For MG/YA Authors | For Picture Book Authors | Getting Started | What Writers Need | Writer's Life Resources | Writing Tips Need a New Children’s Book Idea? Here’s How to Find itDo you ever wonder how people come up with endless ideas, while you sit there and NOTHING comes to mind? How can you find a…TweetSharePin2KShare102K Shares
For MG/YA Authors | For Picture Book Authors | Getting Started | Writing Tips All You Need to Know to Write a Children’s BookDo you have a story that will make the perfect children’s book? But you don’t know where to start, let alone how to write a…TweetSharePin10KShare6710K Shares
Publishing Tips | Writing Tips The Best Guide to Comp Books and Why You Need to Know ThemIf you’ve ever tried to submit your story anywhere, you may have come across the question: what are your comp books? Which normally leads to…TweetSharePin64Share367 Shares
My Journey | Publishing Tips How to Publish a Picture Book: The Complete ProcessMy new picture book, PIRATES STUCK AT “C”, just set sail last month! It’s very exciting to get to hold my book for the first…TweetSharePin4KShare64K Shares
For Picture Book Authors | Writing Tips The Picture Book Plot Structure Step-by-Step BreakdownThe most popular type of children’s book that people choose to write is the picture book. But these short stories can be hard to write…TweetSharePin5KShare315K Shares
Homepage | What Writers Need | Writing Tips How to Write a Children’s Book TemplateIt took me 4 years to learn everything I needed to write a children’s book and another year to actually write a good story. If…TweetSharePin19KShare4819K Shares
Homepage | Publishing Process | Publishing Tips How to Format Your Children’s Manuscript Like an ExpertYou’ve seen what a children’s book looks like as a real book, but what does it look like as a manuscript? This is an essential…TweetSharePin4KShare64K Shares
For MG/YA Authors | For Picture Book Authors | Getting Started | Homepage | What Writers Need | Writer's Life Resources | Writing Tips The Age Levels for Children’s Books You Should KnowSo you want to write a children’s book, awesome! But what kind of child are you writing to? Before you can get started with your…TweetSharePin10KShare39911K Shares
Writing Practice Exercises | Writing Tips 4 Quick Editing Tips to Improve Your Kid’s BookFirst drafts are really hard to write perfectly the first time. So in order to improve your story, you’re going to need to edit it….TweetSharePin447Share37484 Shares
Publishing Tips | What Writers Need | Writing Practice Exercises Your Children’s Book Publishing Roadmap. Find the Publisher for you!Publishing a children’s book is a long and winding road that doesn’t look the same for every writer. Instead, you need to learn the best…TweetSharePin158Share3161 Shares
Marketing Yourself | Publishing Tips The Most Important Part of Your Book Cover DesignThere’s one thing in the writing world everyone says not to do, but 99.9% of people do: Judge a book by its cover. This is why…TweetSharePin753Share2755 Shares
Publishing Tips | Writing Tips The Ultimate Guide to Illustrators for KidLit WritersAre you trying to create a kid’s book, but don’t have an artistic bone in your body? Worried that you’ll need to illustrate your book…TweetSharePin824Share9833 Shares
For Picture Book Authors | Getting Started | Writing Tips The Ultimate Guide on How to Write a Children’s Picture BookThe question I get the most from other KidLit writers is how do you write a children’s picture book. Because this is the type of…TweetSharePin4KShare155K Shares
Getting Started | Marketing Yourself The Ultimate Guide to Easily Market Your BookHave you ever thought: “I’m a writer, I don’t need to know marketing”? After all, it’s the publisher’s job to market your book, right? WRONG!…TweetSharePin235Share7242 Shares
Agent Tips | For MG/YA Authors | For Picture Book Authors | My Journey | Publishing Process | Publishing Tips | Writing Tips How to Know You Need to Rewrite Your ManuscriptEvery writer receives multiple rejections for their stories before they’re ever sold into books. But what if you’re pitching your book so much and you’re…TweetSharePin265Share2267 Shares
Getting Started | Publishing Process | Publishing Tips Everything You Need to Know to Publish a Children’s BookDo you have a story that you want to publish? I’ve combined everything you need to know in order to publish a children’s book with…TweetSharePin8KShare108K Shares
Agent Tips | Publishing Tips How to Write a Query for Your Dream AgentIt’s very exciting when you finish your book, but the next step is to actually sell it. Once you find the perfect agent that you…TweetSharePin2KShare122K Shares
Agent Tips | Publishing Tips The Best Way to Find an Agent for Your BookAre you wanting to find an agent? I’m going to go with yes since you’re reading this post! I know that I am because an…TweetSharePin2KShare22K Shares
For MG/YA Authors | Writing Practice Exercises | Writing Tips How to Build Strong Characters for Your Children’s BookDo you ever read a book and wonder how the writer made you fall in love with their characters so well? Being able to build…TweetSharePin3KShare93K Shares
For Picture Book Authors | Writing Practice Exercises | Writing Tips How to Write Characters that Kids LoveFancy Nancy. Pete The Cat. The Pigeon. These are all characters that kids love in picture books. And it’d be AWESOME to write a story…TweetSharePin11KShare911K Shares
Productivity Tips | Writing Tips 4 Easy Ways to Find Time to Write with a Full Time JobIn a fairytale world, we would all get to spend eight hours a day sitting at a computer, writing AWESOME books people are obsessed with…TweetSharePin74Share74 Shares
Uncategorized Picture Book or Early Reader: What Category is Right for Your Story?I get this question all the time. “I’m writing a picture book, but it’s about 1,000 words. Do you think it should be an early…TweetSharePin50Share757 Shares
For MG/YA Authors | Writing Tips Plot Your Novel Easily with these Simple TricksIf you poll most aspiring authors, they will almost ALWAYS say learning how to plot your novel is the hardest thing to do. I’m even…TweetSharePin9KShare219K Shares
My Journey | Productivity Tips | What Writers Need 7 Morning Routine Hacks to be a Successful WriterIt’s time to start being a productive writer. And the best way to do that is through your morning routine. Since changing my own morning…TweetSharePin3KShare53K Shares