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
Posted by Admin on November 30th, 2009 at 04:07am
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The Business of Writing for Children is a clear, concise, resourceful, often eye-opening guide that is filled with solid advice to help aspiring writers sell their manuscripts and to help published authors boost sales. I learned a good deal from this handy resource. I am sure anyone who is serious about the business of writing for children will profit from it. — Robert D. San Souci, children’s authorThe Business of Writing for Children is a clear, concise guide to …
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3 Comments for 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
1. Anonymous | November 30th, 2009 at 6:20 am
I too write and illustrate children’s books and I am anxious to help anyone asking for information about how to get started as others helped me. I carry a file folder of photocopied materials around with me which I share with unpublished writers and illustrators. This book, The Business of Writing for Children, is so comprehensive I plan to replace my file folder with this book. As many an editor has said at many a conference, “today’s aspiring authors often haven’t done their homework,” this book by Aaron Shepard will satisfy that need. And, published authors may sit up and take notice; waiting for your publisher to prepare promotional materials for you and your books can be frustrating, you may want to do it yourself; the how-to is in these pages. Whether you are a novice or professional, The Business of Writing for Children needs to be in your library – DON’T write a book without it!
2. Bingham | November 30th, 2009 at 7:24 am
After reading other books on writing books for children, I thought I would see more coverage on the writing process. Not counting the appendix, there are only 94 pages in the paperback edition; this doesn’t give a lot of space for the big picture.
The subtitle for the book is “An Award-Winning Author’s Tips on How to Write, Sell, and Promote Your Children’s Books.” The key word here is tips, and it is these tips which make this a helpful book.
One of his tips, writing your story as a script for a children’s play, strikes me as simple, yet rewarding. Many children’s books require more dialogue than narrative, so making a script requires you to view your work from a new perspective. It is such a simple idea, but I had never thought of doing it.
One of his marketing tips is to use the script you wrote and market it with the book. Schools are more likely to use a book for class if there are more things to do with it. Creating study questions is another idea.
Although this was a quick-read, I would recommend reading this…
3. Anonymous | November 30th, 2009 at 9:23 am
Aaron’s book is worth the price just for the wealth of inside information found in DANGEROUS MYTHS AND TERRIBLE TRUTHS. And that’s just the introduction.
THE BUSINESS OF WRITING FOR CHILDREN is a semester-long crash course on writing books for young readers of all ages–in a mere 115 pages.
For the beginner who wants an in-depth overview of the field, or a pro who needs a shot in the arm to get back to work , this is an excellent choice. Good job, Aaron.
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