by SCBWI Western Washington
On Saturday, February 10, 2018, long-time children's editor Harold Underdown will join us for a four-hour revision workshop titled Editing Without an Editor: A Revision Tools Workshop. He joins us here on the blog for a Q&A about the workshop and about revision. JA: First of all, who is it for--beginners or more experienced writers?... Continue Reading →
Second Saturday Writing Workshop at Woodinville Library Catch Laurie Thompson this Saturday, January 13th, at the Woodinville Library for a free workshop on Writing to Make a Difference. Illustrating Picture Books with Dana Sullivan A new crash course at Green River College for the kid writer/illustrator in a hurry! Overview includes manuscript formatting, storyboards, making... Continue Reading →
Nonfiction writers, grab your calendars! Lisa Owens, our nonfiction coordinator, has organized a slew of free, informal coffee meetings over the next few months around town. The first one is next week! All welcome. Nonfiction Writers' Coffee Klatch Tuesday, January 17, 2018, at 7:00 PM Crossroads Bellevue, 15600 NE 8th Street, Bellevue Bring a recent... Continue Reading →
Happy New Year! Join us for the first meeting of 2018 on January 10, 7-9pm, at Demaray Hall at SPU. Get Better with Michèle Griskey & Comics vs Illustration with Megan Kelso Get Better Join Michèle Griskey for a presentation focused on helping writers and illustrators develop a more objective view of their own work... Continue Reading →
SCBWI WWA events: January Northern Network Meeting 2018. Doesn't that sound like a year full of possibilities? Is one of your New Year's resolutions to write/ illustrate more? Let's ring IN the New Year with a Write-IN/ Draw-IN! Bring a current project to work on. Nothing current happening? I'll have some writing/ drawing prompts to get those creative juices flowing! Wednesday, January 3, 7:00... Continue Reading →
Are you an Author's Guild member? (If not, perhaps you should be.) Read the Guild's letter to the FCC regarding the upcoming vote on net neutrality and, if you agree that the regulations about to be repealed should be upheld, sign on here. For better or worse, SCBWI has traditionally stayed away from most political... Continue Reading →
Please join us on Wednesday, December 13, at Seattle Pacific University (SPU) in Demaray Hall from 7-9 pm. We’ve got goings-on a-plenty, from our pre-meeting Annual Cookie Exchange to a stellar panel talk on “Book Events That Change Lives.” We’ll also be offering Passport holders a last chance to sign up for the Great Critique... Continue Reading →
December 2 Martha Brockenbrough and Susan Adrian fill Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park with holiday cheer for LOVE, SANTA and NUTCRACKED. December 3 Join Janet Lee Carey for a Chickens Christmas story time and sing along at The Neverending Bookshop. For more family fun, attend the Bothell Tree Lighting ceremony at 5 pm, then come to... Continue Reading →
November 9 William Joyce will be at Third Place Books Ravenna to talk about SANTA CALLS. November 10 Shannon Messenger is at University Bookstore to talk about NIGHTFALL, the latest in her Keeper of the Lost Cities series. November 12 Join Suzanne Kaufman for the launch party of CONFISCATED! at Secret Garden at 3 p.m.... Continue Reading →
Faith Pray is our Featured Illustrator for November/December! Faith was the Booster Award winner at the 25th SCBWI Western Washington Conference for Writers and Illustrators this past spring. Faith is a book-loving writer/illustrator living in Port Townsend, Washington. She regularly wrangles four wildebeest-children, and make art and stories in all her extra corners. Can you... Continue Reading →
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