by SCBWI Western Washington
National Book Award nominee Franny Billingsley (2011's Chime) urges writers to put the characters (and therefore your readers) into as concrete a world as possible. Put your reader somewhere they want to be, she says. Into your book, which is akin to a pleasant dream-state. How to keep your readers there? Deploy concrete, sensory details.... Continue Reading →
Claudia awaits her introduction. Executive editor at Katherine Tegen Books, Claudia Gabel, talked about First Pages in Reverse. Claudia is not only an editor, but she's also an author (the In or Out series, Romeo and Juliet and Vampires, co-writer of Elusion). (Dang, the talent is just dripping off the walls in here this weekend!)... Continue Reading →
Colleen AF Venable is an author and designer. Colleen AF Venable has an incredible knack of showing some extremely scary villains to her audience. She (with scary and hilarious slides) talked through film and literary villains, such as Voldemort, King Leck, Darth Vader, a number of Disney villains, and even a rabbit. We talked through the... Continue Reading →
Abigail Samoun's breakout sessions were dealing with tools for every plot mechanic. She gave us advice, insight and practical tools to use for story plots. In our second session she had four volunteers share their homework and we had a great session listening to the process. Since we can't give away all of Abigail's amazing... Continue Reading →
We had a wonderful session with Author Robin LaFevers. It was chock full of invaluable information on pace for your story. According to Robin: Pace is all about momentum. Getting the reader to turn the page as quickly as possible. We are creating a compulsion through pace for our reader to turn the page. There... Continue Reading →
Mac Barnett spoke to an over-flowing room of conference attendees on taking very practical lessons from very good picture books. Mac read several picture books and then went through why they worked and what we can learn from them. He made it very clear that picture books are a form and not a genre. They... Continue Reading →
Reported by Rebekah JensenSketch by Dana SullivanAuthor and Illustrator Jesse Joshua Watson shared about Writing for Change in his breakout session. He gave us some ideas on how to use books as tools for change as he shared how he used his book HOPE FOR HAITI to help after the earthquake in Haiti.Here are some... Continue Reading →
Reported by Liz Mills Kevin Emerson has published six novels for middle-grade readers: CARLOS IS GONNA GET IT (Arthur A. Levine Books, 2008) and the Oliver Nocturne series (Scholastic, 2008-2009). His next novels, THE FELLOWSHIP FOR ALIEN DETECTION for middle-grade readers and book #1 in the Atlanteans trilogy for young-adult readers, will be published by... Continue Reading →
Reported by Liz Mills Rosanne Parry is the author of the picture book DADDY’S HOME and the middle-grade novels HEART OF A SHEPHERD and SECOND FIDDLE. She lives in Portland, OR, and writes in a treehouse in her backyard. In a straight-talking presentation peppered with heartwarming anecdotes and personal experiences, Rosanne took us through the... Continue Reading →
Lionel Bender, who's on our Editorial and Art Director Faculty spoke about visiting book fairs and exhibitions. A valuable event because:You can see huge number of publishers (all at one place).Publishers will display what they are about to publish (new products).You can get key information for submitting knowing the new products.Only place you stand a... Continue Reading →
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