Drawing a Blank
Jacob SouvaAn honest and authentic newsletter about making books for kids, from author-illustrator Jacob Souva. Loads of encouragement for illustrators, authors, and makers. Inspiration for getting better at <waves at everything> this together.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 163 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 12 days ago |
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A Cruddy Week
Whelp. It’s been a week in kidlit-land. To catch you up, our National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, Mac Barnett had a book come out that had this now notorious quote:
“I have a nagging fear that children’s literature suffers...
Making Things Better
Observations on getting better at being a creative person
Hey, I’m glad you’re here. I have a few things on my mind as I work through the final art work for JUST JELLY — so I’m glad I’m here too.
A Few Good Moments Under the Sea
5 things from the studio this week
It’s increasingly surreal to be working on books for kids while the world is so weird fucked you know. But I’m seeing these books and dreams of books as little love letters to the future. Poetically, in k...
Creativity Hack: Talking to Myself
5 reminders that help me get better at making things
One of my goals over the past few years is to get more efficient at some things in my creative life so I can have more time to think, play, and explore. (Note: Prior me was good at goofi...
Are You Drawing a Blank?
A re-focusing reintroduction
When I started querying literary agents after leaving my illustration agency, I was tasked with coming up with a synopsis of the book dummy I was shopping. When you query you write a query letter and it include...
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Hello \ud83d\udc4b… My name is Jacob Souva, and I’m an illustrator and author of books for kids.
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