My 12-part guide to writing and publishing picture books for children CONTRACTS All going well, a publisher has fallen in love with your story and has made you an offer. Congratulations! The publisher has sent you a contract and you’re ready to … [Read more]
Part 8: Submitting your manuscript — the slow business of traditional publishing
My 12-part guide to writing and publishing picture books for children Inspiration has struck, you’ve put in the hours, your story is begging to be published and you’ve decided you’d like to take the traditional publishing route. The next step is to … [Read more]
Part 7: Traditional publishing or self-publishing?
My 12-part guide to writing and publishing picture books for children Not that long ago, people sneered at self-publishing. They thought of it as the last resort — for writers whose work wasn’t good enough to be snapped up by a publisher. This is no … [Read more]
Part 6: Illustration
My 12-part guide to writing and publishing picture books for children Are you an illustrator as well as a writer? And are you intending to illustrate your own book? If you have a story you’d like to see published and you want to go down the … [Read more]
Part 5: Editing and storyboarding
My 12-part guide to writing and publishing picture books for children These two topics — editing and storyboarding — are not necessarily closely related, but they are both, nonetheless, crucial elements of writing and publishing picture books … [Read more]
Part 4: Who’s who in the zoo?
My 12-part guide to writing and publishing picture books for children This has turned out to be a longer post than I had anticipated, but I believe the following information will be of interest to aspiring authors, as well as those already … [Read more]
Part 3: Character, theme, rhythm and rhyme, and all of that writing stuff
My 12-part guide to writing and publishing picture books for children Before we get into the guts of the third post of the series, I’d like to say hello and welcome to 2017. I took a well-earned break over the festive season and now I am back, fresh … [Read more]
Part 2: Ideas and inspiration
My 12-part guide to writing and publishing picture books for children Where do you get your ideas? Where do you find your inspiration? These are two of the questions most frequently asked of me at book talks. Do you know that the word ‘inspire’ … [Read more]