Picture Book Peek Week #3 brought me three highly original and beautifully written stories. And as always, I’m learning by critiquing. Four important questions for all PB writers popped up from this Peek Week. 1. What is your story really about?Hopefully you can answer this in one brief sentence. Then examine your text for any… Read more »
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Pay It Forward Friday – Elizabeth Dulemba
Darcy Pattison’s Random Acts of Publicity Week left me inspired with the power of the simple promotional push. So I’m adding to my blog “Pay It Forward Fridays.” When I can, I’ll be highlighting books, events and other news in the life of one of my fellow writers. This week it’s: Elizabeth Dulemba’s Blog Tour… Read more »
Picture Book Peek Week #3 – And the Winners Are…
What a terrific batch of titles. And it looks like everyone was able to post without a problem this time – I hope. So without further ado … the winners of Picture Book Peek Week #3 are IT’S A SECRETFAR ABOVESANDY ANDY Please e-mail your manuscripts as Word attachments to reidy(dot)jean(at)gmail(dot)com.
Top 10 Picture Book Takeaways from the RMC-SCBWI Conference
My Top 10 Picture Book Takeaways from the RMC-SCBWI Conference 10. Beware of dialog-heavy picture book manuscripts. 9. The only beef editors and agents have against rhyming picture books is that they’re so often poorly written. 8. Manuscripts need to be more perfect than ever before they’re ready for submission. 7. While marketing yourself is… Read more »
Folksingers – Some of the Grandest Storytellers of All
Back in the day, before music videos, before CDs, even before 8-Track Tapes (if you owned one, fess up now – I never did) there was Puff the Magic Dragon and Peter, Paul and Mary. All drug culture references aside (I was too young to know of such things) the song became one of my… Read more »
So You Have a Children’s Book Idea – Get Ready for PB Peek Week.
But is your idea good enough? Jon Bard answers that tough question.
Picture Book Peek Week #3 Coming September 21st!!
Back by popular demand: Picture Book Peek WeekFree critiques of select PB manuscripts – including those wretched rhymers (Yup, 3 of my upcoming PBs are written in verse!) Peek Week #3 begins September 21st. I’ve changed up the format a bit. Here’s how it will work: Sign up for a critique by entering your PB… Read more »
Camera-shy Creech Proving Any Author Can Make a Video Trailer
I love that one of my favorite authors is so very humble … and funny.
Random Acts of Publicity Week – Judith Snyder
Darcy Pattison’s Random Acts of Publicity Week began last Tuesday and I’ve decided to focus my not-so-random acts on one of my crit buddies, Judith Snyder. Judith is a teacher, school librarian and storyteller – she knows children’s literature. And even though she’s so very talented, Judith is soft-spoken and VERY humble. Tooting her own… Read more »
Parenting the Nearly-Grown: Guest Post by Masha Hamilton
Guest Post: Parenting the Nearly-Grownby Masha Hamilton (Photo by Briana Orr) “Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.” Roman philosopher and orator Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106-43 B.C. Not long after the second of my three children was born, I sat at the kitchen table late one evening… Read more »
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