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Mark your calendars now and do everything in your power to SAVE THE DATE! SPRING THAW
Saturday, April 16, 2011 After a long winter of manuscript hibernation, nothing could be better than melting the ice with Scholastic’s winsome editor Arthur Levine. Our info-packed day will help you Continue reading Spring Thaw: The Publishing Scene with Arthur Levine Today is a special day: the winter issue of the Prairie Wind goes live, it is the first day of a year full of promise, and the date is 1.1.11. It seems that our calendars are trying to tell us something, but what? That each of our writing and illustrating creations is one of a kind? Continue reading 1.1.11 Does your fiction feel flabby? You’ll learn to:
Trim the fat! When: February Continue reading Lisa Wheeler Picture Book Boot Camp: February 2011 By Kathleen Spale Over the holidays, I fell into my annual tradition of eating candy canes and watching classic holiday movies…A Charlie Brown Christmas, A Christmas Carol, Miracle on 34th Street, and, of course, It’s a Wonderful Life. Looking back at the history of my illustrating career, I cannot help but feel like the angel Clarence who, Continue reading It’s a Wonderful Illustrator’s Life By Hilary Wagner So, you’ve started your blog, bugged your writer buddies to follow it (at least that’s what I did), and made it stunning to the eye with a template that just screams “you.” Now, how do you get more people to read your posts or even find your blog? Good question! Below are some tech-savvy Continue reading Five Easy Tips to Increase Your Blog’s Readership By Jodell Sadler I started out thinking I’d write about YA this month, but then I read two middle-grade novels that I just had to write about. They both represent a larger movement in children’s literature to incorporate literary devices common to picture books into older genres. Keeper, by Kathi Appelt, illustrated by August Hall (Simon & Schuster/Atheneum, Continue reading How Two Middle-Grade Novels Integrate Picture Book Techniques Compiled by Michelle Sussman ***EVENTS*** ALA BOOKLIST & BOOK LINKS EDITORS REVUE 2011 Continue reading A Writer’s Winter Wonderland of News By Cheryl Bardoe Talk about the power of word choice. My MFA faculty advisor said that my critical essay analyzing the layered details in Daniel Pinkwater’s book The Neddiad was generally fine, but that I had “ducked” when it came to answering the question of how writers might achieve this effect. Ducked? I doubt my advisor—successful middle-grade Continue reading Critical Writing Strengthens Creative Work By Lisa Cinelli In my quest to stay connected and educated about the world of children’s books, I travel near and far to attend workshops and conferences focused on the crafts of writing and illustrating, as well as the business of getting published. Each conference brings a new set of revelations. Depending on where I am in Continue reading Getting to Know the Business and Busyness of Children’s Book Publishing Creating a Personal Strategic Marketing Plan Are you writing books to promote yourself or sell a concept? Do you want your children’s book writing to be your life’s work or to complement other activities? You will leave this Continue reading January 2011: Creating a Personal Strategic Marketing Plan 
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