Writers Conferences & Workshops: April 4-6 Arkansas Literary Festival in Little Rock http://www.arkansasliteraryfestival.org. April 11-12 The Arkansas Chapter of the Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators, Brewer-Hegemon Center University of Central Arkansas Conway, AR. Speakers Jennifer Emmett an executive editor of children's books at the National Geographic Society, Lisa Graff an assistant editor at Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers and she is an author, check her blog http://lisagraff.blogspot.com and www.lisagraff.com, MelanieHope Greenberg is an illustrator of 16 books, 6 of which she wrote, and Darcy Pattison is the author of picture books and novels. April 11-13 Missouri Writers' Guild Writers Conference in Columbia, Mo www.missouriwritersguild.org. August 30, White County Creative Writers Conference www.whitecountycreativewriters.org. Oklahoma Writers Federation, Inc Conference www.owfi.org. Springfield Writers Guild Conference http://www.swgsite.org, Ozarks Creative Writers Conference www.ozarkscreativewriters.org, and May 4, Books in Bloom, Eureka Springs www.booksinbloom.org. For more information on conferences go to http://writersconferences.showguides.com

Websites and blogs: On Being a Writer http://vbrotherton.blogspot.com and my new website under construction at http://marynidasmith.homestead.com

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