Carmen Oliver and Don Tate Answer Some Common Questions About Writing for ChildrenJune 15, 2018 | For Beginners, The Business of PublishingWe're giving the blog keys to Don Tate and Carmen Oliver today. They are co-faculty for our workshop The Journey: ...By: Don TateCarmen Oliver
8 Ways to Become an Even Better WriterMarch 23, 2017 | For Beginners, InspirationWe'd like to thank Sky Pony Press editor Alison Weiss for this guest post! 1. Stop making excuses. You can always ...
Writing Books for Kids is Hard, But You Can Totally Do ItJanuary 23, 2017 | Black Voices, For Beginners, InspirationWhen I was getting my Master’s Degree in Education, one of my professors used to say, “If you can teach ...By: Tracey Baptiste
How Your Writing Community Can Help You Take Creative RisksJune 30, 2016 | Community Good News, For Beginners, InspirationWhew. I have just reached the finish line of another school year, and this one has been particularly full of ...By: Kristy Dempsey
The Top 10 Myths About Writing Children’s BooksJune 8, 2016 | For BeginnersMyth #1 Children's books are easy to write. Myth #2 If I write a picture book, I have to illustrate it too (or ...
Believing in Your Book After 10+ RejectionsMay 26, 2016 | For Beginners, InspirationOne of the best pieces of writerly advice I ever received was from literary agent Stephen Fraser, who was with the ...By: Carmen Oliver
Writing for Yourself AND The ReaderApril 29, 2016 | For Beginners, NonfictionLast summer when I was working with a writer at a Highlights workshop, I gave her some advice that she found ...By: Deborah Heiligman
The End: A Beginning Writer’s Look at EndingsMarch 31, 2016 | For Beginners, NovelsNo doubt we could find a book on endings, hundreds of pages--scratch that--thousands of pages, a tome on endings. ...By: Alison Green Myers
Collect Word Treasures When You Are Writing Poetry for ChildrenFebruary 19, 2016 | For Beginners, PoetryKeep a word journal or notebook to collect what we call word treasures or word surprises. Use the dictionary or ...By: Georgia HeardRebecca Kai Dotlich
Magazines: Reaching Child Readers with Your Writing or IllustrationOctober 7, 2015 | For BeginnersIf you're writing or illustrating for children, it's likely that you want your work to reach a lot of kids. ...
7 Quick Tips for Beginning Children’s WritersAugust 28, 2015 | For BeginnersWe'd like to thank Harold Underdown for this blog post! Harold is faculty for the Crash Course in Children's ...By: Harold Underdown
4 Tips to Help You Sell Your Children’s Story to a MagazineAugust 21, 2015 | For BeginnersEditor Judy Burke from Highlights magazine shared 4 tips for selling your story to a magazine. It’s no ...