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Audiobook Pre-Production - Have You Prepared Your Manuscript?Becky Parker Geist talks about the work that has to be done to prepare a manuscript to be recorded as an audiobook. Besides the obvious, like how...
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Kids Ask KidLit Authors Some Great QuestionsThis roundup of great (and some hysterical) questions from kids was SO much fun! Cheers to Diane Roback for pulling it all...
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Jenn Bailey discusses her books and writing secretsBy Suma Subramaniam I'm thrilled to welcome Jenn Bailey to the SCBWI Blog today. We're eager to learn about...
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Yamile Saied Mendez Discusses Writing CraftBy Suma Subramaniam I'm thrilled to welcome Yamile Saied Mendez to the SCBWI Blog today. We're eager to learn...
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Publisher Brooke Warner On Returns (Yes, they're "heart-troubling" for authors, but there's more to consider...)Over on substack, Brooke Warner wrote this column, Things That Make Authors Cry . So when your publisher sells your book to a...
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Hanh Bui Discusses How Her Refugee Experiences Fueled Her WritingBy Suma Subramaniam I'm thrilled to welcome Hanh Bui to the SCBWI Blog today. We're eager to learn...
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On Kindness and the Lenses We Work ThroughIt's one week from the publication of my fourth book, A Different Kind of Brave . It's my gay teen love letter to James Bond...
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To Be Visible: Why Writing Intersectional Identities for Kids MattersThroughout this week, there's a picture that I just can't shake. A kid, smiling at the camera, looking dapper and happy in their vest. A...
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Join the SCBWI and KidLit Community for the Golden Kite Awards Ceremony -- Free and Online this Friday Feb 23, 2024Sign up here to join the online event and find out who wins in the these seven categories, and hear the acceptance speeches! Young Reader...
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Liminal Spaces: Where Our Writing Thrives“I don’t know if I can do this.” That’s what I said to my husband after reading the editorial letter for my debut novel, The Night...
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Catch up on highlights from the 2024 SCBWI Winter Conference!It was a whirlwind weekend of SCBWI illustrator, translator, and author goodness! Get a taste over at the official SCBWI...
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For the Weird Ones: 3 Writing Block Rituals for Built-Different BrainsHello, SCBWI! I’m Ash, your guest writer for the next few weeks. I’m a queer, neurodivergent, Arab-American, disabled author and poet,...
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The SCBWI Winter Conference is ONE WEEK Away!If you'll be joining us in person in New York City, get ready for an amazing weekend of inspiration, craft, business, opportunity, and...
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Have You Claimed Your Google Knowledge Panel?At 22:14 of this video interview on The Indie Author Podcast, The Many Levers of Your Author Platform with Andrea De Werd , Andrea speaks with...
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FEMALE IS FUNNY TOO: Analyzing humor and gender in children's contentBy M.R. Woodward Are funny male kid lit writers more successful than female? Sometimes I wonder...
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Book Marketing Tips From Beyoncé - Alesha Brown Serves It Up for Us in This BookLife by Publishers Weekly ArticleWith so much book marketing advice out there, it's always fun to see a fresh take on something we all have to do as part of our journeys as...
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Interview with Jennifer Green, the owner of Green Bean BooksBy: Megan Woodward I've always thought that working in a children's book store would be the ultimate dream job. Being...
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AI re-gurgitation can be a call for YOUR unique creativitySo there's a lot of talk about "generative" AI. I think that's a misnomer. It's re-generative. It's not generating anything new. It might...
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A PUN IN THE OVEN: How to give birth to wordplay in picture booksby: Megan Woodward Anyone who knows me, knows I love puns— all kinds. Hamburger puns, hotdog puns, sticky puns, sesame puns......
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An Overview of AI in Publishing - Thad McIlroy in Publishers WeeklyThis recent article, How Publishers Can Navigate the AI Revolution , is well-worth reading. Thad gives a brief overview and history...
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Screenplays to Kid Lit: How My Screenwriting Background Helps Me Write Picture BooksWritten by: Megan Woodward Have you ever read a screenplay? If you write...
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Goals and Your Creative Time in 2024Happy New Year, SCBWI Community! As we head into 2024, and you plan your creative works ahead, consider applying the (often used in business)...
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Building Connection and CommunityOftentimes being a writer can be an isolating and challenging experience. There is so much uncertainty and waiting for things to happen in this...
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Story Lessons from a Holiday Song: Roy Peter Clark Explains How "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" can be a Mentor TextThis article in Poynter. by Roy Peter Clark, What I learned about writing and storytelling from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer , is fun holiday...
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The Power of StorytellingI’ve had the honor of meeting readers at book events and school visits who have shared with me how much my book, The Yellow Áo Dài , means to...
