Busy. Busy. Busy. I haven’t had a chance to catch up on updating my blog. First, I attended the SCBWI Los Angeles conference as a first- time Regional Advisor for Southwest Texas. It was awesome. The conference had a diverse panel and keynote speakers, not to mention the great sessions we attended between the talks. I met other new RAs as well and made new friends.

Next, I did a school visit in Morristown, New Jersey, for the Spanish-speaking students in the dual-language program. The staff was wonderful, the school library cozy, and the town so historic.

Then, I attended the Highlights Foundation workshop in Honesdale, Pennsylvania. I was there for several days and guess what? I stayed in the same cabin that famous author Jane Yolen occupied some time back. Of course, the walls were full of Yolen’s poetry and the bookcase had some of her books as well. There was a collage of her articles and pictures. It was awesome!

A day after I returned to Texas, I attended the Houston SCBWI conference. The Houston SCBWI membership put together a conference that was inspiring and super informative. At the workout sessions, I took so many notes and haven’t had time to digest all the information.

This past Saturday, I participated in a panel and book signing at the Boerne Bookfest in Boerne, TX.

Whew!!! Busy … but it was fun!! I will now take some time to revise some manuscripts and submit them to some of the editors and agents I met at the conferences. That’s what is neat about attending conferences. An attendee gets to submit a manuscript to the faculty that were part of the conference. How cool is that?

Until later …. Happy writing.

Thought for the Day: “Bloom where you are planted.” – Mother Jones