me with the hat of Conference Coordinator — that and I think no one else volunteered.

It’s definitely not a sequined, glamour hat because much of the work is done under one’s hat e.g. out of the limelight — from corresponding with potential speakers, to keeping the RA informed, to making sure every one of those crucial volunteer positions is filled.

This year a “top down” organizational structure paved much of the process. Key positions from PAL coordinator, to Angel appointer, to volunteer organizer fell under the guidance of seasoned volunteers.

That means a lot of my work is done by others. I just bring them together under one hat, tie the loose ends together, and make sure the “show goes on” no matter what glitches might occur.

Time will tell if there are any. Maybe you could report back, too. We’d love to know more about your conference experience.  How it fulfilled your expectations! How it inspired you to improve your craft. How the conference could be improved!

After all, we host the conference for you: the aspiring writer and illustrator who want to hone your craft and develop, if not the great American novel, at least the greatest story you are capable of telling.

That’s a hat trick we all aspire to…

Hope to see you at WIK ’15. Do seek me out and introduce yourself and tell me how you’d like to volunteer next year.

There’s always room for more volunteers under the big dome, the Conference Hat.

ABOUT STEPHANIE MOODY:

Stephanie Moody is not only the WIK ’15 Conference Coordinator, she is also Local Liaison in Atlanta and North Fulton County where she holds semi-annual Schmoozes and mini-workshops featuring published authors. Her work for children has been published by Harper-Collins and a variety of children’s magazines including Highlights for Children, Ladybug, Jack & Jill and ClubHouse. Currently she is serving her fifth term as chairman of the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library Board of Trustees, a 34 branch system with a circulation of over three million.
Contact her through her website Moodyviews.com or Stephanie@Moodyviews.com

LINKS:

Website

Click here to REGISTER FOR WIK'15 now!

"Something for Everyone!"
30 Days of WIK15 - Tracey M. Cox

Tracey M. Cox will host a workshop during WIK15:

• Marketing and Platform: Building Your Name    
  Marketing and Platform Building  can seem overwhelming even to the best of us. There is a website to build and maintain, blogging to be done, social media to interact with, and face-to-face contact that is equally important. Don't forget we still need to squeeze in writing drawing.
  
  I have learned you can do all this and still have time to hang with the family and get your house in order. *amazing, I know*
  
  I'll share my secrets at #WIK15 during my Marketing and Platform: Building Your Name workshop. During this session you'll learn what you need to do and continue to do to build a platform that will allow you to market yourself and your books in the future... with little to no money.
  
  You can find me online (say hello!!!!) with the links below AND don't forget that all important face-to-face contact at the conference. I'm the short one with really puffy, curly hair.  ;)
  

ABOUT TRACEY M. COX:

Tracey M. Cox is a multi-published picture book author who has spent the last few years learning how to separate her name from others on the internet through social media. She shares tips, thoughts, marketing strategies and more on her writing blog, and encourages others to share and ask questions. 

LINKS:

Website

Twitter

Click here to REGISTER FOR WIK'15 now!

"Something for Everyone!" 30 Days of WIK15 - Irene Latham

"Something for Everyone!"
30 Days of WIK15 - Irene Latham

Irene Latham will host a workshop with Doraine Bennett during WIK15:

• Finding Your Writing Voice
  Through a series of interactive exercises, discover your unique writer’s voice to determine what book you should be writing and where it might fit into the marketplace.
  AUDIENCE: Writers, all levels.
  
  
  

  

ABOUT R. IRENE LATHAM:

Irene Latham is the award-winning author of two novels for children, Leaving Gee’s Bend and Don’t Feed the Boy, and three poetry picture books, the first of which, Dear Wandering Wildebeest, earned two starred reviews and was named a Bank Street College Best Book and an NCTE Notable Poetry book. Fresh Delicious: Poems From the Farmer’s Market and When The Sun Shines on Antarctica will be released in 2016. 

LINKS:

Website

Twitter

Click here to REGISTER FOR WIK'15 now!

"Something for Everyone!" 30 Days of WIK15 - Jo Kittinger

"Something for Everyone!"
30 Days of WIK15 - Jo Kittinger

I remember my early days of writing for children. There was so much to learn!

As a potter, I knew all about making ceramics. I knew the qualities that made for good clay, and knew the multiple steps required to go from raw clay to glazed pot. But when I decided to try writing for kids, I was clueless. I knew which books I enjoyed, but I couldn't really tell you why. And I had no idea how to present my writing to publishers.

Through classes, my critique group, and talking with SCBWI members, I gradually grew in my knowledge. With time, perseverance, and lots of polishing of manuscripts I eventually gained publication in a wide variety of genres.

My workshop at wik'15, The Rules of the Game, offers a crash course in foundational information about the world of publishing in the children's market. We will look at the various divisions within the genre of children's literature and talk about what makes them distinctive. I will share some do's and don't's when you submit your manuscripts. From my personal experiences, I will discuss how to approach agents and editors, both in person and through submission pipelines.  A question and answer segment will allow me to address attendees unique concerns.

Whether an individual wants to write poetry, short stories, picture books, nonfiction, novels, magazine articles or illustrate, my hope is that this workshop will prepare first-time attendees with the basic knowledge they need to make the most of the remainder of the conference.

  

ABOUT JO KITTINGER:

Jo S. Kittinger is an award-winning author of more than 25 books for children, plus numerous items in various books, magazines and newspapers. Her nonfiction picture book, ROSA'S BUS: THE RIDE TO CIVIL RIGHTS received a Crystal Kite award. Her fictional picture book, THE HOUSE ON DIRTY-THIRD STREET, received two prestigious honors: a Christopher Award, which highlights media that "affirms the highest values of the human spirit," and a Social Justice Literature Award from the International Reading Association. Learn more about Jo at: www.jokittinger.com

LINKS:

Website

Twitter

Click here to REGISTER FOR WIK'15 now!

"Something for Everyone!" 30 Days of WIK15 - Elaine DePrince

"Something for Everyone!"
30 Days of WIK15 - Elaine DePrince

Elaine DePrince will host the following workshop during WIK15:

• The Pleasures, Pitfalls, and Practicalities of Co-Authoring
  Thanks to my experience of co-authoring with my teenaged daughter, I am able to suffuse humor throughout a session that might otherwise be a dry and boring explanation on the legalities, practicalities, and emotions involved in the experience of co-authoring. audience: Writers, all levels. 

  

ABOUT ELAINE DEPRINCE:

Elaine DePrince is a graduate of Rutgers University, an author, an activist, a motivational speaker, and a former special education teacher. She’s the author of Cry Bloody Murder: A Tale of Tainted Blood (Random House, 1997), a scathing indictment of the blood-products industry, which was instrumental in effecting change to the U.S. blood safety legislation. Her books include, Cry Bloody Murder: A Tale of Tainted Blood (Random House, 1997), Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina (Knopf, 2014), and Ballerina Dreams: From Orphan to Dancer (Random House Step into Reading, 2014). 

LINKS:

Facebook

Click here to REGISTER FOR WIK'15 now!

"Something for Everyone!" Days of WIK15 - Heather Montgomery

"Something for Everyone!"
30 Days of WIK15 - Heather Montgomery

Heather Montgomery will host several workshops during WIK15:

• Breaking Barriers: New Nonfiction
  Outrageous illustrations, irreverent voices, marginalia – this isn’t your grandma’s fiction! The confining walls of humdrum nonfiction are being chipped away by one boundary-pushing book after another.  In this session, we will examine our own perceptions of what nonfiction content is and how, by pushing the walls out of our way, we can re-imagine where children’s nonfiction can go in the future. Throw off your blinders! You have the opportunity to forge a new path, to write the next break-out book, to set the new standards. Here is your chance to expand your ideas on voice, structure and format -- see where you go by breaking the barriers!
  You will learn: an outside-the-box approach to subject matter, an exercise to stretch your voice, and visual thinking tools.  
• School Visit Success!
   How can you captivate kids? Please the principal? And teach the teachers? School visits offer opportunities to promote your books, reach a broader audience and generate income. But, in order to be relevant in today’s educational climate, your programs must speak to all three audiences: students, teachers and administration. How can you do that?What steps do you need to take to plan your visit, prepare for your presentation, and execute with style? During this workshop, you will see a sample, discuss issues you have and begin to formulate a plan for your own visits.  You will learn: How to recruit school visits, dig into curriculum standards, and please all three audiences (students, educators, administrators).

  

ABOUT HEATHER MONTGOMERY:

Author Heather L. Montgomery uses yuck appeal to engage young minds, inspire reluctant writers, and empower research bliss. Thanks to all she has learned through Southern Breeze SCBWI, Heather has published twelve nonfiction books including WHY DO MY TEETH FALL OUT? (Capstone) and HOW RUDE! REAL BUGS WHO WON'T MIND THEIR MANNERS (Scholastic). Heather has a B.S. in Biology, a M.S. in Environmental Education, and awards for her educational programs. She resides on the Tennessee/Alabama border and is the former Assistant Regional Advisor for Southern Breeze. Learn more at www.HeatherLMontgomery.com.

LINKS:

Website

Twitter

Click here to REGISTER FOR WIK'15 now!

"Something for Everyone!" 30 Days of WIK15 - Doraine Bennett

"Something for Everyone!"
30 Days of WIK15 - Doraine Bennett

Doraine Bennett will host a workshop with Irene Latham during WIK15:

• Finding Your Writing Voice
  Through a series of interactive exercises, discover your unique writer’s voice to determine what book you should be writing and where it might fit into the marketplace.
  AUDIENCE: Writers, all levels.
  
  
  

  

ABOUT R. DORAINE BENNETT:

Doraine Bennett has more than forty published books. She’s written two series, Georgia Geographic Regions and Georgia Habitats, which are on the Georgia DOE Common Core recommended books for teachers of second and third grade. She is a published poet, a blogger in the Kidlitosphere, and a certified yoga instructor. 

LINKS:

Website

Twitter

Click here to REGISTER FOR WIK'15 now!

"Something for Everyone!" 30 Days of WIK15 - R. Gregory Chrisite

"Something for Everyone!"
30 Days of WIK15 - R. Gregory Christie

R. Gregory Chrisite will host a workshop during WIK15:

• Find Your Strategy and Survival Skills as an Artist
  A comprehensive lecture on supporting your freelancing with supplementary income, with focus on the typical stages, resources and mindset needed  to survive as an artist and entrepreneur.
  AUDIENCE: Illustrators, beginner.

  

ABOUT R. GREGORY CHRISTIE:

R. Gregory Christie works as an illustrator and owns Gas Art Gifts, an autographed children’s bookstore and art school in Decatur, Georgia. He is the designer of the United States Post Office’s 2014 Kwanzaa Forever stamp, the artist for the New Orleans Congo Square 2014 Jazz fest poster, a featured artist on New York City’s subway cars for all of 2012 and has illustrated over 50 children’s books. 

LINKS:

Website

Twitter

Click here to REGISTER FOR WIK'15 now!

"Something for Everyone!" 30 Days of WIK15 - Agent Sally Apokedak

"Something for Everyone!"
30 Days of WIK15 - Agent Sally Apokedak

Sally Apokedak will host a workshop during WIK15.

• The Proper Care and Feeding of Literary Agents
You’ve gone to so much trouble to find the agent of your dreams. Come to this session to hear some thoughts on how to keep the relationship happy and healthy for years to come.
AUDIENCE: Writers, beginner.

  

ABOUT SALLY APOKEDAK:

Sally Apokedak is in her fourth year as an agent with the Leslie H. Stobbe Literary Agency. She’s the agent for a small, but brave, group of writers, which includes the bestselling authors Hannah Hall and Taryn Souders, as well the Multi-Emmy-Award-Winning author Mark Waxman. Sally’s first book as an agent released in Feb. 2015 and sold over 30,000 copies the first month. But her favorite thing about being an agent may be the Southern Breeze pals she’s made over the years. She’s proud to have several clients who are Southern Breezers. 

LINKS:

Website

Twitter

Click here to REGISTER FOR WIK'15 now!

"Something for Everyone!" Days of WIK15 - Faye Gibbons

"Something for Everyone!"
30 Days of WIK15 - Faye Gibbons

Faye Gibbons will host a workshop during WIK15:

• Mining for Gold
  Has your wonderful story idea gone cold?  Has your middle grade biography become stale?  Whether you are writing fiction or nonfiction, what you need is new material--fresh ideas.  This session tells you where to find those treasures.  You will learn how to keep and organize notes, how to get help from experts in the field, and how to enlist help from librarians.  The mother lode you unearth may give you ideas for other stories down the road.  Let's go prospecting!

  

ABOUT FAYE GIBBONS:

Faye has 14 books and numerous short stories and articles published.  Her most recent book, HALLEY, has received starred reviews from Kirkus and School Library Journal, and is a 2015 Jefferson Cup Honor Winner.  For the past eight years she has taught writing at John C. Campbell Folk School in North Carolina.  Many of her stories draw inspiration from the large mountain Georgia farm family she was born into, and the many mill towns she lived in as she grew up.  She eventually became a teacher--taking on every grade from 4 through 12.  After she married an Alabama boy she ended up on a farm in Deatsville, Alabama.  Faye shared her love of reading and writing with her two sons as they grew up, and now with six grandchildren.

LINKS:

Website

Click here to REGISTER FOR WIK'15 now!

"Something for Everyone!" 30 Days of WIK15 - Kimberly Osborn Sullivan

"Something for Everyone!"
30 Days of WIK15 - Kimberly Osborn Sullivan

Kimberly Osborn Sullivan will host several workshops during WIK15.

• Take the Ouch Out of OOPAuthors commonly feel disappointment when their books go out of print (OOP), but it’s possible to breathe new life into an OOP title. Whether it’s finding a publisher that accepts previously released works or taking the plunge into self-publishing, many authors have faced the OOP abyss and lived to tell the tale. 
• AUDIENCE: Writers and illustrators, advanced.
• New Adult: Just YA with More Sex? The new adult genre is taking the world of fiction by storm. Yet there are still authors, readers, and publishers who aren’t sure exactly what NA is or where it’s going. Is NA just young ddult with more graphic sex and language, or is NA truly something new? Who are its readers? Who’s writing it? And how can you get in on the action?
  AUDIENCE: Writers, young adult, all levels.  

  

ABOUT KIMBERLY OSBORN SULLIVAN:

Kim Osborn Sullivan saw her first book’s publisher exit the YA market even before that book was released. Undaunted, she promoted it on her own and even found a new publisher for the series—until that new publisher went out of business. Now her YA fantasy series is self-published, while she continues to take the traditional publishing route with other works. Her traditionally published books include Stones of Abraxas (Medallion Press, 2006) a YA fantasy; Muammar Al-Quaddafi’s Libya (Lerner Publishing, 2008) YA nonfiction; Slobodan Milosevic’s Yugoslavia (Lerner Publishing, 2009) YA nonfiction. Her first new adult novel, Dead Girls Don’t Get Fat, will be released later this year. She’s co-editor of the new adult book review blog www.NewAdultReads.com. 

LINKS:

Website

Twitter

Click here to REGISTER FOR WIK'15 now!

"Something for Everyone!" 30 Days of WIK15 - S. R. Johannes

"Something for Everyone!"
30 Days of WIK15 - S. R. Johannes

S. R. Johannes will host several workshops during WIK15.

• Marketing Your Book Like a Self-Publisher
• Learn how to market your book to readers through different avenues and climb the charts, and what a marketing plan is and why you need one. Discuss why branding is critical. Learn how to utilize social media and network. Discover which advertising is most effective and where you should put your money.
  AUDIENCE: Writers and illustrators, all levels. 
• Choosing a Publishing Path: Self vs. Traditional (A dialogue) with Harold Underdown
  There are more publishing options available than ever before—but which one is right for you? Join two publishing veterans (editor and hybrid author) as they examine the advantages, disadvantages, and requirements of self- and traditional publishing to help you decide which is right for you or for your manuscript.
  AUDIENCE: Writers and illustrators, all levels. 

  

ABOUT S. R. JOHANNES:

S.R. Johannes is the award winning author of the Amazon bestselling Nature of Grace thriller series (Untraceable, Uncontrollable, and Unstoppable). She’s a winner of the IndieReader Discovery Award in YA, an IPPY Silver Medalist for YA Fiction, a finalist in The Kindle Book Review’s Best Young Adult Fiction, and a finalist in US Book News Best YA Book. She is also represented by Lara Perkins at Andrea Brown Literary Agency. 

LINKS:

Website

Twitter

Click here to REGISTER FOR WIK'15 now!

"Something for Everyone! 30 Days of WIK15 - Susan Nees

"Something for Everyone!"
30 Days of WIK15 - Susan Nees

Susan Nees will host a workshop during WIK15.

• Making It Happen! Starting and Managing a Career in Children’s IllustrationAimed at illustrators just starting out on their careers, this workshop covers everything from creating a competitive portfolio, to tips on submitting your work, to the ins and outs of finding an agent. We will discuss how to get your work seen, and what makes a successful promo piece, managing your digital portfolio, what you need to know about working with art directors (and editors). We will answer questions about how best to spend your promo dollar and how to price your work.
  AUDIENCE: Illustrators, all levels. 

  

ABOUT SUSAN NEES:

Susan Nees is the author and illustrator of the Missy’s Super Duper Royal Deluxe chapter book series for emerging readers published by Scholastic Press. She graduated with honors from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and has also received the American Institute of Graphic Arts Award. Her artwork can be found in a number of collections including the Low Library of Columbia University and in special collections at Princeton. In addition to her chapter book series, Nees creates comics that she posts on her website and has illustrated the soon to be released It’s Me, Clover, written by Lola Schaefer. She lives in Watkinsville, Georgia, is a member of SCBWI, and is represented by Tracey Adams of Adams Literary Agency. 

LINKS:

Website

Twitter

Click here to REGISTER FOR WIK'15 now!

"Something for Everyone!" 30 Days of WIK15 - Lisa Lewis Tyre

"Something for Everyone!"
30 Days of WIK15 - Lisa Lewis Tyre

Lisa Lews Tyre will host a workshop during WIK15:

• Rocking Your Social Media
  No matter where I am, or what I’m doing, someone wants to talk about social media. I guess with over one BILLION Facebook users, 540 million active users on GooglePlus, 225 million Twitter accounts, and 200 million users of Instagram, it’s on a lot of people’s minds.
  
  
  Or it could be that I’m a Social Media Evangelist and I’m the one always bringing it up. Whichever. I can’t help it. I LOVE social media, and despite the large numbers of people using it, you can still make great, authentic connections without spending every waking minute in front of the computer.
  
  
  This year I’ll be presenting Rocking Your Social Media at Wik15 and if I do it well, it’s going to be fun, useful and interactive – just like good social media! Together we’ll discuss good/bad social media practices, time management tools, the most popular platforms, connecting with influencers, etc. There may even be prizes.
  
  
  In between marketing my debut book and writing my next one, I spend my time blogging, posting, and tweeting for a variety of clients, and consulting with those who want to do it themselves. Trust me when I tell you, this CAN be fun.
  
  
  Hanging out at the SCBWI Southern Breeze conference will be great, but we don’t have to wait until then to connect. Follow me on twitter @lisalewistyre and let’s get social!
  
  
  Of course, we can always go old-school and talk face-to-face at the conference. Find me! I’ll be the one with the selfie stick.  

ABOUT LISA LEWIS TYRE:

Lisa Lewis Tyre is a middle grade author (Last In A Long Line of Rebels, Nancy Paulsen Books) a frequent contributor to The Huffington Post, a founder of the multi-author blog, Middle Grade Mafia and a social media evangelist! Follow her on twitter!

LINKS:

Website

Twitter

Click here to REGISTER FOR WIK'15 now!

"Something for Everyone!" 30 Days of WIK15 - Kami Kinard

"Something for Everyone!"
30 Days of WIK15 - Kami Kinard

Kami Kinard will host several workshops during WIK15:

• Humor Sells: Laughter-Inducing Techniques!Editors and agents love funny books. So do children! Writing humor isn’t easy, but by employing the techniques presented in this workshop, authors can have their readers laughing out loud!
  AUDIENCE: Writers, all levels. 
• Unconventional Formats: Pushing Beyond the Paragraph
  This workshop explores the benefits of incorporating unconventional formatting options in manuscripts. In addition to providing visual breaks, these allow for shifts in point of view and changes in voice.
  AUDIENCE: Writers, all levels.

  

ABOUT KAMI KINARD:

Kami Kinard’s latest novel, The Boy Problem was published by Scholastic in April 2014. Her first novel, The Boy Project, also published by Scholastic, was chosen for the 2013 Children’s Choices Reading List. Both novels employ humor and alternative formats. Kinard’s poetry, fiction, and nonfiction pieces have appeared in many children’s magazines, including Ladybug, Babybug, Highlights, and Jack And Jill. A co-founder of Kidlit Summer School, a free online program that focuses on the craft of writing for children, Kinard is also a teaching artist on the South Carolina Arts Commission’s Roster of Approved Artists. She lives with her family in Beaufort, South Carolina. www.kamikinard.com.

LINKS:

Website

Twitter

Click here to REGISTER FOR WIK'15 now!