SCBWI Members, don't miss your chance to vote in the final round of the SCBWI Crystal Kite Member Choice Awards! Voting closes at 5p...

If you played along earlier this week, you have a plot outline. Now, you can take that and create a synopsis! Synopses can be tricky, but ...

This week, we have two exercises to challenge us and enjoy, posted by Glen C. Strathy on "How to Write a Book Now." Today, we di...

This two-part panel at The Brown Bookshelf is well-worth reading! screen shot of the panel discussion, as posted at The Brown Bookshelf...

Join us! Click here to find out all the #LA18SCBWI information and register. There's new programming this year, including the...

Fonts are sometimes default (like here on this blog), but in the best book design, they are highly considered... sometimes, they're art ...

More information will be announced soon at the SCBWI Website, and registration opens on April 17, 2018... For now, here are some of the am...

#LA18SCBWI The SCBWI 2018 Summer Conference in Los Angeles SAVE THE DATES: August 3-6, 2018 In addition to keynote presentations, p...

Cheryl Klein is the editorial director at Lee & Low Books, which publishes a wide array of children’s and YA books by and about mar...

A #kidlitwomen, Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day post. While following conversations this month about equality and rep...

Love this one... “There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they'll take you....

In the Nonfiction for Older Reader category, Deborah Heiligman's "Vincent and Theo" won the 2018 Golden Kite Award! I co...