Well, The Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators made a tough decision I've been thinking about for about a year much easier. After last year's winter conference came and went, I decided that I would make the effort to go to the next one. It isn't cheap. Not for me at any rate. My family could use 350 or so odd bucks quite a few different ways. That's not to mention the cost involved in driving down to NYC.

I'm not going to go.

You have no idea how disappointed I was when I saw the schedule. Two days? How can I justify throwing down at least $500 for a two day event? I was expecting a schedule like the Summer Conference, but maybe the NYC conference is just the summer conference's neglected stepchild. Who knows?