Steve Gritton

Like I said in my last blog, I was at SCBWI (Society of Children Book Writer's and Illustrators) last weekend and I met many interesting people. I don't really feel that I learned much more than I knew before about writing picture books, but I now feel that I need to find an agent. I'm not sure if having a book coming out will help in this matter, but I'm surely going to flaunt it. Why not.

I have also set my sites on a laptop and projector for school visits. I don't know if it would be necessary, but certainly fun to show how I create images. We'll see about that one.

I always find it interesting where ideas come form. At the conference, an editor said she would love to see a book about dead animals. Now, I don't know if she was really serious or not, but I now have an idea for a book. I plan to pitch it to her some day.

Lastly, I would like to add that I am now a fan of Adam Rex. He spoke at the conference and held a breakout session on writing. Let's just say he impressed me.