In Shirley Raye & Jennifer's workbook, Write a Marketable Children’s Book, we mention the importance of checking your manuscript for spelling and grammar errors. As competitive...
Last week I wrote about the writing sin of “info dumping.” An editor told me that writers commit it when they force historical or factual...
Worried about trying to write a synopsis of your middle grade or young adult novel? The most important thing to remember about a synopsis is— It should...
Last week I advised writers to sign up for critique sessions with editors at conferences and related my experience meeting Mallory Loehr of Random House....
It’s often important to do research on certain places or time periods when we write fiction. But we need to use the information we gain...
If you want to break into writing for children, sign up for writing conferences and sign up for private sessions with editors who will be...
There are various categories of children’s books, such as concept book, picture book, storybook, chapter book, reader and novel. On pages 15-16 of our workbook, Write a Marketable Children's Book, we explain the categories and the ages they target.
A writer should research the market to discover
It may seem as if E.B. White were lazy and didn’t offer Mike much help. But his letter actually reveals exactly what a writer must do to get published.
A good picture book:
