Podcast Episode # 142
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Today’s guest is Chuck Sambuchino, whose blog, Guide to Literary Agents Blog — all about agents, submissions and platform — is one of the largest blogs in publishing.

In the episode you’ll hear

• a review from Julie Falatko: Grumpy Goat by Brett Helquist
• another reminder about the new First Pages segment (see below)

In the interview we talk about

• how he was included in a Forbes Top 10 list of “Social Media Influencers” in Book Publishing
• his book,  How to Survive a Garden Gnome Attack, how the movie The Full Monty gave him the idea and whether he should be as creeped out by Pez dispensers as he is by garden gnomes
• how to submit an article to the Children’s Writer’s and Illustrator’s Market (CWIM), which he edits
• as the author of Create Your Writer Platform, why Chuck thinks every writer should have one, and why

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If you want to submit for First Pages segment

All First Pages will be critiqued anonymously. Submit them as follows:

• to 
  
  su*****@ka********.com
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   as attachments.
• Formatted correctly as for submission to a publisher for example, click here.

They’ll be critiqued for:

• Title: Is it catchy?
• Recommended target age
• Hook: Do you have a powerful, catchy opening that will hook the reader?
• Rhyme and meter (if applicable): Is the rhyme scheme and meter consistent?
• Do you “show” rather than “tell”?
• Dialogue: Is it believable? Is there a good balance between dialogue and action? Are dialogue tags used well?
• Character Development
• Illustration considerations: Does the story lend itself to lively and interesting illustrations? Does the story give unnecessary details that can be shown instead in the illustrations?
•  Miscellaneous: Comments on word choice or sentence structure as needed