Winter Blogging

I hope you're staying warm these days. It's frigid down here in South Dakota. I can't even imagine what it's like for those of you who live on the northern side of the border!

Lately, I've been learning about blogging from "The Blog Squad" (a great online resource) and from Dakotas SCBWI member Roxane Salonen. She recommended an interesting site from Writers Digest. http://www.writersdigest.com/writersperspective/

How many of you are blogging these days? If you have any advice (or insights about how it helps writers and illustrators), please post your comments. As always, we can learn a lot from each other.

By the way, here's a link to Roxane's blog: http://www.roxanesalonen.blogspot.com/

New Year - New Blog - New Conference

Hello Children's Writers and Illustrators

It's a new year...and a new beginning for this blog. (Let's see if I can be a little more faithful!)

As most of you know, I'm Jean Patrick, the Regional Advisor for the SCBWI Dakotas region. I'm the author of several books for children, including The Girl Who Struck Out Babe Ruth.

I'll do my best to spread news about conferences and events in the area and to provide advice and insight about writing and illustrating for children. (And since I also write a weekly children's book column, I'll also throw in opinions about new titles, too!)

As we speak, we're planning another conference in Sioux Falls, likely on Saturday, March 29, 2008. Let me know if you have any ideas or if you'd like to help. Thanks!


Jean L.S. Patrick

Regional Advisor, Dakotas

Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators