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Postcards from New York City

February 11, 2015 by Kelley Lindberg Leave a Comment

The cabbie, with one hand pressed firmly on the horn and the other making exasperated gestures, crammed his way between a city bus and a gray Rolls Royce while keeping up a running Senegalese-accented and highly colorful dialogue with a colleague on the phone. Dirty snow from last week’s storm fought with piles of black […]

Filed Under: travel, writer's life Tagged With: inspiration, New York City, SCBWI, travel

It’s a Good Day to Write

October 16, 2013 by Kelley Lindberg Leave a Comment

By Kelley Lindberg Not every day is a good day to be a writer. There are days I dread looking at my computer screen. Days I contemplate taking up a simpler hobby, like brain surgery. Days I delete everything I’ve written, then delete the backup, just to make sure. But then there are days like […]

Filed Under: writer's life Tagged With: Alane Ferguson, Carol Lynch Williams, SCBWI, workshops, writing conferences

Joyfully Subversive in L.A.

August 7, 2013 by Kelley Lindberg Leave a Comment

By Kelley Lindberg There I was last Thursday, walking along the sidewalk outside the terminal at the Los Angeles airport, following my printed instructions that explained how to find the SuperShuttle (note to SuperShuttle: there ARE no overhead orange signs saying “Shared Ride Vans”) until I finally stumbled across the SuperShuttle representative (still no orange […]

Filed Under: writer's life Tagged With: conferences, imagination, SCBWI

What Teachers Want from Authors (and Vice Versa)

May 22, 2013 by Kelley Lindberg Leave a Comment

By Kelley Lindberg April found me in Boise, Idaho, at an SCBWI (Society for Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators) regional conference that was held in conjunction with a conference for teachers. One of the best results of the combination, for me, was a panel discussion at the end of the conference that included teachers, writers, an […]

Filed Under: writer's life Tagged With: conferences, readers, SCBWI, school visists, teachers

My Love Affair with Writing Conferences

April 24, 2013 by Kelley Lindberg Leave a Comment

by Kelley Lindberg This weekend, I’m headed off to the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) regional conference in surprisingly vibrant Boise, Idaho, with two wonderful writing friends. I’m attending this conference as a participant rather than as a presenter, which means I get to focus on enjoying myself. What a treat! I’ve […]

Filed Under: writer's life Tagged With: conferences, SCBWI

Visions and Revisions, with Cheryl Klein

November 21, 2012 by Kelley Lindberg Leave a Comment

by Kelley Lindberg Revision. The mere word can strike fear into the hearts of writers. Or hope. It’s where the magic happens. Or the pain. It’s when everything that isn’t David is chipped away. Or when the whole thing crumbles to dust. Okay, melodrama aside, revision is a necessary, unavoidable part of writing anything that […]

Filed Under: Writing Craft Tagged With: editing, revision, SCBWI

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