Watch this video review of Marilyn Cram Donahue‘s book, When the Crickets Stopped Singing. This isn’t a synopsis of the story, you can get that at amazon.com. Instead, I tell you why I found this book so captivating and why I recommend it for young readers. Age Range: 10 – 14 years Grade Level: 5 – 9…
Listen to the audio here: You’re writing a book for the first time. It’s inside you, but how do you get it out? Author Cathy Fyock has written five of her six books in less than six weeks, and has a formula for getting the book out of your head and heart and onto…
Listen to the interview here: About the bookA true diary of a real Stay at Home Mom who’s longing to find something that will take her away from her super busy, repetitive and non-stop domestic life… Will she find what she’s looking for? And what could it…
And A Special Celebration of Marlo Thomas and the 50th Anniversary of The Picture Book, Free to Be . . . You and Me Amherst, MA (June 24, 2024) – The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, an international champion for picture book art, and its creators, has announced the 2024 Carle Honors Honorees….
by Melissa Abramovitz If you write fiction for children, you will probably need to do some research. If you write nonfiction, research is an absolute necessity. Many writers cringe at the thought of research, possibly because it reminds them of writing term papers in school. I’ll admit that research isn’t always fun. But most of…
What’s there to say about marketing? The first thing would be it’s an ongoing process that you have to be careful doesn’t interfere with your writing. After that, you’d say that whether you’re promoting a book, services, or other product, you will have tons of competition. And, if you don’t have an optimized website, you…
by Rebecca Camarena One of the reasons people get stuck at some point when they’re writing a novel is because they don’t know their characters well enough. Character profiles and characters interviews are great tools to use to get to know your characters. But here are some less conventional ways to become very familiar with…
I’m sure you’ve heard by now that being an author of a published book can improve your business. In fact, some people would say that it’s as important as having a website! So how is it possible that something so simple can be so powerful? First of all, having a book differentiates you from the…
Being an author of a book lends instant credibility to your name and by association, your brand. But writing the book is only half the plan. To fully take advantage of your book, you need to market it.
Children’s author Nancy I. Sanders gives tips for how to write a children’s picture book and get it published.
Avoiding The Best Marketing Campaigns On most days it’s my goal to explain to people the benefits of PR and how landing an interview in print, on the radio or on TV can add to their credibility and help establish them as sought-after authorities in their fields of expertise. But as I know it to…
Many authors struggle to create fully developed, believable characters, and doing character interviews is one method I (and many authors) use to achieve this goal.
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