Launch Your Picture Book Career With This Competition
Would you like to write for the 3 to 5 year old age group?
UK publishers are running a picture book competition
Children don’t want small and cosy – children’s author Clementine Beauvais QUOTES FOR AUTHORS
Children love all things big, and not just dinosaurs. They can cope with complicated words they’ve never seen before: that’s what they’ve been doing non-stop since they were born. They … Continue reading
Never write down to children – E.B. White author of Charlotte’s Web QUOTES FOR WRITERS
Anyone who writes down to children is simply wasting his time. You have to write up, not down. Children are demanding. They are the most attentive, curious, eager, observant, sensitive, … Continue reading
The problem with writing a book in verse…Dr Seuss QUOTES FOR WRITERS (and people who like quotes)
The problem with writing a book in verse is, to be successful, it has to sound like you knocked it off on a rainy Friday afternoon. It has to sound … Continue reading
Reminder for Children’s authors: a major literary agency wants to see your manuscript
TOMORROW!! Check out last week’s post about United Agents Open House policy throughout August. Tomorrow is the day for children’s authors.
Writing for Children
The Frances Lincoln Diverse Voices Children’s Book Award is for a manuscript that celebrates cultural diversity in the widest possible sense, either in terms of its story or in terms … Continue reading
BRIDGET WHELAN writer 