Sign up now for "Romancing the Store" Think Tank

Romancing the Store: How to Make Booksellers and Librarians Love You

Woo the people who can hand-sell and book-talk your book! Gain insights from our panel of eligible bachlorettes (all local and highly available, in this context), then spend time swapping notes and advice with your peers in an informal think tank. (Any topic whatsoever, including other launch, promotion, publishing, and career management issues, are fine in the informal portion of our event. Bring your current dilemmas.)

When? From 10 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 4.

Who? You! And panelists who will include Suzanne Perry from Secret Garden, Mary Harris from BookTree, Erin Ostrander from the King County Library System, and Deborah Sandler from the Seattle Public Library.

Where? Seattle Pacific University, Cremona Hall 102, in Seattle.

This brown-bag event is open to anyone, with PAL and Full SCBWI members receiving registration priority. Others welcome as space permits, but registration is limited based on room capacity, so don’t delay. The cost is $20 for SCBWI members or $25 for non-members.

Bring your own sack lunch or snacks if you like. We’ll provide drinks.

Interested? Sign up now using this two-part process:

1.     Enter the requested information in the form here: https://goo.gl/forms/kL3tjJzjDc74gLpc2https://goo.gl/forms/kL3tjJzjDc74gLpc2

Note that required information includes your SCBWI membership status as of March 1. (This will be confirmed, so if you need to check your renewal date or renew, do it now. Go to SCBWI.org, click Member Login, and review your profile under “About Me.” Act accordingly.)

2.     Then use snail mail to mail a check for $20 or $25 (depending on your membership status), made out to SCBWI Western WA, to Joni at 58402 114^th Street East, Enumclaw, WA 98022-7954. Alternately, you can send Joni the amount via PayPal to sensel (at) earthlink (one of those dots) net. Choose the “send to family/friends” option. (Hey, we’re friends, aren’t we?)

Registrations will be accepted based on the date of receipt of your payment. Your place will be confirmed in mid-February, and registration will close when our seating limit is reached or March 1, whichever comes first. Checks won’t be cashed until your seat is confirmed.

Questions or troubles? Email PAL coordinator Joni Sensel at the email above. And get your questions for booksellers and librarians ready!

PAL Event - October 1

The Inland NW region is hosting a webinar next Saturday designed for PAL members that would like to learn more about School Visits. Nonfiction author, Kelly Milner Halls, will share her trusty tips on October 1st at 9:00 am PST. The cost is $10 and the program will be recorded for those that would like to watch it later in the week.

Here is a link with more details and registration information: https://inlandnw.scbwi.org/events/school-visits-with-kelly-milner-hallspal-think-tank/

Thanks!

Rachel Hamby

Inland NW ARA

Calling All Writers Who Teach

Help The Charlie Browns in the Sno-Isle Communities

Jackie Parker, Lead Librarian for Readers' Services is soliciting proposals for a series of workshops, classes, lectures, and presentations called Write Now: Write, Revise, Publish, and Find an Audience. Proposals covering any step of the writing and publishing process from any perspective (traditional publishing, indie/self-publishing, fiction, non-fiction, author, agent, bookseller, marketing, etc.) will be considered. The strongest proposals will be included in a course list that 21 community libraries can select to book at their locations. Selected proposals will include clearly measurable learning outcomes that will be measured in a post-event survey.

 

Sno-Isle is hoping to sponsor between 15-20 sessions between October and December 2016. If successful, Sno-Isle will continue to offer the Write Now series through 2017.

 

Proposals will ONLY be accepted through the Request for Proposals form. Proposals for fall sessions are due July 20. Sessions should range between one and four hours. If you are interested in offering a longer session or if you have any additional questions, please contact me.

 

For additional information, please see the attached instructions and peruse the RFP. Please feel free to share this request with your colleagues.

 

We look forward to working with you! 

 

Thank you,

 

Jackie Parker, MLIS

Lead Librarian for Readers’ Services

Sno-Isle Libraries