Ten-Minute Blog Break - 30th September
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Is it really the 230th September already? Oh wait, that's a typo (goes back and edits title). I was sure September hadn't been tha...
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The Value and Distraction of Research
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By Sue Hyams My name is Sue and I'm addicted to research. There. I've said it. With me, research knows no bounds. There is no ti...
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From Your RA: Conference Special
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Only five weeks to go before the SCBWI BI annual conference in Winchester! Whilst, I’m mentally packing my bags – what should I wear to ...
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Excitement is Building
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Here on the sofa at W&P Towers, excitement is building as we're about to enter our conference month. Yes folks this year the 2014...
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The Margaret Carey Scholarship Winners and Honorary Mentions 2014
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Margaret Carey was a talented writer and illustrator and an Undiscovered Voices winner in 2008. For many years, she organised events for...
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ProCATsination, by Jion Sheibani
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click to enlarge Jion's Illustrator Showcase Gallery is here , She can be reached at jionsheibani@gmail.com Click here for he...
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Tights, Flu-jabs and Paper plates - All part of enjoyable school-visits
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Chitra Soundar Jane Clarke Going back to school? It can be a scary place especially if you are going to meet adorable cherubs from Re...
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Agent Confidential: Tom Witcomb
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Name: Tom Witcomb AKA: The Man in Black Agency: Blake Friedmann Literary, TV & Film Agency
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Ten-Minute Blog Break - 23rd September
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Although it's time-consuming to read so many blog posts each week (SCBWI people do write a lot!) I always learn something new. So I ho...
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Author Masterclass: Writing Picture Books with Pippa Goodhart
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Pippa worked as a bookseller, as a publisher’s reader, and as a teacher of young children before starting to write books for children. Ov...
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Harvest Time
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A few days ago I had a brilliant opening sentence. But I didn't write it down and even under the shower this morning (don't thi...
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Exhibition Success for John!
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Many, many congratulations today for W&P Illustration Features Editor and very hardworking illustrator, John Shelley ! Most of us t...
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Exploring Other Income Streams for Illustrators - Branding and Licensing with Helz Cuppleditch
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An area that has always attracted children's illustrators who wish to expand their market beyond books is Branding and Licensing. Rece...
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Proofreading Tips: Lorem Ipsum and the Quick Brown Fox
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Catriona Tippin All about filler text Here’s a facility you may not know you have at your fingertips – placeholder or filler text....
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Ten-Minute Blog Break - 16th September
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I'm sure I wasn't the only one buoyed up by Jan's super-positive editorial at the weekend. And there certainly is plenty of g...
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Reasons to be Cheerful
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For ages we've been hearing that we're in a very tough market, people who might have been snapped up ten years ago, are very muc...
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Author's Published Works Outgrow her Bookcase!
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We are delighted to celebrate with the very lovely Anita Loughrey Super SCBWI Volunteer, organiser of London* and much published author! ...
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Featured Illustrator: Anna Violet
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For Featured Illustrator this month we spotlight Manchester based artist Anna Violet . A familiar presence in SCBWI and contributor to Wo...
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Using Story Apps for Inspiration
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Hello, my name is Helen, and I'm a bit of an iPad app addict. And shhh, don't tell anyone but 95% of the apps I own are for childr...
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Ten-Minute Blog Break - 9th September
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I'm aware that the same names crop up fairly frequently on the Blog Break, so I'm going to try this week to highlight posts from b...
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Mixed Motives
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An inspiration piece by K. M. Lockwood Agatha Christie - writer of 91 novels, not to mention the playscripts. This month's t...
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Ask a Publisher, Amber Caraveo, Editorial Director, Orion Children's Books and Indigo
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@AmberCaraveo talks to @HouseRowena Recorded June 20th 2014 in London at Orion Children's Books
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Getting Out There
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Welcome to the month of Motivation & Challenge - and you should be after reading Bekki Hill's post on Wednesday . Solid practi...
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A Diamond-Studded Success for Sarah Baker!
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@bysarahbaker Huge congratulations are on the cards today for Sarah Baker on signing with Bryony Woods from the Diamond Khan & Wood...
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Children’s Magazines and the Working Illustrator
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One page of an 11 spread story, Doudou du Loup, for Belles Histoires Oct 2012 © Bridget Strevens-Marzo Illustration is not only for ...
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Goal Setting
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Bekki Hill 10 Rules for Goal Setting The way we set goals can make a huge difference to how hard or easy our journey to achieving ...
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Ten-Minute Blog Break - 2nd September
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Hello! I'm here and I'm fine. Better than fine, actually, due to a whole lot of SCBWI love sent my way over the weekend. So that&#...
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Ask a Picture Book Editor
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Our blog this month is all about So: You’ve found your theme, you’ve sculpted your characters and honed your voice. You’ve put pen ...
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