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SCBWI Florida Workshop Part VII- Questions, Answers, & Gold Nuggets

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This is my final post from the 2015 Florida SCBWI young adult workshop with Erica Rand Silverman, an agent with Sterling Lord Literistic, and Jacquelyn Mitchard, author and editor-in-chief at Merit Press. Click here for Part I  (Why Write Young Adult); Part II (Querying); Part III (Pitches); Part IV (Marketing Yourself and Your Work); Part V (Building a Lasting Career), and Part VI (Finding a YA Voice). As promised, this post is… Continue reading SCBWI Florida Workshop Part VII- Questions, Answers, & Gold Nuggets

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SCBWI Florida Workshop Part VI- Holden and Augustus: What We Mean When We Talk About Voice in YA

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This is my sixth post from the 2015 Florida SCBWI young adult workshop with Erica Rand Silverman, an agent with Sterling Lord Literistic, and Jacquelyn Mitchard, author and editor-in-chief at Merit Press. Click here for Part I  (Why Write Young Adult); Part II (Querying); Part III (Pitches); Part IV (Marketing Yourself and Your Work); and Part V (Building a Lasting Career). Jacqueline Mitchard facilitated this part of the workshop   … Continue reading SCBWI Florida Workshop Part VI- Holden and Augustus: What We Mean When We Talk About Voice in YA

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SCBWI Florida Workshop Part III- Share Your Perfect Pitch and Find Out How it Sells!

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    This is my third blog post from the Florida SCBWI young adult workshop. Erica Rand Silverman is an agent with Sterling Lord Literistic and Jacquelyn Mitchard is a prolific author as well as an editor-in-chief at Merit Press. Click here for Part I and Part II. Erica and Jacquelyn interwove their remarksinto a tapestry of great advice. Don’t over reach.  You can use the… Continue reading SCBWI Florida Workshop Part III- Share Your Perfect Pitch and Find Out How it Sells!

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SCBWI Florida Workshop Part I- Why Write Young Adult?

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Congratulations to Vijaya Bodach who won Rory's Promise on last week's blog. ******* Last Saturday I attended the Florida SCBWI's mid-year workshop. I spent the entire day soaking up information from two talented women, Erica Rand Silverman and Jacquelyn Mitchard. Since they generously agreed to share the content of their workshop, my blog posts over the… Continue reading SCBWI Florida Workshop Part I- Why Write Young Adult?