The second book in her Secrets of a Lab Rat series, called Mom, There's a Dinosaur in Beeson's Lake, is now on store shelves. You can read an excerpt and find out more about the book at her website. Trudi designed the series especially for boys and reluctant readers, but I can report that enthusiastic... Continue Reading →
Interview with Agent Michael Bourret
Our Co-regional Advisor Laurie Thompson interviewed Michael Bourret, one of the agents coming to our conference this weekend. Here's a taste: Michael Bourret is an agent with Dystel and Goderich, and recently opened their brand-new West Coast office. I’ve heard Michael speak at a few of the national SCBWI conferences, and it’s always a pleasure.... Continue Reading →
Helpful advice for illustrators
Mishaps and Adventures has a helpful interview with Julia Gorton, who illustrated JUST LIKE MAMA.Here's a bit of the advice she offers:CW: How would you recommend to other illustrators to get their work published? Get out of the studio and make an effort to meet people. Be friendly and send lovely mailers that will be... Continue Reading →
Secrets of Landing an Agent, Part II: The Agent!
Yesterday we interviewed Katherine Grace Bond, newly agented and still giddy with happiness, about recently signing with Awesome Agent Sara Crow of Harvey Klinger.Today we hear from Sara herself about why Katherine's query stood out, and how you can make your query more interesting to the agents you hope to work with - welcome, Sara,... Continue Reading →
Q&A with HarperCollins editors
This is sort of a neat feature on Harper's inkpop site. Ask an editor a question and you just might get an answer. This page links to answers by Catherine Onder and Jordan Brown, who's one of our conference faculty.
A Bologna feast
The amazing illustrator Kirsten Carlson, who spends most of her time these days in Europe, took the time to update us on her trip to the children's book fair in Bologna. She recommends we check out Beth Beck's blog, which summarizes the first day of the symposium. The link is here. Beth's sister was the... Continue Reading →
Good news for Erik Brooks
Look who's on the cover of the Marshall Cavendish catalog! Illustrations by our own Erik Brooks. He writes: Good news! I was honored (and very excited) to learn that Alex and Zina will be front and center on the Marshall Cavendish Fall 2010 catalog cover. There are tons of great titles on this list, so... Continue Reading →
A few spots left in Craig Orback’s class!
Illustrator Craig Orback has a new Children's Book Illustration class starting Saturday and could use a few more students so that it can run! He is the illustrator of over 15 books for children including the picture books THE CAN MAN and NATURE'S PAINTBOX: A SEASONAL GALLERY OF ART AND VERSE. He has been teaching... Continue Reading →
Secrets of Landing an Agent, Part I: The Author!
My friend Katherine Grace Bond, poet and YA author and teacher and terrific critiquer, recently heard the words that writers long to hear: "May I represent you?" *sound of crowd cheering!*That's right, Katherine is now represented by Sara Crowe of Harvey Klinger!So I invited Katherine to spill some of her secrets to landing an agent... Continue Reading →
Children’s Book Week Promo Opportunity
Are you a published author or illustrator? ParkPlace Books is interested in celebrating Children's Book Week (May 10-16) by taking authors and illustrators to as many of the schools in the bookstore's district as possible. Tentative plans include one-hour visits or presentations. No honorariums are available, but the bookstore would sell one of the author's... Continue Reading →