Saturday's Prairie Writer's Day: Get Hooked! was a huge success. This year's speakers and sessions were informative and inspiring. (And full of lots of fishing metaphors.) The all-star line up included: Josh Adams, Co-founder Adams Literary, Stacey Barney, Editor at G.P. Putnams's Sons, Michele Burke, Editor at Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, Karen Kohn, Senior Art Director for Carus Publishing, Kathy Landwehr, Vice President & Associate Publisher for Peachtree Publishers, Daniel Nayeri, Editor for Clarion Books, Molly O'Neill, Editor for Katherine Tegen Books and Mary Rodgers, Editor-in-Chief for Lerner Publishing Groups. Also, Author Bruce Hale, Author Esther Hershenhorn, Literary Attorney Debra Kass Orenstein, and Chair of the Teacher Education department at DePaul University Roxanne Owens. Something new this year was a skype visit by Bruce Hale on humor in your writing. He did a fabulous job and it was so neat to see a skype visit in action. Bruce was a pro! I really enjoyed it.
I have tons of notes to sort through this week and lots of submissions to polish up! It's also always so great to to be with all of my writer pals for the day. Thanks so much to the hard working committee. Now, off to write!
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