Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators
Leeza Hernandez
A Note From the Editor
The Winter 2008 issue of Words and Pictures is available to members as a FREE DOWNLOAD NOW!
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Online Exclusive: A Colourful Plotting Exercise
Words & Pictures is a quarterly newsletter that strives to inform, entertain, and connect children's book writers and illustrators living in the British Isles. And because it is a membership publication, it needs member involvement – we want to hear from you !
Suggest article ideas, write about events you have attended, showcase your illustrations, and enlighten or inspire us with your experiences in the complex world of children's publishing.
Have you been published recently? Did you win an award? Do you want to join a creative critique group? Have you found an event that you'd like to attend with other members? Again, let us know!! We'll post it on our "Members' Accolades " page.
So, get busy writing and illustrating for your publication. I look forward to hearing from you!
Eileen Nester Ramchandran
Newsletter(AT)britishscbwi.org
In the winter 2008 Issue
Featured illustrator :Paula Knight "For a few
years I did very well working with torn-paper collage, using pencil crayon/ink
pen for fine detail. However, I developed RSI during a job whose spreads
contained hundreds of tiny pieces of paper. I then had to rest and rethink
while the lumps on the insides of my knuckles subsided!"
Author Profile: Ellen Renner by Stephanie Williams “I took comfort from the fact that Cornerstones said it was competition for first drafts, because that’s certainly what they got,”
Round-up: Dreams With Deadlines by Sharon Tregenza We asked several SCBWI-BI members how they set – and
hope to achieve – their goals this year.
SCBWI Winchester Writers Day by Anita Loughrey Everything you wanted to know plus pictures and a sidebar about Pippa Goodhart's Picture Book Seminar by Bekki Hill
A-Z of Illustrating by Paula Knight N is for novelty ...
The Writer's Corner: So What's Happening Then by Tish Farrell
Writers may groan at the P-words,
saying plotting is their weak
point, that planning cramps their
creativity. There’s the notion that
open-ended means open minded,
and the best ideas will only drop
in along the way. Some writers
say that knowing where their story
is heading is the quickest way to
boredom and block.
Yet writing without
a plan is like
jumping from a
plane without a
parachute.
Online Exclusive: A Colourful Plotting Exercise
Event Report: Undiscovered Voices
SCBWI-BI has produced an anthology to showcase new, promising voices in UK children’s literature..
Creative Minds: The Joy of the Lost Archive by Sue Hyams
When writer’s
block strikes, look
back and estimate
just how any words
you have managed
to write in the past – probably tens of
thousands. What an
achievement that
is!
Events, Member Accolades, Network News, Notebook/Sketch pad/ Lucy and Jerkl
Lots of good news, in fact, some really AMAZING wins for members, great events
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Writing for grown-ups seems very tame in comparison. I
also think that writing for children is harder. You can’t get away with self indulgence.
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