Interview with SCBWI Regional Advisor Erica Wood!

Hello!In this episode we’re interviewing Erica Wood, the regional advisor for SCBWI. Erica Wood is a middle grade, YA, and poetry writer, long time member of SCBWI, and since 2020 has been the regional advisor for SCBWI’s Carolinas region. Erica studied English, Theater, and Creative Writing at Queens University, and has a Masters of Science in Vision Rehabilitation Therapy. Erica’s Substack link: https://substack.com/@ehwoodSubscribe for write-along posts similar to a getting ready with me blog!Join SCBWI and explore what’s available in your region here:https://www.scbwi.org/Here are some of the authors, artists, and other things we brought up during the episode. Just a disclaimer - please do not take our word as fact. The publishing industry is always changing, and often we are talking about things we are remembering from a while ago or have heard from others. While the agent deep dive is always fact checked, we do not prep for these episodes or look up other information beforehand. It’s always important to do your own research! If we realize after the fact that we have gotten anything wrong, we will do our best to correct it in the show notes.Big Magic:https://bookshop.org/p/books/big-magic-creative-living-beyond-fear-elizabeth-gilbert/8e82d1652a8a500f?ean=9781594634727&next=tSplintered (the Alice in Wonderland book): https://bookshop.org/p/books/splintered-splintered-series-1-a-g-howard/1a368bf2de52e18e?ean=9781419709708&next=tDugenon Crawler Carl: https://bookshop.org/p/books/dungeon-crawler-carl-matt-dinniman/0cdd8387d0a86880?ean=9780593820247&next=tButcher and Blackbird:https://bookshop.org/p/books/butcher-blackbird-the-ruinous-love-trilogy-brynne-weaver/f78ea7c980f835e1?ean=9781638931737&next=tThe Raven Scholar: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-raven-scholar-antonia-hodgson/cc53efb6d12e8269?ean=9780316577229&next=t