I a former journalist, too, Darren! Welcome!

Go, Cathey! Way to encourage!

Nice to meet you, Darren!!! So glad you came tonight!

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https://houston.scbwi.org/critiques/

Welcome, Darren. :)

Wishing you the best Darren!

Here’s another one to watch: https://www.scbwi.org/sticks-and-stones-and-the-stories-we-tell/

To be more comfortable about writing, read books with BIPOC main characters. For a strong list of books with black children featured go on-line to Mahogany Books in DC.

Here’s the Brown Bookshelf website: https://thebrownbookshelf.com

Thank you for your wonderful suggestions! 🙏🏻

Congratulations, Carmela!

Congratulations Carmela!

Good for Andrew!

Congratulations, Alicia!

Congratulations Alicia!

Yay, Alicia!

88 Cups of Tea

Here’s the link for Molly’s podcast appearance: https://88cupsoftea.com/molly-oneill/

Marissa, You Rock!

congrats!!! 🥳

That's awesome, Marissa! Congrats on so many levels!!!

Yay! Marissa!

Amazing!!!!

So awesome! All the best to you! Congrats!

You will enjoy this group! Everyone is very supportive and helpful.

Hi, Mary! Glad you are here!

I met Jon Klassen at NCTE in 2014 and he talked during is keynote about why he uses muted colors. He felt that the bright primary colors in children's book are scary,

That’s a really interesting point. I can definitely see why high saturation can be seen as overwhelming.

If you are new and seeking critique partners, please get in touch via our chapter critique page. I'd love to help you connect!

Conference Blog: http://scbwiconference.blogspot.com

Systematic Inventive Thinking

On Briggs-Meyer index, I'm abstract-sequential, which totally doesn't go together.

Thank you, everyone! Have a good week!

thanks y’all!