This is a new event at the Lake Forest Park store!For more information visit Third Place Book's website.
Secret Garden Bookshop is proud to announce the next installment in their partnership with Seattle Children’s Theatre for the 2010-2011 Season! THE MAN WHO PLANTED TREES Drama Story, Saturday, April 9, starting at 2 p.m. at Secret Garden Bookshop.During the run of each show of the season, they will be hosting weekend Drama Story events... Continue Reading →
2011 Conference Series- Faculty Q & A with Emily Jenkins (and a little bonus too!)
WooHoo! It's Saturday, and just 20 days from our 20th Annual Writing and Illustrating for Children Conference! It's also time for another fabulous Faculty Q & A with one of our fabulous Faculty, and I'm delighted to share answers from Author Emily Jenkins! Emily is one of keynote speakers (you can check out her Chinook... Continue Reading →
2011 Conference Series-Agent Faculty: Marietta Zacker
Three weeks from today I'll be headed to Redmond for our 20th Annual Writing and Illustrating for Children conference (just three weeks!!!)! We have just a few more faculty to highlight! And last, but not least of our Agent Faculty is Marietta Zacker. Marietta is an agent with Nancy Gallt Literary Agency. Marietta works with... Continue Reading →
Children’s Websites: Usability Issues in Designing for Kids
Thanks to Wendy Wahman for sending us the link to this article on usability issues in developing children's websites (a good thing for authors with sites, and those of us who want to develop websites that are kid-friendly). Here's the summary of the article:New research with users aged 3–12 shows that older kids have gained... Continue Reading →
2011 Conference Series- Faculty Q & A with Holly Black
Time for another Faculty & A with our tremendous faculty! Our next Q & A is with Keynote Speaker Holly Black. You can re-read Holly's Update conference bio, and you can also find out more information about Holly, and her work, on her website! Holly answered a few questions for our SCBWI WWA members (and... Continue Reading →
Writing Vs. Storytelling
Thanks to Liz Mills for sending this post written by Nathan Bransford (author and ex-literary agent) on Writing vs. Storytelling. Here's a little preview of the post:And let's also get one thing clear up front: there absolutely has to be a certain level of writing for a book to work, and I personally think the... Continue Reading →
Authors & Ebooks: 11 Points to Ponder
Thanks to Laurie for sending this post from I.N.K. (Interesting Nonfiction for Kids) called Authors & ebooks: 11 points to ponder (written by Loreen Leedy). Here's a preview of the article:#11 Business as usual?If ebooks are priced lower, they may undermine the sales of traditional books, a huge problem for most publishers (and naturally authors.)... Continue Reading →
2011 Conference Series-Distinguished Faculty: Jesse Joshua Watson
Each day we're getting closer to our 20th Annual Writing and Illustrating for Children Conference! We still have more AMAZING Faculty to tell you about!! Next up is one of our Distinguished Faculty; Jesse Joshua Watson. Jesse Joshua Watson is an award winning, NY Times Bestselling illustrator and author; some of his books include HOPE... Continue Reading →
Difference Between Illustrating Picture Books and Chapter Books
Here's a wonderful post written by Illustrator Patrice Barton on the difference between illustrating picture books, and chapter books. Patrice wrote her blog on Cynthia Leitich Smith's wonderful and incredibly useful blog CYNSATIONS (a good one to regularly read). Here's an preview of the article:Just like illustrations in chapter books, picture book illustrations need to... Continue Reading →