Which Format and Audience is Best for Your Story? Do you have a children’s book idea but are unsure whether it is a picture book, middle-grade, or YA? In this post, we discuss which three questions you should ask yourself when writing a book for children....
Put Your Story Beginning to the Test 6 Story Elements to Craft a Strong Beginning The opening of your children’s book should hook your reader, but it must also introduce the reader to the character and their wants, setting, time, and tone of your story. In this post,...
Is Your Story Difficult For Children To Read? Children's Literary Milestones from Kindergarten to Sixth Grade In writing for children, there is a lot of pressure when choosing words. There is the pressure for the words to be active versus passive, to show not tell,...
8 NaNoWriMo Tips NaNoWriMo — or National Novel Writing Month — is almost upon us! We’ve got some great Nanowrimo tips coming up. Nanowrimo kicks off November 1st and if you take part you commit to writing 50k words in the month of November. There’s a great...
Awesome YA/MG Books Coming Out September 2020 With the world being the way it is at the moment, we’ve had a lot of postponements in children’s publishing, and authors now (especially debut authors!) need all the support they can get! So here are some...
Journey To Publication: How I got a publisher Publication can look many different ways, but in this two-part series we’re talking to Emily Lowrey and Alyssa Hollingsworth about their journeys. You can check out the first entry here, where Emily outlines her journey to...
