March 7, 2009 UWP

The Upstate Writing Conference was a blast!

Diana Johnson, a USC professor and an author of children's books, was a dynamic speaker! I never thought about writing children books until today. She shared many personal experiences that she encountered while writing several of her books. A huge thanks to Diana Johnson for giving me the courage to even think about becoming an author!

Thank you, Shasta Looper for teaching us about Finding Your Voice using Voicethread. I really enjoyed acting as "Mean Jean, the Recess Queen". Although, I am quite a nice individual, it was really fun to play someone totally out of my character!

Special thanks to Paige Ubanks and Erika Bennington for presenting on Podcast Publishing.
It's always a pleasure being able to take something learned from a conference back and actually use it! I can not wait to present this to our staff at Monaview!