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Writing and Illustrating
Wednesday, February 1st WHAT: Join us for an evening of writing, sketching, and imagining. Work individually on your own projects, while enjoying the collective energy of a focused and creative group. While most people will be working quietly, there will be a designated section for conversation and a sign-up sheet for critique groups. A [...]
Creative Motivation: For yourself and your clients!
by Christina A. Tugeau: Artist Agent LLC, 1994–present, SCBWI member and speaker. It is difficult to produce, create, and invent when paying assignments are often far between, underpaid, overly demanding, and have short deadlines. Everyone deals with this in his or her own way, but I want to suggest jumping right in with both feet [...]
Query Writing – A Guide for the Anxious
by Sarah Davies, Literary Agent I toyed with much fancier titles for this post, but then decided to say it straight. What you want to know is how to write a great query and the whole process worries you sick, right? Everyone else in the industry has blogged on this topic, so there’s no shortage [...]
Creating Picture Books in a Challenging and Changing Market
by Melanie Hope Greenberg Clarion Editor Lynne Polvino, opened her talk for the November Tuesday Night Professional Series by asking the audience to think about their formative memories of the classic books they loved. She suggested that we approach our careers as “a noble endeavor, an important and worthwhile undertaking, but one that is not [...]
On the Frontiers of Book Talk
by Emily Goodman Brian Kenney, editorial director for Library Journal, School Library Journal, and The Horn Book, and Luann Toth, managing editor of book reviews for School Library Journal, described how the digital revolution has transformed professional coverage of books and publishing in general at the October 11, 2011 lecture in the Tuesday Professional Series. [...]
Make Editors Go Ga-Ga: Martha Mihalick on Voice
by Emily Goodman Martha Mihalick, editor at Greenwillow, opened the Metro NY Tuesday Professional Lecture Series on September 13 with a sold-out talk entitled, “Voice: What is it, and why does it make editors go ga-ga?” “Your voice is your instrument,” said Mihalick, noting that dictionary definitions of ‘voice’ also call it “a wish, choice, right of [...]