{"id":1138,"date":"2011-09-26T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-26T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=1138"},"modified":"2018-11-20T05:34:32","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T05:34:32","slug":"highlights-from-kidlitcon-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=1138","title":{"rendered":"Highlights from Kidlitcon 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This year’s Kidlitosphere Conference<\/a> in Seattle, Sept. 16 \u2013 17, again reminded me why this has become one of my favorite, if not my no-holds-barred favorite, conferences of the year. Meeting blog friends in person is always a treat, whether they’re other blogging authors, librarians, teachers, or literacy advocates. And, with the small, intimate size of the conference compared to something like SCBWI or ALA, there’s ample opportunity to actually get to talk to people one-on-one or in small groups without feeling overwhelmed. I always leave feeling like I’ve had a chance to hang with “my people”–people who are both well-read and tech-y, people who would never laugh at someone for reading kids’ or YA books, people who relish the chance to talk kids’ lit and blogging technique and how to be a good critical reviewer and a million other topics besides. <\/p>\n

As you can guess (or maybe you were there!), it’s a whirlwind couple of days packed with sessions, but there’s also plenty of time to just chat and say “Hey, nice to finally meet you in person!” and compare notes about the panels and presentations. It’s that less-structured down time that helps make Kidlitcon the positive experience that it is, at least for me. <\/p>\n

I’m not sure what else I can say that others haven’t already said in eloquent fashion, so I’ll just hit a few personal highlights:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Sheila Ruth, local author Heather Davis,
\nKaty Manck, and Anne Levy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n