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And now for something completely different!

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In the spirit of hurry up and wait, I’m going to fast forward to rewind and then do it over again!

Fast forward. At the beginning of this year, I found a photo taken at my first ever Society for Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) Summer Conference in Los Angeles in 2006. Unfortunately, I was looking for the image to include in a farewell note to my dearest and most amazing writing-mentor and the leader of my writing critique group, Marilyn Cram Donahue. She’s the one at far right in the lovely magenta, who left us in the blazing glory of a sunset in February. Marilyn, you are sorely missed.

Century Plaza Hyatt, once known as the White House of the West is now reduced to condos ©Rilla Jaggia

At far left is the wonderful children’s illustrator and writer, Stephanie Roth Sisson—check out…