tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16214842045422296412024-03-14T09:57:19.626+10:00The SCBWI Australia & New Zealand Conference Blog4th International Conference of the Society of Children's Writers and Illustrators, Sydney, June 29-July 2 2012Sheryl Gwytherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06802710892641289128noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1621484204542229641.post-64097155934259271302012-07-06T13:34:00.000+10:002012-07-06T13:34:02.188+10:00More notes from the sessions<br />
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<b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>History is Selling </i>– Pamela Rushby, Belinda Murrell, Lisa Berryman,
Zoe Walton. Chair – Mark Greenwood.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Belinda:</b> History
is hot! Kids love to escape – be swept away. She used to be a travel writer –
loves going on location for her historical settings. Kids love Aust history –
curious.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Pamela: </b>History
has the ‘wow’ factor and the best, strangest, most vivid stories are the real
ones. She ‘trips over’ her huge range of settings and periods. A trained
historian – loves hanging out in museums. Advice – write hist fiction tying in
with school curriculums.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Zoe: </b>Time slip a
nifty device – gives young readers a comfortable progression. But the mechanics
of this can be a trap – careful system required. Need for veracity and authenticity.
Speculative fiction draws lots from history. Modern fiction can incorporate
history. Find your own take on history.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Lisa: </b>Her fave
genre. New curriculum favours hist fiction. Anniversaries eg Anzac Day
important to publishers. Growing appetite for hist fiction helped by film and
tv – resurgence of bonnet dramas, history channel etc. Kids fascinated by
history.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>QnAs: </b>The
challenge of writing history for pre-school and infant ages – not much around.
Look for funding for historical research – Aust Council and other grants. A
note on multiple submissions – let all the publishers concerned know.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(Reported by Charlotte Calder)</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Reaching into the Heart – Realistic Fiction </i>– Sally Murphy, Pru
Mason, Meg McKinlay, Sarah Foster. Chair – Sue Whiting<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Sue: </b>Good
realistic fiction illuminates life with honesty and truth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Prue: </b>Started out
wanting to write fantasy. Was writing for a kids’ newspaper in the <st1:place w:st="on">Middle East</st1:place> – great training. Early influence of Ivan
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Meg: </b>Considers
herself an observer rather than a storyteller. Started as an adult poet – she’s
a ‘collector of fragments’. Not interested in and struggles with plot. Has
always written snippets and scenarios.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Sally: </b>Tackles
difficult topics. Childhood reading was reality fiction – from first reading of
verse novel, wanted to do it herself. <st1:city w:st="on">Pearl</st1:city>
came first to her as a character rather than a situation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Sarah: </b>Good
writing surpasses pigeon holing of genre. Looking for Alibrandi had a huge
impact on her. Difference between adult and YA – YA carries responsibilities to
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Sue: </b>5 out of 6
of last year’s CBCA YA shortlist were realistic. But of Dymock’s top 50 sellers
last year, only 15 were realistic – Harry Potter etc.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Meg: </b>Why does
‘realistic’ reach into the heart more than ‘spec’ fiction? Says she’s too lazy
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Sally: </b><st1:city w:st="on">Pearl</st1:city> made into a play. <st1:city w:st="on">Pearl</st1:city> is actually her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Sarah: </b>The need
to put heart into fiction. Importance of humour.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Meg: </b>Her boy
characters come from all her brothers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Prue: </b>Says she
finds big humour hard – hers more gentle and ironic.</span></div>
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<b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Inside the Educational Book Market – </i>Maria Gill<i>, </i>Sheryl Gwyther, </span></b><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lesley Vamos, </span></b><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Meredith Costain. Chair – Dianne Wolfer</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2 types discussed </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- work commissioned by publishers<b><i><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How to break into the genre – networking at conferences.
Being alert to events, opportunities, upcoming anniversaries etc. The new
national curriculum – lots of opportunities.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Importance of adhering to publishers’ requirements. Can be v
prescriptive, strict word limits, precise referencing. NB Deadlines – often v
short. Author may have to suggest or even provide illustrations – carry a
camera. Your words will be changed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Illustrators – research the market, write letters and send
portfolios. Show ethnic diversity. Let people know what you do. Persevere!</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>What do the publishers say – picture books – </i>Tegan Morrison, Karen
Tayleur, Jeanmarie Morosin. Chair – Frané Lessac.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Each publishes between 9 – 15 pic books a year. Random House
and Five Mile Press looking at revamping their pic book lists this year.
Authors and illustrators encouraged to approach publishers at events such as
this – flowers and chocs help!! Authors encouraged to provide assistance after
publication with blogging, social media and schools and events appearances. All
publishers try for overseas sales. ABC have had recent success in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Korea</st1:country-region> and <st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place> with Oz pic books.
Current pic book gaps are Anzac Day,
humour and universal themes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All found the Illustrator Showcase v useful – some
illustrators will be approached.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Only submit your best story. Don’t provide directions for
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<b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>What do the publishers say – children and YA – </i>Sarah Foster, Zoe
Walton, Jill Corcoran, Lisa Berryman. Chair – Wendy Blaxland.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Q: What’s important?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Lisa – </b>freshness,
quality of writing</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Sarah </b>– Able to
take feedback on board v important. Delete illustrations for pic books and
don’t get a friend to provide illustrations! Don’t tell publishers your visions
for the marketing of the book!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Zoe – </b>Make sure
your letter is professional.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Jill – </b>You always
know straight away when you like a book. Not interested if there are lots of
comparable books. Always Googles an author.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Q: What’s important
in a working relationship with an author or illustrator?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Sarah: </b>Professionalism,
commitment to project + loyalty, a long-term relationship.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Zoe: </b>Ditto. She
loves conversations with her authors.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Jill: </b>Is an
editing agent – important for client to be able to work with an editor. Loyalty
– be upfront about changes and planning.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Lisa: </b>Discretion
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Jill: </b>Most
digital work starts out digital. Advances are going down. Publishers are
insisting on e-book rights.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Lisa: </b>Digital is
opening up myriads of opportunities for republishing and self-publishing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Sarah: </b>E-book
publishing very expensive</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Jill: </b>Right now
YA most e-affected.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Zoe: </b>Ditto. It’s
not all Amazon here, unlike US and <st1:place w:st="on">UK</st1:place> – dilemmas are being worked
through re pricing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Jill: </b>Puzzling
situation</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Q: Are you
optimistic?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Sarah:</b> Not enough
editors being trained in-house.</span></div>
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room for illustrators’ input in pic book manuscripts.</span></div>
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<br />Sheryl Gwytherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06802710892641289128noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1621484204542229641.post-59014642244097991952012-07-05T16:35:00.002+10:002012-07-05T16:35:51.288+10:00Roving Reporter, Claire Saxby reports on the AGENTS' PANEL<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<pre wrap=""><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Jill Corcoran from Herman Agency of New York</b> </span></span></pre>
<pre wrap=""><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Jill represents picture books, chapter books, middle grade and ya fiction, and illustration. She has a long history in working in many areas where she is launching new products to the market. Which is what new books are.
Her most important role as an agent is in finding talent for publishers. She then works with them to make them fabulous. She helps creators to find their voice, and grow their career. Placing the right projects in the right place to make the most impact. The main things she looks for in a new manuscript is originality, works out where there's a place for it and that it's saleable.
She needs to love it and to know that the market has a place for them.
She gets lots of queries and now has two interns to read them. She does pick up people from the slush pile and does represent Australians.<b> </b></span></span></pre>
<pre wrap=""><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Frances Plumpton, Frances Plumpton agency, New Zealand</b>Began working as a children's librarian and loved working with books and their readers. When she was made redundant she worked in a series of jobs related to children's books before starting with Richards agency.
She now runs her own agency as of 1 June 2012
What does an agent do for their fee?
Nurtures you in craft and career.
Develops a strategic plan for you
Advocates negotiates and mediates for you.
Encourage and reality check.
Cheer squad and shoulder to cry on.
Office manager. <b> </b></span></span></pre>
<pre wrap=""><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Sandra Morris illustrators', New Zealand</b>
Author/illustrator/teacher/agent
Looks for new talent in Australia and sometimes from Europe.
She is happy if illustrators do their own thing as well as the markets are small and people have to make a living.
Although if she does make a sale she expects to represent for all subsequent projects there.
She supports illustrators having multiple styles but suggests keeping publisher in loops if you propose changing style radically on a project. She believes a variety of styles can be of advantage to both illustrator and publisher.<b> </b></span></span></pre>
<pre wrap=""><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Brian Cook, The Authors Agent & manuscript appraisal agency</b>
Background in sales marketing and editing.
Now runs manuscript appraisal agency and literary agency. Reps adults and children's creators. Wants to work with more especially those with more than one book in them.
Approach agency with ms complete rather than with idea.
Do your research, it helps to show you are serious about your work.
It's all about relationships.</span></span></pre>
<pre wrap=""><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">If approached about taking on the second in a three book series where the first has done well online in the US would he be interested? He said not really as the intellectual copyright for that book has already been out there and would have to consider the second book as a first book. So second book would have to stand alone. Even if it worked for Matthew Reilly.
Brian referred people to his website for a schedule of fees for manuscript assessments. manuscriptappraisalagency.com.au </span></span></pre>
<pre wrap=""><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Other agents said they couldn't charge for considering ms. </span></span></pre>
<pre wrap=""><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Jill said she was happy to consider queries from conference attendees and gave directions for addressing emails. Guidelines are on her blog. </span></span>
</pre>Sheryl Gwytherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06802710892641289128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1621484204542229641.post-1414831223027447662012-07-05T16:05:00.003+10:002012-07-05T16:06:11.104+10:00Guest blogger: Charlotte Calder's notes on What Makes a Best Seller?<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Katrina</b>: Pic books generally not best
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<span style="font-size: small;">Topical subject in schools. Awards. Celebrity. A hook.
Meaningful interaction. Fun. Great ending. Picture book series, eg Diary of a
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Meredith</b>: Humour,
applies to all genres. YA age has expanded to 10 – 20s. Books with one word
titles!! Stories that linger, great characters with flaws and care about-able,
distinctive voice, from the heart.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Chris</b>: Humour. In
3 or more countries with major publisher. An inexact science. Difficulty for
editors of convincing Sales and Marketing about taking on a book – don’t show
too much love for it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Q & As</b>: The
difficulty of maintaining a presence post-publication. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Where are the dollars
spent? Some best sellers are slow burners. Commissioning and writing a package
for TV. Social media for teens is huge.</span></div>
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<br /></div>Sheryl Gwytherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06802710892641289128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1621484204542229641.post-76303822543460061792012-07-05T09:29:00.001+10:002012-07-05T11:37:10.176+10:00MASTERCLASS - Wrestling with Plot: Sherryl Clark<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">SCBWI<b>'s</b> Roving Reporter, Lynda Calder attended Sherryl Clark's brilliant session on plotting. Here are <b><i>some </i></b>of the highlights from her double-session masterclass:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Sherryl Clark is a successful Australian author. She's also been teaching professional writing
at TAFE for 16 years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Her writing coaching
agency has a new e-guide, "The Tough Guide to Why You Are Not
Published Yet". And another will come on goal-setting soon. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #366092;"><span style="color: #366092; font-weight: bold;">STRUCTURE</span></span></b></span><span style="color: #366092; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #366092;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Why is it important? Plotting is just what
goes on top of the structure. The structure is a house's frame. The plot is the
cladding. You cannot plot effectively without
understanding good structure. And a simple structure could have a myriad of
plots put over the top. A lot of books are about structure for screen plays.
BUT the screen writers are right. Structure helps with pacing, sagging middles
and failed endings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Structure can come into play in revisions
if you are the sort of writer who just writes and see what comes out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Narrative
drive:</span></i></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"> What pushes the story through to
the conclusion - from the main character and what they most want or need? It
drives the story. Otherwise, the story goes nowhere. It may be something that
changes. e.g. "The Firm" - Tom Cruises’ character aim was to be a
fantastic lawyer, have a brilliant life and make lots of money. At the first
turning point, the firm is a front for the mafia. Now the drive becomes staying
alive.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Turning
Point:</span></i></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"> The story goes in a different
direction and is a surprise for the reader. It sends the story in a more
exciting direction. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Epiphany:</span></i></b></span><span style="font-size: small;">
The moment where the characters realises something that leads to the end of the
story. Can also be the climax.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Journey:</span></i></b></span><span style="font-size: small;">
What the character goes on - externally and internally. External affects the
internal to change the main character and make them grow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Raising
the Stakes:</span></i></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"> Continually raise
the stakes and increase the tension. If ever stuck, think the worst that could
happen and make it happen to your character.
Otherwise, there is no story.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Structure is a tool, not a formula. You
don't necessarily need it for the first draft. If you use it enough, it becomes
second nature.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-style: italic;">Rule of
3:</span></i></span><span style="font-size: small;"> A strong fairy-tale element (3 little
pigs, 3 little bears). Three is enough. Four is too many. Two is not enough.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Each of the three things is an obstacle to
raise the tension UP - always up. (Anything up to 5000 words works).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Invisible but holding up the story.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">If you pick 10 things, then you can choose
three from those that help make the story stronger. The first thing that comes into your head
is not usually the best. Step back, brainstorm.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">"Screenwriting" by Syd Field pp
26-27, 128-129</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">1.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: small;">Inciting incident
(no explaining, no character sketches) - starts the story in motion</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Propels the main
character out of their normal world, into action. In a picture book - by the
third double page spread. The art of writing is getting all the who, where,
when etc. into the beginning. You have to be REALLY tight.</span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-size: small;">Then three
complications - brainstorm EVERY possibility. You can throw away the horrible
things. But don't go for the things that everyone has used. If too predictable
and ordinary, the ending becomes predictable.</span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-size: small;">Climax - the moment
just before the climax is the point where things could not possibly get any
worse. If you can't work out how to solve it, that is a good thing. It may take
some time to solve. If the answer is a surprise to you, it will be to the
reader, as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #366092;"><span style="color: #366092; font-weight: bold;">Novels</span></span></b></span><span style="color: #366092; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #366092;"></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">(Three Acts - goes back to Aristotle.) Screen
plays of 120 minutes are divided into 3 Acts - 30 minutes, 60 minutes, and 30
minutes. With turning points in-between. The climax sits about 1/3 into the
last Act. Mid-Act climax in the middle of Act 2. Inciting incident happens in
Act 1 and the character can never go back.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">First turning point is the first BIG surprise for the
audience. And this launches us into Act 2.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The second turning point makes it all
happen again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">E.g. "Million Dollar baby" - 1st
turning point is Clint Eastwood becoming trainer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Act 2 is about her drive to be the best
(filled with complications).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">2nd turning point is her fatal injury and
being on life support.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Act 3 is the pay-off with their
relationship.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Turning points shoot the story into new
playgrounds.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #366092;"><span style="color: #366092; font-weight: bold;">Christopher Vogler's Hero's Journey (slightly modified)</span></span></b></span><span style="color: #366092; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #366092;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Every major character in your story needs
to go on this journey. George Lucas studied with George Campbell and used this
structure. Vogler took this structure from "Star Wars". "The
Writer's Journey" by Christopher Vogler is highly recommended. Diagram
pages</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">ACT 1 ("Star
Wars" example)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">1.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: small;">Ordinary world -
the main character starts in their own world</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">2.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: small;">Call to adventure -
the inciting incident, obligation, duty, having to rescue someone </span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-size: small;">Refusal of the call
- because they like being in their world</span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-size: small;">Meeting with the
mentor - doesn't have to be a human</span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-size: small;">Crossing the
threshold - into the other world (first turning point) and they cannot go back
because of the thing they need or want to do</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">ACT 2</span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-size: small;">Test, allies,
enemies, obstacles - gain skills, knowledge (esp. about themselves), gain
courage etc.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Things
are getting worse</span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-size: small;">Approach to the
inmost cave - the moment at which things can't possibly get any worse (just
before the climax) - this is where the character gets closest to giving up</span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-size: small;">Supreme ordeal -
the climax and final battle</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">10.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;">Reward
- villain defeated</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">11.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;">The
road back - recrossing the threshold back to the ordinary world. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">12.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;">Resurrection
or Final Test - The hero has to prove they have learned what they set out to
learn - esp. internally. (The climax is past BUT something extra happens.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">13.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;">Return
with elixir - home is never the same because the hero has changed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Using this structure and tacking the plot
onto it can help identify sagging parts and gaps in the plot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> </span><i><span style="font-size: small;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">The picture book grid can be matched to the
Hero's Circular Journey.</span></i>
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<span style="font-size: small;"></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The climax must bring about absolute and
irreversible change. The difference between real life and fiction is that in
real life people may not really change. We want to think people can change
(maybe this is why people read fiction)</span>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #366092;"><span style="color: #366092; font-weight: bold;">The Structure of Scene</span></span></b></span><br />
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From "Story" by Robert McKee<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #366092;"><span style="color: #366092; font-weight: bold;">:</span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Positive
and Negative:</span></i></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"> Every scene must
change - either from positive to negative or vice versa. If it doesn't the
scene doesn't move the story forward and it should go.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A character must be put in a vice, be
squeezed until they are forced to do something (maybe with a few small
victories along the way) but on the whole their choices and actions make things
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<span style="font-size: small;">Ask yourself - what is the purpose of this
scene? To advance the scene, raising the stakes, keep the tension up? If it is only
character building, then it is not worth it. If you have walk-on characters
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<span style="font-size: small;">But they can be an opportunity to bring
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">A masterclass - reported on by Lynda Calder. Keep an eye out for it soon!</span></span>Sheryl Gwytherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06802710892641289128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1621484204542229641.post-41361390316885139202012-07-04T11:24:00.002+10:002012-07-06T07:48:13.053+10:00Social Media workshop: Web Design with Sarah Davis<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">On the glorious Sunday afternoon that SCBWI-goers recently
enjoyed at The Hughenden, the wonderfully talented <b>Sarah Davis</b> treated a sizeable crowd of us to an informative <b>Web Design</b> session. This is the,
somewhat less colourful and entertaining, blog version. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Well, I say “us”, but it was <i>really</i> aimed at all those authors and illustrators who want to
create and maintain an amazing web site but haven’t got the time; whereas we,
on the other hand, are all supremely organised,
efficient, and network savvy but figured Sarah needed the moral support ;-) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">So, on the off chance you might happen to <i>know</i> someone who is a little short of
time, or maybe tired of being slave to a costly, Gen-Y web-page administrator,
turns out there are actually quite a few programs out there for this very
purpose that are fairly easy to use. So long as you’re prepared to devote a
couple of hours finding your way around them. Sounds like a worthwhile
investment of time to me though, given how easy Sarah made it look to prepare a
web and blog page on the spot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">It would also give you <b><i>total control</i></b> – but you have to
learn to say that without wringing your hands together deviously and squinting
as you reel of a maniacal laugh.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">For those of you who trust my failing eyesight and dodgy
hearing, the options we have to choose from include: Squarespace, Moonfruit,
Wix and Weedly. Wordpress, I believe, was also mentioned at some point,
although it seemed like you needed a degree (or perhaps just a diploma) in
Nerdology to drive this in comparison to the others (unless I’ve got my
packages mixed up and have just said something completely unfair and
inappropriate).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Sarah was all over Squarespace though like moss on a big-granitic-lump-in-the-shade;
apparently it is quite a common backend for many-a-professional, or at least,
professional-looking, web site. Once you’re safely inside you are free to
simply use one of the many available page templates, or exercise the full power
of your own creativity – as your time and levels of inspiration allow. Things
like whipping up a portfolio picture gallery, creating a file storage page or
blog (journal) page could hardly seem easier. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Just by pressing ‘Escape’ from within the main page enables
you to edit your creation. Giving you full control over the content and
aesthetics – even down to choosing some very cool, non-standard, Google fonts,
to prevent your page from becoming – and I believe this is a technical term –
“butt ugly”. You can just type text in directly and upload or link images.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">If memory serves, Squarespace is platform independent (which
has less to do with the kind of shoes you are wearing than the type of computer
you choose to swear at), there’s an <b>architecture</b>
menu to help with the page building, an <b>overview</b>
menu for those keen on keeping track of number-of-hits, comments, who’s
referring etc., and all this for only <b>$8
per month </b>(for the basic deal, or $12 for the premium)! Apparently there is
also a 2-week free trial period – which can be somewhat flexible given on how
desperate and pathetic you can make your plea when you realise that your 2
weeks is in fact up and you haven’t actually started anything yet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The Squarespace “Help & Support Centre” are reputedly
very fast and indeed helpful – not an assumption easily made by veterans of
Microsoft’s many “Help” features. They also seem to be good at mirroring page
content across a number of sites/servers and claim that any site you create
with them will never go down (and here I’ll pass up the opportunity of making a
cheap and entirely inappropriate wisecrack). The clever little makers of
Squarespace have also done some jiggery-pokery that helps get your site to near
the top of the list on search engines. I just tested this theory with Sarah’s
page, and it worked very well indeed! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Sarah did say something quite knowledgeable about buying
domain names, and in my notebook I have written something about Register.com,
but I can’t actually read the next four words. Several lines later though I see
a note about free Domain names now being available somehow (through the
Squarespace people? God I hate my writing) – but to be safe I’d double-check
that bit with Sarah if I were you. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Those of you who already have domain names can apparently
contact the people you got them through and have them pointed to your
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<span style="font-size: small;">Now, Sarah was just saying something about how you could
easily create links to your books that might be on Amazon when Jill (Corcoran)
mentioned something about Barnes and Noble doing something-or-other (it sounded
important): I implore anybody who was sitting closer than I was to fill in the
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enjoyable Web Design chat; all in all, I think most of us could do a lot worse
than spend a couple of hours of our lives (that we might have otherwise
squandered on Facebook), looking a little more deeply into the wonders of
Squarespace, or similar such programs.</span></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1621484204542229641" name="_GoBack"></a></div>Sheryl Gwytherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06802710892641289128noreply@blogger.com35tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1621484204542229641.post-10732559730598497212012-07-03T17:03:00.003+10:002012-07-03T17:03:59.161+10:00Some images inside the historical Hughenden Hotel, site of the SCBWI Conference<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I gathered with 19 other overtired and over-excited writers
in The Hughenden's restaurant. We were going to learn the craft from Meredith Costain! Woo
hoo! Would Meredith be able to manage such an unruly group? Would she need to
resort to snapping stainless steel tongs to keep us under control?</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">What
makes a successful picture book?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It needs to resonate emotionally – have
heart<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It might tell an important story, leaving
the reader to find meaning in it<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">And beg to be read over and over again<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Range
and Scope<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Is huge!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Baby/toddler books – board books, concept
books, simple stories<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Beginner readers, older readers<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">E.g. Fox by Margaret Wild. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This
is about betrayal, trust and loyalty. Meredith can’t read this one without
crying. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Non-Fiction<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">E.g. My Life in the Wild – Otter by
Meredith Costain. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Although
this is non-fiction, it has a plot. It also has facts at the end.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Themes and Styles<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">E.g. Mummy Laid an Egg by Babette Cole<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Guess
what it’s about ... are you guessing? ... sex! (yes, really)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Different treatments of the same topic<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">And more, more, more<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">We got into groups to chat about picture books which we
think work well. Many books were mentioned which I haven’t seen. A few which I
will look out for are:</span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Wolf by Margaret Barbalet and Jane
Tanner (about facing fear)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Red Tree by Shaun Tan<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A picture book needs One Strong Idea<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">No subplot (but it may have subtext)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">e.g. Totty’s Potty by Meredith Costain and
Marjory Gardner<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Meredith
chose just one aspect of potty training (and it had to be a teddy bear because
the illustrations could NOT show a child on the potty)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Themes
for younger readers often reflect a child’s world - here are some of the list Meredith mentioned....<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Family and friends<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Colours and shapes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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training</span></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Monsters<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Overcoming something – shyness, bullies,
fear<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Getting
Ideas</span></b></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">They might *POP* into your head<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Might come from hearing children’s
conversation<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Or watching children’s behaviour<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Your own childhood memories<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Start with a concept and brainstorm<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We had some fun with brainstorming concepts in our
groups.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Characters
in picture books<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;">Musical Harriet by Meredith Costain and
Craig Smith</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This
story incubated for 3 months after Meredith heard about a yr 3 girl who wanted
to play the trombone, but needed longer arms. She separately heard a musician
talking about needing a ‘serious black dress’. By the time Meredith sat down to
write the story, she knew the character so well that Harriet wrote the book for
her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Create
a Memorable Character<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">E.g. character destroyed countries by
scratching them off his desk map - Adam Carter<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Our groups had so much fun that Meredith needed to
bring out those stainless steel tongs to get our attention again – snap snap.
But we invented characters – Whingeing Wendy, Benton Armstrong, Lexie the Horse,
Vian Tian and Alfie the blue big-voiced
big-eared boy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Meredith was so impressed with us (despite needing to SNAP SNAP SNAP those
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Poems
‘Our New Puppy’ and ‘Dinosaur Swamp Stomp’. At the next conference, I’d like a
3 hour workshop from Meredith just about language in picture books. (Please
Susanne, pleeeeeeease)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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whispered in author/actress Deb Abela’s ear. Deb then left the room and we
watched as she crept back in. Far be it from any of us to say that Deb walked
shyly, nervously or quietly. Again Deb left and this time she huffed back into
the room. Or maybe she stomped, or elephanted. She most certainly did not walk angrily,
loudly or with any adverb which might be tempting you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Finally, Meredith showed
us examples of the process with some of her picture books – <i>Bedtails</i> and
<i>Musical Harriet</i>. Beginning with scribbled ideas, early drafts, discarded
phrases, lists of possible names, through to final text and illustrator’s
sketches.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There was no need for tong snapping – we were fascinated to see
Meredith’s approach and her thought process. To me, this was the highlight of
the masterclass – seeing how Meredith works and getting to know her. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Reminder: all images and information contained on this </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.77777862548828px;">blog site</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> remain the property of the creators.</span></span></i></span></b></div>Sheryl Gwytherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06802710892641289128noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1621484204542229641.post-82502749274334609482012-07-03T12:41:00.001+10:002012-07-03T15:37:06.174+10:00Your SCBWI Aust/NZ Conference blogging team<div style="color: #073763;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From your blog-master, <a href="http://sherylgwyther.wordpress.com/">Sheryl Gwyther</a>:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just putting a few faces to the names. We're all authors who write for children and we're all passionate about what we do. Hope you're enjoying our posts - we can't report every detail, of course, it's been such a jam-packed conference.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you to the team, and also to others who've passed on their observations as well - like Scott Chambers and Penny Morrison. Check out the blog soon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you, as well, to Lesley Vamos and her wonderful photographic images (most of which appear on this blog).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Still have a few posts to catch up on so do keep dropping in on the SCBWI Conference 2012 blog. </span></div>
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<br /></div>Sheryl Gwytherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06802710892641289128noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1621484204542229641.post-73360036796842722402012-07-03T12:28:00.001+10:002012-07-03T12:30:11.240+10:00What do Publishers expect today from authors and illustrators?<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><b><span style="color: #366092;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #366092; font-weight: bold;">SCBWI's roving reporter, </span></span></b></i></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #366092;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #366092; font-weight: bold;">Lynda Calder</span></span></b><i><b><span style="color: #366092;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #366092; font-weight: bold;"> passes on some of the information gleaned from the publishers' session...</span></span></b></i></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #366092;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #366092; font-weight: bold;">From craft to social
media</span></span></b></span></i><span style="color: #366092; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #366092;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #366092;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #366092; font-weight: bold;">Panel of Publishers</span></span></b></span><span style="color: #366092; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #366092;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Laura Harris
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Lisa
Berryman - HarperCollins</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Zoe Walton -
Random House</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Karen
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Dianne
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US"> Some of this
topic was touched on during yesterday's sessions. But the big words that kept
being repeated were <b>trust, discretion and loyalty</b>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">HarperCollins
does accept unsolicited manuscripts. Random House, Penguin and Allen &
Unwin have a pitching day.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US"><b>Lisa Berryman</b> goes on the journey
with the creators. She prefers to work collaboratively with authors who are
patient. It is unusual to find a manuscript that is ready but she does expect
an author to take feedback and use it. She doesn't expect an author to accept
all the advice but expects it to be respected and listened to.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">A good picture
book requires illustrators and authors working well together. All should
respect deadlines and schedules. Especially since the release of a book can
cause stress in other departments and delay releases that may be carefully
timed.</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Assets
digital trailers, interviews, magazine articles. Authors will be active on social
media - Facebook, Twitter and Blog. It indicates that the author has a handle
on what is required to market the book. Authors should back up book sales with
school visits, be available for festivals and other events organised for them.
Local book shop contacts and media. It is key to success and contributes to
when your next book comes before Acquisitions to be judged.</span></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US"></span><b><span style="color: #366092;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #366092; font-weight: bold;">Zoe Walton - Random
House</span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #366092;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #366092;">Do's and Don'ts in the
Editorial Process</span></span></span><span style="color: #366092; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #366092;"></span></span>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Be ready to be edited</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Open to suggestion (open mind but not so open your
brains fall out)</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Look at suggestions with all faculties switched on -
think about each, do you agree and, if not, why not? There needs to be a
discussion. Don't come into</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Expect to get a say in the cover design (in
Australia), but it more like a vote. All votes need to be respected -
marketing, sales etc. Sometimes the designer has a perfect cover first time but
sometimes it takes months.</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Meet your deadlines. Tell them about things that come
up. But remember there are certain slots for releases.</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Feel free to make suggestions for publicity. Let them
know about your contacts. But if your suggestions are outrageous the answer is
likely "no" but if you are ready to work with your publicist and
suggest interesting angles for publicity, all will be well.</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Get the basics right - especially a professional
author photo. A biography. Simple website about you and how to contact you. The
buzz word is "discoverability" - i.e. easy information about you can
be found using Google.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zoe Walton</td></tr>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">What is right for you and your book - don’t start a
blog if you can't keep it up, don't Twitter if you don't know how.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: #366092;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #366092; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Don't</span></span></i></b></span><span style="color: #366092; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #366092;"></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Freak out when editorial report is as long as a book -
you may freak out, but everyone does. Take a cup of tea, sit down, be calm,
come back to it later and go through the suggestions one at a time.</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Panic if you don't hear back for a while. There is a
chance they may hate it and can't bear to tell you but that is a 1% chance.
It is usually that they need quality time to have their first, most important
read.</span></span></div>
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Mile Press</span></span></b></span><span style="color: #366092; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #366092;"></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Writing to
be published is a business and you need to treat it as a business.</span></span></div>
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work</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">"I want this published because my Grandmother
thinks it's nice."</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Sent to the wrong person or name misspelt.</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Scattergun submissions are not the best way to spend
your time. It's a waste of their time and your time. If they have written a
story or know what kind of story they want to write - check out the market, see
what publishers are producing and target the right publishers. She does
understand multiple submissions BUT let other publishers know if you get a
nibble somewhere.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">They look to
be able to get on with author, to communicate, for them to be open to
suggestions. You can't be too precious about your work BUT you can take a stand
on things you believe in. Remember, there is a reason people say things and
they may be guiding you into a better idea.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Be careful
with social media, especially about what you say as Children's and Young Adult
authors. You don't have the luxury of being yourself unless you use a
pseudonym. Teachers and parents are looking at what their children are reading
and don't what them reading books who have questionable photos or language
online.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Be on time
turning up to interviews. Dress professionally. Speak coherently. Project
confidence - even if you are a quivering mess. If you can't, create a character
and be that character when you go out.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">At the
moment at Five Mile Press they are looking for work for 0-8 year olds - board
books and picture books.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #366092;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #366092; font-weight: bold;">Laura Harris - Penguin
Australia</span></span></b></span><span style="color: #366092; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #366092;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">It is good
to know that as a community and industry, Children's book publishing is similar
between us. Publishers get played off against each other by authors. Don't do
it because they all know each other. They all have experience in the industry
and you should generally err on the side of taking publishers' advice. They do
everything they can to make it work out in the market.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">No one sets
out to make a bad book.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Three words
that come into her mind on a daily basis:</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Decency'</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Dedication</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Simple words
but many people don't act decently. You should expect back and question if you
don't. Be open to the "changing landscape of publishing". Things are
very different today than they were six months ago, one year ago and a year
before that. Everyone is still trying to figure it out, especially authors
trying to figure out where their work fits.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">She expects
writers to write and illustrators to draw. Spend your time doing that.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">She hates
rejecting people and it is very hard to say a work is not right for them. It
could be it doesn't suit where you are up to or there are four other works in
progress that are similar. She doesn't have time to say why. A personal letter
from someone says they do care.</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">They get 3000 unsolicited
manuscripts a year! Thus, the unsolicited manuscript submissions have just been
shut down so they can catch up on the back log. They read absolutely everything
that comes in. They used to send more detailed notes back but they can't keep
up with the demand if they do that. This is because more people are writing.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">If
you've been rejected by three people, rewrite, or start writing something else.
Don't be so attached to the one manuscript that no one else seems to
understand. Just write - practice, practice, practice. The more experienced you
are as a writer the more that will come out in your work.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">There is a
sad shift and we are losing book shops because of the digital world. How do you
get your book noticed? Borders and A&R used to take 25% of the books in the
market and they are now gone because not enough people were in there to sustain
it. How are people looking for books? Online, especially to get better prices. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">On the
editorial process: their editor role is to be invisible. They will put to you
different ways to look at your work. Editing is not just about the repetition of words -
structural edits, copy edits are two different things that require a lot of
dedication and work by you. If you don't agree, respectfully let them know.
Nothing is about point scoring but making the book best it can be.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">She doesn't
want a synopsis or biography. She wants the whole book and not to have
distractions by anything else. Laura has lots of great ideas and can be
entertaining but can't write a book. Thus, a great idea may not necessarily
translate into a good book and ordinary ideas may make great books. So, just
write, Write, WRITE!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Diane Wolfer:</span></i></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US"> If you are a shy author and aren't out there on
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that is not organic for you. Don't use YouTube if you are not experienced with
it - reading your picture book to camera can go against you.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Zoe:</span></i></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US"> Just a website, really simple and updating it is very
important. This who I am, these are my books and this is how to contact me for
school visits.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Karen:</span></i></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US"> If you are making picture books for 0-8 year olds,
your end user, the people you are pitching to are the gatekeepers - parents,
librarians, and teachers.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Diane:</span></i></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US"> There seems to be this "thing" out there that
authors and illustrators must be kept apart. Is this true?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Karen:</span></i></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US"> It gets very tricky because you are dealing
with two creative forces with egos and this needs to be harnessed. If they
can't work well together, they are not being policemen but are just managing
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Laura:</span></i></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US"> Sometimes it's just about geography. Picture books
tend to start with the text and the illustrator has to come along and
interpret. 90% of the job is managing expectations - especially the authors'
expectations.</span><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> </span></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #366092;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #366092; font-weight: bold;">Question - Have sales
of picture books and children's books dropped off now that people are buying
online and from overseas?</span></span></b></span><span style="color: #366092; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #366092;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Laura:
</span></i></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">There are industry statistics that are coming through. 12 months ago
there was a panic when book shops closed. But in the last couple of months the
reality is that, as an industry, sales are 20-25% lower across the board. What
skews it in Children's publishing are phenomena - Harry Potter, Wimpy Kid,
Hunger Games, and Twilight. Certain books have sustained themselves, others
have dropped off. Some books work very well in independent book shops. Others
do well in larger chain stores - Target, Big W. If something goes into both and
kicks off, great. But everything on her list has dropped off. This is the way
it is now so they just modify print runs, advances change and costs changes. </span></span></div>Sheryl Gwytherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06802710892641289128noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1621484204542229641.post-67755476337968057162012-07-02T15:33:00.000+10:002012-07-03T09:57:45.125+10:00Saturday Night Rocked at the Hughenden<br />
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<span lang="EN-US">The room danced, jiggled, crooned,
delighted and grinned as we were treated to the premier performance of the
iconic band, The Bookends. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The Hughenden Hotel became the Heartbreak
Hotel. <i>Mustang Sally</i> turned into <i>Mustang Frane</i>, Van Morrison’s <i>G-l-o-r-i-a</i>
morphed into <i>S-u-s-a-n-n-e Gervay</i>. Find me a contract and an original version
of <i>Bookwriter Blues</i> mingled in a diverse and eclectic set of well-loved songs. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"></span></div>Sheryl Gwytherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06802710892641289128noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1621484204542229641.post-56725941467844793132012-07-02T10:34:00.004+10:002012-07-03T09:24:01.900+10:00Social Media Workshop - Sheryl Gwyther on Blogs and Facebook<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><i>S</i><span style="color: #20124d;"><i>CBWI's roving reporter, Alison Peters sat in on ......</i> </span></span></b></div>
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<u><b><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.sherylgwyther.net/">Sheryl Gwyther</a>-
Social Media Workshop- Blogging and Facebook</span></b></u></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Some points from Sheryl's workshop:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Sheryl uses:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">- <a href="http://sherylgwyther.wordpress.com/">Writer's blog</a> via Wordpress</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">- <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sherylgwyther">Facebook</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> -Twitter</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> - blog should be attractive</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> - it should be appealing</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> - consider how easy navigation around your
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<span style="font-size: small;"> - Have you got something to say?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> - Swap links to blogs by like minded bloggers</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> - be a regular blogger- don't set it up then leave it dormant</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> - follow useful and inspiring sites like:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> <u><a href="http://deescribewriting.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">http://deescribewriting.wordpress.com</a></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> <a href="http://blog.janicehardy.com/" target="_blank">http://blog.janicehardy.com</a></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://sherylgwyther.wordpress.com/">SHERYL'S AUTHOR BLOG</a> is:</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> - a forum to put talk about her passion for writing and art</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> - a way to connect with other writers</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> - she guest blogs with other
writers/illustrators</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> - stuff about her writing life</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> - about writing for children in Australia</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> - writing tips for others interested in writing</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>An example of a successful blog: THE SAVING AUSSIE BOOKS BLOG site</b>:</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> - Sheryl Gwyther, Dee White and a small group of passionate authors and illustrators set up this blog for a specific
purpose: as a support and information site during the fight against the lifting of restrictions against the
Parallel Importation of
Books into Australia (especially for children's picture books and novels)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> - the site has had over 21,000 hits, and resulted in a sucessful collection of Petitions and letters to politicians etc by many concerned Australians from all walks of life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">- <b> </b><b>this month, the SAVING AUSSIE BOOKS BLOG has just been selected to be
included in the PANDORA archives, at the National Library of</b><b> </b></span><b><span style="font-size: small;">Australia for posterity.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>FACEBOOK</b>- Tool:
to connect with friends/colleagues/other professionals and writing organisations</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> - <b>Your </b><b>personal (profile) FB page</b>: Connecting with
friends/fun/photos/ this can be a time-waster/or incredibly
useful</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">- <b>Your author (fan) page</b>: more professional/about
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<span style="font-size: small;"> - BE PROFESSIONAL. Social networking can be like quicksand! Put the wrong thing out there
and it could end up in places you do
not want it to go.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> - Post photos VERY CAREFULLY</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> - Go beyond your friends to the publishing
world- keep them up to date with what you are up to- if
you are going to schools etc</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> - give your website address</span></div>
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may not be as useful a great forum for readers and fans - but they can be directed to yourwebsite</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Because Facebook
mixes your personal and professional life, it requires more careful attention:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">You might
like to
set up a separate book page for
your books but it all takes time and you may be
better directing outside (readers,
librarian and teachers, people other than personal
contacts to a webpage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">- Profile-
depends on whether it's
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<span style="font-size: small;">- Use a good profile picture - bit hard to see who you are with only a photo of your cat as your profile picture</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> - biography- don't put your birth year (for security reasons). Put your day and
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<span style="font-size: small;"> - check your
default settings. FB changes them regularly and your status can be changes and these sites swap
info</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> - avoid bragging too much - a bit of a no-no with Australians.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> - be thoughtful
about the content on your blog</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> - spamming people
on twitter and facebook is a no-no- choose the people you want to connect with.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> - never bad
mouth anyone particularly professional contacts (common sense, but you'd be surprised...) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">- A must have.
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>Sheryl Gwytherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06802710892641289128noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1621484204542229641.post-18819346858861725202012-07-02T10:06:00.004+10:002012-07-03T09:27:01.613+10:00HISTORY IS SELLING<br />
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<i><b><span style="font-size: small;">SCBWI's roving reporter, Alison Peters checked out the panel session on historical novels....</span></b></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><i>Some of the points from the Writing History panel:</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Belinda Murrell - Author</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">- Writes history because history is HOT-
it has danger, intrigue, adventure</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">- Sets out to write a book that kids would
love, not a history lesson- too boring.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">- Says historical fiction is a little bit
like fantasy, a bit more dangerous</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">- Even though she doesn’t set out to write
a history lesson, kids do learn from reading her books- it’s sugar coated
learning on issues like grief, loss, and courage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">- Her time slip novels are her most
popular</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">- </span><span style="background-color: white;">Belinda likes to go to where her books
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<span style="font-size: small;">- Author must create a whole world</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">- Belinda mentioned Penguin’s Australian
history series, Girls in History</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">Pamela Rushby -
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<span style="font-size: small;">- History makes Pamela go WOW.
It's this Wow
factor that attracts her and readers to these stories</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">- </span><span style="background-color: white;">Pamela has written 20 historical novels
for children and adults, everything from Egyptian history
to Vietnam, from ritual sacrifices to entertaining the troops in Vietnam, but every one of
her stories starts with that initial Wow!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> - Often she 'trips'
over stories while looking for something else.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> - She says that the more she researches,
the more she finds, often in serendipitous places BUT one
can get bogged down in too much research</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> - There is a time that the research must
stop and the writing start. (A deadline helps).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> - Pamela also likes to travel to the
locations she writes about but when she can't Lonely Planet
and the internet are very useful resources. </span></div>
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Walton - Publisher, Random House</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> - Zoe says there are many kinds of
historical fiction but no matter what the period or the style of
writing she wants them all to be thrilling and full of drama and action</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> - Time
Slip is a neat
device and a great way to ease modern kids into history BUT there's a trap: you have to get the details of the
time slip exactly right- it has to make sense and be
consistent.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">Lisa Berryman - Publisher, Harper Collins</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">- Harper Collins
has a v strong history list</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">- Bring Up the Bodies sells 1700 copies per week</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">- she chooses
work depending on how interesting the topic is, how much has already been published, how
well written it is, and how seemless the
seeding of the research is - no info dumps.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">- the appetite
for historical fiction is growing, fed by film and television particularly</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Downtown
Abbey and Who Do you Think You Are?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">- She also
believes it is enjoying strength in the market because in times of uncertainty, we look to the
past.</span></div>
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<br /></div>Sheryl Gwytherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06802710892641289128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1621484204542229641.post-89095155213755505592012-07-02T09:59:00.000+10:002012-07-03T09:29:24.249+10:00Social Media workshop with Karen Robertson - USING APPS<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>From your roving reporter, Nathan Luff </b>:)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>What is an app, its benefits and how to create your own app?</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>With Karen Robertson</b></i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Some information from the workshop:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>What is an app?</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">An app is an experience. An ebook is a book published in
epub format for many different devices – there isn't much interactivity. An app
is an ebook on steroids! It is a program and much more interactive. Apple
dominates the market (ipad, iphone) – apple users are more likely to buy,
whereas google, for example, expect things for free. ebooks live in an ibook
store, apps live in an app store. There are more sales for children's books in
the appstore rather than the ibook store.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">It's not just a book – you can add: video interviews,
sounds, choose your own adventure options, animation, narration, music, text
highlighting and more...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">If you own your rights, you can do a book app or you can
create one from scratch. There is a much bigger market at present
in the US.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>The benefits?</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A big benefit is the global market opens up to you. Apps are
actually cheaper and easier to market. You have the creative freedom to do what
you want. There is a lot of crap out there, however, so STORY is still the most
important thing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>What about the costs?</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">There are costs involved but it varies. You can do
partnerships, revenue share deals, crowd funding or you can bankroll it
yourself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The costs are:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">- Editing. Get a professional editor!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">- The cost of illustrations – this could be cost for
service, or it could be a partnership with rights and revenue share. You need
to be fair and discuss things like marketing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">- Narration – professional narration makes such a difference.
There are sites like voices123.com that can help.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">- Sound effects – there are royalty free sound effects that
you can get very cheaply.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">- Marketing costs – though there are many free options</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">- Music – again there are royalty free options, or you can
get some custom made (again cost for service, or revenue share)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>How do you assess
your project creatively for an app?</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The interactivity should enhance the story or it shouldn't
be there. Interactivity needs to bring the reader into the story. Too many bits
and pieces however can make things confusing – take you out of the story.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">You start with broad decisions – what will your text look
like? Will it have text highlighting (for younger readers). Will you have
music? What sort of illustrations will you have? Will it be a straight book
with turning pages, or will there be interactive things within the app? </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Unfortunately we ran out of time and there is SO MUCH that
you can discuss with book apps.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> <b>Karen operates a training webinar on creating apps. She has
also published a book on how to market a book app. Check her out:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><a href="http://www.digitalkidsauthor.com/">www.digitalkidsauthor.com</a></b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1621484204542229641" name="_GoBack"></a></span></div>
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<br /></div>Sheryl Gwytherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06802710892641289128noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1621484204542229641.post-80049149864360336842012-07-02T09:46:00.002+10:002012-07-04T11:39:33.828+10:00Social Media Workshop with Lesley Vamos: Designing, Branding and Linking<div style="color: blue;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">I write
from the lounge of the Hughenden where Lesley Vamos, armed with her Mac
decorated with one of her own illustrations, is talking about designing,
branding and linking social websites for authors and illustrators. There is a mixture of authors and
illustrators gathered around in armchairs and couches.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">First up,
Lesley notes that branding in general, can sometimes be more of a challenge for
authors as they have more words than pics, but Lesley reminds authors they they
can use photos, especially of things that mean something to you. People are interested in who you are as well
as what you do! And they want to see
behind the scenes - in movies you want to see footage, but with books this can
be in illustration development images or story progress. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Start
small and do it well. Make sure you know
how they platform works and specific terms (ie. Facebook owns all images you
put on there for example, or logging out of YouTube). Blogs are good for
writers for obvious reasons, but Lesley recommends using twitter if you are a
waffler as it will keep your updates short! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Many of
us do multiple things, or rather have multiple
audiences/clients/customers. Lesley's
website (striped-designs.com) is a good example of a hub where you can direct
everyone (and is the first thing you find in a google search) and which then
allows them to easily find the relevant information about the different things
you do! And as Lesley says, is so easy
to create a website now! But good
content is very important. Take care
with design: choose backgrounds, choose colors and there are websites that will
help you choose pallets.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Networking
is very important. Find like minded
people, build a network. Lesley's advice
is to comment on other pages and blogs to help people get to know you. And showing genuine interest will always be appreciated.
Some of Lesley's suggestions include: guest blogging, trade, art trade with
well known artists...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">And once
you have interest, you have to maintain it.
Loyalty is valuable, but hard to earn.
Invest time! But it can feel
overwhelming to keep up with social media.
So, set time limits, but also make sure you put time aside to do it.
Lesley also explains that it is really important to be consistent and blog
regularly. She suggested working out how
often you can realistically post (daily, weekly, monthly) so that your audience
know how often to check back and don't feel let down, which is when you could
lose followers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Lesley
suggests, if you can, being everywhere, on all platforms - you want to get to
everyone so you need to be on everything!
Lesley notes that it is fine to post same
thing in multiple places - multiple platforms will probably have different
audiences!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Lesley
top advice: tell everyone what you are doing!
The feedback you get is very inspirational and encouraging. And the immediacy of the internet makes this
so fast Branding yourself, creating a public identity, is a big fat
commitment. It is hard work, but is
really worth it!</span></div>
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<br /></div>Sheryl Gwytherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06802710892641289128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1621484204542229641.post-13898936078981801162012-07-02T09:38:00.000+10:002012-07-03T09:39:52.939+10:00HOW TO MARKET YOUR BOOK<b style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #366092;"><span style="color: #366092;">A panel of experts</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Sarah Foster - Walker Books</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Benython Oldfield - Literary Agent with
Zeitgeist</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Jill Corcoran - Literary Agent with the
Herman Agency in New York</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Zoe Walton - Random House</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Lisa Berryman - HarperCollins</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #366092;"><span style="color: #366092; font-weight: bold;">What kinds of marketing does your company do and how has this
changed in recent times? Social media engagement, especially in a<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1621484204542229641" name="_GoBack"></a> professional capacity.</span></span></b></span><span style="color: #366092; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #366092;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Some of the points made by the panel:</span></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Specific marketing to the book and the book's needs, tailor to, for example, the education market - teacher's resources, education
newsletter etc. Exclusives for passionate fans on Facebook for "Rangers
Apprentice" or into girl magazines for girl books. They try to market
direct to consumers now, especially since people are reviewing online, now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">What they do with
all their titles they put a lot of effort into defining who the audience is and
how, best, to reach that reader.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: small;">Not a lot of social
media for Children's but if there is, it is aimed at adults - parents and
teachers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: small;">YouTube trailers</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: small;">Artwork postcards
and posters for bookshops and libraries</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: small;">Gift with purchase</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: small;">Partnerships with
bookshops e.g. Dymocks - displays and support the book with author events</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: small;">YA - Facebook pages
for all the titles</span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-size: small;">Giveaways, wall
papers etc. available on Facebook</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: small;">Net Galley
placement</span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-size: small;">E-newsletters</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: small;">Teen databases to
let people know when books are being released</span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-size: small;">Partnerships with
magazines e.g. Girlfriend, Dolly</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: small;">Interviews and news
on the HQ website</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: small;">Reviews on Facebook
pages</span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-size: small;">Work hard with
bookshop catalogues - Big W, Independent Book Stores etc.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">There is a difference with marketing now. Marketing has gone to
two poles: one extreme to a global level and the other extreme to a community
level. Small festivals and events are becoming more and more important. 20
years ago the smaller meetings were not as important. Publicity for major and
imported titles is done globally with marketing and global release dates.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Publicity
media release depends very much on the book. Although they send books out for
reviews to bloggers, a dwindling number of newspapers, there is not a full
press release across all media. Every now and then, a book with a big story,
twist or catch gets a full media release but not all because it diminishes
credibility. They have to catch the media's attention, and they will ignore
them if they get 20 a month. The story behind the book, author or illustrator
is what gets the media's attention.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Gift with purchase will happen with every
age if there is something pertinent. e.g. "Surf Ache" they got a deal
with Target stores and designer sunblock.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">All of them spend a lot of time trying to
work out how to promote the books.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Gift with purchase and boxed sets:
so many submission letters suggest these things but the marketing teams work on
this and they target the series that will suit these marketing opportunities.
It is expensive and they only go ahead with them if the large stores agree.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">There is no gift
with purchase thing in the USA due to litigation if the toy is dangerous. BUT
at Barnes & Nobles, getting books on tables sells books and that costs a
lot of money. Dump bins. Free publicity really helps, especially well timed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #366092;"><span style="color: #366092; font-weight: bold;">Are there particular ways that authors have worked with you
with marketing?</span></span></b></span><span style="color: #366092; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #366092;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">It depends on the skills of the various authors. Seeing authors performing well
in schools means they can pitch those performances to festivals. You have to
show them what you can do - public speaking, performing, talking about the
books etc. Those that do the hard activities work hard at it and get a
following in schools.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: small;">It is tricky with school visits when someone is with an agency. Balancing free
and paid visits, especially. Publishers are looking to do custom events. e.g.
Jackie Harvey is adored by little girls and she uses this. Publishers don't
generally organise book launches. Jackie organises her own and puts on an event
relevant to the book. She utilises her connections with schools and kids and
teachers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Getting the books into classrooms in different ways - with Jackie French they
hire a hall and fill it with as many Teacher Librarians as possible. Then Jackie
gives inspirational talks on her books; lectures on ideas, research and how the
books can be used in the classroom. There are many different audiences you can
market to.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">When publishers sent people out, they are sending them on group tours - 4 or 5
writers - at an event. They make some sort of interesting experience. If can do Twitter or Facebook well, you will get a lot
of friends. To get people to comment on your blog go and talk to them on their
blog. You make new friends that way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #366092;"><span style="color: #366092; font-weight: bold;">Is it ever useful for Authors or Illustrators to go to
Bologna or the other trade fairs their agent is working at?</span></span></b></span><span style="color: #366092; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #366092;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Jill:</span></i></b></span><span style="font-size: small;">
She believes you should be in control of your own career. ALA (American Library
Association) fair is usually big and crazy, but ALA in winter it is calmer and
probably not worth your time. Deals do get done there, though.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Benython</span></i></b><i><span style="font-style: italic;">:</span></i></span><span style="font-size: small;"> In my opinion, it's not worth going to Bologna. Those book fairs are incredibly depressing for authors because
it is the machinations of sales and it is not set up for authors to be
involved. Frankfurt and Bologna are very different from ALA which is mostly
librarians and teachers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Sarah:</span></i></b></span><span style="font-size: small;">
Agents are all scheduled at fairs down to the last minute and no one has time
to drop by a stand. It is not a place where you can talk to people walking by.
If you have a lot of foreign language editions with one publisher, the foreign
rights person may suggest going out to dinner with all the foreign language
publishers. Those events are really only for authors with a wide number of
foreign publishers supporting them already. If you are going for a conference
there, then great, but people are doing hard business there and not available.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Frances
Plumpton:</span></i></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"> Has taken
books on behalf of publishers who own rights. It is important to make sure you
know who has rights and not counter deals already made by your publishers if
you do your own deals. You need to make sure you know which territories you can
deal with legitimately.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Benython:</span></i></b></span><span style="font-size: small;">
It is worth asking your publisher what is going on in the international arena
if you feel your book has potential there. It can take a number of years to
sell internationally and requires polite conversations between agents and
publishers.</span></div>Sheryl Gwytherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06802710892641289128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1621484204542229641.post-15624246227254639842012-07-02T09:29:00.005+10:002012-07-03T09:40:21.124+10:00Industry News – Awards, Opportunities, Funding, Development<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">With Hazel Edwards, Laurine Croasdale, Libby Gleeson,
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">Why would you want to belong to the ASA?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">To find out what other authors/illustrators are doing and to
meet with your peers. It is an investment. It is a strategic decision,
especially when you work for long periods on your own – people want community
so socialising and networking is important. ASA deals with a lot of important
issues such as contractual and accessible legal advice. Mentoring is another
important area that ASA covers. Finally you have a group lobbying on behalf of
you (such as Public Lending Rights and Education Lending Rights) so you need to
support these organisations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We are "authorpreneurs" – it is not just about
writing and we have to accept that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The ASA is a group of 5 or 6 who work part time. They are an
organisation to support you, not publishers or agents. Their primary focus is
for authors and illustrators to be able to work as professionals in the
industry. This is particularly important with the changing publishing
landscape.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The ASA runs a range of workshops to suit the various stages
of an author's career. This includes writing craft, digital skills, how to
brand yourself, negotiating contracts, preparing for speaking engagements etc.
They are developing more and more illustrator programs as well (Open Spaces;
One Word, One Picture...)</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Libby Gleeson added, 'If you are going to be a writer you
NEED a professional organisation working for you. If you receive a PLR and ELR
cheque and you are not a member of the ASA you should give it back!!'</span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">With CAL joining is free! You just need to have copyright on
a piece of text or image. You are then eligible to be paid if anyone copies
your work. This last year CAL paid out $140 million dollars in copyright
payments. Recently the organisation has changed the system so as of this year
all payments go directly to those eligible and authors do not need to on-pay to
illustrators or publishers. This is a much better system. The other big change
is CAL is merging with Viscopy (the visual arts equivalent). On Tuesday CAL
will become CAL and Viscopy. The website has great information about the author
industry, as well as information about relevant workshops and seminars.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A certain percentage of the funds collected go towards The
Cultural Fund, devoted to developing the cultural sector and providing
opportunities. There are fantastic programs funded through this (check out the
website). There is a professional development fund (covers things like sending
individuals to conferences etc for further development). Zoe Rodriguez at CAL
will talk you through the process of applying. Easy to apply.</span></div>
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representing both the NSW Writers' Centre and the Society of Children's Book
Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The NSW Writers' Centre run great programs. Julia Tsalis is
the programs manager and authors/illustrators should contact her whether they
wish to run workshops, or attend.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">AUTHORS:</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Corrine Fenton & Claire Saxby (VIC, SA, TAS); Frané
Lessac (taking over from Dianne Wolfer), Meg McKinlay (WA), Sheryl Gwyther (QLD), Francis Plumpton (NZ), Deborah Abela (NSW)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>ILLUSTRATORS</b>: Sarah Davis for Australia East and New Zealand</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">James Foley for Australia West</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Get to the main website and check out all the information
there. There are great international conferences that are really worthwhile
attending. You get great access to people you wouldn't otherwise get access to.
Sign up for the international newsletter to keep abreast of what is happening
all over the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Every two years SCBWI has a stand at the Bologna Book Fair,
which gives authors and illustrators a great base in what is a massive event.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Meg also mentioned a number of the smaller organisations
running great awards that provide non-traditional pathways to publication (such
as the CYA unpublished manuscript award, the CBCA Frustrated Mentorship
Program, Kids Book Revi<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1621484204542229641" name="_GoBack"></a>ew competition... and many
others.)</span></div>Sheryl Gwytherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06802710892641289128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1621484204542229641.post-37067185136704356532012-07-02T09:25:00.004+10:002012-07-02T09:25:32.719+10:00Crystal Kite Member’s Choice Award Presentation<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>SCBWI's roving reporter, Alison Peters was a willing 'guinea-pig' at the pitching session. She also tells us what it was like...</b></span></div>
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THAT CAPTURES A PUBLISHER</b></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Lisa Berryman-
Publisher, Harper Collins</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Brian
Cook-Literary Agent, <a href="http://www.theauthorsagent.com.au/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">www.theauthorsagent.com.au</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Jill
Corcoran-Literary Agent, Herman Agency Zoe Walton- Publisher, Random House</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><u>Some of the session's highlights</u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This session was
a fantastic insight into the mind of a publisher or agent- what exactly they
might be thinking while you are pitching your story. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">A handful of us
lucky ones had our names picked at random from those submitted and we gave it our all - in
return the panel gave us the guff, straight - what worked, what didn’t.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">It was an
amazing learning opportunity and if you ever have the chance to submit
something to a session
like this at a conference I recommend you ignore your fear of public humiliation,
bite the bullet, and take this as the solid gold opportunity it is. Yes, the truth
can hurt, but not knowing how to get your work into the hands of publishers
hurts a LOT more, for a LOT longer. Suck it up and trust yourself, and them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This panel in
particular respected us enough to be completely honest (eg That wasn’t a pitch,
in fact, I don’t know what that was) - Mental not to self: Strangle that BFF
who told you 'You ABSOLUTELY HAVE to do it in the first person from the
protagonists perspective'. ) So a bit like skydiving in the dark but so very
worthwhile. And safer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Their responses
made it perfectly clear what they need in a pitch- they want it to cut to the
heart of what the story is about. (Jill Corcoran said, ‘If the you can’t sum up
what it’s about in three sentences then you don’t know what it’s about.’)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">They also want to know:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">1. - the genre</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">2. - the target age</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">3. - the
main character</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">4. -
the main theme/s.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Many US agents write blog posts on pitching and Jill recommends
doing your research on comparable books (referred to as comp books) to get your
pitch as spot-on as possible. Jill has blogged on how to research comp books at:
<a href="http://jillcorcoran.blogspot.com.au/search?q=comp+books" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;"></span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><u><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://jillcorcoran.blogspot.com.au/search?q=comp+books" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://jillcorcoran.blogspot.com.au/search?q=comp+books</span></a></span></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Jill’s blog is a
goldmine - check it out and follow Jill’s links to other agent and publisher
blogs on almost any subject you need to know more about.</span></div>Sheryl Gwytherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06802710892641289128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1621484204542229641.post-2366374579651127672012-07-01T18:44:00.002+10:002012-07-01T18:48:55.871+10:00BOOK LAUNCH: Pamela Rushby’s THE HORSES DIDN’T COME HOME<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-US">Pamela Rushby’s THE HORSES DIDN’T COME HOME launched by Susanne Gervay with
publisher Lisa Berryman </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Publisher Lisa Berryman introduced and
thanked Susanne Gervay.<span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: small;">Susanne spoke about Pam’s wonderful new
book and then read a segment for us.</span> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">This book is beautifully written and shines
a light on an important slice of our history.Here is a quote from the Harper Collins
site -</span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">‘The last great cavalry charge in history
took place in Beersheba in the Sinai Desert
in 1917. It was Australian soldiers and horses that took part in, and won this
amazing, unexpected, unorthodox victory. </span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">The men proudly claimed it was their
great-hearted horses that won the day. </span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">But in the end, the horses didn’t come
home…’</span></span></i><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US"><b>Well done, Pam. You are an inspiration!</b> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">SCBWI Roving reporter - Wendy Fitzgerald</span></span></div>Sheryl Gwytherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06802710892641289128noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1621484204542229641.post-15517017011846956372012-07-01T13:58:00.002+10:002012-07-01T13:58:59.198+10:00Book Launch - Belinda Murrell's The Forgotten Pearl<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #17365d;"><span style="color: #17365d; font-weight: bold;">SCBWI's roving reporter, Lynda Calder reports on the booklaunch...</span></span></b></span><span style="color: #17365d; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #17365d;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #366092;"><span style="color: #366092; font-weight: bold;">Belinda Murrell's <i><span style="font-style: italic;">The Forgotten Pearl</span></i></span></span></b></span><span style="color: #366092; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #366092;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: #366092;"><span style="color: #366092; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">With Publisher Zoe Walton</span></span></i></b></span><span style="color: #366092; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #366092;"></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the lovely gardens of the NSW's Writers' Centre, Zoe Walton launches Belinda's new book.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span>Zoe Walton introduced Belinda Murrell and
declared this book launch as a celebration of, not only <i><span style="font-style: italic;">The Forgotten Pearl</span></i>, but Belinda herself.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span>Since this weekend is all about the
collaboration between authors and publishers, Zoe wanted us to all know that
Belinda is an author who is a dream to work with. She organises all her own
school visits and book launches. There is a team of mothers that help her by
cooking cupcakes for the events. Belinda also:</span></span></div>
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Children's Book Council</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Gives fantastic
talks for kids: Belinda was video conferencing to three different schools, all
at once, and they were watching her on a screen for an hour. Belinda was using
an interactive white board and those children never fidgeted. They were all
engaged, involved and entertained for the entire time.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span>It is important to remember that publishers
and authors have the same goal: to get as many books as possible into the hands
of young readers.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-style: italic;">The Forgotten Pearl</span></i></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span>
is a vital piece in Australian history as it takes place during the bombing of
Darwin. It is filled with the resilience of Australians, their determination
and generosity of spirit.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span>Belinda Murrell took to the microphone and
was not only excited about the launch of <i><span style="font-style: italic;">The
Forgotten Pearl</span></i> but also the relaunch, in new jackets, of her <i><span style="font-style: italic;">Sun Sword Trilogy</span></i> with covers by the same
designer who worked on John Flanagan's <i><span style="font-style: italic;">Ranger's
Apprentice Series</span></i>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-style: italic;">The Forgotten Pearl</span></i></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span>
is about 14 year old Poppy; a mischievous, fun-loving girl living in Darwin in
the 1940's when Darwin was nothing more than an outpost and became a war zone.
Her brother becomes a POW in Singapore and her family is evacuated to Sydney
but the danger follows them there.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span>Belinda then read a section from <i><span style="font-style: italic;">The Forgotten Pearl</span></i>: Soldiers march into
her Darwin school with bayonets and rifles at the ready, round up all the
Japanese children aged 5-12 years and take them away to become POWs. She knows
one of the soldiers and one of the Japanese girls is Shinju, her friend, who
was born in Darwin.</span></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></b><b style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">SCBWI's Roving Reporter, Wendy Fitzgerald reports on some of the highlights:</span></b><br />
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<u><b style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">What do publishers say? Picture Books</span></b></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US">Three Australian leading picture book publishers- Jeanmarie Morrosin (Random House), Tegan Morrison (ABC Books) and Karen Tayleur (Five Mile Press) an Sue Whiting (Walker Books) let us know what they are looking to publish.</span></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Chaired by Frane Lessac</span></td></tr>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">Publishing around 30 picture books this year, but that includes
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">About 10-12 new books</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">Waiting time varies- ABC books and Harper Collins- team
decision</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">Can be 4-6 weeks but can be longer</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">Not really accepting unsolicitored</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">Every book published gets a press release and copies sent out
for review</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">Marketing- use all contacts- ties in with events…. </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">Print run- 4,000 minimum varies</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">Korea</span><span lang="EN-US"> seems to like our picture books and now China and
US</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">The more promotion authors can do, the better- get out there
and talk about it</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">It’s ok to take on multiple projects with different publishers</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">Gap in list? Anzac Day
Universal theme or topic, like Rudie Nudie. </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Jeanmarie Morrison</b>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">Random House are accepting submissions</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">They are looking at more picture books- about 9-12 new books a
year </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="background-color: white;">Tough market – 3-4000
print run</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">Starting to sell more PB overseas</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">Aust picture books don’t sell well overseas</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">Authors need to get out and own your books</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">Gaps- best selling picture books. </span></li>
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<b><span lang="EN-US"> Karen Tayleur</span></b></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US">Five Mile Press- 348 titles last year- children’s – ½ licencing
Barby etc and board books</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US">15 picture books a year. </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US">Be persistant and network and go to conferences etc </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US">Good reviews are important. </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US">Even bad reviews are publicity</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US">4,000 print run average</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US">About 1/3 books sold overseas </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US">Social media is a good place to spread the word- especially for
introverts</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;">Universal themes- seasons – friendship- humour</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US">0-8 year old age- </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US">novelty books ( flap books)</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US">Pre school</span></li>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuEwwQi9gVSURhDyE7g-dq4fWuTQWtmA4RTVW38Pd_ADLnNhnb2vJVw14RoRiAk2vAcqRjk9cKO3MVOhYVROE22aJ1e_1EpeBeVpGBWiFURVfJC6cS3GS9B1UhmgUdTpeJ8Vi9q91X8HHk/s1600/P6301301.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuEwwQi9gVSURhDyE7g-dq4fWuTQWtmA4RTVW38Pd_ADLnNhnb2vJVw14RoRiAk2vAcqRjk9cKO3MVOhYVROE22aJ1e_1EpeBeVpGBWiFURVfJC6cS3GS9B1UhmgUdTpeJ8Vi9q91X8HHk/s320/P6301301.JPG" width="240" /></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Where
do you go to get illustrator?</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Style file- not friendly to use</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Idea to make a website to go with the
Illustrators showcase- Sarah Davis </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">UK</span><span lang="EN-US"> sites</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Illustrators Australia</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Agencies</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Other books</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Important to find the right match- Author
and illustrator</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Should
authors have a website?</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">More important for illustrators</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The story is the most important thing. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">What
about author illustrators?</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Must be a brilliant author and a brilliant
illustrator</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">How
are novelty books presented?</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Looking for overseas sale… novelty makes it
different. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">They do that. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Can
an author send in more than one idea at a time? </span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Are you saying choose out of 3…. ?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Maybe better to send in one at a time. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Text</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">
<span lang="EN-US">There is a trend for less text… but depends
on the story</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Be open to cutting words when the pictures
tell the story. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Leave room for the illustrator to bring
their own vision</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">It’s like a marriage</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Enhanced
E Books</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Diary of a wombat is getting an ap, but
apps are expensive.. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">App are for marketing</span></div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Fixed format E Books are happening</span></div>Sheryl Gwytherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06802710892641289128noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1621484204542229641.post-47615004628612697372012-07-01T11:25:00.003+10:002012-07-03T09:50:53.383+10:00Inside the education book market.. Panel: Meredith Costain, Sheryl Gwyther, Lesley Vamos, Maria Gill<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">SCBWI blogger & roving reporter: Wendy Fitzgerald</span></b><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>What
do you need to know to enter the world of educational
publishing?</i></span></b><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Successful
creators discuss their books and how they work with educational publishers. Some of the points they made:</b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dianne Wolfer, Maria Gill, Sheryl Gwyther, Lesley Ramos, Meredith Costain</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <b>Meredith Costain</b>- Very versatile. Editor of
explore and comet. </span></span></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Started writing for Victorian Ed Dept magazines</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fiction and non fiction articles</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Emergent readers – must have beginning, middle, end and a
problem</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Photos can help</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Values education- popular</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Manga style is a new way</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once you start to meet a few editors- you can get some
commissioned work</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <b>Maria Gill </b>- Mostly educational writer.
Primary teacher. </span></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Started off with trade books</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Was a teacher- started writing teaching notes etc </span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Reader’s theatre scripts-</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Advises to keep in touch and join writer’s centre etc. </span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Keep your eyes open and look for opportunities</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sometimes send an email to publishing houses and let them know
you’re available- then make sure you get things in on time. </span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2 different types of writing -Project based writing – publisher
gives out topics and Pitch your own ideas </span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Sheryl Gwyther</b> - Author / Assistant Regional Advisor SCBWI Qld </span></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Writes junior fiction</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Started writing non fiction articles and chapter books for
younger children. </span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wrote for magazines- Pearson Education (not around now)</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Meredith Costain was her editor</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Loved doing research on fossils and flesh eating beetles. </span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Come up with an idea that’s different with photos</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">NSW School Magazine is a great pubisher - please support it. </span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A lot of authors have started off with them. </span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Worked for Blake Education and Pearson Education on their chapter book series</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Lesley Vamos </b>- Illustrator / Did gorgeous
logo for conference. </span></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Recently started working for The School Magazine</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She loves illustrating all the different stories</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chaired Dianne Wolfer</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What
is the difference between educational and trade?</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Trade- books that go into the market place</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Educational- targeted to the curriculum-
sold into schools</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Royalties or Flat fee?</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Generally flat fee wipes out the PLR and
ELR</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Always ask about contract.</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Educational- </span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Very market driven</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Very detailed illustration briefing</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-US">Tips
for emerging authors</span></b></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Do research, write letters, send portfolio, show that you can
tell stories</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Make friends, make connections, talk to people</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">It doesn’t happen over night. </span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Tell people what you do</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Business card</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Follow the publisher’s instructions perfectly</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white;">Don’t be precious… things will get changed.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">If you have a good idea…. Write it in different styles and send
off to trade and education. </span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Get a list of educational publishers – Google them</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Agents are usually more interested in trade</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">PIO and Buzzwords are good emails newsletters to subscribe to. </span></span></li>
</ul>Sheryl Gwytherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06802710892641289128noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1621484204542229641.post-32912987600971775362012-07-01T09:46:00.000+10:002012-07-03T09:44:29.354+10:00What is the World Publishing? Key note address: Jill Corcoran, US Literary Agent<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #17365d;"><span style="color: #17365d; font-weight: bold;">SCBWI's Roving Reporter, Lynda Calder reports on the Q&A session after Jill Corcoran's Key Note speech....</span></span></b></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At the NSW Wrters' Centre</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #17365d;"><span style="color: #17365d; font-weight: bold;">Saturday 30th June 2012</span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 14pt;">Jill Corcoran is a USA Literary agent, author and poet with Herman Agency New York
representing Picture Books, Chapter Book, Middle Grade and Young Adult
authors. The Herman Agency also represents illustrators. She has an
English degree from Stanford University and an MBA in Finance and
Marketing from The University of Chicago and also has her own marketing
company working on projects for Leo Burnett Advertising, Mattel, LA
Gear. <a href="http://www.hermanagencyinc.com/">www.HermanAgencyInc.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 14pt;"><b>Susanne Gervay</b>, Conference and Festival Convenor introduced Jill Corcoran to the historic NS Writers Centre – <a href="http://www.nswwc.org.au/">www.nswwc.org.au</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1f497d; font-size: 14pt;">The Centre was
full to overflowing with authors, illustrators and publishers as Jill
shed light of the dynamic USA and world market for her relevant and
entertaining talk.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1f497d; font-size: 14pt;">See Jill’s blog for insights into publishing.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="http://jillcorcoran.blogspot.com/">jillcorcoran.blogspot.com/</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #366092;"><span style="color: #366092; font-weight: bold;">How is Sci-fi faring these days? </span></span></b></span><span style="color: #366092; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #366092;"></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Kind of comes out of dystopia. They are
looking for it, if it is different. If you have the right one, it could be
fantastic. Urban fantasy is good.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #366092;"><span style="color: #366092; font-weight: bold;">How hard to publish a book in USA set in Australia?</span></span></b></span><span style="color: #366092; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #366092;"></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">There is a book set in France that has done
well in the USA. Some editors are looking for books set elsewhere so they can
learn about other places.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #366092;"><span style="color: #366092; font-weight: bold;">What about the UK?</span></span></b></span><span style="color: #366092; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #366092;"></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Brazil and Germany are booming. Not so much
Greece.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Tough year in the UK with many staff
changes. New publishers and people are looking to buy so things are looking
settled, now. Domestic authors are preferred but Middle Grade projects sought
after. YA looking for original. Books that are too American being turned down.
UK publishers want to see Australian books 1 year before Australian publishers
so they can get it here in according to the 14 day law. Australian and NZ sales
tend to outstrip UK sales. USA and Australia have more in common than Australia
and the UK.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #366092;"><span style="color: #366092; font-weight: bold;">USA Agents accept Australian submissions?</span></span></b></span><span style="color: #366092; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #366092;"></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Yes, they do. It doesn’t matter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #366092;"><span style="color: #366092; font-weight: bold;">Australian Illustrators?</span></span></b></span><span style="color: #366092; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #366092;"></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Jill was blown away by the Australian
Illustrators and she is sure many will get contracts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #366092;"><span style="color: #366092; font-weight: bold;">Any interesting Historical fiction in YA?</span></span></b></span><span style="color: #366092; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #366092;"></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Hooks - something that hooks into curriculum
will do well. Mention all the hooks in query letters. It should still read as a
great novel but then be filled with historical knowledge (not teaching it,
though).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #366092;"><span style="color: #366092; font-weight: bold;">Australian Writers sending work to USA - contact with
Australian publishers?</span></span></b></span><span style="color: #366092; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #366092;"></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The world is smaller now, so Jill can
contact anyone. But first she will go to USA publishers and the copyright
issues in Australia have highlighted she needs to have contacts here
simultaneously. Jill works though Rights Managers. It's not an issue that Australian's
can tour in the USA but most aren't getting paid tours. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #366092;"><span style="color: #366092; font-weight: bold;">Enhance e-books and trans-media (multi-platform e.g. "39
Clues") books?</span></span></b></span><span style="color: #366092; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #366092;"></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The rights for these are generally pulled
out. Publishers aren't doing a lot with them, now, because they are not sure
how to market them. Keep as many rights as you can but if someone wants to make
an App, sell it and take it to your publisher. Everyone is looking at
"sell through" and "discoverability" - the big words at the
moment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">She wishes more writers had a business
focus as well, rather than just selling their art.</span></div>Sheryl Gwytherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06802710892641289128noreply@blogger.com0