Sketchbooks: A Place To Suspend Your Creativity Without Losing ItAugust 18, 2015 | For Beginners, Illustration, InspirationAuthor/illustrator Robert J. Blake (robertjblake.com) shared some thoughts about creativity for illustrators: How ...
6 Tips to Help You Conduct Interviews for Your Children’s Nonfiction Book ResearchMay 11, 2015 | Educational Market, For Beginners, NonfictionPeter P. Jacobi, the late journalism professor, was faculty for our Summer Camp in Nonfiction every year. He ...
Focusing on Details Can Give You New DirectionApril 14, 2015 | For Beginners, NovelsJillian Sullivan (jilliansullivan.co.nz/) leads writing retreats and serves as faculty at selected workshops. Here ...
5 Ways to Get Out of the Slush Pile and Get Your Children’s Book Manuscript ReadDecember 11, 2014 | Craft Tips, For Beginners, The Business of PublishingThe “slush pile” is the publishing term for the hundreds of manuscripts received by agents and those publishers ...By: Harold Underdown
4 Things to Consider When Writing a Nonfiction Magazine Article for ChildrenOctober 15, 2014 | Craft Tips, For Beginners, NonfictionAndy Boyles, science editor at Highlights magazine, gave these remarks at our 13th Annual Writers Workshop at ...
Is Your Children’s Story Ready to Submit to a Magazine?August 12, 2014 | Craft Tips, For BeginnersKim Cooper, editor of OWL Magazine, was on the faculty for our workshop Writing for Magazines. Here she shares ...
Why You Should be Outlining Your Middle Grade NovelJuly 20, 2014 | Craft Tips, For Beginners, NovelsThanks to Alan Gratz (alangratz.com) for this guest post about making an outline before you start writing. The ...
7 Pointers for Writing Powerful Picture BooksJuly 15, 2014 | Craft Tips, For Beginners, Picture BooksAccording to Eve Bunting, "Picture books are a joy to write." Here are some pointers from her: 1. Think ...
How to Start Revising That First DraftJune 2, 2014 | Craft Tips, For Beginners, Novels, Picture BooksHarold is faculty for our Crash Course in Children's Publishing and Revision Retreat workshops, so we asked him to ...By: Harold Underdown
Relax Into Your StoryMay 18, 2014 | For Beginners, InspirationYour ideas will make great stories - but how do you begin writing them? Sometimes it's hard to JUST GET STARTED ...