Oregon Coast KidLit Conference coming in July

Next summer, July 14-18,  the ever-popular Oregon Coast Children's Book Writers Workshop will be held in Oceanside, Ore. Faculty are expected to include five well-known authors, plus editor Deirdre Jones from Little, Brown; editor Laura Whitaker at Bloomsbury; and agent Rachel Orr from Prospect Agency. A number of WWA members have attended in previous years and enjoyed the experience, so check it out.

Kindling Words About to Spark

The Kindling Words East and West events, which are so popular for children's writers, illustrators, and editors that registration proceeds in part by lottery, have announced their 2014 registration request dates. And check out the workshop leader for KW West: Laurie Halse Anderson!

KINDLING WORDS EAST 2014
January 30- February 2
The Essex, Essex Junction, Vermont

KW East registration will be by lottery. Submit your  registration request via email to KWE@KindlingWords.org on this Sunday, September 15, 2013, from noon to midnight EST only. These registration emails MUST include:

Subject line: KW East 2014 Registration
Status: whether you are an Author, Illustrator, or Editor.
Contact Information: Name, address, telephone number
Publication: Title, date and publisher of your most current or best known book


Names will be drawn and potential registrants informed as soon as possible. Instructions to enroll will be sent at that time. PLEASE do not contact them to find out the status of your registration.

Kindling Words West 2014
April 27-May 3
Thunder Mountain Lodge, Breckenridge, CO (a new venue!)
Workshop Leader: Laurie Halse Anderson (yes, you read that right)

Registration will open October 1 (first come, first serve until filled)
Details on our website soon.

Agent Tricia Lawrence in Spokane! Register now!

Tricia Lawrence
Erin Murphy Literary Agency
Writing Picture Books
 Three Keys to Developing Voice 

Saturday, March 16, 2013

Kress Gallery, River Park Square
Spokane, WA 

       The workshop will cover what is selling in the current picture book market, as well as the craft of voice in picture books. Tricia will be critiquing a limited number of manuscripts for which you must register and submit your first ten pages before March 5^th. The critique consultations will be scheduled Saturday morning prior to the workshop.
        As associate agent, Tricia represents books that look at the world in a unique and unusual way, with characters that are alive both on and off the page. She takes on picture books, chapter and middle grade and young adult fiction that offers strong world building, wounded narrators, and stories that grab a reader and won't let go. Tricia will also look at nonfiction.
The Kress Gallery is located on the Third Level of River Park Square behind the Atrium Cafes on 3. Follow the ramp adjacent to the Main Street windows to the end of the hallway.
Workshop SCBWI Members $49    Non-members $69Individual manuscript critiques $40 Non-members $50
The agent will critique the first ten pages of your manuscript and meet with you for 10-12 minutes. A limited number of critiques are available and you must register in advance. Once you have registered, submit the first ten pages of your manuscript by email to InlandNWscbwi@gmail.com. The deadline is March 5^th. You will be notified of you critique appointment the week before the event. Appointments will be scheduled Saturday morning prior to the workshop.

Click here to register.

Graphic Novel Workshop with Rollin Thomas

A Pratt Fine Art School--Weekend Workshop: Creating Your Own Graphic Novel Taught by Rollin Thomas

Bar Code 2739

 

This is a good introductory course for beginning graphic novelists and for picture book creators.

 

This is a two day intensive weekend workshop offered on Saturday, June 2 and Sunday, June 3 from 10 am to 6 pm. We will break for lunch at 1 pm both days. Bring your lunch and we can chat about our favorite graphic novels.

 

It is intensive but we will cover what you need to know to start and even get started creating your own novel. We will start with terminology, look at drawing styles, media choices, page layouts and pacing, character creation and story lines, both plotted and non plotted. We will look at drawing emotion and picking the right moment to illustrate in each frame/panel and how to move the readers eye to follow the story line and get them to turn the page. Balloon, editorial boxes and other storytelling tools we will tryout for ourselves. We will even get some time to talk about coloring and who to send your work out to sell and get published. Lectures to see process and examples plus exercises will make this a fun weekend. You need only bring a pencil (a number 2 will do) and copier paper. It is also nice to have but not necessary: a pad of tracing paper 8-1/2" by 11", a 12" ruler or any straight edge, and one nice eraser--I like white plastic.

 

You can register here. 

 You can also check out Rollin's website for more information about Rollin.