Monday, December 2, 2013

Elizabeth Wein: The Pre-#NY14SCBWI Conference Interview by Martha Brockenbrough

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In this wonderful two-part interview by Martha Brockenbrough, Elizabeth Wein shares about structure, writing historical fiction, and giv...
Tuesday, November 19, 2013

In Which Team Blog's Martha Brockenbrough (As Miss Volker) Bleeds For Jack Gantos: A Brilliantly Funny Pre-#NY14SCBWI Interview

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Martha Brockenbrough (A Team Blog Treasure) and Jack Gantos (A Literary Treasure) take it to the bank and cash out with this hilarious a...
Friday, November 15, 2013

Jean Feiwel: The Pre-#NY14SCBWI Conference Interview by Lee Wind

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Check out this remarkable conversation I had with Publisher Jean Feiwel about her newest imprint at Macmillan's Children's Divis...
Monday, November 11, 2013

Emma Dryden: The Pre-#NY14SCBWI Conference Interview by Martha Brockenbrough

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Make sure to check out Martha's wonderful interview with Emma Dryden.  They talk about plot, reading and so much more, and it'...
Monday, October 14, 2013

Get Ready - and Get All The Info - For #NY14SCBWI!

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Get Ready! SCBWI's 15th Annual Winter Conference promises to sell out (as it's done for the past few years) so here's the...
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Tuesday, August 6, 2013

...And That's A Wrap!

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On behalf of all of us on Team Blog, we hope you've enjoyed our reporting on the 2013 SCBWI Summer Conference.  Check out the more than ...
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Monday, August 5, 2013

Exclusive Photos From the Monday Illustrator's Intensive

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Paul O. Zelinsky, way, way, WAY undercover. Mentees with Mentor David Diaz, taking a break from the Illustrators' Intensive. L...
Sunday, August 4, 2013

Conference Attendees Lisa Marnell and Cindy Lin

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Many SCBWI International conference attendees come back and back and back. Lisa Marnell and Cindy Lin tell us why...

First Time Conference Attendees Hilarie and James Cornwell

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The main three days of the 2013 Summer Conference just ended, and I asked Hilarie and James Cornwell to tell us about their experience at th...

The Amazing Carson Ellis and some other guy: Making the Transition to Children's Book Illustration from Related Industries

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Super agent Steve Malk and one of his many amazing clients, Carson Ellis , start out by sharing some of their favorite illustrators who wer...

Henry Winkler/Lin Oliver: Comedy Comes from the Heart

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Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver are both inventors of many creative works in film, television and literature. Together they are creative partne...

About Those Manuscript Critiques

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Kim Turrisi A ton of work goes on behind the scenes to make these conferences sing. One offering that means a lot to attendees are the m...

Jon Scieszka: Moving Beyond Writing for Boys or Writing for Girls

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Jon's session kicked some butt and dropped some names on the topic of boy vs. girl writing. It's a prickly subject for all grou...
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Jeri Chase Ferris' Workshop: Primary Sources! How To Find Them And How to Use Them

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Jeri Chase Ferris leads her workshop Jeri Chase Ferris is this year's Golden Kite-Winning Author for nonfiction for her picture bo...

Writing Biographies for Children

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Angelica Carpenter, Alexis O'Neill, and Susan Goldman Rubin People who attended the nonfiction biography breakout session were lucky...

The Five Mentees for the SCBWI Board Illustrator Committee's Mentorship Program

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Selected from all the portfolios submitted to this year's Portfolio Showcase,  here are the five mentees for the SCBWIBICMP - how's ...

The 2013 SCBWI Summer Conference Portfolio Showcase Awards!

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Priscilla Burris presents the awards from this year's portfolio showcase... The Grand Prize Winner is Maral Sassouni ! Here are ...

Richard Peck's Golden Kite Luncheon Keynote: "Writing at Eye Level, Not Grade Level"

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When Lin Oliver and Steve Mooser were trying to figure out who they could get to top last year's Golden Kite Luncheon Keynote Speaker --...

The Sid Fleischman Humor Award Goes To...

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This year's winner of the Sid Fleischman Humor Award is the iconic Mo Willems , for his chortle-guffaw- and laugh-filled Goldilocks and ...

Golden Kite for Fiction: Joanne Rocklin

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This year's Golden Kite winner for fiction is Joanne Rocklin for her fantastic book, THE FIVE LIVES OF OUR CAT ZOOK. Even if you're ...

Golden Kite for Nonfiction: Jeri Chase Ferris

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This year's Golden Kite winner for nonfiction goes to Jeri Chase Ferris for NOAH WEBSTER & HIS WORDS. Jeri has written 12 biogr...

Golden Kite for Illustration: K. G. Campbell

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Lovely speech by the charming K.G. Campbell who thanked SCBWI and others for his success with Lester's Dreadful Sweaters . K.G. end...