One of my favorite speakers at the 2013 SCBWI winter conference was Mo Willems. No surprise, he’s also one of my favorite writers, and illustrators. Among the many witty, wise and irreverent pieces of writing advice he shared was this: “Be Invisible.” Hard to believe, but apparently,...
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I blogged last week about jump-starting your writing resolutions with Julie Hedlund's wonderful 12X12 in 2013 program for picture book authors, but...
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In the last post, we looked at building, developing and maintaining the continuity of characters within a series. Now let’s look at...
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Despite scrupulous editing, some of the most successful series of all time feature notable inconsistencies. For example, in Eragon, book one of...
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One of the things I love best about being a member of the children's lit industry is the spirit of community with...
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We've been talking about editing this month on the Children's Book Hub. Even though I myself am a freelance children's book editor...
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