Welcome to My New Blog

Waving hello now...

After blogging for four years as editor of Children's Writer's & Illustrator's Market (a position I just left), next week I'll begin blogging full force for SCBWI! (Please pardon our dust--we're still under construction.)

This blog will be similar to my last--but more so. I'll post a little more frequently and include more SCBWI news. And, as a member of SCBWI TEAM BLOG, you'll find pre-conference news and interviews here as well (leading up to the Annual Summer Conference which starts July 30th. Click here to register.)

Here are a few things I'll be doing regularly on my SCBWI blog:

• Interviewing editors and agents
• Featuring SCBWI success stories/debut authors and illustrators
• Highlighting great industry blogs
• Featuring markets/new markets/new imprints
• Getting your questions answered by industry experts
• Reporting on SCBWI news and events
• Hosting writers stopping by on blog tours
• Sharing my favorite tweets for children's writers
• Offering general publishing news
• And more!

Now here's what I'd like from you:

• If you followed my old blog, please follow my new one, too!
• If you're a debut author or illustrator--especially if SCBWI had a part in your success--I'd love to hear from you.
• If you have publishing-related questions you'd like answered here, let me know.
• If you're embarking on a blog tour and would like to stop by, drop me a note.
• If there's a particular editor or agent you'd like to see featured, I'll take requests.

You can email me at: alicepope@scbwi.org

Now I'm going to take a few days to gear up. (I just left my job of 18 years--a girl deserves a few days...)

Come back Monday, May 10th when Alice Pope's SCBWI Children's Market Blog officially kicks off. (There might be cake. And fanfare.)