Lois and her latest book, CHARLIE RUSSELL: TALE-TELLING COWBOY ARTIST, will be the featured attraction on April 27 at 7 p.m., at Secret Garden Bookshop in Ballard.It's part of their Ultimate Tuesday extravaganza, and these events are a guaranteed good time.
Before She Takes My Log In Privileges Away…
Check out this great article/interview on Lane Morris Buckman's Outside Lane blog about our very own super friend and Chinook Update editor, Women Worth Knowing: Meet Martha.Martha is also the push behind this up-at-dawn working routine that other SCBWI locals like Benjamin Watson, Kim Baker, and Jolie Stekly are now practicing. Follow them on Twitter... Continue Reading →
Hold on! The Fonz will hit Lake Forest Park, too
Jesse Joshua Watson, who illustrated the fantastic covers for the Hank Zipzer series, wrote to let me know that the Fonz AND Jesse (who is even cooler than Henry Winkler) will be doing a signing and presentation at Third Place Books at 4 p.m. on May 1. So if the Bainbridge event is tough to... Continue Reading →
Reminder: The Inside Story
The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators of Western Washington cordially invites you to the Spring 2010 Inside Story on Wednesday, April 28th at Mockingbird Books (7220 Woodlawn Ave NE, Seattle), from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The Inside Story is presented twice yearly in a rotating venue of bookstores by independent booksellers and the... Continue Reading →
The complications worksheet
If you struggle with plot, here's a technique that might help you bring things into focus, from the Adventures in Children's Publishing blog: Want to create a plot you'll itch to write? A protagonist you'll love? An antagonist that will give you shivers? And (simultaneously) the first draft of a synopsis ready to be pared... Continue Reading →
Sweet news from Michele Torrey
I posted a call for donations to benefit Orphans Africa, a terrific charity Michele helped found. She has a very sweet blog post about the success of the endeavor: Maybe I’m tootin’ my own horn here, but I just have to say that the writing community here in the Pacific Northwest is pretty dang awesome.... Continue Reading →
Meet the Fonz!
You might want to let your inner Pinky and/or Leather Tuscadero know that Fonzie is coming to Bainbridge Island to talk about the latest in the book series he co-wrote with the SCBWI's beloved Lin Oliver. It's also the last book in the series, so if you've ever wanted to bask in the glow of... Continue Reading →
Summer SCBWI conference registration open: why go?
I was a member of the SCBWI for years before I traveled to a national conference. Oh, I had my reasons: the time, the money, the idea that our local conferences are so darned good that any travel beyond Redmond is unnecessary. And then I went to my first L.A. conference. Without getting into too... Continue Reading →
How you can improve your characters’ epiphanies
Darcy Pattison has a longish post on the art of the epiphany--that moment in a story where your character reveals something vital. Here's the top: “And then, it suddenly dawned on her.” That phrase is the ultimate cliche for a character epiphany. The term epiphany was originally a religious term referring to the physical... Continue Reading →
Two classes for fiction writers in Seattle
Christine Fairchild is teaching two classes for writers in Seattle: Creative Writing, and Editing the Manuscript. Here are the details:Creative WritingMondays, April 26-May 17, 6:30-8:30 p.m.$80 Limit: 10 studentsLocation: Instructor’s studio (near Gasworks in Seattle)This 4-week class will jump-start your writing or venture further than you’ve experienced with your writing. We’ll use writing prompts to... Continue Reading →