This last weekend I had the great pleasure of attending a fantastic conference. The Northern Ohio chapter of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators put on a great program about picture books featuring Laurie Knowlton, Judith Enderle, Stephanie Gordon, and Melissa Manlove from Chronicle Books.
I have come to expect great things from the Northern Ohio Chapter and they delivered yet again. All of the speakers were vastly knowledgeable and completely generous in sharing. I am still digesting the pages of notes and handouts and I find myself guarding them like gold.
I felt like years of knowledge were condensed and poured straight into my brain. In fact on the ride back to Dayton, from Cleveland I found myself going over the things they said to the point of having to pull over a few times to make notes.
Northern Ohio has a very active chapter and they have numerous programs leading up to an annual fall conference. I can't recommend more the need to attend at least one conference. It made a huge difference in my sense of motivation and accomplishment.
On another note. My gallery website has been down for a few days. I am hoping to have it back up soon but until then there's always this blog and my the Jouan Illustration Facebook page.
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SCBWI Northern Ohio
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