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E I N S P Ed Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators ~Los Angeles Kite Tales Home Fall 2010 Volume 21 Number 4 www.scbwisocal.org In This Issue SCBWI LoS ANgELES PRESENtS Regional News Illustrator’s Day 2010 Los Angeles ...................................2 ------------------------------------------ Orange County/ E Inland Empire ...............................4 B I N I R ED Ventura/Santa Barbara ..............6 S P Tri-Region Calendar .............11 ------------------------------------------! Abigail Samoun Rich Deas Features Sr. Creative Director Editor /Tricycle Press Q&A - Wendelin van Draanen Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group “The Book That Eats People” “Can You See What I See” by Alexis O’Neill ........................8 “George Hogglesberry: Grade School Alien” ------- “Wynken, Blynken, and Nod” Illustrator’s Perspective ------------------------------------------ A Chat with Dan Santat and Brian Floca Author/Illustrator Brian Floca by Ken Min ................................12 Editor’s Perspective Feedback to the Future by Kendra Levin......................15 Author’s Perspective Q&A with Davida Wills Hurwin by Lori Polydoros ...................17 Annual Summer Conference Photos-Rita Crayon Huang Report-Nancy O’Connor .....25 Writer’s Perspective Dan Santat Author/Illustrator How to Kill Horton by Kathllen O’Dell .................33 MFA in Writing for Children by Anne Ursu ...........................35 Grant Winner .............................34 Columns To Market, To Market by Vicki Arkoff .........................20 Illustrator’s Gallery Eliza Wheeler ...........................24 ------------------------------------------ News from the Internet by Georgia McBride ...................28 Portfolio Display and Contests! --- Door Prizes A Hint of Humor --------------- ----------------- by Debbie Ridpath Ohi .......27 Full Color Illustration Competition! Juried by Abigail Samoun / Editor Tricycle Press Volunteer in the Spotlight .......30 ------------------------------------------ Bulletin Board ............................31 Toot Your Horn ..........................32 Saturday, November 13, 2010 • 8 a.m.– 5 p.m. Definitions for the Perplexed Clairbourn School, 8400 Huntington Drive, San Gabriel, CA by Editorial Anonymous ....37 For more info: tiny.cc/socalid e-mail: [email protected] SCBWI-L.A. Regional News When we were kids, we used to rake up all the leaves we could muster into huge piles. We’d run, we’d leap, and – SWOOSH! – Who’s Who in land right in the middle, ready to do it again. As we gathered tumbled leaves then, now we get to gather our experiences from the summer, our stories, SCBWI-Los Angeles and jump in, right in the middle of the action! Regional Advisors: Claudia Harrington, Edie Pagliasotti, Tons of you jumped in this summer at Critiquenic! We had a record Sarah Laurenson (Assistant RA) number of brave and excited writers and illustrators share their work in You can reach us at: 310-573-7318 Roxbury Park. This year’s wondrous author volunteers included Ann Stalcup, or mail us at: SCBWI-L.A., P.O. Box 1728, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272 Lisa Yee, Cecil Castelucci, Amy Koss, Mary Peterson, Jean Blasiar, Janet E-mail Claudia at [email protected], Squires, and Stephanie Gordon. They were aMAzing, and word on the street Edie at [email protected], is that the work shared was really, really good. Keep revising, keep making Sarah at [email protected] it better. Don’t be afraid to get messy – sometimes stories need to be taken Conference Coordinators: apart and put back together (remember the game Operation?). Other Illustrator’s Day: Ken Min, Milla Zeltzer times all they need is spit and polish. Everyone enjoyed the always-decadent Writer’s Day: Claudia Harrington & dessert and being among cohorts in the great outdoors (almost as good a Edie Pagliasotti Working Writer’s Retreat: treat as dessert!). Judy Enderle & Stephanie Jacob Gordon If you haven’t signed up yet for the Working Writer’s Retreat Down The Rabbit Hole Sunday Field Trip: Dawne Knobbe & (September 24-26), check to see if there are any cancellations or last minute Svetlana Strickland slots available. This year’s retreat center is a squeak bigger than our usual Writer’s Toolbox: Sally Jones Rogan haunt, so it’s possible. How can you beat sharing your work with and getting Small Events: Dawne Knobbe & Sue Wellfringer Contest Coordinator: Candace Ryan input from three, count ‘em, three editors! Grace Maccarone from Holiday House, Kendra Levin from Viking, and now-freelance editor Emma Dryden Schmooze Organizers: – is that a triple crown, or what? Check the website, www.scbwisocal.org, for Gay Toltl Kinman (Schmooze Advocate) Rita Crayon Huang & Lee Wind (Westside) details and registration information. Books have been born – and acquired – Suzy Block (Westside Illustrators) from this event, woo hoo! Jennifer Swain (San Fernando Valley Illustrators) Dorothy Raymond (West San Gabriel Valley) Suzanne Gibson (South Bay) Also coming up is our annual field trip, Down the Rabbit Hole. Get on track with your imagination October 17 as we chugga-chugga-choo-choo to Advisory Board: a secret location! Okay, it’s not secret – check this issue and the website! Stephanie Jacob Gordon, Marcelle Greene, Claudia Harrington, Rilla Jaggia, Dawne Knobbe, Sarah Laurenson, Ken Min, Marilyn For all you illustrators (or writers who want to see how the other parts Morton, Edie Pagliasotti, Sally Jones Rogan, of the brain can inspire you), check out the front cover of Kite Tales for Candace Ryan, Milla Zeltzer. Emeritus: Judy Enderle, Julie Williams Illustrator’s Day! Too many contests, speakers, and good stuff crammed into one day to begin to mention here! Details and registration on our www.scbwisocal.org, website. Webmistress: Sarah Laurenson We are so very fortunate to have so many fabulous volunteers in our region. SCBWI International Executive (International) Office: We are blessed with abundance and would never be able to do what we do Steve Mooser, Lin Oliver without everyone’s help. If you want to get involved, we have two terrific For general info, membership & other national opportunities for you to become an integral part of our region (see the ad in SCBWI business: 8271 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048 this issue). Some volunteer positions offer you the opportunity to become a 323-782-1010, [email protected] member of the Advisory Board, as well, and we ADORE our volunteers!!! www.scbwi.org Enjoy this gorgeous issue of Kite Tales, Regional Advisor Chairperson: Cheryl Zach RA Chair Assistant: Pat Wolfe go gather your stories (and leaves – just Int’l Regional Advisor Chair: Erzsi Deak stay away from palm fronds!) and have an inspired fall! Illustrator Coordinator: Priscilla Burris E-mail: [email protected] Claudia and Edie Kite Tales 2 Fall 2010 … L.A. NEWS SCBWI-L.A. Annual Scholarship Contest Who’s Who at Kite Tales for Writers & Illustrators for 2011 KITE TALES is a newsletter published by the L.A. Chapter of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators for the SCBWI Tri- Regions of Southern California. Information Our Annual Scholarship Contest is now open published in KITE TALES does not constitute an endorsement by SCBWI and/or SCBWI-L.A. to BOTH illustrators and writers for 2011! KITE TALES Editors Rilla Jaggia, Managing Editor The winners, one writer and one illustrator, will receive [email protected] FREE tuition to the 2011 Summer Conference or the 2012 Vicki Arkoff & Bonnie Ferron, SCBWI-L.A. Editors Winter Conference. Alexis O’Neill, V/SB Editor, 805-581-1906 or [email protected] Francesca Rusackas & Q.L. Pearce, The Contest will be launched on December 1, 2010 with Orange/Long Beach/Riverside/ San Bernardino Editors, submissions postmarked by February 1, 2011. This year’s [email protected] or theme and details will be posted in the next issue of Kite Tales [email protected] KITE TALES Layout & Production and mailed to all L.A. members. Marcelle Greene, [email protected] www.scbwisocal.org KITE TALES Proofreader Go to for more information. Jill Linden, [email protected] KITE TALES Illustrator Liaison Joan Charles, [email protected] Call for Volunteers KITE TALES Subscriptions Mary Peterson, SCBWI-L.A. Has Two Volunteer Positions Open [email protected] KITE TALES Ads Bonnie Ferron, [email protected] New Webmaster or -mistress Have an itch to exercise your online creative KITE TALES is free at http://www.scbwisocal. org/htmls/kitetales.htm. Join the muscles? Want to dabble in website design? online mailing list to receive Kite Tales Scbwisocal.org needs a new webmaster or announcements via e-mail at -mistress. Requires basic knowledge of website http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KiteTales/. Snail mail subscriptions cost $18/year (4 issues). design and maintenance, or software experience. www.scbwisocal.org/htmls/ktform.htm Must be able to attend bi-yearly SCBWI-L.A. Board meetings. Please mail qualifications to P.O. Box Submission Deadlines: Spring - Jan. 15 for March 1 issue 1728, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272 in an envelope Summer - April 15 for June 1 issue marked “webmaster” or send them to sarah.laurenson@ Fall - July 15 for Sept. 1 issue gmail.com. Winter - Oct. 15 for Dec. 1 issue Send comments, articles, great news, questions, etc. to Rilla Jaggia at [email protected]. Listserv Moderator Columns - 500 words max Features - 800 words max What are the L.A. members talking about? Find Interviews - 1400 words max out firsthand as the new SCBWI-L.A.
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