The Kaz Windness Blog

Resources for RMC-SCBWI Letters & Lines conference attendees and blog fans with a children’s book illustration interest.

Sample thumbnail dummy books:

32-Page Sample:

Great camera angle resource for Graphic Novelists: HERE

Sample contract for illustrators working with Independent Publishers:

ILLUSTRATION COMMISSION AGREEMENT-sample

Colorado Independent Publishers Association: https://cipabooks.com/

Portfolio Check Sheet:

Another great kidlit portfolio checklist: HERE

What’s in a Winning Portfolio Blog Post: https://karenwindness.wordpress.com/2018/08/09/whats-in-a-winning-scbwi-portfolio/

Local RMC-SCBWI Opportunities:

RMC-SCBWI Mentorship Program (October 1 – November 1): http://rmc.scbwi.org/mentor-program/

Critique Connects and other events calendar: https://rmc.scbwi.org/events/

National SCBWI Opportunities:

Full list of SCBWI Illustrator opportunities: http://www.scbwi.org/illustrator-info-2/

Submission requirements for SCBWI Bulletin: http://www.scbwi.org/art-spot/

Links to RMC-SCBWI social Media:

NOTE: To share images with us, post using hashtag #rmcscbwi. For conference: #LettersLines2020

Facebook Private Group (must be a member and ask to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/461296074061454/

Instagram: @scbwirockymtn

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SCBWIRockyMtn

Member Badge (save image and use!):

Recommended Books:

Every illustrator NEEDS THIS BOOK! “Art, Money, Success” by Maria Brophy. Includes everything you must know about branding, marketing, and doing business as an illustrator. https://bookshop.org/books/art-money-success-a-complete-and-easy-to-follow-system-for-the-artist-who-wasn-t-born-with-a-business-mind-learn-how-to-find-buyers-ge/9780999011508

Publishers, literary agents, magazines, contests, and more: Children’s Writer’s & Illustrator’s Market (current year): The Most Trusted Guide to Getting Published

BRILLIANT book on the elements of design for picture book illustrators: PICTURE THIS by Molly Bang: http://www.mollybang.com/Pages/picture.html

How to illustrate children’s literature: Writing with Pictures: How to Write and Illustrate Children’s Books by Uri Shulevitz

Children’s Writer’s & Illustrators Market, current year. 2020: https://bookshop.org/books/children-s-writer-s-illustrator-s-market-2020-the-most-trusted-guide-to-getting-published-thirty-second/9781440301230

“The Book”: https://www.scbwi.org/publishing-toolkit/

Get an agent!: www.QueryTracker.net

My (Karen “Kaz” Windness) social media handles:

Facebook: @karen.windness
Instagram: @KazWindness
Twitter: @KWindness

My web Links:
Website: http://www.windnessbooks.com
YouTube: http://www.KazWeirdness.com
Patreon sticker club: https://www.patreon.com/kazweirdness
RedBubble https://www.redbubble.com/people/kazwindness

Pinterest (TONS of pinned resources, inspiration and weirdness): https://www.pinterest.com/karenwindness/