{"id":550,"date":"2014-07-28T23:03:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-28T23:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=550"},"modified":"2018-11-20T05:41:22","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T05:41:22","slug":"kidlitcon-2014-still-wants-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=550","title":{"rendered":"KidLitCon 2014 Still Wants YOU!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you registered yet? No? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kidlitosphere.org\/news\/2014\/7\/15\/registration-form-for-kidlitcon14-sacramento-ca.html\" target=\"_blank\">Then go<\/a>! I just did, and I couldn&#8217;t be more excited about how plans are shaping up&#8211;we have a fantastic team of organizers who are setting up the program of events, including a couple of meet-and-greet opportunities for bloggers interested in face time with authors and illustrators, and a few really neat Skype conversations with presenters who couldn&#8217;t make it in person.<\/p>\n<p>The call for proposals is still open, too&#8211;did you read Tanita&#8217;s fantastic post over at KidLitosphere Central on &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kidlitosphere.org\/news\/2014\/7\/25\/what-do-we-mean-when-we-talk-about-diversity.html\" target=\"_blank\">What Do We Mean When We Talk About &#8216;Diversity&#8217;<\/a>&#8220;? Thematic diversity, diverse reads, diverse creators&#8211;they all contribute to a vibrant online community and a wide world of books for every type of reader, young or old. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kidlitosphere.org\/news\/2014\/7\/25\/what-do-we-mean-when-we-talk-about-diversity.html\" target=\"_blank\">Go check out the post<\/a> for more information on submitting proposals and what we&#8217;re looking for. <\/p>\n<p>There are also a lot of opportunities for authors and publishers to get involved, so be sure to check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kidlitosphere.org\/news\/2014\/7\/21\/a-note-for-authors-and-publishers-about-kidlitcon14.html\" target=\"_blank\">this post<\/a> if you want info about that. <\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s all I&#8217;ve got for you today. I&#8217;ve been away at a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.madog.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Welsh language conference<\/a> all week (yes, you read that correctly), and after a week of attempting to speak a foreign language as much as possible, my brain is fried. On the other hand, it was a very receptive audience for my new book which takes place partially in Wales&#8211;and since I&#8217;m generally pretty sad with publicity-type stuff, I was very proud of myself for actually talking about and trying to get people interested in my work. I&#8217;d love to hear from other introverted writers on that score&#8211;how do you bring up your work in casual conversation? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you registered yet? No? Then go! I just did, and I couldn&#8217;t be more excited about how plans are shaping up&#8211;we have a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2,18,19,10,52],"class_list":["post-550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-af","tag-happenings","tag-kidlitcon","tag-views","tag-writing-daze"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=550"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8135,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550\/revisions\/8135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}