rillas rambles -- rSquare http://www.rillart.com/blog I love to wander -- the far corners of the planet, the distant reaches of fantasy -- and record what I see along the way. Sun, 14 Aug 2011 23:59:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 64–SCBWI Turns Forty: Of Phantoms and Dragons and Phantom Dragons http://www.rillart.com/blog/?p=916 http://www.rillart.com/blog/?p=916#comments Sun, 14 Aug 2011 20:48:08 +0000 rillajaggia http://www.rillart.com/blog/?p=916 Yes. SCBWI has turned a fun and frolicksome forty. Before this year’s conference, I used to think children’s books were non-fattening. That was before I ate a chocolate one.

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It’s true–all roads do lead to Rome, as this fancy-dress centurion seems happy to point out.

The locals, we found, are very friendly,

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