Writing picture books

How to write a children's book— everything you need to know! How to Write a Children's Book That Rocks! Thinking of writing a children's storybook? As an independent publisher, I often get calls from men and women who have either written a kids' story or have one in mind they want to write. This article

If you are writing a book for children, you probably have questions. In this post, we've shared cheat sheets for writing children's books.

Writers - here are 5 mistakes to avoid in children's fiction!

How To Write A Children's Picture Book is an impressive trilogy of instructional books by children's author and illustrator Eve Heidi Bine-Stock that provides other aspiring children's authors with sound, practical, time-tested advice on constructing a picture book story for children that will hold their interest from beginning to end. Volume 1 is devoted to the structure of writing and draws examples from a series of popular and successful children's books that include 'The Very Hungry…

Before having my third (and FINAL!) child and finding that I no longer have time to brush my hair let alone do anything else, I used to run a 6 week evening course on how to write and illustrate children's books. Being a fan of reuse, recycle and re-hashing old material I thought I might blog the course so that anyone out there who might be interested in taking up this noble profession (which according to my husband amounts to little more than 'colouring in') can glean what they may from my…

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Whether you're in a history, literature, or science class, you'll probably have to write a research paper at some point. It may seem daunting when you're just starting out, but staying organized and budgeting your time can make the process...

50+ Agents Who Represent Picture Books For those of you who may be seeking agent representation as a picture book author, I have compiled a list of nearly 60 agents for you to research. I pulled my information from Casey McCormick's highly researched blog, Literary Rambles, but I have severely condensed the information here to make it easier and quicker to peruse. You can click back to her original posts to do further reading. Then I wrote an article about the 3 best ways to find your own…