Your chance to learn about and swap craft books!
Craft Books with Alice Brock
Alice Brock has attended workshops, academies, and conferences over the past many years and has learned a great deal about writing from the experiences of others. She has read a myriad of craft books and has learned a great deal from some and picked up some good techniques or a better understanding of skills from others. She will bring several craft books and give brief book reports and invites attendees to bring their favorite books to share as well. Afterwards, members may want to do some swapping.
Besides books, bring websites, blogs, or other electronic sources that you have found to be helpful in your writing journey. This meeting is for sharing our knowledge and experiences with others.
About Our Guest Speaker
Alice Brock is a retired schoolteacher and a Texas rancher. Currently she is the author of three mid-grade Western Novels, the Will and Buck Series. The first two, River of Cattle and Mystery on the Pecos have won awards in the Western genre and the third, Palo Duro Mustangs, was published in March of 2024.
General Meeting Information
Our meetings are free and open to the public. We encourage you to invite members of the Brazos Valley writing community to join us!
Our regional meetings feature guest speakers sharing writing and illustration tips as well as industry news and social time for members to meet and network. Meetings are preceded by a gentle critique (see below). Meetings are streamed via Zoom and available for replay. Login details and replay links are available on each meeting's event page.
Meeting times:
Last Wednesday of each month (minus July, Nov & Dec)
11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Gentle manuscript critique
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Guest speaker/featured activity
12:30 p.m. - Social time followed by lunch at a local restaurant (meal not covered by SCBWI)
Location:
Zoom and in person at The Arts Center of Brazos Valley, 4180 Hwy 6 South, College Station, TX 77845
Gentle Critique info:
If you’d like to share your work in progress with others and receive or provide feedback, please bring printed copies of up to 5 pages of a manuscript to share. Zoom participants will be allowed to screen share in order to receive feedback. Please see this handy guide on critique etiquette if this will be your first time participating in a critique: https://www.scbwi.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2014_LA_Dos-and-Donts.pdf
Be Our Next Meeting Guest
Passionate about a specific kid-lit related topic? Want to practice your upcoming school visit presentation? We’re always looking for guest speakers for our monthly meetings. Our meetings are cozy and supportive - a great place to get your feet wet as a presenter and get to know your local children's literature creators. Feel free to pitch us! Guests can present in person or via Zoom and receive $50 compensation as well as lunch after our meeting. Presentations take place on the last Wednesday of the month from 11am-12pm and can be in the format of workshops, interviews, slideshows… you name it! Pitch us your ideas at brazosvalley-ra@scbwi.org