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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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TRUCKER KID

By Carol Gordon Ekster, Illustrated by Russ CoxJanuary 1, 2023
Available today from Capstone Press!

Courage in Her Cleats: The Story of Soccer Star Abby Wambach

By Kim Chaffee, Illustrated by Alexandra BadiuJanuary 10, 2023
Picture book biography available today from Page Street Kids!

Pew!: The Stinky and Legen-Dairy Gift from Colonel Thomas S. Meacham

By Cathy Stefanec Ogren, Illustrated by Lesley BreenMarch 15, 2023
43 days to go.

Smarty Ants

By Corey Rosen Schwartz and Kirsti Call, Illustrated by Erin TaylorAugust 1, 2023
6 months to go.
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