Dear Diversity
In a packed hotel ballroom, the keynote speaker of the world’s biggest conference of children’s writers and illustrators asked the audience to write a letter to diversity. As a thousand...
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Five Diverse Children’s Publishing Companies
Cardinal Rule Press strives to publish and promote diverse children’s picture books, and to make sure all voices are heard. To ensure that every child can see themselves in the...
How To Make "Comp Titles" Work For You
Aspiring authors often want to know why publishing is so obsessed with “comp titles.” In order to explain why, let’s clear up what they are. Comp is shorthand for comparable,...
Summer Fun for Kids
Purchase here: https://gum.co/wOoKe while supplies last. Keep the learning and emotional growth going throughout summer!Encourage literacy and character growth with Cardinal Rule Press books! Evie’s Field Day (good sportsmanship, kindness)Fruit...
Tackling Writer’s Block
Hello writers! I hope you have been staying safe and well. It’s a pleasure to be on the blog and for today’s post, I’m going to be talking about how...
Get Inspired!
You’re ready for your pen to fly across paper. There’s a masterpiece inside you, bursting to get out! But the problem is… you have no idea what to write! It’s...
The Importance of Developing a Personal Brand as an Author
Have you thought much about “branding” as an author? If you’re new to marketing, you may not be familiar with the concept of branding, creating a personal brand, or as...
Flipgrid Authors for Classrooms
For those of you out there who don’t have a clue what Flipgrid is used for or even what it means, let us first give you a brief rundown of...
Building Your Dream
BLUE COLLAR WRITER When I wrote my latest book, Someone Builds the Dream, the idea began while I tiled the shower in my bathroom. I struggled horribly with the task....
Free Online Resources For Writers
Whether you are an aspiring writer or an established author, chances are you wound up here looking for some new inspiration to get your next project started. Sometimes the best...
Literary Agent Interview Series {Karly Caserza}
Welcome to our Literary Agent Interview Series! This series originally took place in the Fall of 2020. This is a recap of one of the interviews. These recaps are perfect...
Literary Agent Interview Series {Eva Scalzo}
Welcome to our Literary Agent Interview Series! This series originally took place in the Fall of 2020. This is a recap of one of the interviews. These recaps are perfect...
Five Things that Make me Want to Read a Query
This article was written exclusively for Cardinal Rule Press by Mark Gottlieb, literary agent at Trident Media Group. One: The Hook Having a strong sales pitch for a book can...
Literary Agent Interview Series {Joyce Sweeney}
Welcome to our Literary Agent Interview Series! This series originally took place in the Fall of 2020. This is a recap of one of the interviews. These recaps are perfect...
Book Suggestions for Writers
Every writer has the passion to create. Whether it’s the spontaneous thoughts that demand you to stop whatever it is you are doing to go scribble a note in a...
Literary Agent Interview Series {Saba Sulaiman}
Welcome to our Literary Agent Interview Series! This series originally took place in the Fall of 2020. This is a recap of one of the interviews. These recaps are perfect...
Phishing Scam Alert: ACAN Publishing
Scam Alert – We have recently become aware that some people are receiving fraudulent messages from a scam artist posing as ACAN PUBLISHING (Tim Andrews on LinkedIn) using a fake...
Literary Agent Interview Series {Kaitlyn Sanchez}
Welcome to our Literary Agent Interview Series! This series originally took place in the Fall of 2020. This is a recap of one of the interviews. These recaps are perfect...
Books about Community
Cardinal Rule Press leads the way in providing messages that empower families, schools and communities through inspirational children’s books. These books about community models camaraderie and love. 1. Come with...