scbwi meetings


	Welcome to the San Diego Chapter of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. We meet the second Saturday of the month from September through May at theUniversity of San Diego’s Hahn School of Nursing Room 106 from 2:00-4:30 p.m. maps/location Meetings are open to SCBWI members and nonmembers. Cost: $7 for SCBWI members, $9 for nonmembers Season Tickets are available from September through November. They provide discounted admission to all meetings and include a subscription to our Chapter newsletter, The Sand Castle Legends. newsletter Monthly meetings feature a speaker on writing/illustrating and have time for chapter business, member announcements and networking. Some of our speakers are local; others are brought in from out of town. Every meeting is planned to further the development of our members' careers. Suggestions of topics and speakers are always welcome. We are looking forward to our 2011-2012 program and hope you can join us. 2011-2012 Season Topics Jan. 14, 2012 – Writing Nonfiction Suzanne Morgan Williams, award-winning author, retired SCBWI Regional Advisor, Nevada. Too Much Information *Research Tips For Nonfiction & Fiction Writers* While there can be research involved in writing fiction, it’s nothing like what’s involved in writing non-fiction. There are so many questions. How do you know what to research? How do you know when you’re done? How do you find sources? These are all questions that author Suzanne Morgan Williams will answer during our January meeting. Williams is the author of 11 nonfiction books for kids aged 8 to high school and of the tween novel, Bull Rider. Using examples from her latest nonfiction, China’s Daughters, Women Who Shaped Chinese History, and Bull Rider, she’ll also share tips for interviewing, photo research, finding online gems and library sources, and she’ll provide a handout on preparing a nonfiction proposal. If you are interested in writing for the nonfiction market, or just in homing your research skills for fiction writing, this is a meeting you need to attend. Feb. 11, 2012 – Scbwi conference day Mar. 10, 2012 – eBook Publishing: a Publishers Perspectivewith Michel Kripanlani, publisher Oceanhouse Medias Apr. 14, 2012 – Lin Oliver, President, Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, TV producer, and author of humorous children's books May 12, 2012 -An Editor’s Perspective Kendra Levin, Editor, Viking Children’s Books

Welcome to the San Diego Chapter of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.

We meet the second Saturday of the month from September through May at theUniversity of San Diego’s Hahn School of Nursing Room 106 from 2:00-4:30 p.m. maps/location

Meetings are open to SCBWI members and nonmembers. Cost: $7 for SCBWI members, $9 for nonmembers Season Tickets are available from September through November. They provide discounted admission to all meetings and include a subscription to our Chapter newsletter, The Sand Castle Legends. newsletter

Monthly meetings feature a speaker on writing/illustrating and have time for chapter business, member announcements and networking. Some of our speakers are local; others are brought in from out of town. Every meeting is planned to further the development of our members' careers. Suggestions of topics and speakers are always welcome. We are looking forward to our 2011-2012 program and hope you can join us.

2011-2012 Season Topics

Jan. 14, 2012 – Writing Nonfiction Suzanne Morgan Williams, award-winning author, retired SCBWI Regional Advisor, Nevada.

Too Much Information
Research Tips For Nonfiction & Fiction Writers

While there can be research involved in writing fiction, it’s nothing like what’s involved in writing non-fiction. There are so many questions.

How do you know what to research? How do you know when you’re done? How do you find sources? These are all questions that author Suzanne Morgan Williams will answer during our January meeting.

Williams is the author of 11 nonfiction books for kids aged 8 to high school and of the tween novel, Bull Rider. Using examples from her latest nonfiction, China’s Daughters, Women Who Shaped Chinese History, and Bull Rider, she’ll also share tips for interviewing, photo research, finding online gems and library sources, and she’ll provide a handout on preparing a nonfiction proposal.

If you are interested in writing for the nonfiction market, or just in homing your research skills for fiction writing, this is a meeting you need to attend.

Feb. 11, 2012 – Scbwi conference day

Mar. 10, 2012 – eBook Publishing: a Publishers Perspectivewith Michel Kripanlani, publisher Oceanhouse Medias

Apr. 14, 2012 – Lin Oliver, President, Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, TV producer, and author of humorous children's books

May 12, 2012 -An Editor’s Perspective Kendra Levin, Editor, Viking Children’s Books