Saturday, April 19, 2014

Highlights Unworkshop Scholarship!

My last post was just over a year ago. If you know me, you know why. Life got a bit crazy for awhile. If you don't know me too well, let's just say life can dramatically change overnight.

But, that doesn't mean I stopped writing! I just didn't have the time to blog about it. Here are some writing updates:

~ In summer 2013, I signed my first book contract with State Standards Publishing. I've written a 4 book series on the geographical regions of Indiana. The books are targeted to a fourth grade level and I'm almost finished with revisions.

~ I took on the position of Assistant Regional Advisor and went to Los Angeles for the annual SCBWI conference.

~ Just last weekend we held our spring Indiana SCBWI conference, which was splendid! No major glitches and I met some wonderfully talented, kind and inspiring faculty and attendees. Here's a selfie I took early the morning I left. I'm never sure where to look when I do a selfie!

~ Perhaps the most exciting writing event happened this week.... My application was selected as the winner for a Highlights Unworkshop Scholarship, offered by an amazingly generous and talented group of writers! You can read about it on Kristy Dempsey's blog http://kristydempsey.wordpress.com/2014/04/15/highlights-unworkshop-scholarship-winner/#comments

My heartfelt thanks to Kristy Dempsey, Loree Griffin Burns, Katy Duffield, Kathy Erskine, Alma Fullerton, Sara Lewis Holmes, Anne Marie Pace, Tanya Goulette Seale, Linda Urban, and Casandra Reigel Whetstone for choosing me to go and believing in my novel!

Thanks for stopping by,
Katie M.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Katie!!!!!!!!!! What great news about the workshop (and the NF series -- you didn't tell me!!!)

Katie M. said...

Hi, Anne! I'm still in shock about the workshop... and so excited to have a week of writing dedicated to my novel! The NF series should be about done. We're on the last revisions of book 4! I'll email you more details about it. Hope all is well with you, your writing, editing, the family, etc. :-)

John Robert McFarland said...

Excellent! Good for you, Katie.