Celebrating 2015
Celebration #1
OUTER SPACE BEDTIME (illustrated by
Brian Won) was released in January of 2015 by Random House, and Barnes & Noble
in Tampa hosted our faboo launch party.
Celebration #2
Sold RODZILLA to Simon & Schuster
in February.
Celebration #3
In, June, I co-taught the Picture
Book track at SCBWI Florida along with Rubin Pfeffer and Allyn Johnston. The
room was packed, the energy was high, and there were plenty of laughs.
Celebration #4
Toured England and visited Paris during a ten-day trip with my sister, Dr. Pat Sanders.
Celebration #5
Enjoyed a writing retreat in Canada
with writing bud Aimee Reid. Our former critique group member, Kari-Lynn
Winters, happened to be at the same retreat center. What a hoot!
Celebration #6
A week at Pass-a-grille Beach,
Florida, with Pat, cousins Dawn and Kaile Lindsay, and the dogs—Baxter and
Angel.
Celebration #7
Sold A FLAG FOR HARVEY (my first
non-fiction picture book) to Random House.
Celebration #8
Led a Picture Book Boot Camp in
Tampa, Florida, with some really great folks.
Celebration #9
Taught about revision to writers in
Delray Beach, Florida. And we even got the projector to work!
Celebration #10
OUTER SPACE BEDTIME RACE was named
one of the top twenty rhyming picture books of 2015 by KidLit TV and RhyPiBoMo.
4 comments:
Congrats on a great year, Rob! Here's to a successful 2016 :)
Wow, that was a great year! Congratulations! :)
Huge congrats, Rob! What a fantastic year! Kudos to you, and thanks for all you do for the writing community.
You truly are a shooting star! I'm so proud to know you Rob, and it's wonderful to hear about your successes and how you are sharing your knowledge with writers everywhere!
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