{"id":341,"date":"2014-06-04T12:00:46","date_gmt":"2014-06-04T04:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lara-morgan.com\/?p=341"},"modified":"2014-06-04T12:00:46","modified_gmt":"2014-06-04T04:00:46","slug":"afcc-singapore-2014-fiction-food-and-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lara-morgan.com\/index.php\/archives\/341","title":{"rendered":"AFCC Singapore 2014; fiction, food and friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lara-morgan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/dinner-pic-cropped.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-342\" alt=\"???????????????????????????????\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lara-morgan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/dinner-pic-cropped.jpg\" width=\"520\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lara-morgan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/dinner-pic-cropped.jpg 520w, https:\/\/www.lara-morgan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/dinner-pic-cropped-300x232.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lara-morgan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/CAM00149.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-346\" alt=\"CAM00149\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lara-morgan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/CAM00149.jpg\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lara-morgan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/CAM00149.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.lara-morgan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/CAM00149-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.lara-morgan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/CAM00149-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lara-morgan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/CAM00149-624x832.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/a>I&#8217;ve been having a fabulous time at the <a href=\"http:\/\/afcc.com.sg\/\" target=\"_blank\">AFCC<\/a> in Singapore the last few days with plenty of talk about writing for children and teens. The AFCC (Asian Festival of Children&#8217;s Content) is an international festival held every year in Singapore which celebrates many facets of education, media, books and multimedia involved in producing content tailored for children. I was there to talk on a panel about: Future Trends in YA and the ins and outs of writing fantasy and sci fi for young adults. I shared the panel with Indian author <a href=\"http:\/\/writeside.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Payal Dhar <\/a>and renowned UK based author <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sallygardner.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sally Gardner<\/a>. It was a fantastic and lively discussion about the future trends in YA &#8211; which we all agreed we couldn&#8217;t possible predict &#8211; and why we love to write fantasy and science fiction.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I was also out and about in Singapore trying to eat my way through the town &#8211; see above! I had a great dinner with fellow authors <a href=\"http:\/\/www.raewyncaisley.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Raewyn Casiley <\/a>and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.debfitzpatrick.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">Deb Fitzpatrick <\/a>and visited Sentosa and strolled the river boardwalk. It&#8217;s been a wonderful and rewarding three days and I recommend anyone serious about writing, and about being published in the Asian market to visit next year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been having a fabulous time at the AFCC in Singapore the last few days with plenty of talk about writing for children and teens. 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