SCBWI 2009 Notes: Reasons Why Your Manuscript Got Rejected

One of my favourite talks at the SCBWI conference was Wendy Loggia's keynote speech, "I Wanted to Love This: Seven Reasons Why Your Manuscript Gets Declined." Her talk focused on reasons she rejected manuscripts that were almost accepted but not quite ready.

Wendy is executive editor of Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children's books. She edited the Sister Of The Traveling Pants series by Ann Brashares as well as the Gemma Doyle trilogy by Libba Bray. In preparation for the talk, Wen