Blow Your Own Trumpet!
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...or trombone! In a recent post Nick said.... "We do have the Celebrations column on Words & Pictures, but what about a ce...
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Tips for Surviving an Illustration Portfolio Review
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Today Jane Heinrichs , one of our recent Featured Illustrators , offers some guidelines on the challenge of organised Portfolio Reviews
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Illustrators Duel it out in Norwich: Central East SCBWI Day!
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Benjamin Scott Writers and Illustrators took over the Norwich and Norfolk Millennium Library for a day to celebrate the opening of the ...
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Craft Book Review: Booklife by Jeff Vandermeer
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Reviewed by Stephanie Williams Booklife by Jeff Vandermeer ISBN: 978-1-4081-2913-5 A&C Black Publishers Limited – 2009 Book...
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Ask an Agent - with Gemma Cooper and Molly Ker Hawn, from the Bent Agency
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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...
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Ten-Minute Blog Break - 27th August
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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...
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Festival: An Approach to Writing
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K. M. Lockwood (Philippa Francis) You perch a red felt topper on your head. You assault your tongue with raging chillies; remind your ...
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Critique
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Philippa R. Francis who writes as K. M. Lockwood You may well have been to the Night-before Conference Critique Meet. It’s a brilliant...
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Getting away from it all...
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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...
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Undiscovered Voices is not the only competition for new writers
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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...
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The Making of Duck & Bear
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Amanda Lillywhite , creator of the popular Duck & Bear comic, recalls her processes and shows us how she came up with the idea for th...
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It’s all About Audience in Central North
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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...
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Featuring the Words & Pictures Editors
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There are members of the Words & Pictures Team who are amazingly organised, work very hard but often don't get enough recognition ...
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Ten-Minute Blog Break - 20th August
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The Blog Break meets Breaking Bad this week, as crazed drug dealers, prize geraniums, summer stodge and parental challenges meet in anoth...
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Picture Book Master Class with Egmont
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Heather Kilgour This year I helped organise a picture book illustration master class with Sarah Malley, Art Director from Egmont Childre...
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Social Sheila Video: What's okay to say to an agent on Twitter?
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Sheila Averbuch Have you ever wanted to chat with an agent or publisher on Twitter, but haven't felt confident enough? This month, ...
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Could a critique group be for you?
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Annie 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...
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Edinburgh Part Two: Assuming
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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...
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Congratulations Mark!
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We're delighted to celebrate with this recently agented SCBWI author... "You may as well all just give up and stop writing,&q...
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FEATURED ILLUSTRATOR - Nicola L Robinson
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Nicola L. Robinson This month's Featured Artist is Nottingham based Nicola L Robinson . From comic playfulness to high gothic fantas...
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Network News: Featuring Sheila Averbuch and Louise Kelly, South-East Scotland Network
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This week , Sheila Averbuch and Louise Kelly , network co-ordinators for South-East Scotland, tell us about the SCBWI a ctivity in their ...
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Critique - The Trauma!
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By Maureen Lynas You've shared your baby, risked depression, and asked for a critique. Eek! Your story (or you depending on your e...
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Ten-Minute Blog Break - 13th August
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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...
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Ask A Publisher - Q&A with Sara O'Connor, Editorial Director at Hot Key Books
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Welcome to our monthly Ask A Publisher feature, hosted by Sara O'Connor , Editorial Director, Print and Digital at Hot Key Books . ...
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Blame it on the 3G
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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 ...
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What do a cross-dressing spy, ten little pirates and a Pi-rat have in common?
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They all launched this summer at a bookshop near you. So please raise your glasses and drink a toast to celebrate the latest achievement...
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Picture Book Basics - Sketches and Layout
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In the second part of a series for illustrators starting out in Picture Books , Words & Pictures Illustration Editor John Shelley ...
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Picturebook (E)Critique Too! Who We Are, And What We Do!
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By Lesley Moss Picturebook Critique Too! (PB Too!) was the second peer-led picture book e-critique group for SCBWI_BI. Over three years ...
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Ten-Minute Blog Break - 6th August
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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...
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Polishing the first draft – Savita Kalhan
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YA author, Savita Kalhan, is August's guest blogger. In keeping with our critique month theme, Savita writes about how she self-edit...
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Edinburgh Part One
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The conference has been announced! A library of award winning authors and illustrators including Catherine Rayner and Malorie Blackman ...
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Badges, Badges, Badges!
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Kathy Evans I'm hijacking Celebrations to give you all a chance to win something! It'll soon be time to announce the Amazing SCB...
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Conference 2013: Lighting the Spark - Creating Stories that Last a Lifetime
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Jo 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...
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Ink Splutterings
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Anna 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...
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Craft Book Review: Writing for Children by Linda Strachan
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Reviewed by K.M. Lockwood (Philippa R. Francis) This Writing Handbook from Bloomsbury is dedicated to The Scattered Authors Society (...
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