Austin SCBWI

“Just Because it Happened Doesn’t Mean it Rings True: a look at the plausible and the possible and the threshold of believability in realistic and speculative fiction.”

Greg Leitich Smith is the award-winning author of the middle-grade novels Ninjas, Piranhas, and Galileo and Tofu and T. Rex, and co-author of the picture book Santa Knows and the YA short story, “The Wrath of Dawn.”  His next middle-grade novel, The Chronal Engine, is a mystery-adventure about three teens from present-day Austin who use their reclusive grandfather’s time machine to travel back to the Age of Dinosaurs to rescue their sister and solve a family mystery.  It is scheduled for publication in March 2012 from Clarion/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.  He will be speaking on world-building in speculative fiction and the intersection of science fiction and fantasy.

Back by popular demand!

The ASCBWI Digital Symposium II – The Nuts and Bolts of Promotion.

That’s right…mark your calendars for Saturday, October 6th from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, because we’re headed back to St. Edwards’ Fleck Hall for another great digital storytelling event.

This year we’re offering a hands-on approach to programming, one in which participants will leave with a new skill tucked away in their technological tool box. Word about this great event has spread well beyond the Austin SCBWI borders. We anticipate a number of out-of-towners to join us again this year.

Sessions are currently being organized. The line up will soon be announced. Registration will open in early May. More news to follow.

Hope to see you there!