CONFEERENCE EXCITEMENT

I've attended the annual SCBWI (Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators) conference for years now, and I'm looking forward to the next event this September. If you've never attended in the fall, this will be your last chance because as of 2011 the conference will be held in the spring. But you know what? I'm even more excited for the spring conference since I have been asked to speak at it. I absolutley love children's books, and if you are interested in writing your own I would love to meet you there!

SUMMER CONFERENCES

Summer is a great time to work a writing conference or two into your vacation schedule. Writing conferences give you the opportunity to network, educate yourself, find inspiration and take a shortcut around the slush pile of manuscript submissions editors have haunting them. They often offer appointments with your dream editor.

Not that I'm your dream editor, but I will be representing Borderline Publishing at the Oregon Christian Writer's Conference the first week of August. This is a conference I have attended multiple times and paid hundreds of dollars to participate in. And it was worth much more than I paid. If you want to move forward with your writing career, I strongly suggest attending a conference like this one.

CONFERENCE CALL

For the first time I will be attending the Oregon Chrisitan Writer's Coaching Conference as a member of the faculty. In the past I've made great connections with editors and agents and even gotten endorsements for my work from authors like Melody Carlson. So I'm very excited to give back.

This year I'll be representing Borderline Publishing as well as selling books by our Christian authors. Books like:

1. Grace for the Raging Storm by Phyllis Vavold--about her growth through the tragedy of learning to walk again after the head-on collision with joyriding teenagers that killed her husband.
2. Domestic Diva by Debbie Bridgewater--on how to live Proverbs 31 in the 21st century.
3. 90% Right can be 100% Wrong by Todd Bennett--outlining the core principles for finding your full potential.
4. The Boardunders Club Series by T.A. Smith--middle-grade mysteries with four skateboard sleuths.

I love working with our Christian authors, and I hope to find some more.