Your Heart is Your Hook
Sometimes we feel as if we are wrong for the industry, or just not writing what's trendy. But there's a way around it. If you can dig deeply enough into your own heart, you can transcend the trends, or even start a new one. Joyce will share examples of books that broke in against all odds and we will do exercises to figure out what sparks of genius are lurking in that heart of yours.
Location:
*West Boca Library*
18685 State Road 7 Boca Raton FL 33498
It's on State Road 7 (441) in between Clint Moore and Yamato Road.
Date: Sunday, April 27
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Joyce Sweeney is an author and Director of Kidlit for The Seymour Agency. They have published fourteen young adult novels, many of which have won awards. They are also the author of two chapbooks of poetry. Most recently, they have been writing historical novels.
Joyce was a creative writing teacher, mentor and coach for over 25 years. They also published a plotting how-to book, Plotting Your Novel With The Plot Clock.(Giantess Press, 2019) At this writing, they have successfully mentored 86 authors to traditional publishing contracts.
In 2020 they joined The Seymour agency, and represent picture books, middle grade and young adult novels.
Their hobbies are astrology, collecting illustration art, and animal causes of all kinds. They live in Coral Springs with their husband, Jay and two giant rescue cats, Willow and Captain Jack.
We hope you’ll join us after the workshop at Panera Bread in Mission Bay Plaza. 20437 State Road 7 Boca Raton, FL 33498. Make a right out of the library onto 441. Make a right at Glades Road, then a right into the Mission Bay Plaza. Panera will be close to Glades Road.
Please let me know if you’re coming (or hope to be there) so I can prepare and make sure there are enough seats. You can reply to a Facebook post, or shoot me an e-mail: [email protected].
SAVE THE DATE!
SCBWI S. FL Workshop
Saturday, May 17 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm
West Boca Library
RED FLAGS TO AVOID WHEN SELF-PUBLISHING OR SEEKING A PUBLISHER
Speaker: Robert Herrick
You just got your dream email. A publisher contacted you and wants to publish your book. Your book is finally going to be on bookstore shelves!
Not so fast. Traditional, Hybrid, Vanity, Self-Publishing, choose the wrong publishing path and you can lose your money and even the rights to your work.
In this workshop, you’ll learn what red flags to watch out for, to keep your publishing dreams from turning into a nightmare.
Join us for an eye-opening and oft humorous look into the overpriced services, scams and cons designed to separate you from your money.
Robert Herrick’s Biography
Robert Herrick has self-published three picture books, one grammar book, and three books that help authors on their self-publishing journey.
He is an award-winning screenwriter and author who worked for 20 years as a software developer. He helped create over fifty commercially released games and educational titles, including the best-selling Cabela’s Big Game Hunter Series. He sold his company to Activision in 2000. Robert transitioned to writing children’s books and has been a member of the SCBWI for 20 years. He runs a monthly Self-publishing Zoom Support Group.
His self-publishing writing and illustrating website is Uwritekidsbooks.com. That’s where you can find the free PDF downloads of his How to Publish Your Book Without Breaking the Bank series. His kids’ book website is NDRPress.com. There, you will find his three children’s books and grammar book.
He lives in Fort Lauderdale, FL.