We are a three-state region of nearly 600 members, with the vast majority living in Maryland. Our annual conference — a one-and-a-half-day in March — is held in Maryland. We do several other events, often aimed at specific sub-groups.Our regional advisors:
Kathy MacMillan
Rebecca Evans
Category Archives: Illustrating & Cover Art Tips
Writing Advice for Beginners: Coffee and Conversation Flashback Friday Round Two
Last week, I kicked off a Coffee & Conversation Flashback Friday series where we revisit awesome nuggets of wisdom shared by editors, agents, art directors, authors, and illustrators throughout the years here at As The Eraser Burns. Missed it? No … Continue reading →
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Writing Advice for Beginners: Coffee and Conversation Flashback Friday Round One
In the many years I’ve been blogging here at As The Eraser Burns, we’ve posted lots of Coffee & Conversation Interviews with editors, agents, art directors, authors, and illustrators. Within each are brilliant nuggets of advice that deserve a revisiting. … Continue reading →
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SCBWI Podcast: Season Two
Hey podcast lovers, have you heard the news about Season Two of the SCBWI Podcast being released on April 18th? Despite my total adoration for podcasts, I’ve only recently discovered this one and I’m now in the process of catching … Continue reading →
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Introducing WIN: The Working Illustrator’s Network
Attention illustrators! Have you heard about WIN yet? If not, read on for the full scoop as explained by our SCBWI MD/DE/WV illustrator coordinator, Rebecca Evans: Introducing WIN THE WORKING ILLUSTRATOR’S NETWORK (WIN) The Working Illustrators Network of the SCBWI MD/DE/WV … Continue reading →
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Favorite Illustrators/ Third Thursday #SCBWIsocial
Hello readers! I hope you’re keeping cool during these hot days of July. I am fortunate to have a studio complete with AC and don’t know what I’d do without it — there are days when it’s so humid the … Continue reading →
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Tagged Alan Marks, artists, Cathy Gendron, Helen Ward, illustrators, Marie-Louise Gay, Sergio Ruzzier
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Monday Motivation
This is the first in a series regarding how one gets motivated, stays motivated, and the tools used to do this. How do you as a writer and/or illustrator get back on the motivation wagon when you’ve fallen off? So, … Continue reading →
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Illustration Inspiration Two
Illustrators, I wrote about a couple of ways to get your creative juices flowing in Tuesday’s post, and want to continue that discussion. I mentioned looking at books by illustrators you admire, but there are also other ways to motivate … Continue reading →
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Tagged collage, Denise Fleming, mixed media, paper making, Whitney Sherman
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Inspiration of the Visual Kind
Hello, my creative tribe! It is November, the month of new ideas for children’s books, and in keeping with that theme I’d like to explore some ways illustrators might come up with new ideas, rev their creative engines and be … Continue reading →
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Tagged Cathy Gendron, creative inspiration, illustration, Jaime Zollars, Kathy Temean, Shaun Tan
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Preparation for Illustration
Happy Friday, everyone! In the interests of getting ready for next month’s NaNoWriMo/PiBoIdMo, I thought there might be interest in one of the aspects of children’s book illustrating: specifically, the research an illustrator does for a non-fiction picture book.
Illustrating Children’s Books
If you want to be an illustrator of books for children, how do you go about it? I recall that I hadn’t a clue as an art student regarding the path to that goal, and it took several years of … Continue reading →
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