Kids Lit
An Old Story New Every Year
The birth of Jesus from Luke 2 is one story that never grows old. Generations of writers have explored…
November 8, 2022-
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Kids Lit
How to Launch a Dinosaur
Back in 2021, I relayed the long, long trail to sell a 181-word board book manuscript for publication. And…
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Kids Lit
Opening Lines for Picture Books
First lines make a promise. From “Call me Ishmael” (Moby Dick, Herman Melville, 1851) to “Happy families are all alike; every…
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Kids Lit
More Meantime…
Things are getting more exciting for fall – real conferences in person with live editors taking pitches. But until…
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Kids Lit
In the Meantime…
The clock begins the minute we hit “send.” We just launched a glorious new concept, never done before in…
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Kids Lit
Of Adjectives and Illustrators
“So how do you feel about art notes?” This came up to a panel of editors recently, and it…
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Kids Lit
What is “High Concept”?
After the fifth editor said, “I am especially looking for high concept picture books. I can’t explain that, but…
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Kids Lit
Who’s Listening to Your Story?
We’ve all read picture books that just seemed not quite right – the subject matter was too obscure for…
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Kids Lit
Beyond Halloween, Christmas, Easter!
Flip through the 2021 calendar and remember especially happy times. Big annual events were special, but your best memories…
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Kids Lit
2022: Your Best Year Ever Starts TODAY!
What do you want to accomplish in your writing by Dec 31, 2022? From the perspective of January, everything…
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Kids Lit
How I Spent the Mesozoic Era
Does it seem to take FOREVER to get a brilliant (they all are!) book published for kids? Even as…
September 8, 2021
