WRITING TEAZURS WITH ANGIE AZUR: Nevada SCBWI's FALLEN LEAF RETREAT 2013

Saturday, October 12, 2013

Nevada SCBWI's FALLEN LEAF RETREAT 2013

Nevada SCBWI Presents

Fallen Leaf
A Retreat for Children’s Writers & Illustrators

This will be my first time at the Fallen Leaf writer's retreat. But I have attended Nevada's SCBWI writer's conferences before, and I know this will rock.

Ellen Hopkins, the SCBWI representative for this amazing region, is one of the best children's books writers and leaders I've had the pleasure to meet. She's inspiring and keeps things moving forward.

Don't miss out on this year. There are a few more slots open and a few more days to register. Get a move on!

Go to the website below to register.
And good luck!

http://www.nevadascbwi.org/Fallen-Leaf-Retreat-2013.html

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Favorite Reads (12/24needs updating - working on it)

13 Reasons Why
90 Days to your Novel
A Bird Will Soar
A Cold Legacy
A Kind of Spark
A Single Shard
A Time to Dance
Across the Nightingale Floor
Amal Unbound
Artemis Fowl
Before the Ever After
Before We Were Free
Better with Butter
Beverly, Right Here
Blooming
Brown Girl Dreaming
Burned
Chiquita's Cocoon
Crank
Crash into Me
Dancing the Dream
Daughter of Smoke & Bone
Days of Blood & Starlight
Demon Soul
Dovey Coe
Dragon Prince
Each Tiny Spark
Elliot and the Goblin War
Fablehaven
Far Away
Fighting Words
Flesh and Bone
Gathering Dark
Get a Grip - Vivy Cohen!
Green
Her Dark Curiosity
Hush Hush
Ivy's Ever After
Jasper Jones
Looking for Alaska
Madapple
MADAPPLE
Malice House
Me Want Pet!
Mostly Monsterly
Navigating Early
Nest
Once Upon a Twice
One Came Home
Over Sea, Under Stone
Pearls of Wisdom
Raven's Gate
Rootless
Rootless
Savvy
Seraphina
Shiver
Shouting at the Rain
Show Me a Sign
Song for a Whale
Stoneheart
The Adoration of Jenna Fox
The Amulet of Samarkand
The Book without Words
The Bridge Home
The City of Ember
The Curse Girl
The Dark is Rising
The Dark-Thirty
The Evil Garden
The Fire Eaters
The Five Ancestors
The Friendship War
The Game of Thrones
The Gashlycrumb Tinies
The Grey King
The Hero and the Crown
The Hunger Games
The Keeper of the Lost Cities
The Lightening Thief
The Line Tender
The Madman's Daughter
The Night Owl from Dogfish
The Ruins of Gorlan
The Scorpio Races
The Spirit of Cattail County
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
The Think About Jellyfish
The Truth as Told By Mason Buttle
The Unsung Hero of Birdsong
The Westing Game
Thirteen Reasons Why
Three Times Lucky
Trial by Jury- no Journal
Triangles
Turtle in Paradise
Turtle in Paradise
Vampirates
When Stars are Scattered
When You Trap a Tiger
White Bird: A Wonder Story
Wyndano's Cloak

Quotes to Remember

You've got to be ready to show up and suck before you can show up and shine ~ 40 Days

You fail only if you stop writing. ~ Ray Bradbury

Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers. ~ T.S. Eliot

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge. ~ Thomas Carlyle

I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate. ~ George Burns

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. ~ Benjamin Franklin

The best way to learn about writing is to study the work of other writers you admire. ~ Jeffery Deaver

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. ~ Benjamin Franklin

Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money. ~ Jules Renard

I'm writing a book. I've got the page numbers done. ~ Steven Wright

Yoga gave me the ability to calm down. ~ Christy Turlington

Destiny has a lot to do with it, but so do you. You have to persevere, you have to insist. ~ Andrea Bocelli

Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. ~ Raymond Chandler

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet. ~ Plato

I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles. ~ Christopher Reeve

Rarest of the real poets are born poets. They are the oddballs, not the professors. ~ James Broughton

More yoga in the world is what we need. ~ Diane Lane

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

All kids, when they go to school, are pretty good artists and dancers and singers and poets. All that gets buried, basically through being educated, or brainwashed. ~ William Wiley

To have great poets, there must be great audiences. ~ Walt Whitman

Melancholy is no bad thing. ~ Sting

Angie Azur | Writer

Angie Azur weaves magic and mystery into stories that inspire young readers to reclaim their inner power. As an art teacher, Reiki practitioner, death-doula, and Priestess Sister, she draws on ancient wisdom, healing rituals, and her explorations of sacred practices to create vivid worlds where the past and future collide. In her writing, witches are allies, magic is a birthright, and courage becomes a key to freedom. With a deep belief in connection, justice, and the power of storytelling, Angie’s tales guide children to uncover their own light in the face of shadow.

Angie's Reads

Angie 's books

A Crooked Kind of Perfect

by Linda Urban

This middle-grade gem celebrates the messy, magical moments of growing up. I love how ten-year-old Zoe's big, dreamy fantasies clash with the reality she’s handed—it's so relatable and real. The fast-paced narrative and Zoe’s authentic i...

Bird by Bird

by Anne Lamott

Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures

Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures

by Kate DiCamillo

Because of Winn-Dixie

by Kate DiCamillo

Great book to help new writers understand how to write a younger middle grade novel. That’s why I picked it up, but I got to really love Opal and Winn-Dixie and didn’t want it to end!