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…
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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 other 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 and/or struggle with a story or an assignment or some type…
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 is you’ll need 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 / 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…
Tips on Adding Flashbacks to Your Story
Contributed by children’s author Linda Wilson A flashback is a literary device that momentarily departs from a story to a scene in the past. A flashback can be as brief as a sudden thought, a dream, or a memory. Flashback can help give your story depth, and make your main character more interesting. As Diane…
Focus and Writing
When you say yes to everything, you’re saying no to focused things that matter. Things that will help you move forward and create a strong brand. In addition to this, if you spread yourself too thin, chances are none of your books or products will be quality. The idea is to do it right by…