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Exclusive SCBWI TEAM BLOG Pre-Conference Interview:Tina Wexler

The always amazing Alice Pope has just posted a pre-conference interview with agent Tina Wexler of International Creative Management (ICM). Her list includes fiction and nonfiction for children and adults, with a focus on middle grade and YA.

Tina will be a speaker at this year's SCBWI Annual Winter Conference in NYC. To read Alice's interview with her, click here! And don't forget, if you can't make the conference, you can still follow all the action at the official SCBWI conference blog!

NY SCBWI Annual Winter Conference Official Interview: Starring Ben Schrank

I'm here with Ben Schrank, President of Razorbill —a division of Penguin Group USA. (Which also happens to be my publisher!) Ben will be doing a breakout session at the NY SCBWI Annual Winter Conference, and we are intensely curious about him!



Ben, thank you so much for the interview. This is a total score for me, so thanks for making me look cool. Let's begin!

1.) Many Razorbill books have been incredibly successful, namely the Vampire Academy series and Thirteen Reasons Why. Why do you...

I joined a cult on my birthday!!

My 33rd birthday started off with a bang. Or rather, a scream. I'm prone to Vicodin nightmares, so when I was in the middle of one and was jolted awake by my husband, son, and daughter belting out Happy Birthday at my bedside, I nearly jumped out of my skin. I'm a little sick, so even though the pancakes, toast and eggs were great, I could only nibble. And bring my blood pressure down because they scared the crap out of me.

Then my husband had to go to work, so the kids and I took the dogs--bo...

Two Months until The Naughty List is out!

I just wanted to mention that it's exactly two months until The Naughty List is out in the wild!!! You can also preorder it from Amazon, Borders, Barnes and Nobles or IndieBound.

Now, tomorrow's my birthday, so I have to get ready to celebrate. And by celebrate I mean eat lots of food!

Suz

Exciting News about the SCBWI Washington Conference!

Last year I was lucky enough to attend the SCBWI Western Washington conference and it was amazing. I blogged the heck out of it here. There was such an awesome lineup: Ellen Hopkins, Adam Rex--not to mention the cool agents and editors that I got to meet! It quickly became one of my favorite conferences. Not to mention I got to hang with some rocking authors from Portland and Seattle. :-)

And now... I'm going to be there this year as faculty!!! I get to do my first author panel!!!! I'm so insa...

SCBWI Annual Winter Conference News!!!

The 11th Annual SCBWI Winter Conference in NYC has just announced a new addition to their already stellar lineup! Author Jane Yolen has been added to the roster! *faints

Jane is the award-wining author of books including Owl Moon, The Devil's Arithmetic, and How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?--and she will be giving the closing keynote address.
If you haven't registered already, hop to it!!! There's still time to register for the SCBWI event--click here. Early registration rates end after January ...

Deleted Scenes

Sometimes when I'm writing a book, I'll get a random scene in my head that may or may not work. I write those scenes in a new document--and usually forget about them. I label them things like, "Important" and "Don't forget". I think I need a better system.

Anyway, here's one I have for A GOOD BOY IS HARD TO FIND. I'm currently working on the revision for Book 3, so there's always a chance it could make it's way in. You'll have to buy it to find out! :-)

Yep. So here's a deleted scene. It's shor...

Girlfriends' Cyber Circuit: Starring Debbie M. Rigaud

Back again with another fabulous author from the Girlfriends' Cyber Circuit!! I have with me Debbie M. Rigaud! Her book PERFECT SHOT is releasing TODAY!!!!! Here's a little more about it:



PERFECT SHOT/Simon Pulse
By Debbie Rigaud
Release date: December 1, 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4269-7835-0
281 Pages
Synopsis:
What's the wackiest thing you've ever done after a crush attack?
High school athlete London Abrams is more likely to spike a volleyball than wear spike heels. Yet in one crush-tastic moment, she...

Zoolights!!

Oh, how I love zoolights! My first time in Portland hitting up their version, and it didn't disappoint. Luckily, my friend Dawn was there with her family and we let the kids run wild!!! And I had hot chocolate and popcorn. Oo! Shiny lights!!!











Hope he doesn't steal my kidney.




The Wizard of Oz!


Can you see the family resemblance?

How I know I'm getting old

My birthday is next Saturday. Sigh. Here's the thing, I realized tonight as I was getting ready to go out, I'm no spring chicken anymore. I needed my husband's advice to decide what to wear while going out! My question: Do I look old in this?
After several outfits it was decided and I was so thankful for his wisdom. Seriously, how old is that!!??


Here's me and Michelle actually out in downtown Portland. I'm saving you from my dancing pics. Thank me later. :-)

But despite my fear, I had a GREAT...