A Tribute to Richard Peck

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Saturday, September 27, 2025

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  Join the mailing list! Be the first to know about upcoming conferences, classes, and retreats designed just for children’s book writers a...
Saturday, June 28, 2025

Where to Begin Researching Agents

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Researching literary agents and traditional publishing-house editors takes time!  A common question I hear from aspiring authors - ❓Do I nee...
Sunday, June 22, 2025

How Much Money Does an Author Make

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How much money an author makes is a layered question and usually involves the author's agent who has negotiated the sale and served in m...
Sunday, April 13, 2025

3 Things You MUST Do When You Write a Story in Rhyme

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  Rhyme, Scansion, and Metric feet : I admire authors who successfully write in rhyme. It's not easy! If you love writing in rhyme, make...
Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Top 15 Tips for Your Path to Publication

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  Congratulations on pursuing your writing and publishing dreams. Let’s go!   1.               READ READ READ ! Read A LOT of books in t...
Thursday, March 13, 2025

3 Parts of a Query Letter and 5 Parts of the Hook Paragraph - Your Guide to Connect with a Literary Agent

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  Agents receive hundreds of queries per month. Want to be noticed? Present a clean, easy-to-read letter that follows the agent's guide...
Saturday, November 9, 2024

3 Quick and Easy Examples of "Suspension of Disbelief"

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Suspension of Disbelief is a term to describe the fact the readers and viewing audiences are willing to set aside critical thinking to enjoy...
Saturday, October 26, 2024

53 Sure-Fire Ways to Make Your Picture Book Manuscript Ready for Submission: The Ultimate Editing and Revising Checklist!

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53 Tricks to Make Sure Your Picture Book is Submission Ready: Kim's Editing and Revising Checklist ™ By Kim Tomsic Huzzah! You've wr...