This weekend I’m visiting my childhood friend Linda Kurtz Kingsley. We’re going to the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators in Monterey, California (SCBWI).

Linda writes and illustrates children’s books. When I attended the prestigious Philadelphia High School for Girls and majored in science, she went to the Philadelphia  College of Art.

I love her artwork of children. Her children’s books tell stories of children who are challenged and how they overcame that challenge.

Someday, if it hasn’t happened already, her unique impressionistic illustrations will be sought after for shows. I hope to be invited to such openings.

Both of us are writing our first books for young adults.

Coming: More about our feedback from the conference.