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The Importance of Social Media and In-Person Events When Marketing Books for Children
Rob Harrell
Marketing and selling children's books can challenging since the purchasers of the books aren't necessarily the target readers. There are two key channels where critically acclaimed children's author Rob Harrell thinks these authors should focus — social...
over 1 year ago
Marketing Plan
Building a Fan Base
Quiet Workplaces vs. Noisy Workplaces
Freeman Ng
Freeman Ng's Favorite Writing Location Bridge Across the Sky is a raw and honest historical novel in verse about a Chinese teen who immigrates to the United States with his family and endures mistreatment at the Angel Island Immigration Station while...
25 days ago
Managing Your Writing Life
Goal Setting and Process
How the Role of a Book Buyer Has Changed with the Advent of Self Publishing - video
Tegan Tigani
Children's book buyer and editor Tegan Tigani talks about the role of book buyer has changed with self-published authors now making headlines.
over 8 years ago
Publishing Jobs
Book Buyer
How the Role of a Book Buyer Has Changed with the Advent of Self Publishing - podcast
Tegan Tigani
Children's book buyer and editor Tegan Tigani talks about the role of book buyer has changed with self-published authors now making headlines. Click here to play this audio clip
over 8 years ago
Publishing Jobs
Book Buyer
The Difference in Illustration Style Between Graphic Novels and Children’s Books - podcast
Steve Tansley
Per Steve Tansley, senior interactive art director at Lavidge, there are distinct differences in illustration styles between graphic novels and children's books. Graphic novels and comic books tend to be much more dramatic and serious in style and...
over 8 years ago
Children's Books
Illustrations
The Difference in Illustration Style Between Graphic Novels and Children’s Books - video
Steve Tansley
Per Steve Tansley, senior interactive art director at Lavidge, there are distinct differences in illustration styles between graphic novels and children's books. Graphic novels and comic books tend to be much more dramatic and serious in style and...
over 8 years ago
Children's Books
Illustrations
Becoming a Children's Author: Bringing Your Book to Life & Building an Audience
Sheri Fink
Discover the ten steps of making your dream to become a successful children's author come true. Learn practical strategies from #1 best-selling, award-winning children's author Sheri Fink as she shares how to bring your book to life, how to determine...
4 months ago
Children's Books
Writing for Kids
How Much Scary is Too Scary? - podcast
R.L. Stine
R.L. Stine, a National Bestselling Children’s author of the Goosebumps series. He is known for writing scary books and in this interview he shares his thoughts on whether scary is too much for kids to handle and how he approaches this in his writing...
over 8 years ago
Children's Books
Writing for Kids
How Much Scary is Too Scary? - video
R.L. Stine
R.L. Stine, a National Bestselling Children’s author of the Goosebumps series. He is known for writing scary books and in this interview he shares his thoughts on whether scary is too much for kids to handle and how he approaches this in his writing...
over 8 years ago
Children's Books
Writing for Kids
Elements of a Fairytale Retelling
Annie Sullivan
A fairytale retelling, also called a "fractured fairytale", means taking a myth, legend, fairytale or children's story, and telling it in a new way. Per young adult fantasy author Annie Sullivan, this new approach can be implemented in the setting, a...
over 2 years ago
Fiction
Plot Planning
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