Author Rosario Martinez details tips and tricks for promoting your books through events and readings. Learn when to put yourself out there and how to let your professionalism speak for you.
Book Events for Introverts with Rosario Martinez
“Book Events for Introverts: Author Rosario Martinez details tips and tricks for promoting your books through events and readings. Learn when to put yourself out there and how to let your professionalism speak for you.
About Our Presenter
Rosario Martinez is a Mexican-American, children’s book author in love with the fantastical and impossible. She was born in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico and raised in Dallas, Texas. She’s an active SCBWI member as well as an alumnae of Tin House YA ‘22 and Futurescapes Science Fiction & Fantasy ’22 Writers Workshops. In 2019, she won The Word Editor-Writer YA Mentorship. She has an adult short story in PLACES WE BUILD IN THE UNIVERSE (November 2022), a Latine anthology from Flower Song Press and four picture books from Capstone in the MY SPECTACULAR SELF series, TIGER’S TOUGH TIME, A FANTASTIC PLAN (Fall 2022), GIA SPEAKS HER MIND, and OLIVE MAKES A CHOICE (Spring 2023).
When not writing, she enjoys recreating desserts she sees on Instagram. She lives in Dallas, TX with her partner and four sweet but demanding cats. Find her on all socials @rosariomwrites
General Meeting INformation
Our meetings are free and open to the public. We encourage you to invite members of the Brazos Valley writing community to join us!
Our regional meetings feature guest speakers sharing writing and illustration tips as well as industry news and social time for members to meet and network. Meetings are preceded by a gentle critique (see below). Meetings are streamed via Zoom and available for replay. Login details and replay links are available on each meeting's event page.
Meeting times:
Last Wednesday of each month (minus July, Nov & Dec)
11 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Gentle manuscript critique
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Guest speaker/featured activity
12:30 p.m. - Social time followed by lunch at a local restaurant (meal not covered by SCBWI)
Location:
Zoom and in person at The Arts Center of Brazos Valley, 4180 Hwy 6 South, College Station, TX 77845
Gentle Critique info:
If you’d like to share your work in progress with others and receive or provide feedback, please bring printed copies of up to 5 pages of a manuscript to share. Zoom participants will be allowed to screen share in order to receive feedback. Please see this handy guide on critique etiquette if this will be your first time participating in a critique: https://www.scbwi.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2014_LA_Dos-and-Donts.pdf
Be Our Next Meeting Guest
Passionate about a specific kid-lit related topic? Want to practice your upcoming school visit presentation? We’re always looking for guest speakers for our monthly meetings. Our meetings are cozy and supportive - a great place to get your feet wet as a presenter and get to know your local children's literature creators. Feel free to pitch us! Guests can present in person or via Zoom and receive $50 compensation as well as lunch after our meeting. Presentations take place on the last Wednesday of the month from 11am-12pm and can be in the format of workshops, interviews, slideshows… you name it! Pitch us your ideas at [email protected]