by sherylbooks | Mar 3, 2014 | Help for writers
Are you inclined to head toward the picture book section of the bookstore or library? Do you love middle grade fiction as much as your middle grader, or is young adult fiction for you? Have you dreamed of becoming an author? Are you willing to write and rewrite...
by sherylbooks | Jan 6, 2014 | Help for writers |
Being a writer or artist puts you in the public eye. I recall my very first publisher’s wise words. “There’s no such thing as a bad book review; any publicity is good publicity.” The problem is, that some reviews (especially the kind that...
by sherylbooks | Jan 2, 2014 | For Educators, For Kids, For Parents, Help for writers |
I can’t believe it’s already 2014! I thought I’d start the new year with a sage bit of advice offered to a young writer by author, Neil Gaiman. Gaiman drops in on an episode of the Arthur cartoon to impart some writerly wisdom, but his advice is...
by sherylbooks | May 1, 2012 | For Educators, For Parents, Help for writers |
If you love picture books, you’ll want to read this article by the infamous children’s literature expert, Anita Silvey in “School Library Journal’. I don’t know how I missed it last year. Make Way for Stories: There’s a good reason why...
by sherylbooks | Apr 21, 2012 | Help for writers, Writing Life
If you’re just getting started in the kid’s book business, Tina Nicholas Curray has a great blog called Tales from the Rushmore Kid that is well worth checking out. She does tons of interviews with industry people and has a very useful list of 50 Marketing...
by sherylbooks | Apr 12, 2012 | Help for writers
Every writer knows that you need a little drama in your plot. Here’s a little inspiration, and it might even make you laugh. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=316AzLYfAzw] The trailer was made by the TV channel TNT in Belgium and their logo is “We...
