Straight from our own Chinook Editor, Liz Mills...As surely as the Fremont Troll grabs VW Beetles off the Aurora bridge for lunch, I am low on Trenches interviews! Let there not be an issue without juicy stories of how we are making our way through the wild, woolly world of publishing. Have you recently sold... Continue Reading →
Holly Cupala Book Trailer Launch Party
If you've been following Holly Cupala, and her debut novel, TELL ME A SECRET, then you know she's launched her book trailer this last Monday August 2. If you've missed it, they've extended it through today! It's a party, so of course they've got great prizes (including signed books, jewelry, and t-shirts, and more).HOW TO... Continue Reading →
Attention P.A.L. members: new school visit blog
Alexis O'Neill, regional advisor for the Ventura/Santa Barbara region of SCBWI, just launched a new site to help children’s authors & illustrators navigate the fun, but often confusing, world of doing school visits and public appearances. It’s called: www.SchoolVisitExperts.com The purpose of this blog is to offer advice to published children’s authors & illustrators on... Continue Reading →
Tips for collaborating on a series
I don't know about you, but I've always wanted to write a series of books with a friend. Our colleague Suzanne Williams and our former SCBWI-WWA pal Joan Holub were kind enough to answer questions about that on my blog (as part of the tour for the launch of their new book, Aphrodite the Beauty.... Continue Reading →
UW Writing Class
The UW Writing for Children’s Certificate program is now open for application. There is always a waitlist, so it’s best to sign up as soon as possible! Courses with SCE designation are open for single-course enrollment (SCE) to non-certificate students on a space-available basis. The first class is Writing for Children: Foundations. Go to their... Continue Reading →
Time to sign up for SCBWI-WWA regional programming!
SCBWI WWA’s 2010-2011 season will begin in September! This year, our Professional Series Meetings will again be held on the second Tuesday of each month at the Seattle Pacific University campus at Demaray Hall 150. Mark your calendars, and don't forget to register now: click here to sign up for our regional programming! We have... Continue Reading →
Sing along with Delaware
One of the wow-some speakers in Los Angeles this year is M.T. Anderson. Some of us lucky WWA-ers got to meet him a year or so ago when he came to Seattle on a book tour, but it was great to hear him again. (Check out the Team Blog entry for a brief on his... Continue Reading →
WWAers in LA
Last night, some 20 or so SCBWI Western Washington writers and illustrators (of the 40 known to be here) took a break from the SCBWI Summer Conference to gather for a couple of hours between the bar and the pool. We met fellows from the Oregon and Inland Empire regions and chatted about the conference's... Continue Reading →
Good News for Helen Landalf
A big yahoo for Helen Landalf! Her debut novel, BROKEN WINGS, had made Goodreads list of YA/MG novels debuting in 2011. The list is a reference for those participating in the 2011 Debut Author Challenge. You can add 2011 debut novels, vote for the titles that have made your list, or ones that you are... Continue Reading →
SCBWI Summer Conference Mixer Fun
Going to the 39th Annual SCBWI Summer Conference? Lois Brandt passed along this information for those attending.Two mixers for nonfiction writers will take place during the conference. The first is Friday, July 30, at 7:30 p.m. in the Olympic 2 Room. The second, Sunday night, same time, same location. Please join us. Last year, we... Continue Reading →