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!