by SCBWI Western Washington
Sad that the SCBWI Western Washington conference is sold out? Or maybe you just can't get enough conferences. Don't despair, head south for the weekend to join SCBWI Oregon for their annual conference, May 18-19, 2012. They have a great lineup of faculty such as Jill Corcoran, Andrew Karre, Laurent Linn, Deb Lund, Melissa Manlove,... Continue Reading →
From Susan Uhlig:Hi, some of you will recognize my name--I was the RA from 2000 to 2002 while the region was Washington/Northern Idaho. I've recently moved to Vancouver, WA from Kansas. So lovely to be back in the PNW!I posted about School Visits on my blog and have had some feedback. If any of you... Continue Reading →
Check out this post written by fellow SCBWI WWA member Samantha Vamos on Writer's Digest! Samantha's post "7 Things I've Learned So Far" is chock full of good advice and encouragement! Here's the link to the article. For more information on Samantha, and her work, you can visit her website.
Whether you are looking for a shot of pre-SCBWI WWA Conference inspiration or you just need a few words of wisdom, take a few minutes to read these ten tips from Austin writer Austin Kleon. Excellent advice for anybody in a creative field.(via editor and upcoming conference faculty member, @marthamihalick!)
Great ideas from Fiction Notes, a great blog by Author Darcy Pattison. Check out these eight ways to enrich your character here. Darcy's first idea: 1. Change the name. The apocryphal story is that Gone with the Wind’s Scarlett O’Hara was named Pansy in the first draft. Sometimes a simple name change will resonate throughout... Continue Reading →
From the Mixed-Up Files, a collaborative blog, is worth checking out. For those of you starting out, check out the recent post on things writers wished they knew before they started (includes feedback from other authors too). Another great post (thank Liz Mills!) was about what reluctant readers want to read. It starts out with... Continue Reading →
This is the second installment of the Hugo House Series for Writers, and it runs from 1-3 p.m. on Thursday, May 27 at Richard Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave, Seattle. FEE: In advance: $40 attorneys and paralegals; $15 artists and students. At the door: $45 attorneys and paralegals; $20 artists and students. Find more info... Continue Reading →
Here's a post from the Swivet, a blog by literary agent Colleen Lindsay. It's written by Roseanne Wells (who's acquiring).Good advice abounds:My friend Jane* has a tendency to tell really boring stories. She inflicts you-had-to-be-there stories, I-find-this-to-be-funny-but-you-might-not stories, and this-is-interesting-but-not-well-told stories on us all the time.In college Jane started noticing that when she was telling... Continue Reading →
We published a bit of this in our conference roundup, but typically don't include everything that gets said in these sessions because we want to save that for the people who paid to attend the conference, and we want our faculty to be able to use their talks elsewhere. But Laini Taylor, generous soul that... Continue Reading →
Dana Arnim, Jim Di Bartolo, Paul Schmid, and five stolen candy bars joined me, Jaime Temairik, Sunday afternoon.The panel had been asked to divulge three secrets -- career secrets, not political secrets, although I think Jim knows things...PERSONAL:The Chinook Update blog had a round up of local studio tours a few months ago. You may... Continue Reading →
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