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Editor Perfect: How to write a successful children’s non-fiction proposal (part 3)

Why you really REALLY need to know your market. In part 3 of this series we’ll take a look at:
Comps (identifying competitors and comparisons)
Alternative book title ideas (and why you need them)
Sequels (why not sell them while you’re at it!)
About the author (and remember to sell yourself too!)

Market Perfect: How to write a successful children’s book proposal (part 2)

Part Two of my Children’s Book Proposal series includes, how to list the book’s contents, describe market appeal, and publicity and distribution opportunities.

Pitch Perfect: How to write a successful children’s book proposal (part 1).

Writing a concise, well-considered, market-focused book proposal will significantly increase your chances of selling your book.

What’s going on in children’s non-fiction – come take a look!

It’s getting super creative that’s what! Author’s are using the creative writing toolbox to create fun, interactive content, that informs with heart, humour and most importantly, STEALTH

Welcome to my new BLOG and WEBSITE

Dear Readers, I haven’t been blogging much for the last eighteen months because a lot has been going on. I have written six children’s non-fiction...

Authors, don’t ignore Twitter Pitch Parties. They are a great way to find an agent.

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...

How to generate children’s non-fiction titles that stand out from the crowd.

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...

So what to write next? Evaluating story ideas

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...

How to Store and Sort your Story Ideas

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...

Finding your Funny Bone

Ten types of humour PB writers need to know about I love writing funny picture book stories. I’m not sure where these sudden bursts of subversive...

Idea generation. Picture book writers need to have a lot of story ideas to be published.

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...

Growing Down – Thinking Like Young Children

On a flight from London to Nice, I came across this article in the inflight magazine and it got me thinking… Little Wins: The Huge Power of Thinking...

How to write fantastic descriptive passages

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...

How to evoke emotion in your readers?

Karl Iglesias in Writing for Emotional Impact, states we can experience three different types of emotion when we read books or watch movies....

Being creative with words. The picture book writers tool kit.

A picture book writer's tool kit is awesome, it's why I write picture books. Playing with these techniques is great fun. Remember, picture books are...