Comments on: BEA highlights, recaps, and reviews

By: Peter van Wermeskerken

Peter van Wermeskerken — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:12:22 +0000

to Vivian:
It’s hard to get your message into “The media” (TV, radio, newspapers). If they don’t come they show their cultural poorness. In Europe, where I live, the same. I used to be journalist. The onliest way to get their attention is to go there in person.

By: Sandra Beckwith

Sandra Beckwith — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 21:29:56 +0000

In reply to Vivian Kirkfield.

It would be a tough sell, but I’d put a face on it somehow by finding a particularly disadvantaged child who has benefited somehow from the actions of American authors.

Good luck!

Sandy

By: Vivian Kirkfield

Vivian Kirkfield — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 04:25:57 +0000

In reply to Sandra Beckwith.

Yes, I will.:) I’m going to attend the Fall SCBWI Letters and Lines that is held in Denver every September…that will be my first ‘American’ SCBWI.
Just got a lovely note from Mr. Rama, the director of the National Book Development Council of Singapore which organized the Asian Festival of Children’s Content…thanking me for participating and hoping I will be there next year…whoo-hoo!!!
What I would LOVE to do, Sandy, is get the AFCC some good American media coverage for next year’s event…other than my blog,FB and Twitter, of course. Any ideas how I should go about that? I am so impressed with their desire to create exceptional children’s content for the children of Asia…they reach out to the West for expertise and advice.

By: Sandra Beckwith

Sandra Beckwith — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:46:48 +0000

In reply to Vivian Kirkfield.

Vivian, I suspect that the majority of the authors who attend on their own live within driving distance. You would probably love attending SCBWI there — make it a goal!

: )

Sandy

By: Vivian Kirkfield

Vivian Kirkfield — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:39:49 +0000

Thanks for the links, Sandy! It will be interesting to read different perspectives on this. If I had the money to go to NY, I’d probably use it to attend the big SCBWI conference there. Sadly, when i lived in the city, although I loved books, I wasn’t writing seriously, so events like this weren’t of interest. 🙂