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December 28, 2019

Special Guest Speaker to Start the New Year–Write!

Special Guest Speaker to Start the New Year–Write!

Special Guest Speaker to Start the New Year–Write!

Special Guest Speaker to Start the New Year–Write!

Of her latest release New York Times bestseller Caroline Mitchell raves, “Lost Girl is a compulsive thrill-ride that reads as if it’s been pulled straight from the headlines. Kammier’s journalism background brings undeniable authenticity to a novel that has it all—a [Click For The Rest...]
November 05, 2019

4th Special Guest Speaker; Agents, Genres Galore

4th Special Guest Speaker; Agents, Genres Galore

4th Special Guest Speaker; Agents, Genres Galore

4th Special Guest Speaker; Agents, Genres Galore

One of the most highly anticipated young adult releases of 2020, of All the Stars and Teeth Entertainment Weekly declares, “This epic fantasy, which subverts gender stereotypes and expectations, has the potential to break out in the mold of [Tomi] Adeyemi’s Children of Blood and Bone,[Click For The Rest...]
October 01, 2019

3rd Special Guest Speaker Confirmed; More Good Muse

3rd Special Guest Speaker Confirmed; More Good Muse

3rd Special Guest Speaker Confirmed; More Good Muse

3rd Special Guest Speaker Confirmed; More Good Muse

International bestselling author Kristin Harmel (The Room on Rue Amelie) declares, “I was utterly moved and transfixed by The Light After the War, a beautiful novel that spans a decade across four continents in the wake of World War II. You’ll be swept away by this fast-pa[Click For The Rest...]
September 30, 2019

LA17 Awards & Wrap

LA17 Awards & Wrap

LA17 Awards & Wrap

LA17 Awards & Wrap

Make no bones about it – apparently, shrunken skulls in the late-night read & critique workshop do just fine – our annual Irvine event proved to be yet another knockout weekend for writers. Big shout out to the conferees who placed their trust in the SCWC staff; along with Rick an[Click For The Rest...]
September 02, 2019

2nd Special Guest Speaker Confirmed

2nd Special Guest Speaker Confirmed

2nd Special Guest Speaker Confirmed

2nd Special Guest Speaker Confirmed

So excited to share this quick heads-up: Game of Thrones co-executive producer and writer Bryan Cogman calls Nathan Makaryk’s epic debut novel, Nottingham, “The most pleasurable reading experience I’ve had since first discovering George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice an[Click For The Rest...]
August 04, 2019

Don’t Be A Deer In The Headlights

Don’t Be A Deer In The Headlights

Don’t Be A Deer In The Headlights

Don’t Be A Deer In The Headlights

Today’s guest blogger is Jean Jenkins, a co-founder of the SCWC, consultant to writers and freelance editor with over 25 years of editorial expertise placing clients with major publishers in both the U.S. and abroad. “The hardest part is the individual meetings,” an agent once told me[Click For The Rest...]
August 01, 2019

Registration Open; 1st Guest Speaker Confirmed

Registration Open; 1st Guest Speaker Confirmed

Registration Open; 1st Guest Speaker Confirmed

Registration Open; 1st Guest Speaker Confirmed

“[A] remarkably fresh, intense thriller, and Lily Wong is one hell of a new hero,” enthuses New York Times bestselling author J.T. Ellison (Tear Me Apart) of Tori Eldridge’s The Ninja Daughter (Agora Books). Murder, She Wrote Series author Jon Land calls it “a riveting, rollicking, ro[Click For The Rest...]
August 01, 2019

New Books, Workshops From SCWCers; Schedule

New Books, Workshops From SCWCers; Schedule

New Books, Workshops From SCWCers; Schedule

New Books, Workshops From SCWCers; Schedule

The follow-up to international award-winning author Ara Grigorian’s Game of Love and Ten Year Dance hits shelves September 24th. As a longtime SCWCer, however, he’ll have his latest available exclusively to those attending Irvine. A YA novel, 15 Days With You follows a young man’s wen[Click For The Rest...]
July 12, 2019

Our 4th Guest Speaker; More Good “Muse”

Our 4th Guest Speaker; More Good “Muse”

Our 4th Guest Speaker; More Good “Muse”

Our 4th Guest Speaker; More Good “Muse”

Following the publication of her first short story in 2010, Kali Wallace has gone on to publish two darkly phantasmal young adult books, Shallow Graves and The Memory Trees, as well the children’s fantasy adventure City of Islands, all critically lauded by Kirkus Reviews. Salvat[Click For The Rest...]
June 30, 2019

3rd Guest Speaker; About Advance Submissions

3rd Guest Speaker; About Advance Submissions

3rd Guest Speaker; About Advance Submissions

3rd Guest Speaker; About Advance Submissions

“Chilling,” is how Publisher Weekly describes Come and Get Me, the debut novel from Norm Thoeming, writing as August Norman. “Thoroughly memorable,” declares Booklist. And author Lisa Brackmann (Black Swan Rising) effuses, “[This] page-turning thriller features a sly sense of humor &#[Click For The Rest...]