Building Creative Community
Never underestimate the importance of building your creative community. Even though we often shove social situations aside because they are too uncomfortable or they don't seem productive, they can be the gifts that keep giving well into the future. A creative community is even more important because it can be lonely creating on our own and so often ideas get better when they bounce around a little. NESCBWI's Spring Conference returned in-person this year and it was so great to be tangibly reminded of the creative communities all around us if we choose to engage with them. So, find one or two or four or five and build your creative community one conversation at a time. Big thanks to Kris Asselin and Jim Hill for going above and beyond in the volunteer department to bring writers and illustrators back together to celebrate the joy of creating books for kids!