by Kate Peridot | Jan 3, 2022 | Agent and Publisher Advice, Children's Fiction, Children's non-fiction, Picture Book Knowhow, Writing Theory
What is a twitter pitch party? Several pitch parties take place during the year. Authors are invited to pitch the concept of their book to agents and editors in just 280 characters (the max size of a tweet). Agents and editors are primed by the organisers to browse... 
by Kate Peridot | Feb 18, 2021 | Best new Children's non-fiction books, Children's non-fiction, Picture Book Knowhow, Writing Theory
The children’s non-fiction genre is exploding with innovative content and creative book titles to hook young readers. Want to keep up with the competition? Read on! A title always speaks to the child reader. A title should be original and memorable. A title... 
by Kate Peridot | Feb 5, 2020 | Children's Fiction, Picture Book Knowhow, Writing Theory
I take part in Tara Lazarre’s StoryStorm challenge every year – I generate 30 new story ideas (one a day) in the month of January. Though Tara’s challenge is focused primarily on picture books, I use the month to generate ideas for board books, non-fiction,... 
by Kate Peridot | Jan 28, 2019 | Children's Fiction, Children's non-fiction, Picture Book Knowhow, Writing Theory
If you are a writer of picture books, young fiction, children’s chapter books or short stories and poems, you are probably someone who has lots of story ideas. If you’ve been writing for many years or taken part in StoryStorm and the PB 12×12 challenge, you may... 
by Kate Peridot | Jan 31, 2018 | Children's Fiction, Picture Book Knowhow, Writing Theory
Every year I take part in Storystorm, a challenge to generate 30 ideas in the month of January. At least one a day, or more! Some ideas are no more than a catchy title, some are emotions, and some are common childhood scenarios I’ve never seen in a picture book.... 
by Kate Peridot | Mar 8, 2016 | Children's Fiction, Writing Theory
We’ve had lots of conversations in my critique group lately about how to describe places and people. So I thought I would check out how children’s greatest and best authors tackle it, starting with place… Here’s an extract from… His Dark Materials, by Phillip Pullman....