[share_ebook] The Business of Writing for Children: An Award-Winning Author's Tips on Writing Children's Books and Publishing Them, or How to Write, Publish, and Promote a Book for Kids

 

Writing books for children is both art and business. If you dream of becoming a children's author -- or even if you're well on your way -- this handbook can help you in writing sellable stories, getting them published, and promoting your books. 

 

Topics include common myths about children's writing, children's book categories, elements of successful stories, manuscript format, submission strategies, contract negotiation, the publishing process, career building, and children's writer resources. Also included are specialized subjects such as querying for multiple manuscripts and promoting a first book. 

 

Read "The Business of Writing for Children" to learn the secrets you might spend years discovering for yourself.

 

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Aaron Shepard is the author of "One-Eye! Two-Eyes! Three-Eyes!", "The Sea King's Daughter," "The Baker's Dozen," and fourteen other picture books, along with several fantasy novellas for middle grades, numerous resources for storytelling and reader's theater, and a graphic novel. His publishers have included Atheneum, Scribners, Clarion, Lothrop, Dial, and HarperCollins, as well as Cricket and Australia's School Magazine. 

 

Aaron's work has been honored by the American Library Association, the National Council for the Social Studies,  the American Folklore Society, The New York Public Library, and the Bank Street College of Education, and he has been a judge for the Golden Kite Awards of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.

 

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CONTENTS

 

INTRODUCTION

Dangerous Myths and Terrible Truths

 

PART 1 -- THE BASICS

Writing Your Story | WriterSpeak #1: Book Categories | Submitting Your Manuscript | WriterSpeak #2: Book Publishers | Negotiating Your Contract | The Publishing Process | WriterSpeak #3: Booksellers | Building Your Career

 

PART 2 -- THE INSIDE STORY

Script Your Story! | Words That Make Pictures | Rhythm and the Readaloud | Researching the Folktale | In Praise of Post-its | The Picture Book Query | 10 Ways to Promote a First Book | Promo Pieces for the Children's Author | Info For Author Days

 

APPENDIX -- RESOURCES

Books and Periodicals | Organizations | Online Resources