Martha Mihalick » conference

I am all over the internets, recently.

Martha — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 03:09:18 +0000

Many ideas for posts have been percolating recently, but while I get those together, why don’t you check out what I’ve been doing in other places around the intertubes?

First off, I’m participating this week in Write On Con, a FREE online conference that began today and ends Thursday. Today, the first vlog I ever did went up, featuring me, editor Molly O’Neill, and agent Holly Root. We busted some publishing myths. And looked longingly at cookies in front of us on the table. I was also a panelist in a live chat with agents Elana Roth and Kathleen Ortiz and publicist Paul Samuelson.

I also have been doing a lot of urban exploring this summer, largely because I have a Key to the City. And I blogged about that over on the Greenwillow blog last week, so you can read more about it and see lots of pictures there!

And I’ve been editing some things. Things that knock my socks off. Like maybe this and this. And some others that aren’t yet linkable, but just you wait and see!

Where I’ve Been

Martha — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 04:44:00 +0000

Post have been scant because I was getting ready to go to SCBWI-Hawaii.

But now that I’ve returned, a few things have been brewing, so I’ll get back on track.

Cute shoes are the secret to world domination.

Martha — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 02:37:00 +0000

I debated about posting this. Do I want other people to be able to cash in on my secret theory? But I like to share. I guess as an oldest child, I had it drilled into me for too long to stop now.

Here’s the thing about cute shoes: they are ice-breakers. I’m an essentially shy person, but doing things like presenting at writers’ conferences or attending various meetings, or events, or cocktail parties means that shyness has to be left behind. And seeing as children’s publishing is fairly woman-centric, chances are, if you wear cute shoes, someone will notice. Voila! Conversation begun! I always make it a point to wear cute shoes when I’m going to be meeting new people or speaking at an SCBWI conference, so this method is tried and true.

It is also a good excuse to buy cute shoes. Like, maybe, these…

For Provoking the Thoughts

Martha — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 01:12:00 +0000

I’m off to North Carolina to speak at an SCBWI conference, but here are two articles that have had my gears turning this week.

A sort of alarmist and gloom-and-doomy article about The End of publishing from New York Magazine.

And another look toward the future of media, but this time in roundtable fashion.

Guilt Trips

Martha — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:01:00 +0000

When I was at the BYU Writing and Illustrating for Young Readers conferences last week, there was a mixer one night with local authors. For whatever reason right now, the Provo area has an amazing amount of gifted writers who are also fantastically nice. Shannon Hale is one of them, but she couldn’t make it to the mixer, which made the other editor, Stacy Whitman of Mirrorstone, and me sad. So what did we do? We emailed her a picture of our sad faces. And it worked! She dropped by the next day!