Brenda Winter Hansen writes about the Weekend on the Water, which took place in Port Ludlow last weekend. See her blog post to hear all about it! See Brenda's wonderful blog for more insights, literary and culinary and otherwise. It was, truly, a terrific, inspiring, and relaxing time for thinking about how to keep our... Continue Reading →
Penny Holland picture book release
A hearty congratulations to Penny Claire Holland, on the publication of her new picture book, The Adoption of Boris. Check out her site for more details and read Peggy Anderson's review!
Suzanne Selfors book release
The long wait be over! Smells Like Pirates, the third book in the Smells Like Dog series, has arrived. Come join Suzanne Selfors as she celebrates her latest release, signs books, and announces the winners of a local Student Writing Contest. Pirate costumes encouraged. When/Where: November 11, 3pm at Eagle... Continue Reading →
Craig Orback wins 2012 Charlotte Award
This past weekend illustrator Craig Orback attended The New York Street Reading Association's convention in Syracuse, New York. Why, you might ask? He received the 2012 Charlotte Award for The Can Man. It was voted by 12,000 kids across New York State as their favorite book in the Intermediate category. (No hurricane... Continue Reading →
Writer/Illustrator wanted
Just passing on a query from someone looking for help writing/illustrating a book for kids: Hi, My name is Bob Culliton. I live in Everett, and I am 74 years old. I'm going to write a digital children's book about an old Model A Ford Truck I own named Ahooga. It has had an interesting... Continue Reading →
Inside Story, November 13
The Inside Story is a twice-yearly event celebrating new books by members of our SCBWI chapter. Each presenter gets a couple of minutes to share inside information about their books. Booksellers, librarians, teachers, and media people are invited to the event. We hope you'll be there to help your peers celebrate their new books! Congratulations... Continue Reading →
An honor for Snowboy!
Congratulations to Wendy Wahman, whose picture book Snowboy 1, 2, 3 was chosen for Shelf Awareness Book Trailer of the Day. In her words, "Wahoo! I'm stoked (to use an old California euphemism)!" Read the full details here. We're stoked for you, Wendy!
Northern Network meeting, November 7
The Northern Network Announces: The Golden Arcs (No, not ARCHES, Arcs: As in, the extended storyline.) Date: Wednesday, November 7Time: 7pmLocation: Bellingham Barnes & Noble (4099 Meridian St, Bellingham) We'll look at the three-act structure of stories––from picture books to novels––and see how they work, not only in the story as a whole, but within... Continue Reading →
What to read this fall? Suggestions wanted!
Let's hear it for Lynn Hooghiemstra, who bravely sought out fellow SCBWI-WWA-ers for reading advice this autumn in her blog. She writes, "I'm very much in need of reading matter for fall. I've blogged about it but thought I'd ask my local SCBWI-ers for input as well. They can leave comments on my blog page... Continue Reading →
November KidLit Drink Night on Bainbridge
Thanks to Jennifer Mann, who passed along this invitation to all: November 16 is Kidlit Drink Night on Bainbridge Island, at our favorite fair-Mexican-food-restaurant and cantina, Casa Rojas––and their margaritas are really good, too! We'll be tossing stories (and those margaritas) back and forth from 5:30-8:30pm. Come one, come all! I hope some of you... Continue Reading →