by Denise Vega | October 4, 2013 | Picture Books, Writer Tips & Tools
Last weekend I had the pleasure and honor of presenting at our 2013 Fall Letters & Lines Conference. The session I gave was called “What’s Your Picture Book About? Developing Effective Story Summaries.” One of the most wonderful things about...
by Denise Vega | October 2, 2013 | Picture Books, Writer Tips & Tools
Last month in my post Writing Picture Books: The Evolution of a Picture Book, I mentioned the lovely and talented artist & illustrator Debbie Ridpath Ohi. This week’s post is all about Debbie’s generosity in sharing her work and process. All of you who...
by Denise Vega | September 25, 2013 | Gratitude Wednesday, Writing Inspiration
Every since I talked about gratitude in a post last month, I’ve been trying to add gratitude to my daily routine, usually at night, noting things that happened, people I met, or things I encountered for which I am grateful. I am also trying to start each day...
by Denise Vega | September 20, 2013 | Writer Tips & Tools
Back in my July, I wrote about The Biggest Gifts of a Writing-Illustrating Conference. Since the Rocky Mountain Chapter Letters & Lines Conference is just over a week away (and today is the last day to register online; after that you have to show up and do it in...
by Denise Vega | September 13, 2013 | Novels
Today we’ll be looking at When My Name was Keoko by Newbery winning author Linda Sue Park (who is also the keynote speaker at the Rocky Mtn Chapter SCBWI Fall Conference Sept 28-29). Let’s look at what Linda does to hook us on the first page of this novel....
