Wade Bradford’s Blog

For the most part, when I lok back on all the silly stuff I’ve written, it makes me quite happy. I’ve got more than a few boxes of journals and dusty manuscripts that are delightfully ridiculous, magnificent failures, as I like to call them.

However, there is a long stretch of time that I’m not too fond of. From 1989 until 1999 I wrote screenplays non-stop. Some of them were awful. Some of them were pretty good. None of them sold.

Now, when I think of all those hours I spent writing those unproduced scripts I think: “Why didn’t I spend that time writing plays or children’s books???”

Fortunately, by the time I finished up college, I realized the joys of fiction and writing for the stage. By 2000, although I would occasionally dabble in scripts, I transitioned to other mediums, and have been much happier (and much more successful) ever since.

Of course, those scripts are still hanging aroound. I’ve even posted some of them on my website.

Visit Wade’s Script Zone.

I’m just testing out the time stamp.

Hee hee!

Well, I’ve been pacing back and forth, trying to decide how many days of the SCBWI conference to attend. Should I just stop by for a day… or should I make an entire weekend out of it?

On the one hand, I’m very excited to connect with fellow writers once again. I first attended the conference back in 2007 — and found it absolutely enthralling. When I attended the second time (last year) it was equally inspirational — but frustrating at the same time. To be honest, I was desperately envious of all the published authors surrounding me. And at times I felt pathetic when I would try to talk with editors, publishers, and agents.

Now that I have sold a picture book, I feel like I’ve magically entered this club… and yet not quite since the book won’t be in bookstores for quite some time. So, part of me is wondering if I should perhaps just attend Saturday… and part of me thinks I should spend as much time there — and that I should learn, listen, party, laugh, write, and network as much as possible.

So I’ll think about it. And I’ll keep you posted.