Opening Lines with Penny Holroyde from Holroyde Cartey
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@PennyHolroyde What grabs the reader's attention? What immediately draws you in and makes you want to read on? This month in our f...
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Ten-Minute Blog Break - 29th September
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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...
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How ten words got a book contract
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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...
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Roll up Roll up
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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...
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Featured Illustrator - Loretta Schauer
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This months' Featured Illustrator is Loretta Schauer . Many will know that Loretta is a long standing volunteer for SCBWI and a famil...
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New (and not so new) Conference Goers Ahoy!
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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...
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REACHING OUT
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Morag Caunt AKA Morag Macrae An interview with Morag Caunt AKA Morag Macrae By Nicky Schmidt It was nearly two years ago that I...
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Ten-Minute Blog Break - 22nd September
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Logo by Melany Pietersen I've just about recovered from last Friday's SCBWI Agents' Party, which was as usual rather wond...
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Setting off
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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...
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Conference countdown
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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...
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Congratulations to writer and illustrator Sue Eastland
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Sue Eastland writes: A Very Top Secret Mission is the first picture book that I have both authored and illustrated. Previously I have...
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Flying High with Flying Eye
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For the most recent in our illustration Masterclass series, SCBWI was honoured to welcome one of the most original children's publishe...
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Edinburgh International Book Festival Panel Asks: How to survive being published?
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Speakers and delegates chatting after the event. L-R Katherine Lynas, Christina Banach, Barbara Henderson How indeed? Well, ...
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Proofreading Tips - Apostrophes
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It’s autumn term. Let’s get back to school with… apostrophes! The tip for proofreading apostrophes is to use your Find function and...
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Ten-Minute Blog Break - 15th September
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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...
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Finding your voice
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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...
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Network News: North-west – iconic buildings, critiques and self-publishing
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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...
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Writers' Minds - Toby Forward
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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...
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Ten-Minute Blog Break - 8th September
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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...
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Ask a Picture Book Editor
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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...
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Results - Slush Pile Challenge July 2015
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Ella Diamond Kahn, Bryony Woods and Elinor Cooper from DKW Literary Agency threw us all a challenge for the summer. THE CH...
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Book Basics - Portfolios
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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...
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Agents' Party. Q&A with Fiz Osborne of Plum Literary
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@FizOsborne © Lucy Hunter Photography Ahead of the much anticipated, exclusive, member-only SCBWI BI annual Agents’ Party 2015 on ...
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The Debut Author Series: Rachel McIntyre
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@RachintheFax The Learning Curve - Insights from Debut Authors by Nicky Schmidt For many the road to publication is long and frau...
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Ten-Minute Blog Break - 1st September
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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...
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