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Ideas for Virtual Book Tour
By Lauren Hackett | September 21, 2021
You lean back into the comforting embrace of your desk chair and let out a triumphant sigh. Before you sits a tower of neatly stacked pages that, together, comprise the product of all of your time, tears and creative energy from the past year and a hal …
Learn How To Publish A Children’s Book That Will Sell
By Maria Dismondy | September 13, 2021
You found this blog post because you want to publish a picture book. I was in the same boat as you over a decade ago and since then, things have changed drastically. I will save you some time in telling you that everything you need to know is available …
Dear Diversity
By Adam Blackman | August 31, 2021
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 notebooks opened …
Five Diverse Children’s Publishing Companies
By Catherine Noonan | August 16, 2021
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 book they read. Although more publishing companies are looking at adding mo …
How To Make “Comp Titles” Work For You
By Eva Scalzo | June 28, 2021
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, and when used correctly, comp titles should help authors clearly place their …
Bookwalks
By Claire Noland | June 21, 2021
Summertime! –Are you looking forward to being outside, exercising, and reading a good book? Here’s a great way to combine all three of these activities as you Walk and Read. The idea is simple. A children’s book is mounted on boards and displayed page- …
Tackling Writer’s Block
By Jessica Reino | May 24, 2021
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 to tackle writer’s block. Writer’s block can be part of the process, but after the last few years, you …
