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Dear Alison and friends, It's Friday. It's March 10. It's snowing outside, and I can't stop thinking about spring. I blame that warm spell a few days ago. I love the snow. You know I do, but that beautiful weather was a tease, a terrible, awful tease. Actually worse than a tease. It was a torment, but there's hope. In a little over 36 hours, we enter Daylight Savings. In less than two weeks, it will officially be Spring (whether Mother Nature likes it or not), and a few days after that the Spring Writing Workshop and Conference season begins.  UPCOMING SPRING WRITING WORKSHOP AND CONFERENCE CALENDAR: March 25th :  (You and I will be presenting at this one! SUPER CHEAP AND GREAT DEAL!!)  THINK LIKE A WRITER! AN IMMERSION IN WRITING AND LITERATURE WITH AUTHORS AND ILLUSTRATORS The University of Scranton at The Kane Forum in Edward R. Leahy, Jr. Hall Begins with registration at 8:00am and ends at 2:00pm Earn 5 ACT 48 hours • Discov...

In May, our SCBWI Eastern PA Chapter held our annual Pocono Retreat at the Highlights Foundation in Boyds Mill, PA. We started out as strangers but became FAST FRIENDS--the beauty of a writer's workshop or conference. Friday started out quiet and then Sunday morning bustled with conversation, as witnessed above. Workshops and conference create opportunities to network and talk to people who GET you from the moment your eyes meet. SCBWI and the Highlights Foundation offer loads of different writer and illustrator opportunities throughout the year. And if finances are an issue, scholarships are available. I received scholarships to the May 2013 SCBWI EPA Pocono Retreat and 2012 Highlights Workshop Kid's Book Retreat with Harold Underdown and Eileen Robinson. Both experiences left me with a wealth of information about the world of writing and lifelong friends who cheerlead for me to this day. Take a chance on you. Expand your ho...