By Sarah Lynne Reul (This is the final entry in a three-part series – earlier posts here: Part 1: Iterations and Part 2: Planning) Finally, my favorite point
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Wartime Through a Child’s Eyes, Anna and the Swallow Man by Gavriel Savit
Review by Amy Courage Anna and the Swallow Man from Random House/Alfred A. Knopf is a book almost too big to write about in
Why Write Young Adult?
By Dana Nuenighoff When people ask me what I write, I instantly reply Young Adult. Then they give me this strange look, force a smile
Coloring by the Numbers
As creatives, we color by numbers all the time without even realizing it. We want to know if ____ is working for others and if ____ is normal and if ____ has ever happened to our creative friends.
Animation, Illustration and Writing – Part 2: Planning
By Sarah Lynne Reul (This is part two of a three-part series – part one focused on Iterations, and part three is on Observation.) When starting a new
The 2016 New England SCBWI Conference Registration Opens Today!
The 2016 New England Regional SCBWI Conference will be held on Friday, April 29 – Sunday, May 1 at the Sheraton Monarch Place Hotel in Springfield, MA. And today, February 9th, registration opens at noon.
The Perfect Pitch
By Dana Nuenighoff If you’ve been in the query trenches before, or if you’re about to jump in, you probably know that there a few
On a Mission to Read and Research: Writers and Teachers Alike
By Carrie Charley Brown About this time last year, ReFoReMo rolled out the red carpet and welcomed over 400 interested picture book writers to join
Animation, Illustration and Writing – Part 1: Iterations
By Sarah Lynne Reul Animation has been called the illusion of life. It’s the optical illusion of persistence of vision that creates the effect of
Helping Hands
By Carrie Charley Brown Does anyone else remember that Calgon slogan? For some reason, it stuck with me through childhood and continues to pop into
The Good, the Bad, and the Celebrity Picture Book
By Paul Czajak An Open Letter to Celebrity Children’s Book Writers My wife did something shocking that rocked the foundation of our marriage. A betrayal
What’s the Deal With Lead Titles?
Using simple math here, rather than spend $100 to market 10 books evenly (allotting $10 to each) and risk having them all slip under the radar, it’s better business for the publishers to spend $90 on one book and divide the remaining $10 among the other 9 books. It increases the odds that the featured one will get noticed and, if it’s successful, the money it makes will cover any losses or (more typically) supplement the far more modest sales the other nine achieve. Plus, the attention it receives will possibly shine light on the rest of the publisher’s offerings.
Challenge Yourself to a Year in Picture Books
By Carrie Charley Brown Writing allows me to turn my internal reflections into external expression at my own pace. That must be why I connect
The Art of Critiquing
By Dana Nuenighoff If you’re a writer, you know that critiquing is one of the many important steps in the process. You don’t just sit
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