The Do’s and Don’ts of a Brilliant Nonfiction Book ProposalApril 28, 2025 | Educational Market, For Beginners, Nonfiction, The Business of PublishingMany thanks to agent Jacqui Lipton & author Stephanie Gibeault for this blog post! To sell middle grade and ...By: Stephanie GibeaultJacqui Lipton
6 Ways Research Can Enhance Your Fiction WritingSeptember 27, 2024 | For Beginners, Novels, Picture BooksAs nonfiction authors, we know how integral research is to an authoritative and engaging nonfiction book. But we ...By: Anita YasudaStephanie GibeaultJolene Gutiérrez
3 Questions With Editor Harold Underdown About What’s New and Different in Children’s Publishing NowSeptember 9, 2024 | 3 Questions With, For Beginners, The Business of PublishingEditor Harold Underdown joined Highlights Foundation Social Media Manager Cat Galeano on Instagram Live to talk ...By: Harold Underdown
5 Tips for Researching Photos for Your Nonfiction BookAugust 7, 2024 | Educational Market, For Beginners, NonfictionAs a nonfiction author of over 50 books, I know a lot about photo research. While I haven’t had to acquire photos ...By: Jennifer Swanson
3 Questions With Author, Editor and Agent Linda Epstein About “Show, Don’t Tell”December 23, 2023 | 3 Questions With, For Beginners, NovelsAgent, author, editor and Highlights Foundation faculty member Linda Epstein joined Cat Galeano of the Highlights ...By: Linda Epstein
Outlines, Roadmaps, Goals & Accountability: Strategies That Work for Writers (Faculty Q&A)December 6, 2023 | For Beginners, Inspiration, Novels, The Business of PublishingWe asked the faculty of our Start Now: Plotting Your Novel course (Sona Chairaipotra, Danta Medema and Trisha ...By: Sona CharaipotraDante MedemaTrisha Tobias
My Path to Nonfiction (AKA, When What You Think You Want to Write and What You’re Good at Writing are Not the Same Thing)October 5, 2023 | For Beginners, Inspiration, NonfictionWhen you first decided that you wanted to write for kids, what did you imagine yourself writing? Picture books? ...By: Jennifer Swanson
What to Do When You Have an Emotional Response to Receiving FeedbackAugust 28, 2023 | For Beginners, Inspiration, The Business of PublishingThis blog post has been reprinted from an article from Sarah Aronson's weekly Creativity Journal, with permission. ...By: Sarah Aronson
What Do Agents DO?June 28, 2023 | For Beginners, The Business of PublishingI get asked this question A LOT, and it’s one of the many topics I cover in my Highlights Foundation courses on ...By: Harold Underdown
From Just Do It to Just Did It!April 11, 2023 | Community Good News, For Beginners, Inspiration, The Highlights Foundation ExperienceThree alumni from last year's session of Just Do It! (an online accountability and collaborative support course) ...By: Chris TebbettsSarah Aronson
Your Book’s First Editor Is You: Is It Too Soon for Line Editing?February 28, 2023 | For Beginners, Novels, The Highlights Foundation ExperienceI'm Not Finished With My Draft Yet. Is It Too Early for Line Editing? We all come to the Highlights Foundation in ...By: Jennifer Gennari
Wanted: A Community to Share a World-Changing VocationJanuary 5, 2021 | Community Good News, For Beginners, Inspiration, The Business of PublishingWe'd like to thank Mitali Perkins for this blog post! ... As daughters of Bengali immigrants growing up in ...By: Mitali Perkins