Take that New York—Austin SCBWI Rocks!

In case you felt sorry for us writers here in Austin that we weren't attending the National SCBWI conference in New York, I'm thinking the tables were turned. Sure, the temperature dropped just a few degrees colder than we'd all hoped, but we bundled up and kicked off the weekend Friday afternoon.

I headed to the airport where I had the pleasure of meeting Newbery Honor author Kirby Larson and her husband Neil, editor Stacy Cantor of Walker books, former FSG editor now full-time author Lisa...