Dear Kim, That was a pretty sweet way to end #AuthorApril. The month culminating with our SCBWI Eastern PA crew at the Highlights Foundation, and a certain faculty member whose name fit our #AtoZChallenge perfectly. (Almost like we planned it!) It helped that Zachariah was such a good sport! This year's retreat was all about character. We kicked off the weekend with a costume party, celebrating favorite children's book characters. Hey, there you are with Effie Trinket!! Then we got down to business with our amazing faculty: Ame Dyckman, Zachariah OHora, Sean McCarthy, Leila Sales, Lauren Rille, and Meg Medina. Each faculty member shared techniques to help our writers develop strong, memorable characters. We also had Ky Betts, professional caricature artist, take our writers from flesh to sketch; highlighting the character found in all of us. Can you tell which faculty member had this caricature made? To learn more about Ky, click here. I had the oppor...