Online contests, challenges, and courses for picture book creators for October, 2024
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September Picture Book Opportunities
Online contests, challenges, and courses for picture book creators for September 2024
August Picture Book Opportunities
Online courses, challenges, contests, and opportunities for picture book creators in August, 2023.
NEED SOME CRAFT-FOCUSED MOTIVATION?
I know I do! I am fretting over the fact that I haven’t written creatively in several months. While I haven’t abandoned my writing career,
Interview With Nonfiction Children’s Book Author and Poet Christine Van Zandt…and a Book Giveaway!
It’s butterfly season here in Massachusetts, where I live. All of the beautiful monarch butterflies have come back up north to enjoy a few glorious
July Picture Book Opportunities
PSA: Every month, I stumble across an online event for PB creators that happened in the previous month, that wasn’t posted or publicized in time
June Picture Book Opportunities
Online contests, challenges, courses, and other opportunities for picture book creators for June, 2023
Interview with Multi-Genre Children’s Book Author Vicky Fang…and a Book Giveaway!
For those of you who follow our blog closely (and we love you for it), you may remember that I had Vicky Fang here this
May Picture Book Opportunities
Contests, challenges, webinars, and opportunities for picture book creators for May, 2024
Fiction isn’t Fact, right?
A fiction writer makes things up. The characters, places, thoughts, plot elements, it’s all fake, right? Well, sometimes, yes, and sometimes, no. Creativity plays a
Manfish and the Sea by Jennifer Berne
Picture book author Jennifer Berne adventured on a sailboat for two years while deepening her understanding of the ever-evolving sea. Two of her eloquent, award-winning
Interview with Nonfiction Picture Book Writer (and Story Detective!) Karen M. Greenwald
I’m thrilled to have Karen M. Greenwald as my guest today, a talented nonfiction picture book author, and an incredible “story detective” of sorts. She
Editing Tips 2: When to edit and how
To preserve the art of your story, don’t edit until you have a full draft. Or a second, or even a third. Then, you are
Pedal, Balance, Steer: Interview With Children’s Book Author (And Kidlit Champion) Vivian Kirkfield…Plus A Double Giveaway!
Do you remember when you first learned to ride a bike? I sure do. It felt shaky, awkward, and a little scary at first. But
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