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You’ve Written a Children’s Book – Now What?
So, You’ve Written a Children’s Book…Now What? Chronicle Books posted on Sunday’s Topic. We receive about a thousand unsolicited children’s manuscripts every month, like the ones in the mail bins below. Every one of them is read by a children’s editor here, and I’m here to offer you some tips on how to make your manuscript…
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Our Wednesday Mini Topic – 6 Keys to Write a YA Novel
6 Keys to Write a YA Novel That Connects With Teen Readers Writing a novel that appeals to a younger audience takes a certain amount of finesse—especially if you are no longer in that age bracket! It is not easy to venture into the minds of young adults and, essentially, “relive” your own past. At…
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Peter Davidson comes to Celebrity Sunday
Welcome Peter Davidson to Celebrity Sunday on April 15th, 2018. Peter Davidson is the author or co-author of twenty-nine books published by McGraw-Hill Book Company, Perigee/Putnam Publishers, Northwestern Publishing Company, Sweet Memories Publishing, Haworth Press, and others. His works include fiction, non-fiction, college textbooks, children’s picture books, and training materials for business and industry. Davidson…
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Creating Your First Children’s Picture Book
10 Tips For Creating Your First Children’s Picture Book A children’s picture book may seem simple, but creating a brilliant one is no easy task. How do you make yours smart, engaging, and fun — rather than clichéd, saccharine, and didactic? “A picture book is a marriage of words and pictures,” describes Santopolo. “The most…
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10 Tips For Creating Your First Children’s Picture Book
Wednesday’s Topic continues our April Theme Children/YA Writing Month 10 Tips For Creating Your First Children’s Picture Book A children’s picture book may seem simple, but creating a brilliant one is no easy task. How do you make yours smart, engaging, and fun — rather than clichéd, saccharine, and didactic? “A picture book is…