F³A: Conference

And I totally forgot to write yesterday.  My bad.  I was just going to talk about people being in such a hurry all the time.  The other day people were cutting people off, passing dangerously in a no passing area.  I even got honked at RIGHT after the light turned green.  Pissed me off.

But enough about that.  I'm heading to SCBWI's Western Washington Conference today.  I'm excited and nervous.  This will be my first conference.  I know there will be people there I know, but I'm quite shy in real life, I'm going to have to break out of my shell to be sociable.

Here are the classes I will be attending:

Conference orientation for first time Attendees
Marketing Mania
Published Pros
Learning and honing
How far is too far in teen lit
Five ways to make your character sparkle
Writing from anger
Character driven stories

I think I will benefit from all these sessions

Anyone else going?

You know, two more people follow and that 200th person gets a prize.  Are you holding out to be the 200th?

Time for Friday Nibbles:

Random iPod Shuffle Song: Kelly Clarkson, Already Gone

Book of the Week: Angie Smibert's Memento Nora.  I've not read it yet, just got it in the mail and am excited about it.

Movie of the Week: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1.  Out on DVD.

Quote of the Week: "Rivers know this:  there is no hurry.  We shall get there someday."  ~A.A. Milne

Tooting the Horn Tuesday: More from the Class of 2k11

First of all, check out the trailer Alissa Grosso made for her novel Popular.   I think she did a great job!!  And she's so darn cute.

Also, my friend Gae Polisner, author of the Pull of Gravity, got a great Kirkus Review.  They said, " Pulls the heart in all the right places." 


Another member of the Class of 2k11, Angie Smibert sold her novel, The Forgetting Curve, the sequel to Memento Nora, To Marshall Cavendish, to be released Spring of 2012. 

Bettina Restrepo's novel, Illegal, hits bookshelves TODAY!!!! Contrats Bett!!

And did I mention my ARC's are coming out? :D

Don't forget my contest, prizes to my 200th follower and their referral. Thanks to Cari at Cari's Book Blog for spreading the news.

Thanks for reading, catch you on the flip side.

~Megan

Tooting the Horn Tuesday: Kudos to the Class of 2k11

So much is happening in my literary circles it's sometimes hard to keep up.

My friend Gae's novel, The Pull of Gravity, received a great review from YA Love.  Click here to read it.  She also has a cover for her amazing book now.  Here it is:

Here's a great review of another 2k11-er, Bettina Restrepo's, Illegal .

And yet another 2k11-er doing amazing things.  Geoff Herbach's novel, Stupid Fast is a Junior Library Guild selection.  But that's not all.  His sequel to Stupid Fast, The Whole Warm World, has been picked up and is due out Spring 2012.  Congrats to Geoff!

Angie Smibert received yet another shiny review for her novel, Memento Nora.

And here is my review of Amy Holder's novel, The Lipstick Laws.

Click here to find out more about the Class of 2k11.