Blow Your Own Trumpet! 02:00 ...or trombone! In a recent post Nick said.... "We do have the Celebrations column on Words & Pictures, but what about a ce... 26 Comments Read
Tips for Surviving an Illustration Portfolio Review 09:36 Today Jane Heinrichs , one of our recent Featured Illustrators , offers some guidelines on the challenge of organised Portfolio Reviews 5 Comments Read
Illustrators Duel it out in Norwich: Central East SCBWI Day! 02:30Benjamin Scott Writers and Illustrators took over the Norwich and Norfolk Millennium Library for a day to celebrate the opening of the ... 3 Comments Read
Craft Book Review: Booklife by Jeff Vandermeer 02:00Reviewed by Stephanie Williams Booklife by Jeff Vandermeer ISBN: 978-1-4081-2913-5 A&C Black Publishers Limited – 2009 Book... 2 Comments Read
Ask an Agent - with Gemma Cooper and Molly Ker Hawn, from the Bent Agency 02:00 Are you looking for a query critique from those in the know? Or do you have a question you've always wanted to ask an agent? Eac... 5 Comments Read
Ten-Minute Blog Break - 27th August 02:00 I’m delighted to be given the chance to deputise for Nick Cross on the blog while he does whatever talented and imaginative writers do on... 4 Comments Read
Festival: An Approach to Writing 14:00K. M. Lockwood (Philippa Francis) You perch a red felt topper on your head. You assault your tongue with raging chillies; remind your ... 3 Comments Read
Critique 02:00Philippa R. Francis who writes as K. M. Lockwood You may well have been to the Night-before Conference Critique Meet. It’s a brilliant... 2 Comments Read
Getting away from it all... 02:00 Summer is exhausting. My ideal holiday would be in the house on my own for at least a week having been hypnotised not to think about any... 2 Comments Read
Undiscovered Voices is not the only competition for new writers 02:00 If anyone needs a pick-me-up after the stress of getting in their UV entry, here's a great excuse to crack open the champers. Today w... 15 Comments Read
The Making of Duck & Bear 01:00 Amanda Lillywhite , creator of the popular Duck & Bear comic, recalls her processes and shows us how she came up with the idea for th... 5 Comments Read
It’s all About Audience in Central North 00:30 Liz Miller We’ve had a busy few months in Central North. Lincoln Inspired has been and gone but is not forgotten. It was every bit a... 5 Comments Read
Featuring the Words & Pictures Editors 02:30 There are members of the Words & Pictures Team who are amazingly organised, work very hard but often don't get enough recognition ... 13 Comments Read
Ten-Minute Blog Break - 20th August 02:30 The Blog Break meets Breaking Bad this week, as crazed drug dealers, prize geraniums, summer stodge and parental challenges meet in anoth... 3 Comments Read
Picture Book Master Class with Egmont 21:42Heather Kilgour This year I helped organise a picture book illustration master class with Sarah Malley, Art Director from Egmont Childre... 5 Comments Read
Social Sheila Video: What's okay to say to an agent on Twitter? 02:00Sheila Averbuch Have you ever wanted to chat with an agent or publisher on Twitter, but haven't felt confident enough? This month, ... 5 Comments Read
Could a critique group be for you? 02:00Annie Neild A face-to-face critique group in action "Find a good critique group,” is a piece of advice that is often given in boo... 4 Comments Read
Edinburgh Part Two: Assuming 02:00 It's amazing that in a city as busy as Edinburgh in August and it does heave, you can spot a person in one part of the city - they cat... 2 Comments Read
Congratulations Mark! 02:00 We're delighted to celebrate with this recently agented SCBWI author... "You may as well all just give up and stop writing,&q... 14 Comments Read
FEATURED ILLUSTRATOR - Nicola L Robinson 01:00 Nicola L. Robinson This month's Featured Artist is Nottingham based Nicola L Robinson . From comic playfulness to high gothic fantas... 10 Comments Read
Network News: Featuring Sheila Averbuch and Louise Kelly, South-East Scotland Network 02:00 This week , Sheila Averbuch and Louise Kelly , network co-ordinators for South-East Scotland, tell us about the SCBWI a ctivity in their ... 6 Comments Read
Critique - The Trauma! 02:00 By Maureen Lynas You've shared your baby, risked depression, and asked for a critique. Eek! Your story (or you depending on your e... 17 Comments Read
Ten-Minute Blog Break - 13th August 02:30 Ah, those long lazy days of summer. I've not had many of them myself (too many books and blogs to write), but it seems like they are a... 1 Comments Read
Ask A Publisher - Q&A with Sara O'Connor, Editorial Director at Hot Key Books 02:00 Welcome to our monthly Ask A Publisher feature, hosted by Sara O'Connor , Editorial Director, Print and Digital at Hot Key Books . ... 4 Comments Read
Blame it on the 3G 02:00 I have to confess that while on my travels keeping up with Words & Pictures has been a challenge. This is partly due to 3G not being ... 0 Comments Read
What do a cross-dressing spy, ten little pirates and a Pi-rat have in common? 02:00 They all launched this summer at a bookshop near you. So please raise your glasses and drink a toast to celebrate the latest achievement... 8 Comments Read
Picture Book Basics - Sketches and Layout 01:00 In the second part of a series for illustrators starting out in Picture Books , Words & Pictures Illustration Editor John Shelley ... 16 Comments Read
Picturebook (E)Critique Too! Who We Are, And What We Do! 02:00 By Lesley Moss Picturebook Critique Too! (PB Too!) was the second peer-led picture book e-critique group for SCBWI_BI. Over three years ... 10 Comments Read
Ten-Minute Blog Break - 6th August 02:30 It's a pleasure to return to the Blog Break today, and a big thank you to Candy Gourlay for her inspired clone work last week. She was... 2 Comments Read
Polishing the first draft – Savita Kalhan 02:00 YA author, Savita Kalhan, is August's guest blogger. In keeping with our critique month theme, Savita writes about how she self-edit... 3 Comments Read
Edinburgh Part One 01:59 The conference has been announced! A library of award winning authors and illustrators including Catherine Rayner and Malorie Blackman ... 3 Comments Read
Badges, Badges, Badges! 08:30Kathy Evans I'm hijacking Celebrations to give you all a chance to win something! It'll soon be time to announce the Amazing SCB... 1 Comments Read
Conference 2013: Lighting the Spark - Creating Stories that Last a Lifetime 13:21Jo Wyton I am thrilled to announce that our 2013 conference is now open for booking! And I am already wondering how I will choose betwe... 0 Comments Read
Ink Splutterings 09:57Anna Violet Brush, knife or string? Which tool shall I use to make my mark? The marks you make and choose are like your handwriting, the... 13 Comments Read
Craft Book Review: Writing for Children by Linda Strachan 02:00Reviewed by K.M. Lockwood (Philippa R. Francis) This Writing Handbook from Bloomsbury is dedicated to The Scattered Authors Society (... 3 Comments Read