by SCBWI Western Washington
Meet our mentors from our Mentorship Program 2018-2019 Here’s what our Nonfiction Mentors – Clare Hodgson Meeker, Laurie Thompson, and Marin Younker have to say. Tell us a little bit about what you are working on now and your current projects. Clare: My current book project is a narrative nonfiction chapter book titled Growing Up... Continue Reading →
Do you have a story in progress or a finished draft that needs revising? Clare Hodgson Meeker will be teaching a six-week writing class called Polishing your Children’s Book Manuscript on Thursday nights from 7-9pm at Hugo House in Seattle starting September 18. Make a promise to yourself to submit your story to a publisher this... Continue Reading →
You and your friends are invited to a special soccer event for kids and families this coming Saturday, January 21 from 3-5 p.m. at Secret Garden Books in Ballard featuring Sounders FC star Steve Zakuani, Clare Hodgson Meeker (author of SOCCER DREAMS: PLAYING THE SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC WAY) and Jesse Joshua Watson (author and illustrator... Continue Reading →
This Saturday, November 19, join Suzanne Selfors, Clare Hodgson Meeker and 20 other writers, including Garth Stein, Erik Larson, Elizabeth George, and Deb Caletti, for a wintry afternoon of readings and delicious goodies (Santoros Books is co-sponsoring). Each writer will have books on hand to sign! What makes a better gift for the holidays than... Continue Reading →
Lois Harris will be signing her CHARLIE RUSSELL: TALE-TELLING COWBOY ARTIST book on October 1, at 2 p.m. in SCBWI’s booth at Northwest Bookfest in Kirkland. There will be other SCBWI members at the booth throughout the weekend as well.In addition Lois, Clare Hodgson Meeker and Katherine Kirkpatrick will discuss Children’s Nonfiction as panelists during... Continue Reading →
A big WOOHOO and good news for Clare Hodgson Meeker! Clare received a great review for SOCCER DREAMS in a popular Seattle School Librarian's blog. Check it out here!! Clare will doing an author event for SOCCER DREAMS at Mockingbird Books on Friday September 30, from 4-6 p.m. For more information on Clare, and her... Continue Reading →
Good News for Clare Hodgson Meeker! Seattle Sounder's Roger Levesque and two local kids who inspired the story of SOCCER DREAMS joined Clare for an interview with New Day Northwest host Margaret Larson on June 20 on KING TV! If you missed the interview you can see it on here. For more information on Clare,... Continue Reading →
Good news for Clare Hodgson Meeker! Clare's new book trailer for her new book, SOCCER DREAMS: PLAYING THE SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC WAY, was just featured as the Shelf Awareness trailer of the day. Here is the excerpt:Book trailer (and voiceover) of the day: Soccer Dreams: Playing the Seattle Sounders FC Way by Clare Hodgson Meeker... Continue Reading →
There are just a couple of weeks left to register for Clare Meeker's six-week picture book class starting Tuesday, April 6 at Richard Hugo House from 10am-12pm.Take That Idea and Turn it Into a Picture Book will take you from idea to finished story with lessons and discussion on developing character, plot, dialogue, setting, and... Continue Reading →
Her CHARGE AHEAD book, which was commissioned by KPBS public television in San Diego as part of a national Raising Readers grant to promote reading in the schools, had a celebrity launch in December. Three members of the San Diego Chargers football team read the book to an audience of kids and to Sesame Street's... Continue Reading →
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