A big, warm welcome to Betty Sargeant who writes of her recent experience meeting the SCBWI NSW's mob.
It
is one month since I emerged from the cloistered sanctuary of the Varuna
Writer’s house and found myself in the bustle of downtown Sydney.
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| Betty Sargeant |
I had been
awarded a Varuna writing and illustration fellowship to further develop my new
picture book. I used the time to work obsessively, and I figure that I achieved
about six months worth of work within my two week stay.
So,
my transition from the lofty, autumnal Blue Mountains back to city life was
softened by the lovely SCBWI Sydney chapter. By chance they were meeting on the
day I finished at Varuna - I was passing through Sydney on route to my home
town of Melbourne.
The lovely SCBWI members warmly welcomed this southern
vagabond and it was great to meet some of the Sydney crew prior to the upcoming
conference.
I
have been a member of SCBWI for some time, yet this upcoming event will be my
first SCBWI conference. I am highly excited about the program of events and
look forward to meeting fellow authors and illustrators.
With a few weeks to go
before the conference begins, I was interested to see a recent blog post from
Kathy Temean: in the post she provides some handy tips for preparing for SCBWI
conferences.
The post relates to an American event, but I think some of the
tips are also relevant to our conference. I have posted the link below for
those of you who may be interested.
So
I look forward to meeting new people at SCWBI ANZ 2012, and catching up with
others whom I know. Only 21 sleeps to go!
About Betty:
Betty
is an author-illustrator of picture books. She is currently being funded, by RMIT University Melbourne,
to write, illustrate, animate, and produce a digital, interactive picture book.
Previous to
this, she gained an Honours degree, having trained in creative writing, visual
art and children’s literature.
Betty has two digital picture books published by
uTales (New York): Wayne Boris Carlo (2011), this work has recently been
translated into Swedish; and RED (2012). She also exhibits her illustration work regularly.
She currently has works in the Physiognomies portrait exhibition at the Primo Piano
LivinGallery, Italy.
For more information visit www.bettysargeant.com You can also
subscribe to her blog or follow her on twitter @BettySargeant.
Here
is the Kathy Temean blog link for those interested:
