Blog of the Week!
Who? Kids’ Comics
What? “The Kids’ Comics blog is an online publication of RAW Junior, LLC, publisher of the Little Lit Library and TOON Books.”
The Non-Celebrity’s Guide to Getting a Children’s Book Published
Published May 8, 2008 News 0 CommentsQ. Is it still possible for a non-celebrity to write and publish a children’s book?
A. “Amazingly, the answer is an unqualified “Yes!” — but it’s not so easy. You need to know how to vault over the scores of other aspiring writers to grab that elusive contract reserved for non-famous.
That’s the info the new, free eReport “The Non-Celebrity’s Guide to Getting a Children’s Book Published” provides. The report is a fun, irreverent, no-nonsense primer on how it’s done, with tips on how to leap over the “slush pile” of unsolicited submissions at a publisher, sell yourself in a query letter, find niches with less competition from other writers and much, much more.
The report was created by the editors of Children’s Book Insider, the Newsletter for Children’s Writers, and is available for instant download at absolutely no cost or obligation.” To download a copy, just visit: http://write4kids.com/nonceleb.html
Update your records! On March 12 I reported that Bressler/Scoggins Literary Management was reading Middle grade and YA fiction.
The agency has decided to focus on romance only. If you have a YA romance manuscript, feel free to contact them. If not, cross this agency off your list.
Meet the Editor…
Who? Nicole Kasprzak, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Associate Editor
Where? SCBWI Florida
When? June 6-7, 2008
After 21 years at HarperCollins Children’s Books and 13 years as publisher of her own imprint, Joanna Cotler will leave her position as senior v-p and publisher of Joanna Cotler Books. Cotler will continue her relationship with HarperCollins as editor-at-large. She will also spend more time working on her own paintings.
Cotler’s senior editor Karen Nagel will be leaving HarperCollins. Associate editor Alyson Day will oversee the imprint’s titles at another editorial group in the company.
