10 Reasons Why I Love to Write
Today is “I Love to Write Day”! Here are ten reasons why I love to write: 1) I can do it anywhere. All I need is my laptop, or a pen and paper. This means I can work from home, or on the road, or from just...
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The Kidlit Compass Blog
Who Inspires You?
November is "National Inspirational Role Models Month," so it seemed like a good time to write about my own role models, and...
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Children’s Book Titles: How to Name a Children’s Book
One of my students asked a question this week about how to name a children's book and how to come up with...
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The 3 Little P’s of Picture Books
Writing a good children’s book is hard. Selling one to a publisher is even harder. Getting it bought, and read - by...
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Why You MUST Write That Children’s Book
I was recently interviewed for the esteemed blog "Cynsations," run by the very talented YA author Cynthia Leitich Smith. It was a...
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Conferences, Festivals, Bookfairs and Other Opportunities for Writers to Eat
Our MFA in Writing and Literature team spent the week in Denver at the annual AWP (Association of Writers and Writing Programs)...
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The Why’s and How’s of Choosing an Editor
Writing for young people is deceptively difficult. But getting published these days can be a harder task than the writing process. The...
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Social Networking 101 for Children’s Book Authors
This topic is WAAAYYY too big for one little blog post (which is why it's a 101 as opposed to a 500). ...
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6 Mistakes Beginning Writers Make in Children’s Books
In my freelance editing practice, I read as many as 100 children’s book manuscripts a year - sometimes more. Over and over...
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Re-Purposing
Question: How can you turn one book into multiple sources of income, and continue to promote the original book at the same...
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