Debra Garfinkle (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} dlgarfinkle) wrote,@ 2008-06-09 17:39:00 |
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So Goofy
I spent the weekend in Orlando at the Florida SCBWI conference. My editor Nina Hess and I gave an all-day workshop on humor writing. I have spent so much time with Nina lately, despite us living about 1,000 miles apart, I think she's preparing a restraining order against me.
We also got to meet Ethan Long, illustrator for the Supernatural Rubber Chicken books. He's one of those horrible people who's not only artistically talented but charming and cute too. The nerve of him!
The Floridians were extremely nice. I discovered that roughly half the authors of children's books in Florida were mentored by Joyce Sweeney.
I also had dinner and drinks with a bunch of important agents and editors. I was very good about not pitching manuscripts to them, but made up for it in over-sharing my life. On the bright side, if any of them wants an edgy, no-holding-back memoir from a nutty writer, I will probably be the go-to gal.
I spent the weekend in Orlando at the Florida SCBWI conference. My editor Nina Hess and I gave an all-day workshop on humor writing. I have spent so much time with Nina lately, despite us living about 1,000 miles apart, I think she's preparing a restraining order against me.
We also got to meet Ethan Long, illustrator for the Supernatural Rubber Chicken books. He's one of those horrible people who's not only artistically talented but charming and cute too. The nerve of him!
The Floridians were extremely nice. I discovered that roughly half the authors of children's books in Florida were mentored by Joyce Sweeney.
I also had dinner and drinks with a bunch of important agents and editors. I was very good about not pitching manuscripts to them, but made up for it in over-sharing my life. On the bright side, if any of them wants an edgy, no-holding-back memoir from a nutty writer, I will probably be the go-to gal.
