by SCBWI Western Washington
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 →
Matt de la Peña followed up his Friday Fiction Intensive, focusing on dialogue, and his Saturday Keynote address with a terrific breakout session on the use of the narrator in fiction--getting out of the way of your characters and clearing the stage for them to do the work. Matt spoke to the importance of the... Continue Reading →
"You are what you do when nobody is watching you" Keynote speaker Matt de la Peña gave us a brief history of his journey from reluctant reader to published author (and avid reader). Matt's books share stories of identity, class, code-switching and being bi-racial. He empathized that our profession is all about patience and encouraged... Continue Reading →
Upcoming conference keynoter Matt de la Peña visited Tucson last week. The trip bears mention because the students raised the money themselves to bring Matt out to speak, and Matt spoke at one of the schools that had recently removed his novel MEXICAN WHITE BOY (and a lot of other books) for being too Latino. You... Continue Reading →
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