What Do Publishers Mean by Original?
Reading is a natural part of writing. How can we reflect on our favorite writers and their own perseverance to make us better writers?
Rejection and Reflection for Writers
Facebook Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > The best way to completely avoid rejection in the submission process is never to submit. That’s also the way to avoid publication. Some writers do a lot to avoid rejection. I, for example, primarily do work-for-hire projects, so…
The Surprising Benefits of Writing a Nonfiction Article
Facebook Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Most children’s writers gravitate toward fiction. In fact, most people who think about writing anything for children are thinking about picture books with bright illustrations, rhyming text, and whimsical stories (usually involving talking animals), but there is a…
Dealing with Submissions Failure
Facebook Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > I like to think happy thoughts when it comes to writing. I’ll write something. People will love it. Birds will sing. And sometimes it happens exactly like that. This is especially true if I’ve worked hard on my…
The First Steps in Contacting Agents
Facebook Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Let’s suppose you’ve written a book, and you’d like to get an agent. You want access to the kinds of publishers you simply cannot reach without an agent. Plus, you want the contract skills that agents tend to bring…
4 Book Proposal Pitfalls
Facebook Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Creating a book proposal can seem daunting. After all, it feels like a high stakes creation. It draws on skills we aren’t always comfortable with. Skills like talking about yourself and talking about your book can make even…
Pitching Your Picture Book
Facebook Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > In the publishing world, pitching used to mean trying to talk an agent or editor into taking on your picture book, sight unseen. When pitching your picture book there were elevator pitches, which were short bursts of descriptions…
