Come celebrate Paul Schmid's new book, HUGS FROM PEARL, at the Secret Garden Books book launch! The event is on Tuesday, November 22, starting at 7 p.m. Here's the link to the event. For more information on Paul, and his work, visit his website.
Seattle7Writers Holiday Reading and Book Signing
This Saturday, November 19, join Suzanne Selfors, Clare Hodgson Meeker and 20 other writers, including Garth Stein, Erik Larson, Elizabeth George, and Deb Caletti, for a wintry afternoon of readings and delicious goodies (Santoros Books is co-sponsoring). Each writer will have books on hand to sign! What makes a better gift for the holidays than... Continue Reading →
Come See a Play About Youth Literacy (and support Meg Lippert)
WORDS FLY: A play about youth literacy developed by Amy Rider King and Meg LippertWhen: Friday, November 18 at 11 a.m. Saturday, November 19 at 2 p.m. Where: Seattle Central Library, Meeting Room 2, 4th floor 1000 Fourth Ave. Seattle, WA 98104 206-386-4636Parking: There is a parking garage under the libraryWORDS FLY is the culmination... Continue Reading →
Retreat Roundup
If you weren't able to join us for the Fall 2011 Weekend on the Water Retreat (or even if you were), here are some retreat wrap-up blog posts we wanted to share!From Laurie Thompson: Lessons learned at the 2011 SCBWI WWA retreat From Sperry Hung: Weekend on the Water 2011 From Tina Hoggatt: arthur levine... Continue Reading →
Amazon’s Lending Library and the Author’s Guild
Are any of the books in Amazon’s new e-book subscription/lending program properly there?Earlier this month, Amazon launched its Kindle Online Lending Library as a perk for its best group of customers, the millions who’ve paid $79 per year to join Amazon Prime and get free delivery of their Amazon purchases. Under the Lending Library program,... Continue Reading →
Good News for Barbara Jean Hicks (and a chance to help her out!).
Good News for Barbara Jean Hicks!!! Barbara has received confirmation that she'll be leading a 3-day Founders Workshop for the Highlights Foundation in September 2012 in Honesdale, PA."Writing for Little Eyes and Little Ears" will be focused on writing read-alouds for pre-schoolers. Now she just has to plan the workshop! She'd love to hear what... Continue Reading →
Unleashing the Power of Social Media- An SCBWI Inland NW Event
Unpublished? Mid-career? Best Selling Author?Social media can be an incredibly powerful tool for promoting yourself and your work, learning about your business and craft, making contacts and connections, and so much more. This workshop will be led by Greg Pincus.Saturday, November 1910:30 a.m. -3:30 p.m.Moran Prairie Library6004 S. Regal St., Spokane$45 SCBWI members $55 non-membersPrivate... Continue Reading →
Graphic Artists Guild Workshop
WordPress for Everyone with Erik FadimanWordPress is everywhere these days, not just as a blogging platform, but also as an excellent Content Management System. If you’re ready to use blogging as a means of self-promotion, this is a great time to look at WordPress. It’s free, open source, versatile for any kind of website and... Continue Reading →
Good News for Anne Belov
Happy Friday!! Good news and happy times for Anne Belov!!! Pandas International asked to use one of Anne's cartoons as the invitation for their upcoming "Black and White auction" Congrats to Anne and keep the good news coming everyone!!!
Attention illustrators!
Get your portfolio tuned up by Caldecott Honor illustrator Margaret Chodos-Irvine. We are now taking submissions for this fantastic opportunity. Margaret will curate a group of the submitted images for review and commentary during our February meeting. (Note: Not all submissions will be used.) Margaret will provide suggestions and comments on how to improve everyone's... Continue Reading →