Wouldn’t you love to attend a children’s book conference without traveling? No airports, hotels, gas stations, or expense reports? No work time lost? Good news! The SCBWI community hosts webinars all over the world! You can register and view affordable webinars from the comfort of your home or office — wherever and whenever you have access to a computer. Or join your friends and colleagues who have registered and watch together. To find out about webinars, click HERE. Each webinar is described and the date for viewing is provided.
SCBWI Michigan also hosts its own webinars from time to time. Check the library often to see what is here.
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Webinars hosted by SCBWI-MI that are viewable NOW:
Children’s Book Industry 101: Terms, Conventions, and How It Works
Brief description: A nuts and bolts session for writers and writer/illustrators including standards for traditional publishing (formatting, word counts for categories, conventions, what’s pushy, what’s polite), how the industry works (role of agent vs. editor, publishing houses and what they offer, large house vs. small vs. regional), and how we get paid (advance, royalties). For more info on the webinar and presenters, click this link: Children’s Book Industry 101: Terms, Conventions, and How It Works
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