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10 Things NOT to Say in your Query – Advice from a Children’s Publisher

November 14, 2017 Alumni & Guests

of Rob Broder is Publisher of Ripple Grove Press, an independent, family-run children’s book publishing company. He and his wife Amanda started Ripple Grove Press

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Interview with children’s author Larry Dane Brimner

July 10, 2015 Carol Gordon Ekster

I came across Larry Brimner’s children’s books when he reblogged one of my interviews with another author. I love discovering authors I had not yet

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Agents: Another Way In

June 5, 2015 Joyce Audy Zarins

Do you have a completed manuscript? Have you been subbing it to agents, but have not found the perfect fit yet? There’s a new and

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How Many Queries Does it Take to Get an Agent?

April 24, 2015 Alumni & Guests

By Kristine Carlson Asselin The query letter. It’s something that strikes fear in the heartiest of us. Asking a stranger if they want to review

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What to Do Before & After “THE CALL” from an Offering Literary Agent

September 5, 2014 Alumni & Guests

By Jennifer Malone It’s my agent-iversary this month (two years since I signed with my lovely agent, Holly Root) and I’ve recently had a couple

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The Truth About Twitter Contests

January 24, 2014 Alumni & Guests

By Kristine Carlson Asselin Thank you to the lovely writers at Writers’ Rumpus for inviting me to share my thoughts about Twitter Pitch Parties and

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What I Learned In An Agent’s Inbox

December 6, 2013 Alumni & Guests

By Jen Malone This week I’ve been playing agent. And while I often fancy myself a secret agent, in this case I mean literary agent.

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How to Format a Manuscript

October 4, 2013 Alumni & Guests

By Jen Malone I know there are many other places on the fancy schmancy intrawebz to get this information, but I’m not so sure the

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By Dr. Danna Zeiger, Ph.D., Illustrated by Josée BisaillonSeptember 9, 2025
New Picture book about scientist Dr. Kathleen Friel, who could--and DID--achieve what others said was impossible. Available today from Millbrook Press.

Victoria Dare and the Blood of Kings

By Josh RobertsMay 1, 2026
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The Puffin Who Whispered

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