Launch Team Lift Off: How to Promote Your Children's Book
Do you want to learn how to market your books from me for free? Do you want to learn how to get reviews? Better yet, how do you get your…
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Thoughts on picture book writing, publishing advice, behind-the-scenes stories, and inspiration for writers and readers of all ages.
Flashback Friday: Tony DiTerlizzi Shares the Dummy for the Spider & the Fly
[leadplayer_vid id=”50EF428A02914″] …And that’s your Flashback Friday: Tony DiTerlizzi Shares the Dummy for the Spider & the Fly! Happy Picture Book Month!
Flashback Friday: How To Promote Your Book Interview with Christine Fonseca
[leadplayer_vid id=”51AF5D339CA38″] …And that’s your Flashback Friday: How to Promote Your Book Interview with Christine Fonseca! To get your copy of “How To Promote Your Children’s Book”, click here!
Stop Writer's Block
If you’re like me, you’re having trouble right about now. Trouble figuring out how to stop writer’s block. The warm sand, the smell of Coppertone, summer sunsets … they’re all…
How to Focus on Your Work
I interviewed Emma Walton Hamilton yesterday for the podcast and after researching her and seeing the 147 things she’s involved in, asked when was she going to lend me her…
I Hate To Go To Bed! and Other Ways to Get Work Done
I Hate To Go To Bed! was my second book published, back 1999. It was very popular and kept selling well for about a decade. But sadly, it went out…
Amy Timberlake is a Genius!
Yes, she wrote one of my all time fave picture books, The Dirty Cowboy, but her blog is called My Desk is a Mess, and decided to start featuring other…
Supporting Small Businesses
Like many writers, I’m on various children’s literature listservs. One of my groups began a discussion about how great it is to earn money from amazon via one’s blog. Some…
School Visit Inquiry
My fall newsletter focuses on school visits so a recent email that ricocheted around various writer and illustrator listservs was of particular interest. That, and it was stunning in its…
My New Blog Plan
I’m not the most organized of folks. I try, I really do. And one thing that keeps/kept me from blogging on a schedule is that I really have this feeling…
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Welcome! I'm Katie Davis, a children's book author with a passion for helping writers bring their stories to life. Here you'll find tips, tricks, and tales from my twenty years in publishing.
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