DEBUT DIARIES—ONE YEAR ON Yasmin Finch 06:30 Welcome to Debut Diaries—One Year On, where SCBWI-BI members share their highs (hopefully lots of these) and lows (hopefully fewer of t... 0 Comments Read
OPEN SKETCHBOOKS Spring 2018 Part 1 06:30 With Spring in the air, it's time for a fresh peek inside the sketchbook pages of illustrator members. What has everyone been worki... 1 Comments Read
ONLINE KNOWHOW Search Engine Optimisation 06:30 How can you be sure your readers can find you online? J ulie Sullivan explains how you can increase your online visibility. 2 Comments Read
BLOG BREAK Performance, Productivity and Picture Books 06:30 Nick Cross presents his fortnightly selection of must-read blogs. 2 Comments Read
WRITING FEATURE The Gap Year 06:30 Intrepid author Moira McPartlin decided to fill the time between novels by organising her own gap year and used it to tour and promote ... 0 Comments Read
REVIEW The Ultimate Hero’s Journey by Neal Soloponte 06:30 In the third of our review series, Marie-Claire Imam-Gutierrez reveals how a broken wrist lead to improved plotting of her WIP 0 Comments Read
INDUSTRY KNOWHOW Public Lending Right 1 06:30 So you’ve made it to publication! Soon you’ll be selling books, but what about those library loans? The good news is that they pay ... 2 Comments Read
TALKING POINT A Place at the Table 06:30 Inclusive Minds , a collaboration of consultants and campaigners with a passion for inclusion, diversity, equality and accessibilit... 0 Comments Read
STATIONERY PASSIONS Kate Wiseman 06:30 This month, author Kate Wiseman shares her stationery passions with Anita Loughrey . 0 Comments Read
PROOFREADING KNOWHOW A Proofer's Compendium 06:30 Photo credit: www.pxhere.com Need to do some fine tuning before submitting your MS? Nail those niggles with this list of links t... 0 Comments Read
EVENT REPORT Character is Destiny 06:30 To celebrate St Patrick’s Day this year, a group of SCBWIs bullied an adult novelist into reading Harry Potter, while wearing unico... 0 Comments Read
ILLUSTRATION EVENTS Picture Books! Discover and Be Discovered 06:30 A special highlight in the recent series of SCBWI Pulse events was a talk on breakthrough picture books, promotion and rights with US wr... 1 Comments Read
PICTURE BOOK FOCUS Top 3 Things to Do While Waiting For a Deal 06:30 Waiting for your next book deal? Natascha Biebow suggests three essential things you should do while waiting for the big wa... 0 Comments Read
BLOG BREAK Do-overs, Deadlines and Damascene Moments 06:30 Nick Cross presents his fortnightly selection of must-read blogs. 2 Comments Read
CELEBRATIONS April 2018 06:30 The days are getting longer and brighter, so more time for our talented authors and illustrators to find inspiration out in the sun. A... 1 Comments Read
MIDDLE GRADE KNOWHOW Creating believable baddies 06:30 Do you need to make your villain vile and your rogue rotten? When it comes to kid lit, bad language and dubious habits might jus... 0 Comments Read
ILLUSTRATION FEATURE The Bologna Book Fair 2018 06:30 This year's Bologna Book Fair saw a marked increase in the number of exhibitors and attendees, Words & Pictures' Illustr... 1 Comments Read
FROM YOUR EDITOR The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2018 06:30 The name of the 2018 laureate of the world's largest award for children's and young adult literature was revealed on March 27... 0 Comments Read
EVENTS Mastering Young Series Fiction 06:30 Braving the cold and snow on St Patrick's Day, over 20 SCBWI members from as far as Scotland attended Paula Harrison's ma... 1 Comments Read
FEATURED ILLUSTRATOR Mehrdokht Amini 06:30 For Featured Illustrator this month we welcome Mehrdokt Amini . An Iranian-British children's book illustrator, Mehrdokt has lived in... 2 Comments Read
ONLINE KNOWHOW Guard your privacy online 06:30 Who is watching what you do online? With all the news articles this week about how our data on social media is being “scraped” without ... 0 Comments Read
JUSTIN'S DEBUT-DANCE BALL Elaine Wickson 06:30 Welcome to Justin’s Debut-Dance Ball , a virtual party to celebrate SCBWI-BI members’ debut publications. This month, Justin welcomes m... 0 Comments Read
EVENTS Creating characters: use your head 06:30 The synopsis of David Thorpe’s workshop From Character To Story was intriguing, writes Abigail Tanner . It promised to use diffe... 1 Comments Read
BLOG BREAK Skills, Studios and Self-Promotion 06:30 Nick Cross presents his fortnightly selection of must-read blogs. 1 Comments Read
SLUSH PILE CHALLENGE April 2018 06:30 We are pleased to announce the April 2018 Slush Pile Challenge, set by Peter Marley , Senior Commissioning Editor, Picture Books at Oxfor... 0 Comments Read
INSPIRATION Reborn 00:00 Easter is seen as a time for new beginnings, whatever your belief system. In the last of her monthly inspiration posts, K. M. Lockwood ... 0 Comments Read