June 7, 2022
Discover the importance of a good title for a picture book and why giving away the ending can diminish the stakes and reader engagement. Learn from an example and get tips on creating compelling titles.
Discover the importance of a good title for a picture book and why giving away the ending can diminish the stakes and reader engagement. Learn from an example and get tips on creating compelling titles.
Whether you publish your book traditionally or publish it yourself, the best thing you can do for your writing career at this point is to hire an editor, copyeditor, and proofreader. But what’s the difference between them?
Discover the importance of a good title for a picture book and why giving away the ending can diminish the stakes and reader engagement. Learn from an example and get tips on creating compelling titles.
If you are interested in learning how to write a children’s book for any age group up to 18-years-old, you are certainly not alone. Over the last two decades, children’s literature has become one of the most popular genres for writers. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard, “I’ve always wanted to write…
Every year we get all kinds of holiday and Christmas cards ––I bet you get them too––you know the ones with pictures of beautifully perfect families? There isn’t any gum stuck in Susie’s hair and you can hardly see where baby brother so helpfully cut it out, the dog is sitting quietly and not peeing…
When Linda Sue Park won the Newbery for A Single Shard she received the medal, as medalists do, at the annual ALA (American Library Association) conference. Her acceptance speech was so moving that many in the audience ended up sniffling. It was Father’s Day, and she gave her medal to her father as a Father’s…
Once and a while I get requests from teachers about how they can apply for grants in order to afford an author visit. I’m not an expert on this topic, but I do know many teachers do this in order to afford the special and educational experience for students. My feeling is that the kids…
What’s the best tip you’ve ever received from another writer?