Breezers In Your Neighborhood: DECEMBER!

Already December and we've had a busy year for Breezers! Even now, we have one more workshop scheduled. And remember, if you have a book signing or a book launch or an appearance at a book fair, let us know. We can't come out and support you if we don't know where you'll be!

Ongoing through December 15th

The Illustrators' Mentorship has a few slots left as of today. Registration for the mentorship only is open through December 15th or until slots fill up. See this post for more information or go to the Southern Breeze website here.


Saturday, December 7th

What:  Writing Middle Grade vs. Young Adult
Where:  Hampton Park Library
              5345 Settingdown Road
              Cumming, GA
When:   10:30 AM to 12:30 PM

Join authors Christi J. Whitney, Tosha Sumner, and Colleen Bennett to learn the craft of writing for these diverse markets in today's market. They'll cove concepts and techniques that distinguish chapter books from young adult books for their target audiences, such as voice, vocabulary level, maturity content, authenticity, and word count.

As always, it's free! Bring your questions and bring your friends for this program brought to you by SCBWI Southern Breeze and the Forsyth County Public Library.




Sunday, December 15th

Registration opens for wik'20! We want to bring your career into sharper focus and we think wik'2020 will give you the vision to see how you can get there! We'll also be taking a keen look here at the Southern Breeze blog at all we're offering, so come back often! We have lots for you to see at wik2020!

#SpringMingle - Jacquelyn Mitchard and the YA Connection - #SBreeze17

Come Soar with Jacquelyn Mitchard

Want your writing to soar? Then fly to sign up for Springmingle and catch a session with one of our super speakers! Next up, Jacquelyn Mitchard, the number one New York Times best-selling author of novels for adults, including The Deep End of the Ocean, the inaugural selection of the Oprah Winfrey Book Club.

Did you know that Mitchard is also the editor of a realistic Young Adult imprint, Merit Press, and the author of seven novels for Young Adults? Her work has won the Bram Stoker and Shirley Jackson awards, as well as the UK’s Walkabout Prize. And when she’s not writing, she’s teaching Creative Writing at Vermont College of Fine Arts.

We’re lucky to have her for our Friday Intensive, “A Whole Day of Beginnings and Endings,” where writers will consider the elements that go into a great ending, and how those elements are so much more than tying up the loose ends.

She’ll have a breakout session, too, called “Why YA? (And How)” on what does and does not comprise YA writing, and why those elements and traditions are so important. But you’ll never know if you don’t join us in Decatur, March 10th-12th at Springmingle, the only conference in Southern Breeze for 2017!

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN! Click  :::HERE::: to log in and register.

~See you in March~