[caption id="attachment_2708" align="alignleft" width="300"] First completed illustration for Julie Hedlund's "My Love for You is the Sun"[/caption] My friend, fellow writer and editing client, Julie Foster Hedlund, is conducting a unique experiment in hybrid publishing - a process that may well become a model to help small...
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Before you think I've gone all Pollyanna, let me say that I'm not talking about "content" here...
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I am proud to be a 2013 Picture Book Month Champion! Â My guest post for the month-long celebration will be featured on...
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Many aspiring children's book authors are confused about the difference between young adult (YA) and middle grade novels. Â Aren't all teens and...
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Whether your manuscript is a picture book or novel, it can be tempting to create a wide variety of supporting characters to...
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When I decided to independently publish my book Raising Bookworms: Getting Kids Reading for Pleasure and Empowerment in 2008, I read everything...
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An editing client of mine recently asked for guidance on building a media kit, otherwise known as a press kit. This is...
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I had the privilege and pleasure of interviewing middle grade and YA author Maryrose Wood last night for our Wednesday night Writers...
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I've never thought of myself as much of a matchmaker, but today I feel like Yenta! You see, it's the pub-date of a...
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One of my favorite speakers at the 2013 SCBWI winter conference was Mo Willems. No surprise, he’s also one of my favorite...
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