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Trickster Tre  Trickster Tre is an easy reader wriiten in rhyme.

The story is about a red hed 6 year old boy who made false claims with his family. At the end of the ...

What to put in a cover letter to a publisher!?!  Hi,

I have been putting off sending any of my children's books for a long time now due to worrying too much about what to put in my cover letter. I'...

Writing a children's book to address childhood obesity  A head full of ideas but an empty page in front of me!

Hello all,

Firstly, thank you in advance for taking the time to read this, it's very much ...

Looking for a writer 


Hello!

My name is Iryna Baykovska. I’m a young illustrator. Actually, I’m a student, and I want to illustrate an interesting modern book for ...

New to Children's Storywriting  New to Children's Storywriting - Wondering if my story would appeal to children of a certain age

Hello!

I have always enjoyed coming up with snippets ...

Paying an illustrator  I have written a children's book and I want to know what is the best way to approach my illustrator. If I am low on funds and can't pay up front how do ...

My newly published children's book don't sell as I expected.  My newly published children's book don't sell as I expected

My first children's book in English THE VALLEY OF THE MOUNTAIN GODDESS was published in ...

Describing time of day  I NEED HELP!

I have a professional free-lance editor to 'clean up' my stories (I am a foreign born writer) her background is mainly in technical writing ...

getting started...the hardest part or so I'm told...how do I get published?  I have a rough copy of a children's book that I have written. I'm not sure how to begin to get published. I'd like advice, information or simple "How To ...

To Agent, or not to agent?  I have this Picture Book poem/story that I wrote a long time ago, and I think it has a chance of being published. I am getting ready to run it through ...

Mouse Story  I want to write a story that was told to me by an elderly friend just before she died. It involves a mouse who was believed to be wrapped up in a package ...

Can I use the word "brat" in a children's book?  I'm writing a rhyme about a girl who is being a brat. Is the word "brat" too taboo to use in a children's book?

submission format for picture books  Since most of the story and humor is told in the pictures, and all I'm submitting are the words, how do I tell them what needs to be included in the artwork ...

I need to find a publisher to print a short run of books for my school.  We are a small village school in Hertfordshire. We are running an initiative this term to encourage parents to read bedtime stories to their children. As ...

Research and Interviewing  THE BOY MESSENGER

Hi,

I'd like to introduce myself. My name is Andrea Paez Lozano. I am a new member. Currently, I am working on a story about ...

lay out question  Hello!

I have a question to professionals.

A friend of mine would like to publish her first book. It is "Learning ABC" book targeted at preschool ...

garden growing on thumb... what's the book?  Hello,
I have searched and searched and can't seem to find this story.

It's about a boy who used to push vegetables on to his fork using his thumb ...

Animorphic Novel  Hello My name is charles....( Hi Charles!) and I need some help

I wrote a novel that is about 300 pages long. It is an animorphic tale set in the ...

Bringing an Israeli children's book to America  Introducing Myself

HI,

My name is Rina. I'm a stay-at-home mom. Recently found an incredible children picture book, inspired by Dr. Marshal ...

Easiest writing to sell  Im in trouble. Basicly Im disabled (but no benefits) and i need to make $. Im a pretty good writer (all my freinds say so) so Im trying to fugure out what ...

In search of clever book ideas  I'm the star of all my writer friends because I'm the one who sometimes gets back handwritten rejections. You know, "Nicely done, but it didn't excite ...

How to write a healing story  I have to be Anonymous. I have an alcoholic husband and two young sons. It has been hard on my sons, and scary. Something has happened, and now my husband ...

Show, Don't Tell in Picture Books  I've always struggled with "Show, don't tell." My writers group is always on me about it. I should say that I've always tried to write adult fiction.

So ...

Anti-hero in a picture book?  Okay, I'm posting this to the forum, but it's directed at you, Steve, as you are probably the best situated person ON THE PLANET to answer my question....

"Translating" picture book prose into rhyme  This may be more of a problem for Dr. Phil than for this forum, but I figure I'm more likely to get a response in this forum. Here goes...

I'm working ...

Unique character voices  If my characters' voices aren't totally distinct from each other, am I a bad writer?

Sometimes I like to start my writing day by reading what famous ...

Gay characters in children's books  Okay. I am a lesbian in a committed relationship. I started writing a children's book featuring a character with adoptive lesbian parents. (My partner ...

I need help getting my children's book published  I have talked with a couple of publishing companies, but they wanted me to send them money. I want to make money from my book not lose money. Can someone ...

Writing productivity  Steve, forgive me if this isn't exactly how you wanted to use the forum, but it certainly seems in the spirit...

I'm struggling with productivity. Even ...

Starting with a book's ending  To be honest, I'm a little disappointed with myself.

I've been writing short stories (for adults) for years. But recently, when my father passed on,...

Does my writing group know what they're talking about?  I hope it's okay that I don't use my real name. I need to complain about my writing group, and I'd prefer they not know about it.

Okay, I'm a new writer,...

Officially awful title  (By the way, Steve, thanks for telling me about this.)

I guess you know your title is really bad when an agent's assistant calls you up and whispers ...

Shapes, Colors and Counting Books  Counting books, etc., for two year olds

I worked at a daycare teaching two year olds, and during the time I would make up a lot of the stories and ...

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