Why illustrations in children’s books are important!
Illustrations are meant to tell a story that words cannot show. When reading a book, kids can get quickly bored. This is where the illustrated books make a difference. The…
Children’s Writers – Have you tried Free Writing?
There comes a time in a writer’s life, when ideas stop flowing. And the ideas that do strike are too tangled up to pen down. The creative juices simply don’t…
Children’s Writers – How long should your Book be?
Browse through the children’s section at the nearest book store or the library. You will notice that children’s book fall into distinct categories, each category having a distinct format and…
Children’s Writers – Ways to Stay Motivated
“If I waited till I felt like writing, I would never write at all.” Anne Tyler. As much as children’s writers love their job, like most writers they find it…
Children’s Writers – Celebrate the e-book Revolution
“I read more because I have an e-reader”, says a 14 year-old girl from Georgia. She speaks for a generation of children who are turning to e-books, in an increasingly…
Children’s Writers – Blog your way to Success
For self-publishing writers, including children’s writers, there are several platforms for marketing a book. But none work as well as a blog for the ability to build trust and establish a…
Children’s Writers – Five Steps to a Successful Book Reading
As a children’s writer, one of the most fun things you will ever do in your career is book reading. Children never forget their childhood favorites, and if they have…
Children’s Writers – Top 5 Discussion Forums for Self – Publishers
While self-publishing provided freedom to writers, it also takes away the support system of the traditional publishing systems. So, what happens to children’s writers who want to plunge into the uncharted…
Reasons to write non-fiction for children
When people think children’s literature, they usually picture fiction. This seems to be true of children’s writers as well; most of them turn to fiction as a genre, almost instinctively.…
Getting Feedback for your Children’s Book
The first part of being a writer is squirreling yourself away in your little hidey hole and banging away at the keyboard. Once you are done with that, it’s feedback…