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How Can SCBWI Help You?, by Laura Parnum
Many times, when members of the kid lit community are asked to give advice to aspiring children’s book authors and illustrators, one of the top recommendations is to join SCBWI. If you’re following this blog, you’ve probably already done that. … Continue reading
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Tagged Author Illustrators, Authors, Children's book authors, children's book illustrators, children's book writers, children's books, Children's Literature, critique groups, critique swap, eastern PA scbwi, Eastern PA SCBWI events, EPA critique swap group, events, Fall Philly, Illustrator Day, Illustrators, KidLit, Laura Parnum, Maryland/Delaware/West Virginia SCBWI, Meet & Greet, New Jersey SCBWI, New York SCBWI, Pocono Retreat, Richard Peck, SCBWI, SCBWI masterclass, SCBWI podcast, SCBWI resources, SCBWI The Book, SCBWI volunteers, SCBWI webinars, SCBWI. Events, The Book: Essential Guide to Publishing for Children, Tomie dePaola, volunteers, Western PA SCBWI, writers
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#Vacation: “Redwood Giant!,” a Poem by Lily Erlic
Redwood Giant! By Lily Erlic Redwood Giant! Your trunk is like a red-necked dinosaur, Stretch, stretch to touch the sky, What does your canopy say? Whispers to the clouds, no doubt, Secrets in the sky, Your droplets fall to my face, … Continue reading
Eastern PA SCBWI Meet & Greet on November 12 in Newtown, PA, by Virginia Law Manning
Please join author Frank Murphy, store owner Kathy Tholey Morrison, and fellow authors and illustrators at the Newtown Bookshop on Monday, November 12, for an evening of book talk and networking. Frank will speak to attendees about writing nonfiction for … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Meet & Greet, Uncategorized
Tagged Authors, biography, EPA SCBWI, Frank Murphy, historical fiction, independent booksellers, Kathy Tholey Morrison, KidLit, Love Your Bookstore Challenge, Love Your Bookstore Week, Meet & Greet, Newtown Bookshop, nonfiction, Random House, SCBWI. Events, Step Into Reading series, virginia law manning, writing for kids
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A Cafe Chat with Hilda Eunice Burgos and the Lancaster Avenue Writers’ Group, by Laura Parnum
The Lancaster Avenue Writers’ Group is a middle grade and young adult SCBWI-affiliated critique group that I belong to. Today I’ve invited some of our other members here to the Eastern Penn Points Café for a very special occasion. One … Continue reading
Posted in Cafe Chat, Interviews, New Releases, Uncategorized
Tagged Amy Beth Sisson, Ana Maria Reyes Does Not Live in a Castle, Authors, authors of color, book launch, children's book world, Dominican American literature, Dominican American Voices, eastern PA scbwi, EPA SCBWI, Hilda Eunice Burgos, interview, KidLit, Latinx literature, Latinx voices, Laura Parnum, Lee & Low, middle grade fiction, new releases, New Visions Award contest, own voices, SCBWI, Susan North, Tu Books
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A Cafe Chat with Jennie K. Brown, by Laura Parnum
For our final installment of interviews in preparation for YA/MG Day, I got to speak with the awesome middle-grade author, Jennie K. Brown. You can still register for YA/MG Day, but time is running out if you want to sign … Continue reading
A Cafe Chat with Abbey Lee Nash, by Laura Parnum
I am getting very excited for YA/MG day, which will be held on November 3 in Lancaster, PA. I was able to speak with YA author Abbey Lee Nash, one of the faculty members for this event, at the Eastern … Continue reading
Posted in Cafe Chat, Interviews, Uncategorized
Tagged Abbey Lee Nash, Authors, faculty, Interviews, Laura Parnum, lifeline, SCBWI, scbwi eastern pa, SCBWI. Events, teen fiction, writing, writing advice, ya fiction
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A Cafe Chat with Sourcebooks Editor Kate Prosswimmer, by Lindsay Bandy
I’m so happy to introduce Kate Prosswimmer, our faculty editor for this year’s Pocono Retreat at the Highlights Foundation, May 4-6! Even though the manuscript critique deadline has passed, there is still room for you at the retreat. So sip … Continue reading
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Tagged 2018, after zero, Authors, becky albertalli, beyond the bright sea, character development, christina collins, editor pet peeves, editors, emily x.r. pan, fairy tale reform school, ijeoma oluo, Illustrators, jen calonita, Kate Prosswimmer, lady pancake & sir french toast, Lindsay Bandy, MG, middle grade fiction, neurodiversity, not quite narwhal, orphan island, PB, Picture Books, plot development, Pocono Retreat, simon vs. the homo sapiens agenda, so you want to talk about race, Sourcebooks, steampunk, switched, the astonishing color of after, the female of the species, the thing about jellyfish, voice, what editors are looking for, YA, young adult fiction
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