Current Scratch: Join Us, Publishing Buzz, Opportunities, & Statewide

Howdy, folks!! Autumn is just around the corner. Can you feel it in the air? No? Well, just wait. It'll happen. Hope all your projects are falling into place!


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Our next Schmooze: Know the difference between author voice and character voice? Join the discussion on Wednesday, Aug. 27, at 10 a.m. in the College Station Barnes & Noble. A brief summary of news from the SCBWI Summer Conference will follow. Those who have time will go out to lunch as well. Come early for gentle critique starting at 9:30 a.m. Bring 5 copies of 5 double-spaced pages to share.


Save the Date! Nov. 8 Day with an Agent--Jodell Sadler


Join us in College Station for a day-long intensive on pacing for picture books and novels with agent Jodell Sadler of Sadler Literary. Registration fees, critique details, and hotel information will be announced soon. Stay tuned, and check the events page at brazosvalley.scbwi.org.


PUBLISHING BUZZ


What are your thoughts on The Netflix for books?


Check out Newly discovered work by Richard Scarry.


The new waterproof eReader by Kobo... Way cool. Available soon!


OPPORTUNITIES


Paper Lantern Lit Launches Digital Imprint


STATEWIDE

SCBWI Austin Chapter: Fall Workshop-Research for Fiction, Non-fiction and Historical Writers.

Date/Time: 9/13/ 2014, 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
Location: Laura's Library, 9411 Bee Cave Rd., Austin, TX
More info here.

Non-Fiction for New Folks Retreat (NF4NF) --  For fiction writers wanting to try nonfiction writing, nonfiction writers who are new to the genre, and experienced NF writers in need of encouragement, instruction, and inspiration. (not an SCBWI event but may be of interest to our members)

Date/Time 10/9 -10/12
Location:  Hill Country University Center,  Fredricksburg, TX
More info here.


Larry J. Ringer Library in College Station: On Saturday, November 8, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m., and Sunday, November 9, 2-4 p.m., Teen & Middle Grade Authors: Teen and tween aspiring authors and adult authors who write for teen and middle grade audiences, talk about your books and about other teen and middle grade fiction, book signings allowed. Contact Kendra at kperkins@bryantx.gov or (979) 764-3416. More info about this event here. *If you would like to be a featured author and have books signed at this event, please contact Kendra Perkins at the email address above.


Also at the Larry J. Ringer Library in College Station: Saturday, November 8, 2-4 p.m., we will be showing "The Fault in Our Stars" (PG-13 movie based on John Green's recent, popular teen book about a girl with cancer).






The views expressed here are my own, and not necessarily those of the SCBWI