How to Meet an Agent and Impress Them
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The SCBWI Agent’s Party is one of the events of the year… but whether you’ve got a coveted ticket or not, if an agent walks into a bar nea...
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Results - 2nd Slush Pile Challenge
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The winner of the second 2013 Slush Pile Challenge is Gill Hutchison. Sarah Frost from Hodder Children's Books set the challen...
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For the love of a good list
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Plans to get on top of things were scuppered this week by a brain-numbing headache. Being more of an it'll be fine than a plan b so...
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Another UV success story - our very own Mel signs with an agent!
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This week we’re extra-special thrilled to celebrate the good news from our lovely joint features editor , Mel Rogerson. Mel won a UV 20...
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Graphic Novel Publisher – Soaring Penguin Press
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Amanda Lillywhite When SCBWI member John Anderson set up a company to publish graphic novels and poetry he named it Soaring Penguin P...
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Network News - it's quiet in the networks - or is it?
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The summer’s done – even though we’ve had good temperatures this week. The children are back at school. Some older siblings are leaving home...
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Ask an Agent - with Penny Holroyde from the Caroline Sheldon Literary Agency
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This month, Penny Holroyde from the Caroline Sheldon Literary Agency has stepped in to answer our readers' questions and also has a...
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Ten-Minute Blog Break - 24th September
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It's been a bumper week for new blogs - whether you're published or unpublished, relaxed or overworked, I hope you'll take ten...
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Conference manuscript reviews – meet the gatekeepers!
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How often can you look an editor or agent in the eye and talk seriously about how your work can be improved for a whole fifteen minutes? ...
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Let the editor speak!
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Currently there’s an ‘Editorial’ theme to Words & Pictures. In journalism, an editorial means an opinion piece by an editor. I had the g...
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Buns, Bags and Emergency Fabric
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Nothing screams tourist like walking through Bath with a Sallly Lunn bag. But I did because OH said 'bring us back some buns' a...
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Hooray for Undiscovered Voices winner Sandra Greaves!
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@sandra_greaves This week, we’re cracking open the champers for SCBWI debut author and Undiscovered Voices 2012 winner Sandra Greaves...
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North West Scoobies Take a Pride in Their Appearance
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George Kirk Steve Hartley I love to read Steve Hartley ’s Danny Baker and Oliver Fibbs books, they’re full of characters that leap of...
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Network News – Your Network Group as a Social Network
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Some members of the North-West Network met recently and discussed lots of exciting ideas for our events in the forthcoming year. I ...
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Editorial and the Agent
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Continuing our "Everything Editorial" theme for this month, Julia Churchill from A.M. Heath tells us how she works with her cli...
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Ten-Minute Blog Break - 17th September
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Welcome back to the Blog Break - there's no crochet this week, but I can promise you giant dinosaurs, Asian superheroes and a time-was...
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Social Sheila Video: Pinterest at a glance
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If Pinterest is still a mystery to you, please be assured that it's pretty simple, with an offline corollary everyone is familiar with...
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Where's your story?
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One of my favourite things about the SCBWI BI conference in November is the badges . I love them so much, I have a complete set and was...
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A Reason To Eat Cake!
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Hello everyone, I've just joined the Words & Pictures Team and I'm pleased to be kicking off my role as joint celebrations edit...
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Featured Illustrator: Mike Brownlow
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Mike Brownlow This month's Featured Artist is Somerset based Mike Brownlow . From 'Lesser Known Deities' - check out Calvin...
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The Picture Book Retreat
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In July, SCBWI British Isles held its first Picture Book Retreat . It was an amazing weekend for the writers and illustrators who came a...
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Craft Book Review: Becoming a Successful Illustrator
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Reviewed by Anne-Marie Perks Becoming a Successful Illustrator , Bloomsbury, by Derek Brazell and Jo Davies , is a well designed, cle...
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The Editorial Process
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By Clare Whitston - Acting Commissioning Editor, OUP Children's Books An editor’s job is to spot a good story when they see it, acq...
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Ten-Minute Blog Break - 10th September
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Prepare yourself, because we're tackling the big questions on the Blog Break this week. What is the nature of time? Can authors ever b...
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Ask A Publisher - Q&A with Sara O'Connor, Editorial Director at Hot Key Books
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Sara O'Connor , Editorial Director, Print and Digital at Hot Key Books , answers yet more of your publishing questions. This month sh...
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Better late than never...
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Struggling for a way in to tell you about another splendid Words & Pictures week, I was tempted to embed the theme tune for Dogtanian . ...
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Who scored a Highly Commended and an agent this summer?
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What a fabulous summer it's been for Scoobies.... This week, we're toasting the double achievement of Helen Dineen, who w...
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Summer Lovin’ - NW Speed Dating for Writers
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At the beginning of our lovely summer the North West led the way with this great opportunity for northern writers. George Kirk reports. ...
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SCBWI Member Juried Exhibition
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It's exhibition time! As the call goes out for entries to this year's selection, Anne-Marie Perks , Illustration Coordinator for the...
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Summer Scrawling and Socialising in the South West
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Lesley Moss It was a scorching day in Exeter when a few of us met for a Scrawl Crawl and Summer Social, organised by Yona Wiseman. We wer...
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Agent Confidential: Ben Illis
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Name: Ben Illis AKA: Ben ‘Danger’ Illis or Ben X (Ben 10 being already taken) I am also, rather oddly, licensed to kill. Only lionfi...
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Ten-Minute Blog Break - 3rd September
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This is Nick back from holiday (many thanks to Celia J. Anderson for her inspired deputising on the Blog Break last week). I always love i...
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Ten Proofreading Tips to Improve Your Submission
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Manuscript by Seth Sawyers CC NON COMMERCIAL A recent SCBWI Q&A session with professional editors confirmed a poorly presented manu...
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Every picture...
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Did I say last week that summer was exhausting? Well, it isn't over yet. Since I've been back from hols and festival frolicking I&...
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