Agent tip of the week

Liza Pulitzer Voges has opened the literary agency Eden Street representing authors and illustrators of children's books. She was previously at Kirchoff Wohlberg for 25 years where she created and managed their literary department.

Go forth and query.

SCBWI Summer Conference

I really enjoyed the winter con in NYC last year and now that I'm no longer a conference virgin, I'm looking forward to LA. The Annual Winter SCBWI Conference takes place August 7-10. If you want to read my report from the winter con, check it out here.

Looking forward to meeting another of my crit partners, Elise Murphy!

Agent tip of the week

Michael Harriot has joined Sanford J. Greenburger Associates as an agent. He was at Vigliano Associates for the past nine years, representing his own clients as well as co-agenting deals with David Vigliano.


Go forth and query.

Fantasy Island

A few pics from our awesome vacation on Barbados.
This little hotel is called Peach & Quiet. Corny name. Awesome ambiance. The owners are a British couple and gave us a splendid holiday. We rented a car on the island but turned it in after two days because it was much easier to hire a driver to take us to restaurants and on tours. Driving on the left side of the road and the steering wheel on the right makes for some hairy maneuvering. And let's not forget the roundbaouts. I did it before on another island, Anguila, but it's a smaller island and the roads were desolate. Barbados is much bigger.

Lots of great fresh seafood and vegetables. Sun. Tropical breezes. Just fabulous.

I can haz shade?

Ocean Breezes

The prince and his lovely wife have been in the wonderful country of Barbados for the past week. The days are winding down and I will soon return to the real world. Alas...

I'm surprised I got a signal because there is no Interweb service at our little hideaway. It's been wonderful and I spent my birthday on a catamaran sailing on crystal clear water looking at giant turtles.

Sleep. Read. Eat. Write. Drink rum punch. Repeat.

Full report when I arrive stateside.

Carry on.