scbwi meetings


	In February, we are meeting the third Saturday of the month, Feb 20. Welcome to the San Diego Chapter of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. We meet the second Saturday of the month from September through May at theUniversity of San Diego’s Hahn School of Nursing Room 106 from 2:00-4:30 p.m. maps/location Meetings are open to SCBWI members and nonmembers. Cost: $7 for SCBWI members, $9 for nonmembers Season Tickets are available from September through November. They provide discounted admission to all meetings and include a subscription to our Chapter newsletter, The Sand Castle Legends. newsletter Monthly meetings feature a speaker on writing/illustrating and have time for chapter business, member announcements and networking. Some of our speakers are local; others are brought in from out of town. Every meeting is planned to further the development of our members' careers. Suggestions of topics and speakers are always welcome. We are looking forward to our 2007-2008 program and hope you can join us. Topics September 11: The Ultimate Checklist for Submitting to Editors 10 Tests a Novel Must Pass to Prove It’s Really Ready for Submission to Editors Too often, YA/MG manuscripts are submitted to editors before they are truly ready. And since you only get one chance with a particular editor, you can’t risk sending out a manuscript that’s not the best it can be. But how can you know when your manuscript is really ready? You think it is, but how can you know for sure? At our September meeting, author/editor Deborah Halverson will teach us 10 actionable tests for knowing when a novel is really, truly ready to submit . . . along with ways to whip the manuscript into shape if it fails a single one of them. Halverson the award-winning author of the teen novels “Honk If You Hate Me” and “Big Mouth” (Delacorte/Random House) and the forthcoming “Writing Young Adult Fiction for Dummies” (June 2011). She edited picture books and teen novels for Harcourt Books for 10 years before leaving to write books full-time. Deborah lives with her husband and triplet sons in San Diego, where she also runs her writers’ advice website Dear-Editor.com and freelance edits fiction and non-fiction for both published authors and writers seeking their first book deals. For more about Halverson, check out her website at DeborahHalverson.com. October 9: Picture Books: The Intricate Dance of Art and Text. Bob Staake, illustrator of over 47 books including We Planted a Tree and Donut Chef November 13: Taking Your Manuscript to the Next Level. Break Out Workshops-YA/MG, Nonfiction, PB, and Illustration/Graphic Novels December 11: Lessons Learned and Holiday Book Sale. Highlighting the work and insight of published Chapter Members January 8: Yes! You Can Write Children's Books, Get Them Published, and Build a Successful Writing Career! Nancy Sanders, author of Yes! You Can Learn How to Write Children's Books, Princess Batilda, and Black Abolitionists: Lighting the Way to Freedom February 12: One Day Conference featuring Editors and Agents. March 12: Fantasy with D.J. MacHale (invited) April 9: An Honest Look at Self Publishing. Panel discussion with self-published authors May 14: So You’ve Got a Contract! What You Need to Know Before You Sign. Kelly Sonnack, Literary Agent, Andrea Brown Literary Agency

In February, we are meeting the third Saturday of the month, Feb 20.

Welcome to the San Diego Chapter of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.

We meet the second Saturday of the month from September through May at theUniversity of San Diego’s Hahn School of Nursing Room 106 from 2:00-4:30 p.m. maps/location

Meetings are open to SCBWI members and nonmembers. Cost: $7 for SCBWI members, $9 for nonmembers Season Tickets are available from September through November. They provide discounted admission to all meetings and include a subscription to our Chapter newsletter, The Sand Castle Legends. newsletter

Monthly meetings feature a speaker on writing/illustrating and have time for chapter business, member announcements and networking. Some of our speakers are local; others are brought in from out of town. Every meeting is planned to further the development of our members' careers. Suggestions of topics and speakers are always welcome. We are looking forward to our 2007-2008 program and hope you can join us.

Topics

September 11: The Ultimate Checklist for Submitting to Editors
10 Tests a Novel Must Pass to Prove It’s Really Ready for Submission to Editors

Too often, YA/MG manuscripts are submitted to editors before they are truly ready. And since you only get one chance with a particular editor, you can’t risk sending out a manuscript that’s not the best it can be. But how can you know when your manuscript is really ready? You think it is, but how can you know for sure?

At our September meeting, author/editor Deborah Halverson will teach us 10 actionable tests for knowing when a novel is really, truly ready to submit . . . along with ways to whip the manuscript into shape if it fails a single one of them.

Halverson the award-winning author of the teen novels “Honk If You Hate Me” and “Big Mouth” (Delacorte/Random House) and the forthcoming “Writing Young Adult Fiction for Dummies” (June 2011). She edited picture books and teen novels for Harcourt Books for 10 years before leaving to write books full-time. Deborah lives with her husband and triplet sons in San Diego, where she also runs her writers’ advice website Dear-Editor.com and freelance edits fiction and non-fiction for both published authors and writers seeking their first book deals.

For more about Halverson, check out her website at DeborahHalverson.com.

October 9: Picture Books: The Intricate Dance of Art and Text. Bob Staake, illustrator of over 47 books including We Planted a Tree and Donut Chef

November 13: Taking Your Manuscript to the Next Level.
Break Out Workshops-YA/MG, Nonfiction, PB, and Illustration/Graphic Novels

December 11: Lessons Learned and Holiday Book Sale. Highlighting the work and insight of published Chapter Members

January 8: Yes! You Can Write Children's Books, Get Them Published, and Build a Successful Writing Career!
Nancy Sanders, author of Yes! You Can Learn How to Write Children's Books, Princess Batilda, and Black Abolitionists: Lighting the Way to Freedom

February 12: One Day Conference featuring Editors and Agents.

March 12: Fantasy with D.J. MacHale (invited)

April 9: An Honest Look at Self Publishing. Panel discussion with self-published authors

May 14: So You’ve Got a Contract! What You Need to Know Before You Sign.
Kelly Sonnack, Literary Agent, Andrea Brown Literary Agency