Contributed by Linda Wilson Do you write romance novels? Historical fiction? Mysteries? Whatever your genre, you strive to create a close personal relationship between your main character and your reader. To shed light on this topic, at a recent New Mexico Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, SCBWI Regional event, Kimberley Griffiths Little presented…
Author: Karen Cioffi
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!
7 Steps to Writing Success Through Positive Thinking
Can you think your way to success? Is it really possible? Whether you call it positive thinking, a positive attitude, or a winning mindset, in regard to writing, it’s the strategy of having a dream, creating a plan, projecting the positive results of that plan, and taking the necessary actions to accomplish your goal. Part…
Writing Elements – Is One More Important than Another?
There’s a lot of information on the elements of writing. You have characters, setting, point-of-view, style, theme, plot, and even literary devices. But you also have things like readability, consequences, and uniqueness. Could you choose which of these elements is the most important? It’s tough. Isn’t it? Well, after doing some research and reading a…
Submitting Your Ghostwritten Manuscript to a Children’s Publisher
Authors have lots of publishing options, one of them is traditional publishing. As a children’s ghostwriter, some of my clients take this path, but don’t know how to actually travel on it. Here are a few of the tips I give them.
Writing Tips From the Book, Story Genius
Contributed by Children’s Author Linda Wilson As SCBWI meetings, critique group sessions, and so much more offered by our local New Mexico chapter go, the subjects at two recent meetings couldn’t have been more helpful. This month’s post offers highlights from a meeting that presented and discussed Lisa Cron’s book, Story Genius: How to Use…
Writing and the Winds of Change
“When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills.” This Tray Hurn quote says a lot about the character of different writers. A common denominator for all writers is that they will, at one time or another, be rejected or struggle with a story, an assignment, or some other type…
Should Your Message Rule Your Children’s Story?
I get a lot of clients who want to tell children something through a book. Like a message in a bottle, these people want to send a message in hopes of teaching the reader something … something the author thinks is important. People who want to write children’s stories usually want to teach and enlighten…
Hiring a Children’s Fiction Editor
I’m a children’s ghostwriter and rewriter (editor). I’ve seen a lot of drafts and manuscripts over the years and the one thing that really irks me is when authors hire an editor who doesn’t know what s/he’s doing. The real problem though is that this pattern never ends. I just recently had another client who…
Visuals in Your Book Marketing
If you’re an author, you’ll need to market you and your books. The first thing you’ll need is an author website, and visuals should be a part of it. You’ll need visuals for your header, your pages, and each of your blog posts. You’ll also need headers and banners for your social media networks, like…
Book Synopsis, Book Description, Book Review – What’s the Difference?
The book synopsis, description, and review are three book marketing tools that your books will absolutely need. But when do you need these marketing elements, and how do you use them? Let’s look at each one in the order you would use them. THE BOOK SYNOPSIS You’ve written an amazing story – it’s traditional publishing ready…