Writing for Children and Teens: A Crash Course, Updated in 2022
November 26, 2022Hello, WFCAT fans, The pooch crew has been hard at work on an update of the Crash Course that started it all! Strap on your helmet. Buckle up! Writing for Children and Teens: A Crash Course has been updated in 2022. ...
<<Continue Reading...>>Write Queries, Cover Letters, Synopses, Outlines, Author Bios, and More
May 25, 2006You’ve come to the spot where we’re going to learn everything that could be in a submission package you put together for an agent or editor. If you had a look through CWIM, CBC member list, or other publications, you’ve ...
<<Continue Reading...>>How To Interpret Kludgy Submission Guidelines
May 25, 2006Submission guidelines can be found in many places… CWIM – Updated yearly Children’s Book Council (CBC) – Updated bi-weekly SCBWI Publications – Updated yearly Jeff Herman Guide – Updated yearly AgentQuery Agent or Publisher’s Website – As often as it should be (in theory) Sometimes guidelines in ...
<<Continue Reading...>>May Manuscript Madness: FREE-TIQUE ROUND
May 24, 2006IN OTHER NEWS: DOORS ARE CLOSED!!!!!!!!!!!! It’s time for freetiques. THREE SLOTS. ONE ONE slot for a retiquee and TWO for new tiquees. First pages don’t count. So if you’ve only had a traffic cop tique, you may participate in ...
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May 24, 2006Under Agents, you'll find articles on beginning your agent search, how to communicate with agents, and submisson protocol. Have a suggestion for an article? Can't find your answer here? Leave a comment.
<<Continue Reading...>>Exclusive Submissions or Simultaneous Submission?
May 23, 2006Whether you’re submitting to agents or editors, you’ll need to understand what the difference is between exclusive and simultaneous submissions. Exclusive – Once you send your work to the agent or editor, you do not send it to anyone else. You ...
<<Continue Reading...>>How To Submit Your Work To Children’s Book Literary Agents
May 23, 2006Whether you’re submitting your children’s book to agents or editors, you’ll need to understand the difference between exclusive and simultaneous submissions. A wrong move here and you could torture yourself needlessly. Read my post, Exclusive Submission or Simultaneous Submission? Now that ...
<<Continue Reading...>>Should I Find a Literary Agent Now?
May 23, 2006Assuming you’ve followed steps one through four (be sure you’ve read my post, Get a Second Opinion), you might wonder if you should be looking for an agent now. That depends. What do you have to sell? If you only have ...
<<Continue Reading...>>how to find a great children’s book agent
May 22, 2006Agent listings Finding the right agent all begins with research. Your first step is to consult the following: CWIM – Children’s Writer’s and Illustrator’s Market (the Bible of children’s literary agents listings) AgentQuery website (online tool that is very easy to search) SCBWI publications ...
<<Continue Reading...>>Should I Self-publish My Children’s Book?
May 22, 2006Let me give you the C Liu take on self-publishing. Self-publishing carries a certain stigma in the children’s writing world. However, that is not to say it’s not the right way to get your book published. It depends. The general ...
<<Continue Reading...>>How I Found My Critique Partners
May 22, 2006Fate was on my side the day I attended my first SCBWI conference. I decided I’d go to an open critique session and bear my writing soul to complete strangers. My only hope was not to make a fool of ...
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