BLOG BREAK Princesses and Pitching

Nick Cross presents his fortnightly selection of must-read SCBWI-BI member blogs.

Clare Helen Welsh's latest picture book Scissorella: The Paper Princess receives the royal treatment from Rachael Davis with a review of the book and an interview with the author.

Pitching - some people hate it, but Sally Poyton is a fan. These are her tips for standing out at pitching competitions.

Here's Sarah Broadley talking to Sheila M. Averbuch about the themes and technologies in her middle grade thriller Friend Me.

Sarah J. Dodd's new picture book Beyond the Setting Sun explores grief and loss. In an interview for her publisher's blog, she discusses how she brought hopeful themes to this difficult topic.

Finally, it's time to talk dialect with Ruth Estevez, who tells Zoe Cookson how her approach to dialect has changed while writing the Jiddy Vardy book series.

Nick.

*Feature image: Blog Break logo by Nick Cross

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Nick Cross is Words & Pictures' Blog Network Editor. An Undiscovered Voices winner, he both writes and illustrates for children, and was honours winner of the SCBWI Magazine Merit Award for fiction.