To round out our fabulous trio of panelists and consultants next week, Random House Children's Books Senior Editor Caroline Abbey will offer up her expertise and experience. Here, she reveals her favorite outdoor reading place, her status as a Twitter-stalkee, and her early adoration of Harry Potter. 1. Seattle in April: Do you have a Rainstorm... Continue Reading →
Upcoming: Mary Kate Castellani
Bloomsbury Children's Books Senior Editor Mary Kate Castellani is coming to our meeting next week! Here's what she has to say about those dratted editorial letters, her vicarious green thumb, and her snack habits. Be sure to come next Wednesday, April 20 at 7pm to hear our extraordinary panel of special guests, which also includes Joy Chu... Continue Reading →
Conference faculty profile: Carter Hasegawa
Carter Hasegawa will share his book sense with you! Carter Hasegawa, associate editor at Candlewick Press, came to children's publishing in a roundabout way. After a decade of working in the grocery business, followed by a two-year stint in textbook publishing, he left everything behind to follow his passion for children's books and went back... Continue Reading →
How To Get Published workshops
Chuck Sambuchino (works for Writer's Digest Books, editor of the GUIDE TO LITERARY AGENTS), will be instructing at a "How to Get Published" writing workshop in Portland on Friday, February 20, and also one in Seattle on February 21. In addition to Chuck speaking, there will be EIGHT literary agents and editors (with plenty taking... Continue Reading →
Conference faculty profile: Claudia Gabel
Claudia Gabel is a double-threat. She's one of those enviable people in the book world who writes AND edits. In the context of our conference, she'll be wearing her editor's hat, as the executive editor at Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins. She's worked at HarperCollins, Crown, Random House as well. Some of her... Continue Reading →
Conference faculty profile: Nina Hess
Nina Hess, editor in chief for local publisher Wizards ofthe Coast, will join the roundtable critique faculty* for SCBWI Western Washington’s 23rd Annual Writing and Illustration for Children Conference, which will be held April 12-13, 2014, at the Marriott Redmond Town Center. (Get registration info.) In addition to being an editor, Nina is also an... Continue Reading →
Editors play favorites
This week, Publisher's Weekly gave readers––and particularly children's book devotees––an early holiday gift. In a fascinating post, prominent children's book editors expounded on their personal favorite books they worked on. To hear the backstory of many beloved stories is something many of us will appreciate and enjoy. Happy pre-holidays! (Which reminds me. Have you registered... Continue Reading →
Conference Sneak Peek: Tamra Tuller
After working for several years in education as an English as a Second Language instructor at Rutgers University’s Program in American Language Studies, Tamra Tuller got her publishing feet wet in the Scholastic Book Clubs, and then moved on to Scholastic’s trade division at Blue Sky Press. She was an editor at Philomel Books, primarily... Continue Reading →
The Perfect Article for Monday Morning
Before you pull out your WIP or get ready to create something new and amazing, grab your cup of coffee (or tea) and take a few moments to read this Publishers' Weekly article, "Giving Birth to Bitterblue." BITTERBLUE is Author Kristin Cashore's third novel (which was #2 on the New York Times Bestseller list two weeks... Continue Reading →
Editor agent panel #scbwiwwa
Our conference kicked off with a panel of editors and agents discussing the industry, trends, what they hope to find. Here are some highlights: Andrea Welch, a senior editor at Beach Lane Books: She's hoping to see something exciting, jazzy, fun, and different--most especially a book that's fun to read aloud to a child. Chris... Continue Reading →