from the Children’s Literature Network:
Life sends surprises.
One day you’re celebrating the publication of your first book—or another book—and your friends are jumping up and down with congratulations.
The next day you wake up and realize that you’re now a self-employed person, a small business owner, an entrepreneur. Maybe those hats feel a little uncomfortable. Maybe they’re intriguing. Suddenly, you’re supposed to know about insurance, marketing, retirement funds, promotion, remainders, and making a living. Yikes!
Have we got a conference for you! Newly published or often published, comfortable with fame or not, you’ll think these are the best two days you’ve spent in recent memory. Learn, share, network, and leave feeling like the smart business owner you know you can be.
The 2006 Children’s Literature Network Conference will be You’re at the Helm! The Business of Writing and Illustrating for Children, featuring Kristine O’Connell George, Nikki Grimes, Arthur Levine, Stephen Roxburgh, Anita Silvey, and a host of enticing speakers. It’s scheduled for July 26-27 at the Medina Golf & Country Club in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Authors, illustrators, editors, marketing specialists, teachers and more share their wisdom with you.
Teachers and reading specialists are encouraged to audit these courses for CEUs to learn about the children’s publishing world.
Highlights include:
Creative tuition pricing for creative people (up to $100 off for enlisting non-CLN members)!
Grand prize drawing for a brand new Toshiba laptop!
Sign up before May 31st for the very best deal.
See more information.
Cynsational Notes
Birthday Bios from the Children’s Literature Network. Celebrate your favorite author or illustrator on his/her special day!
Editor As Writer: A Conversation with Editorial Director Arthur A. Levine from Olswanger.com.
Cynsational News & Links
Are you on the mailing list for the Penguin Young Readers Group catalog (September-December 2006)? If so, turn to page 39 to preview Santa Knows by Cynthia and Greg Leitich Smith, illustrated by Steve Bjorkman (Dutton, 2006) or click here.
The DePaola Code by Robin J. Eve from the Disco Mermaids. Learn the truth. See Tomie DePaola.
The Teen Voices Author Tour Roundtable Interview features the four authors of young adult fiction who participated in The Teen Voices Author Tour sponsored by Random House Children’s Books–Jen Bryant, Simon Cheshire, E. Lockhart (author interview) and Tanya Lee Stone (author interview).