The Ten-Minute Time Machine
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This week, the Ten-Minute Blog Break celebrates its second birthday. I wanted to do something a bit different to mark the occasion, so I ...
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Collaborating on a Picture Book: the Gingerbread Man Rap
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What do you get if you mix up a traditional tale, the instruction to retell it in rhyme, and a group of SCBWI members at a workshop? Well...
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Happy Birthday Words & Pictures
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Two years ago, a shiny brown acorn dropped from a wise old oak and began, vibrantly, to grow. Words & Pictures.org was this healthy...
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around the world with scbwi
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Have you ever wondered what SCBWI members are up to across the world? Each month we will be globe-trotting to take a look. Th...
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Featured Illustrator Catch-up
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How time flies! As Words & Pictures celebrates it's second anniversary as a web magazine, here's a look back over the past ye...
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How to perfect your agent or publisher submission
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Nicola Morgan Nicola Morgan’s ‘Perfecting your Agent or Publisher Submission’ workshop was held in Edinburgh on 14th March 2015. Li...
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Network News: SCBWI Ireland Social Event in Galway - Ballet Dancing Alligator & Inspiration Ice Cream
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We had a great first SCBWI Ireland meeting in Galway on March 22nd. It will undoubtedly lead to another in the summer, and we’re aiming...
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Love Your Local Library
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Katrina Charman Wokingham Library As part of our Libraries month, I chatted with my fabulous local librarian, Elizabeth McDonald wh...
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Ten-Minute Blog Break - 24th March
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Something I love about our marvellous SCBWI bloggers is the sheer breadth of topics they cover. Where else would you get to read about vi...
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Whose idea is it anyway?
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One of the fundamental aspects of being a story-teller, is that we're all fishing for ideas from the same pond. At any given time, ...
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A Joyous Cat with Five Tails by Alison Gardiner
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Alison Gardiner entered our January Slush Pile Challenge set by Gemma Cooper (The Bent Agency). Alison was one of the winners of t...
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ProCATsination, by Jion Sheibani
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++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Jion's Illustrator Showcase Gallery is here , She can be reached at jionsheibani@gmail.com Click here...
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Network News: stop press - some great events coming up in the south west
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South West Spring Inspiration: Upcoming Events Coming soon to Exeter: workshops with two Carnegie Medal winning, highly acclaimed a...
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Network News: North-West – Workshop and Critique Session
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Wooden panels, writers and Steve. By Gill James We were very privileged to be able to use a room at the beautiful John Ryland...
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Proofreading Tips: Ex Libris, Et Cetera
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Catriona Tippin J K Rowling’s use of Latin as a source for dozens of spell names, from Accio to Wingardium Leviosa, was imaginative and ...
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Ten-Minute Blog Break - 17th March
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I had two ideas for blog posts last week, but wrote neither of them. Why? Well, there was a SCBWI social, a book launch, I wrote a short ...
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Not all shelves and shushing
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An Inspiration post on Libraries Libraries aren't just about books. They are almost the only public space we have left which don'...
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Fictitious mothers - how real are they?
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Apropos of Mothers' Day, when I started thinking about the most memorable mothers in children's fiction, I soon realised I wasn...
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Moving in the Right Direction by Jo Thomas
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Jo Thomas entered our January Slush Pile challenge set by Gemma Cooper. Jo was one of the two winners of this challenge with her submis...
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Pictures Mean Business: Historic Moment!
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Brilliant author-illustrator, maker and shaker Sarah McIntyre deserves a big round of applause from Scoobie illustrators and all author-i...
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The Itch That Must Be Scratched
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Alex Craggs The creative itch can only be scratched... Sometimes life takes aim and craps on you...
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Ten-Minute Blog Break - 10th March
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Yikes! I had a lot of blog posts to read through this week. Should I blame World Book Day, or bloggers coming out of hibernation for Spri...
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Ask a Picture Book Editor
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How to Submit Your Picture Book Professionally! Part 2 - Cover Letters The Do’s and Don’ts
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Hoarder of words
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I took the plunge three days ago, and threw out a neatly stashed pile of unread sections from the Saturday Guardian. I'd squirrelle...
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A collective illustration celebration!
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Today we're celebrating exciting illustrator news from across the many and varied membership of SCBWI's fabulous illustrators &...
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Featured Illustrator: Olivia Palmer
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This month's Featured Illustrator is Olivia Palmer . A versatile artist based in South London, Olivia is the fifth winner of SCBWI'...
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International Publishing Opportunities with Marianne Vilcoq and Bridget Marzo
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Image by Bridget Marzo Illustration Masterclass 21st March 2015 . Have you ever thought of exploring wider markets for your artwork out...
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The Debut Author Series: Eve Ainsworth
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Nicky Schmidt The Learning Curve - Insights from Debut Authors For many the road to publication is long and fraught. For others, a p...
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Ten-Minute Blog Break - 3rd March
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So it's goodbye to grim, cold February and hello to slightly less grim, slightly less cold March. But Spring is coming, right? Read t...
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The world of libraries
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If you want to learn about a place and its people, spend a day in the local library. Libraries are a microcosm, a watering hole for people...
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