WooHoo!

I just got back from my first ever SCBWI Sum­mer Con­fer­ence in Los Ange­les, and besides all of the:

• inspi­ra­tion and infor­ma­tion to be soaked up “like gravy on a biscuit,”
• won­der­ful­ly cre­ative, tal­ent­ed, gen­er­ous, and adorable people,
• friv­o­lous fun with friends old and new…

the best part of the whole con­fer­ence is that my teen non­fic­tion man­u­script about how to save the world got nom­i­nat­ed for the Sue Alexan­der award!

So, now I’m feel­ing this awe­some pres­sure and respon­si­bil­i­ty to GET TO WORK! (Along with an irre­sistable urge to break into my hap­py dance.)