Monday, November 21, 2011

2011 SCBWI Conference

Or you know when you've been SCWBI'd when:*
  • You remember that Frank Cottrell Boyce said something about there being Grace in Chaos and wonder what on earth that meant
  • You learn not to leave the hot water tap dripping - a pox on that noisy Victorian plumbing
  • You make a mental note never to ask Anthony McGowan what he means by the Freytag Pyramid
  •  You get unbelievably helpful advice from three lovely agents and a bubbly editor
  •  You discover that Paula Rawsthorne can do a pretty good impersonation of Sara Grant

  •   But wonder if Dave Cousins can do Miriam Halahmy without donning a wig

  • You write a brilliant new opening chapter to your YA manuscript in Lil Chase's workshop (Well, Lil did say 'Wow!' at the end but maybe she was just being nice!)
  • You make loads of new friends and followers for Facebook and Twitter
  • A lovely new illustrator pal introduces you to the divine Chris Riddell over tea
  • And your head's so fizzed the following day that the only thing you can do is dig, yes dig, a new flower bed



*with thanks to Nick Cross

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11 comments:

  1. Jackie MarchantNovember 21, 2011 at 8:27 AM

    And well done for helping with the organising! It was great. I had a dripping tap too!

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  2. Jeannette ToweyNovember 21, 2011 at 8:28 AM

    Thanks, Jackie. Hard work but well worth the effort!

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  3. Miriam HalahmyNovember 21, 2011 at 8:52 AM

    Brill blog - and what can I say about the wig - don't he look just like me then!!

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  4. Jeannette ToweyNovember 21, 2011 at 9:09 AM

    Tee Hee!

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  5. Nick CrossNovember 21, 2011 at 9:53 AM

    I was supposed to get photos of the Edge talk but ended up being too busy with video. So it's good to see that someone got a photo of "that wig"! Glad you had a fab conference.

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  6. Paula RawsthorneNovember 21, 2011 at 10:27 AM

    Well I never! That plotting your book session looked like fun. I could have done with a lie down, myself. The whole conference was exhaustingly wonderful. Thanks, Jeannette for your hard work to help make it great.

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  7. Candy GourlayNovember 21, 2011 at 11:53 AM

    But what are you going to plant in that bed?

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  8. Jan CarrNovember 21, 2011 at 12:52 PM

    I think 'grace in chaos' was to do with not planning to nth degree but still finding your way through a mass of ideas to make a story.
    Thanks for posting Jeanette and for all your hard work organising everyone.

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  9. Jeannette ToweyNovember 22, 2011 at 1:59 AM

    Thanks for all your lovely comments everyone. And Candy, as to that bed, what do you reckon? Little seeds of creativity perhaps, or a big bad shrub of a series outline?

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  10. Bridget MarzoNovember 22, 2011 at 5:03 AM

    Late - as usual - to say great to talk with you, thanks for a fun post and also for registering us all in the conference. Talk about planting - watch us germinate after that rich feed this weekend!

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  11. K.M.LockwoodNovember 23, 2011 at 11:06 AM

    Enjoyed this, enjoyed being there & enjoyed catching up with you.

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