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my writing that's what i do
Rilla Jaggia  
 

   
Writing Perspectives

"What are you writing?" asked a friend.
"I'm working on a middle-grade novel," I replied.
"Middle grade?" she said. "Don't be so hard on yourself. Your work is way better than you give yourself credit for."

"So," said another friend. "I hear you've taken up writing."
"Yes!" I replied. "I write fiction for children and young adults."
He tut-tutted and threw me a pitying glance. "Why settle? I'm sure if you applied yourself, your writing could be good enough for adults."

   

    awards & more


Sandalwood and Stone -- Winner of the 2010 SCBWI Work-in-Progress Grant for work from a multi-cultural/minority perspective.
www.scbwi.org,

SCBWI Blog Announcement

The Initiate's Daughter -- Chosen for the 2010 Highlights Whole Novel Workshop for Fantasy

  
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    short stories

Short Stories

"No Pets, Please!" Los Angeles Times, January 25, 2009.

"Tamarind Rice" sold to Highlights for Children, March, 2008.

"Blue Space Pajamas" Los Angeles Times, November 11, 2007.

    articles and presentations

 

"A Crash Course in Self-Editing," presented at the SCBWI Inland Empire (Southern California) Schmooze on Feb. 19, 2011.

"Interview with Arthur A. Levine" Kite Tales, Summer 2009 pg. 11.

School Visit Presentation to Sixth Grade -- Ontario CA, May 2009.

"Interview with Michael Stearns, Agent, Firebrand Literary Agency" Kite Tales, Spring 2009 pg. 12.

"What's in a Domain Name?" Kite Tales, Spring 2009.

"The Dummy Guide to Writing Picture Books or Why Do You Dissect a Frog?" presented at the SCBWI Inland Empire Schmooze, February 21, 2009.

“Breaking in is Hard to Do”, by Rilla Jaggia, Guest Column, GameSpot, (Videogames.com)  August 3, 1998.

 
    pre-published
 

NOVELS

Tattoos for Breakfast -- YA Contemporary--WIP

 

Sandalwood and Stone -- YA Multicultural Contemporary--Complete
Winner of the 2010 SCBWI WIP Award

 

The Initiate's Daughter -- Book One of The Kinthaar Trilogy -- YA High Fantasy--Complete

 

Stone Alert at Monsters Elementary -- Lower Middle Grade Humorous Contemporary Fantasy--WIP

 

The Crystal Coffin -- Middle Grade Contemporary Fantasy--Complete

 

 

SHORT STORIES

"The Princess and the Parrot"

"Jaqui"

"Not My Fault"

"The Hummingbirds Don't Laugh"

 

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    memberships and affiliations

P.A.L. Member -- Society for Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI)

Editor -- Kite Tales, Newsletter of the SCBWI Tri-Regions of Southern California (SCBWI SoCal)

Member of two local children's writing critique groups

I regularly attend SCBWI conferences, workshops, and schmoozes.


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2010

Susan PatronLibba Bray

Susan Patron ---------------- Libba Bray



SCBWI Summer Conference 2009

Sherman Alexie!............... Krista Marino Teaching......... Debbie Ridpath Ohi

Lisa Yee and Dan Santat............. Stephanie Jefferson & Stepahnie Roth Sisson

At the Blue Moon Ball!.................Eizabeth Byrd and Julia Collard


Miscellaneous SCBWI Summer Conferences and Regional Events




    past avatars

“Firm-Specific Human Capital and Optimal Capital Structure”, by P. K.Butt Jaggia and Anjan Thakor, International Economic Review, vol. 35, No. 2, May 1994.

"Firm-Specific Human Capital and Moral Hazard: Appications to Labor Contracting, Capital Structure and Takeover Protection", P. K. Butt Jaggia, Doctoral Dissertation, Indiana University, 1990.

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