Writing the middle-grade novel means writing in that fine line between the mind of a child and the uncharted territory of an adolescent. At the Whole Novel Workshop, we offer trusted readers on our faculty who are also published authors and editors working on fiction targeted for middle school children. If you have a manuscript... Continue Reading →
Come Meet the New Kids on the YA Block!
Please join Northwest debut YA authors Helen Landalf (FLYAWAY), Kendare Blake (ANNA DRESSED IN BLOOD), Kiki Hamilton (THE FAIRIE RING), Megan Bostic (NEVER EIGHTEEN), Carole Estby Dagg (THE YEAR WE WERE FAMOUS), and special guest Kathy McCullough (DON'T EXPECT MAGIC) for an evening at Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park, on Wednesday, March 14 at... Continue Reading →
Good News for Lois V. Harris
Good News and Happy Days for fellow SCBWI member Lois V. Harris! Lois received a lovely surprise! Her book, MAXFIELD PARRISH: PAINTER OF MAGICAL MAKE-BELIEVE, was reviewed, and the reviewer provided research tips and created a nature-inspired activity. Thank you Jackie Castle of The Castle Library! Check out the review here!!Congratulations Lois! For more information... Continue Reading →
WWU Children’s Literature Conference THIS Saturday!
What you're probably doing this weekend: Nothing. What you should be doing: It's not too late to sign up for Western Washington University's Children's Literature Conference happening this Saturday. Gary Schmidt! Patrick Carman! AND Laura Kvasnosky! Talking about books and writing! Details and registration can be found here. Looking to carpool? Leave a comment and... Continue Reading →
Big Sur Writing Workshops
For the past fourteen years, writers have come to the Big Sur Writing Workshops for an intensive weekend of working on manuscripts with publishing professionals who are dedicated to helping new writers. The workshops are designed for writers (Picture Books - Young Adult) who have a finished or partially finished manuscript that needs critiquing, revisions,... Continue Reading →
Field’s End Roundtable talk at Bainbridge Public Library
February 21, 2012 | 7 - 8:30 p.m. | Bainbridge Public Library | Free EventReading, Living, and Writing Cross-Culturallywith Margaret ChangHow do writers shape and inform stories depicting a culture other than their own? Margaret Chang, who married into a Chinese family, offers insights based on her experience as a writer, teacher, critic, librarian, and... Continue Reading →
Opportunity for Authors
Opening Windows to the World, Seattle, November 16 and 17, 2012An invitation from the National Council for the Social Studies: The nation's largest professional organization for social studies education will hold its annual convention in Seattle on November 16 and 17, 2012. Authors of middle grade and young adult contemporary fiction or historical fiction are... Continue Reading →
Musical Members!
We know our members are multi-talented and creative, but did you know that some are also musical? We don't usually feature non-kid lit ventures but we thought you might need something new on your earbuds to get through your draftingsketchingrevisingpaintingbrainstormingplayingwordswithfriends this afternoon. Middle grade and YA author Kevin Emerson's band, The Board of Education, has... Continue Reading →
Inside Story: almost full
The Inside Story panel of presenters is almost full. (After a day! Yikes!) If you're hoping to present, do fill out the application as soon as possible. We're taking qualified applicants on a first-come, first-served basis. The application form and info are here. It's going to be lots of fun--April 25 at Mockingbird Books.
REMINDER: No Professional Series Meeting tonight!
This is just a friendly reminder that there is no Professional Series Meeting tonight. Please don't go to SPU, as the only people who will be there (besides the students) are other SCBWIers who also forgot about the schedule change. But, hey, maybe you can get together and draw? Write? Form a new critique group?... Continue Reading →