Welcome to KidLit Works everyone! Grab a beverage and join us for our Something to Talk About series this September. KidLit Works’ Marzieh Abbas reached out to one of her editors, Chris Krones at Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, for an interview. Let’s hear from our own Marzieh Abbas and her guest Chris […]
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Three DO NOTs for Writers
For the KidLit Work blog post, picture book author Cheryl Kim offers three simple common sense pieces of advice to reduce the self-induced anxiety of writers.
Revision Tips to Reduce Picture Book Word Count
By Carol Joy Munro How many picture book writers out there have finished a draft, checked the word count, and sighed because it’s too long? Probably every one of us. Then what do we do? We either get to work on reducing word count or we put the draft away to deal with at a […]
Agent Lillian Mazeika Tells It Like It Is!
By Zainab Khan KidLit Works author Zainab Khan chats with Lillian Mazeika, an agent at the Tugeau 2 Art and Literary Agency about industry trends and other burning kidlit questions. Zainab: Thanks for joining us today, Lillian. Can you start by talking about current market trends?Lillian: In terms of trends, we are seeing more books […]
Tips for Busy Parents to Find Books at the Library
By Stacy S. Jensen Reading books with our children creates so many memories. And, we want them to be fun, not frazzled memories as we search for new books to read together. When my son was little, we made a point to read 20 minutes a day. That’s 3-5 books. While I love buying books […]