Navigate the wild world of creating books for children with Vicky Fang and Christine Evans who have published over 30 books between them.
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Story: Internal vs External Need
I recently watched this video from Strawberry Vampire creator : How to Plot an Indie Animated Pilot Like a Pro. Even though this video is about creating an animated pilot, she breaks down how she set up the story, with lots of useful inform...
Writing for Hire
The first three books I ever wrote were for “work for hire” gigs. One was about Alcatraz, one about the evolution of insects, and another about the objectification of women in the media. All very different subjects and audiences!
This Subs...
Behind the Book Deals
I’m enjoying being on fire for a moment, so let’s dive into the fray. In the last two months, I launched three books and signed two new book deals. Woot! I’m going to do a quick run-down on how each of these came to be. I’ll talk about time...
Write What You Know
I was critiquing manuscripts when this idea came to me so I immediately abandoned that job and switched tabs to substack to write this post. Whoops, I think I probably broke a writing rule!
Read on for the rules to break, or not, and how t...
That Time I Didn't Make the NYT Bestseller List
Okay, the title of this post is click-bait, because who ever thinks they’re going to hit the NYT Bestseller List?? But for a moment there, I actually did. Let’s revisit a wild couple of weeks during my vacation in the Boston area to visit m...
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Two author friends and critique partners, Christine Evans and Vicky Fang, writing about their experience in the kidlit world.
Writing children's books to inspire curiosity, change, and creativity DEAR MR. G, THE WISH LIBRARY, EVELYN THE ADVENTUROUS ENTOMOLOGIST, EMILY'S IDEA. https://pinwheelsandstories.com/links
Author, illustrator, designer. LAYLA AND THE BOTS, FRIENDBOTS, INVENT-A-PET, BEST BUDDIES, AVA LIN, ONE MAD CAT (Candlewick '26) & more.
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