Opening Lines with Penny Holroyde from Holroyde Cartey 05:30 @PennyHolroyde What grabs the reader's attention? What immediately draws you in and makes you want to read on? This month in our f... 1 Comments Read
Ten-Minute Blog Break - 29th September 02:30 Logo by Melany Pietersen Nothing seems to be clear-cut in the world of writing or illustration, and perhaps that grey area is what ma... 1 Comments Read
How ten words got a book contract 07:30 Take a place at the SCBWI conference 2014, an entry in the Ten Word Novel Pitching competition and a well-known children’s publisher as t... 21 Comments Read
Roll up Roll up 10:58 Following on from last week, here are some notes from last year's SCBWI BI conference in Winchester, to whet your appetite for this ye... 0 Comments Read
Featured Illustrator - Loretta Schauer 07:00 This months' Featured Illustrator is Loretta Schauer . Many will know that Loretta is a long standing volunteer for SCBWI and a famil... 8 Comments Read
New (and not so new) Conference Goers Ahoy! 02:00 We are so excited about this year's conference - we have many a first! It's the first time we have an author-writer with an a... 2 Comments Read
REACHING OUT 05:30 Morag Caunt AKA Morag Macrae An interview with Morag Caunt AKA Morag Macrae By Nicky Schmidt It was nearly two years ago that I... 4 Comments Read
Ten-Minute Blog Break - 22nd September 02:30 Logo by Melany Pietersen I've just about recovered from last Friday's SCBWI Agents' Party, which was as usual rather wond... 0 Comments Read
Setting off 00:30 The Happiest Days of Your Life? This month's theme is all about that Back-to-School feeling. For me, that's all about a fresh... 2 Comments Read
Conference countdown 10:47 Have you booked yet? Only two months to go until the 8th annual SCBWI-BI conference . I went along last year for the first time. I can har... 0 Comments Read
Congratulations to writer and illustrator Sue Eastland 00:00 Sue Eastland writes: A Very Top Secret Mission is the first picture book that I have both authored and illustrated. Previously I have... 1 Comments Read
Flying High with Flying Eye 07:00 For the most recent in our illustration Masterclass series, SCBWI was honoured to welcome one of the most original children's publishe... 0 Comments Read
Edinburgh International Book Festival Panel Asks: How to survive being published? 05:30 Speakers and delegates chatting after the event. L-R Katherine Lynas, Christina Banach, Barbara Henderson How indeed? Well, ... 6 Comments Read
Proofreading Tips - Apostrophes 05:30 It’s autumn term. Let’s get back to school with… apostrophes! The tip for proofreading apostrophes is to use your Find function and... 5 Comments Read
Ten-Minute Blog Break - 15th September 02:30 Logo by Melany Pietersen I don't know about you, but I do my best thinking away from my desk. With a demanding full-time job, I h... 3 Comments Read
Agent Confidential: Davinia Andrew-Lynch 07:30 Name: Davinia Andrew-Lynch AKA: The Nocturnal Reader Agency: Andlyn 1 Comments Read
Finding your voice 08:28 The thing I love about writing, is the exact same thing I love about reading. I'm lost in my own world. Truly, madly, deeply. There is... 4 Comments Read
Network News: North-west – iconic buildings, critiques and self-publishing 08:00 Iconic buildings We do get around in the north-west. This time we were in Salford at the Imperial War Museum North. We were given t... 0 Comments Read
Writers' Minds - Toby Forward 06:00 Illustration by Wizzy Barr Ever wondered what makes a writer tick? What cogs of creativity whirr to bring stories to life? We take a pe... 2 Comments Read
Ten-Minute Blog Break - 8th September 02:30 Logo by Melany Pietersen I always feel a bit overexposed when I post the Blog Break the day after I've also featured on Notes fro... 3 Comments Read
Ask a Picture Book Editor 04:00 It’s All About You! The importance of self-promotion This blog post is split into two sections and comes with tips and advice from Jess... 1 Comments Read
Results - Slush Pile Challenge July 2015 09:00 Ella Diamond Kahn, Bryony Woods and Elinor Cooper from DKW Literary Agency threw us all a challenge for the summer. THE CH... 3 Comments Read
Book Basics - Portfolios 07:00 If you're an illustrator attending this year's annual conference don't forget to take along your portfolio and sign up for a r... 1 Comments Read
Agents' Party. Q&A with Fiz Osborne of Plum Literary 06:00 @FizOsborne © Lucy Hunter Photography Ahead of the much anticipated, exclusive, member-only SCBWI BI annual Agents’ Party 2015 on ... 1 Comments Read
The Debut Author Series: Rachel McIntyre 06:14 @RachintheFax The Learning Curve - Insights from Debut Authors by Nicky Schmidt For many the road to publication is long and frau... 1 Comments Read
Ten-Minute Blog Break - 1st September 02:30 Logo by Melany Pietersen The skies may be grey and miserable outside my window, but at least there are blogs to read! Enjoy another s... 1 Comments Read