I recently had a query from a potential client about a picture book series. As we spoke on the phone, he said he already created the first book with the help of a graphic designer. He said the book is kind of a coffee table book. People would buy it because it looks good and…
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Karen Cioffi is an award-winning author and children's ghostwriter. She loves to help those who want to be the author of a children's book fulfill their dream. Contact Karen today to get your story started!
Outlines and Character Details – Tips on Writing a Middle Grade Story
When writing a middle grade story, it’s important to use the same practices as when writing a novel. The first thing is to write a detailed outline. Along with the outline, creating unique characters is important.
Writing Dialogue? Try These 5 Top Tips
A key factor of dialogue is the relationships between the characters.
How a boy talks to his brother will be different than how he talks to a girl, especially one he likes.
Creating Your Main Character – Hit a Home Run
Contributed by Linda Wilson Bases to cover while creating your main character: First Base: Make your character interesting Give your character a flaw A flaw, according to Webster’s, is “an imperfection or weakness and esp. one that detracts from the whole or hinders effectiveness.” A flaw, according to Kristen Kieffer, is a problem your character…
Ghostwriting and Freelance Writing Scam Alert
With the world in crisis there are scammers out there targeting ghostwriters and probably editors. So, be on guard.
Self-Publishing a Book – Steps to Upload Your Book for Publishing
You have your book’s print-ready file in hand. Now it’s time to upload it to a retailer or aggregator for distribution and sales. But, how do you go about doing this?
Writing Alternate Worlds and Living in One
As a children’s ghostwriter, one of the genres I write in is fantasy and that includes creating other worlds. So, when I read an email from a service I subscribe to, it hit home. The owners said they felt that what’s going on is like being in an alternate universe. I agree. It’s like living…
Psychologist Offers Tips on Easing Pandemic Stress
Everyone is struggling through shelter-ins, isolation, social distancing, loss of income, and an array of other frightening and unusual events, like being unable to find toilet tissue, disinfectant wipes, masks, and so on. Because of all this, today I’m switching my writing tips to a helpful PDF that gives sound advice on how to reduce…
Why Do You Want to Write a Children’s Book?
I don’t know the exact statistic or if there is an accurate one, but from what I read, around 80% of people want to write a book. Well, I’m not sure if that many want to actually write a book, but around that many want to be the author of a book. So, what’s the…
Self-Publishing a Book – End of the Formatting Process
I’ve written about my process of self-publishing a book. This is the third instructional article in a four-part series. While I’ve ghostwritten a lot of children’s books, I haven’t followed the process after that. I have done some illustration reviews, but usually, I hand the polished manuscript to my client with a list of illustrators…