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Writing Resources

Want to write a picture book? Or improve the ones you've written?
Start here.

Over the years, I've sold more than 50 picture book manuscripts to major publishers like Disney-Hyperion, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster and Macmillan. But when I first started writing, I knew nothing about the industry. This 150-page handbook includes all the important, practical things I've learned along the way—and everything I wish I'd known when I first started out.

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The Nuts and Bolts Guide to Writing Picture Books is designed to work like a 9-week class. Each chapter includes detailed instruction on essential topics like these:

  • Building drama in 32 pages

  • Finding your voice

  • Creating memorable characters

  • Writing the rollicking read-aloud

  • Musical rhythm and pitch-perfect verse

  • Playing with humor

  • A Pre-Submission Checklist for your manuscripts

  • Interviews with editors and other industry insiders

  • Tips, resources, reading lists and writing exercises

 

Read the Introduction and Table of Contents, check out the Testimonials below and on Goodreads. If you're ready, you can purchase the Guide at left and have it delivered immediately as a PDF (via Gumroad) or through Amazon's Kindle store.
 

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