Resources for Picture Book Authors
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Hi everyone, and welcome to my resource book for aspiring picture book authors.
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If you speak Ivrit…
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Top Bits of Advice:
Buy a good book on writing books for children. Here is one by Ann Whitford Paul
Join SCBWI – It’s critical!
Join KidLit411. and visit their website for tons of information and instruction. There are mountains of information and insight on Harold Underdown’s website, THE PURPLE CRAYON.
more in the ebook on the following page…
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Read current and classic children’s books. What makes them work? Use them to inspire your own writing.
Find a critique group, at least at your level.
Attend conferences and sign up for Zoom webinars. Especially free ones.
Keep working and don’t give up.
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My podcast channel on the New Books Network. It contains over 170 interviews with leading children’s authors and illustrators, agents and editors, and even publishers.
https://newbooksnetwork.com/hosts/profile/49a97044-c418-403b-8490-650f27d9c71b
newbooksnetwork.com
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Here are five books, crammed with videos of picture books. Use them for education and research. This should not lead you to buy less books. You should buy more of them!
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Importance of dummy books
https://www.scbwi.org/events/the-importance-of-dummy-books-for-picture-book-authors
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Stuck for ideas? Use 48create to come up with new ideas for stories.
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Published: Mar 5, 2024
Latest Revision: Mar 5, 2024
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