I hear this question a lot.
It’s a tough one because I know so many people have awesome ideas for kids’ books but just don’t know how to make it happen or where to even start. I know how it is; you see books on the shelf at The Biggety-Big Bookseller Corporations and think, “My ideas [...]

I have something to confess. I’m not always 100% confident creating my marketing and promotional materials.
In fact, very recently I was really stuck. Frozen. Not “GTD”ing or whatever the hell that Super Special System is. I was using the “GNDF,” system, or Getting Nothing Done Fast.
I had a major mental block on what to put [...]

In the world of children’s publishing, there’s a certain methodology to creating a new book. Chronologically, it goes something like this:

Author writes a book.
Author mails book to agents and publishers.
Author files rejection slips.
Author passes out from shock during phone call from interested party.
Publisher selects illustrator that fits the manuscript; Author fights for 10-year old niece [...]

It’s true. All children’s publishers worldwide have stopped publishing print books and print magazines as of five minutes ago. From now on, all new books for children will have to be viewed on a computer or handheld device. A government agency is being set up to collect all print books across the globe and burn [...]

Should authors and illustrators be fearful at news of the reorganization of Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group?

Two things caught my eye recently and I had to share.
I’ve followed a few conversations lately on Twitter about spec work and working for free.
I can’t tell you how many times I hear artists who are trying to break into freelancing ask, “Should I work for free?” They’re understandably confused because they see others doing [...]