Illustrators! Don’t miss out on an opportunity to learn from one of children’s books most acclaimed illustrators. The wonderful Renata Liwska will be teaching a master class at SCBWI Western Washington’s Annual Conference, April 12–13, and there a still a few spots open in this limited-seating event. Renata is the phenomenal talent behind the illustrations... Continue Reading →
Roundtable faculty profile: Bree Ogden
Roundtable faculty member Bree Ogden is a renaissance woman. She's an agent at D430 Literary Agency. She has a Master's degree in journalism. She writes comics––and among her many self-described talents, she includes "stick-figure artist." She frequents cemeteries. She judges horror comic awards. Her blog says she's a "modern-day Wonder Woman, with none of the... Continue Reading →
Countdown to a crafty, casual, cozy weekend!
Our Writing and Illustrating for Children Conference in April is barely a month away, and the seats are filling fast! If you're attending (and if not, why the heck not?), don't miss the chance to make a great weekend of it with your tribe by getting a hotel room at the Marriott Redmond Town Center,... Continue Reading →
Conference faculty profile: Susan Hawk
Literary agent Susan Hawk wants to laugh. She wants to be moved. And she wants to read stories that make her feel a flurry of emotion. In short, she's a stickler for what she likes, and isn't afraid to say so. In her profile on her agency's blog, she says, "I want a book to... Continue Reading →
Conference faculty profile: Lauren Rille
Lauren Rille will be one of the master class instructors and roundtable critique leaders at SCBWI Western Washington's 23rd Annual Writing and Illustrating for Children conference, which will be held April 12-13, 2014, at the Marriott Redmond Town Center. (Get registration info.) Lauren is associate art director for the Simon & Schuster (S&S), Beach Lane,... Continue Reading →
Fast Fiction book launch
Member Denise Jaden has recently released a new book for writers called Fast Fiction: A Guide to Outlining and Writing a First Draft Novel in Thirty Days. Denise, who drafted her two published young adult novels during NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month in November), created Fast Fiction to shows other writers how to do what... Continue Reading →
Conference faculty profile: Claudia Gabel
Claudia Gabel is a double-threat. She's one of those enviable people in the book world who writes AND edits. In the context of our conference, she'll be wearing her editor's hat, as the executive editor at Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins. She's worked at HarperCollins, Crown, Random House as well. Some of her... Continue Reading →
PAL display participants — get your photos & info in!
Those of you signed up for the conference who are PAL members and registered to participate in the Published Attendee Showcase -- in which we celebrate your awesome books, and who knows, maybe encourage a sale or two -- have just a day or so left to email the cover photo of the book you're... Continue Reading →
WWU Conference recap
The 11th annual Western Washington University Children’s Literature Conference was held last weekend in Bellingham. For those who haven’t attended, this conference is generally aimed primarily at the teacher/librarian crowd and the speaker line-up is packed with big-name authors and illustrators. This year’s speakers shared fascinating stories about their process, their research, and their books.... Continue Reading →
In the ha-ha-ha zone
Author and cartoonist Lincoln Peirce reads from his new book BIG NATE: IN THE ZONE at Seattle's Secret Garden Bookshop on Sunday, March 16, at 2:00 p.m. The illustrated novel, the sixth in the series by this New York Times bestselling author, was called "funny, big-time" by Jeff Kinney, author of Diary of a Wimpy... Continue Reading →