by Suzanne Lieurance I recently did an interview with children’s ghostwriter Karen Cioffi. She also is a writing coach and has a self-publishing service for children’s authors (more about that at the end of the interview), and she is a contributing editor here at writebythesea.com. Suzanne Lieurance: How did you get started as a children’s…
by Nancy I. Sanders, Contributing Editor If you’ve got a brand new book coming out this year, now is the perfect time to start submitting it for awards, even if it’s not yet published. Several years ago, I was getting ready to prepare to submit my newest book for awards, Frederick Douglass for Kids. Two…
by Nancy I. Sanders, Contributing Editor Some time ago, I was under contract to write a brand new chapter book. It was a “first chapter book” and was geared to a second grade reading level. Think “Magic Tree House” series by Mary Pope Osborne and you’ll know what level of book I was working on….
Here are a dozen ways to get your career started as a children’s writer.
All children’s writers have one primary focus – how to get a children’s book published. What makes each writer different is his slant or perspective on the story he’s telling, and how he tells it. It’s true that anyone can write, but writing to get published is another story. To accomplish this, here four steps…
Are you ready to write a nonfiction book to boost your business? Or maybe you’d like to write a memoir? Or perhaps you’d simply like to write a book about your life to leave for your children and grandchildren. Or maybe you have a different topic you’d like to write a book about. In any case, I can guide you to write your memoir, life story, or other type of nonfiction book in just 16 weeks.
My name is Nancy I. Sanders. I’ve written over 100 published books for kids, and I want to help you write for kids. In today’s children’s market, nonfiction is hot, hot, HOT! That’s because with current new educational standards, parents, teachers, and librarians are buying nonfiction for kids like never before. Many editors and agents…
Learn how to make a picture book as opposed to a children’s magazine article.
Children’s author Nancy I. Sanders gives tips for how to write a children’s picture book and get it published.
Here are this week’s new writing prompts so you can write a new story or two! 1. Spending 24 hours in a crowded airport was something Miranda had hoped to avoid, but… 2. The sign outside the hardware store said “free puppies” so Jasmine went into the store to investigate. 3. Alex had been Jenny’s…
When a writer’s muse seems to be on vacation, she may be at a loss for story ideas. While there are a number of sites and tools online to help get the creative juices flowing, one tool that writers might overlook is studying folktales. Reading folktales is a great way to spin a new yarn,…
A really great way to get into Kindle Publishing is by creating children’s Kindle books. Children’s book publishing is very popular and there are lots of tips for quickly creating books. Your kids’ books can be fiction, but it’s often best to focus non-fiction informational books, because the text is simple. As long as you…
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