Book Festival. If you live close by, be sure to attend the San Antonio Book Festival on April 7, 2018. The festival is going on its sixth year. Hundreds of authors and illustrators (many of them my fellow writers) will be there. And there will be books, books, and more books to buy and get autographed. See you there.

The other day, I listened to this Institute of Children’s Literature (ICL) podcast on the topic: Get Children to Read Your Book. Take a listen to this informative and helpful podcast.

If you’ve been writing and have some material ready to send in, here are some publishers who are accepting unsolicited submissions:

Black and White Publishing.

School Wide Digital Publishing.  

Judy Blume and Author

Innovation Press.

And I’m sure you need no introduction to famous author Judy Blume. Here’s a link to her advice for aspiring writers. Great read!

Find your voice and express yourself. – conference quote

I attended three days (February 22-24) of the awesome 2018  National Latino Children’s Literature Conference in San Antonio, TX. It was held at the downtown University of Texas (UTSA) campus. Keynote speakers, educators, authors, poets, illustrators, and lots of UTSA student volunteers made the conference a huge success. I did a presentation on Writing with Authenticity.

Our mayor, Ron Nirenberg, and his wife, Erika Prosper, also attended. Presenters from as far away as San Salvador and Mexico were in attendance. We are very lucky to have such a literary annual conference in our city.

Upcoming is the San Antonio Book Festival on April 7, 2018, going on its sixth year. It gets better and better each year.  If you’re in the vicinity, make sure you attend.

Writer conferences and book festivals are a great way to get to know others with the same aspirations and passion for books.

Books Empower the Mind—Rafael Lopez, illustrator