{"id":406,"date":"2012-04-05T13:00:50","date_gmt":"2012-04-05T13:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/cindy2\/index.php\/2012\/04\/05\/conferences\/"},"modified":"2019-10-23T12:54:42","modified_gmt":"2019-10-23T16:54:42","slug":"conferences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/2012\/04\/05\/conferences\/","title":{"rendered":"Conferences"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Vermont Novel Writing Retreat was terrific! I loved spending the weekend with authors Holly Black and Coe Booth and editor Alvina Ling. They were excellent presenters and fun to be with as well! I enjoyed getting to know the participants. I feel like I have many more friends in the writing community.<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019m always surprised by that, but it always happens. I remember the first conference I ever attended\u2014the New England Society of Children\u2019s Book Writers and Illustrators regional conference about 15 years ago. Somehow, I convinced myself to go. I think I had decided that if I ever really wanted to write, I needed to move forward. I needed to try new things.<\/span><\/p>\n

I remember walking into the bustling lobby of the hotel where people were getting their conference materials and greeting each other. I didn\u2019t know anyone. But I picked up snippets of conversation around me\u2014snippets of talk about books and writing and authors\u2014and knew I had found my people. I walked through that whole first conference in awe. <\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been there every year since. Now when I arrive, I run into people who have become my friends, people I stay connected with throughout the year. It\u2019s a reunion of sorts and a chance to connect in person for writing which is such a solitary activity. <\/span><\/p>\n

In two weeks the NESCBWI conference happens in Springfield, MA. This year, for the first time, I\u2019m presenting a workshop with my friend and writing partner Jo Knowles. I know there will be first time attendees wandering around the same way I did that first conference long ago. <\/span><\/p>\n

I can\u2019t wait to meet them!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Vermont Novel Writing Retreat was terrific! I loved spending the weekend with authors Holly Black and Coe Booth and editor Alvina Ling. They were excellent presenters and fun to be with as well! I enjoyed getting to know the participants. I feel like I have many more friends in the writing community. I\u2019m always … Continue reading “Conferences”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1219,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406\/revisions\/1219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}