“WRITING FOR CHILDREN: maturity together with liberate energy required”
Panelists Antoinette Portis, Sarah Maizes, Lucy Ravitch, Ann Redisch Stampler; Moderator Sanjay Nambiar
Date: Monday, Oct 28, 7:30 to nine p.m. (networking follows the program)
Literature for children is meant to inform, entertain, gather with grow time to come readers, equally good equally promote menage unit of measurement interaction. This is quite a responsibility, a highly competitive champaign where immense imagination together with mature child-like properties combined alongside a expert concern plan, enough of energy, together with an openness to possibilities.
We volition draw the journeys of a few published writers of children’s literature together with mid-range (for ages 2-11), together with 1 on the means to becoming published, addition a illustration from a children’s bookstore.
We volition cover:
- Marketing
- Graphic choices
- Mainstream vs. self-publishing
- Use of multimedia (iPad, etc.)
- Alternative ways of selling (Internet, clubs, services, direct)
OUR PANEL:
ANTOINETTE PORTIS made her picture-book debut alongside the best-selling “Not Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Box,” an American Library Association Seuss Geisel Honor book, together with 1 of the New York Times Ten Best Illustrated Books of the Year. She was a recipient of a 2010 Sendak Fellowship. Antoinette graduated from UCLA alongside an fine art degree, thus worked inwards advertising together with graphic design. She was a creative director, thus a VP, at Disney earlier she bolted to practise what she had ever wanted: endure lone inwards a room making film books. She lives inwards Los Angeles. “Froodle,” her newest book, comes out inwards Spring 2014. www.AntoinettePortis.com
SARAH MAIZES is an author, blogger, comedian, together with freelance writer. She has appeared on "The Today Show," CNN, KTLA, and NPR, together with is a regular contributor to “TODAYMoms.com,” “The Huffington Post,” and “CBS Los Angeles.” She is the author of several humour books together with 3 children’s film books including “On My Way to the Bath,” a Children’s Book of the Month Club Main Selection together with a Children’s Book Council “Best Picture Book of 2012.” Its upcoming sequel, “On My Way to Bed,” was a New York Times Bookshelf “Pick”; the 3rd mass inwards the series, “On My Way to School,” is due out inwards 2014. For to a greater extent than data (or simply giggles), banking concern gibe out her website, www.SarahMaizes.com , or FOLLOW HER on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/ SarahMaizes and on twitter @SarahMaizes.
LUCY RAVITCH is a film mass author together with woman nurture of five. With a background inwards teaching, she has immersed herself inwards the children's literature marketplace over the concluding 4 years yesteryear aid numerous conferences alongside kid-lit agents, editors, together with authors. Lucy is a fellow member of Society of Children's Book Writers together with Illustrators (SCBWI) together with the Vice President of Children's Book Writers of Los Angeles (CBW-LA). Lucy also makes fourth dimension to weblog at kidsmathteacher.com where she shares her honey of learning. Children’s Book Writers-LA has an anthology that is launching Nov 2nd, which includes 2 writing pieces of Lucy’s. www.facebook.com/
ANN REDISCH STAMPLER is the author of the immature adult novels “Afterparty” (Simon Pulse, Jan 2014) together with “Where It Began” (Simon Pulse, 2012), described yesteryear Publishers Weekly equally “a searing portrayal of power, privilege, together with betrayal inwards the hills inwards a higher house Los Angeles.” Her award-winning film books include “The Rooster Prince of Breslov” (Clarion, 2010) together with “The Wooden Sword” (Albert Whitman, 2012), a folktale from Afghanistan. Ann lives inwards Los Angeles alongside her hubby together with rescue dog, whose vogue to consume pieces of handwritten stone oil drafts does non just facilitate the writing process. www.annstampler.com
MODERATOR:
SANJAY NAMBIAR has written several award-winning books, including "The Super Duper Princess Heroes: How It All Started,” "Maybe (A Little Zen for Little Ones)," "Still There? (A Little Zen for Little Ones)," together with "Remember the Stars (A Little Zen for Little Ones)." Through his books, he hopes to inspire readers together with bring positive messages to kids. Sanjay grew upwards inwards Carson, Calif., where he overcame a gang- together with drug-riddled surroundings alongside the assistance of a closely knit menage unit of measurement together with a focus on education. He graduated alongside honors from UC Berkeley, alongside degrees inwards Economics together with Neurobiology, together with earned an MBA from UCLA. Sanjay instantly is a freelance copywriter together with lives alongside his married adult woman together with endlessly energetic identical twin daughters inwards Los Angeles, where he sometimes bemoans the monotony of the pleasant weather.
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It was great! I observe it fascinating to remove heed every writer's experience. Don't nosotros all choose a even out to tell?! I establish everyones comments insightful together with really supportive. Afterwards Ann, Sarah, Antoinette, together with I talked well-nigh the possibility of starting a site for authors to collaborate together with swap stories. Wouldn't it endure fun to choose 2 or 3 authors acquire on a schoolhouse visit? I'm looking forrad to my association alongside these lovely ladies. Sanjay was also an inspiration likewise (I couldn't imagine orchestrating all the marketing for my book, but he seems to choose a expert own got on it).
It was a swell sense together with I promise approximately of the people that took pictures shipping me a re-create : ) Thanks for all the people that came together with everyone that supports film books together with children's literature!
