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Hey Illustrators, I’ve recently been working on presentations for a couple upcoming SCBWI talks. If you were in attendance what questions would you want answered? I’ll do my best to answer your questions in this thread, and may include them in my talks as well.

I have a highly specific one that I've been curious about - if an illustrator submits their work to you (via email/form/postcard), do you expect them to be immediately available, or is it ok if it's more of a 'let's keep in touch for the next few months-year' situation?

…when an art director reaches out, the book (or series) will likely already be slotted into a specific month/season, sometimes for very strategic reasons. In some cases an art director will have very little flexibility with the schedule.