30 of the Best Children’s Books for Mentor Texts
Are you trying to write a children’s book? While there are a lot of craft books out there on writing, the best way to learn…
Writing Practice Exercises
The Basics to Writing Dialogue in Picture Books
Have you thought about adding dialogue to your picture book manuscript? Some writers skip it, while others only tell a story with dialogue. Is there…
4 Quick Editing Tips to Improve Your Kid’s Book
First 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….
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…
The Best Way to Learn How to Write a Picture Book
Picture book writers do not get enough credit. Writing a picture book is HARD work! I am sitting on 7 unpublished, almost-polished picture book manuscripts,…
How to Write Characters that Kids Love
Fancy Nancy. No David. The Pigeon. We all know those characters that kids love in picture books. And we would LOVE to write them ourselves….