Five Tactics to Battle Impostor Syndrome
…few suggestions. Avoid drawing comparisons In indie publishing (as in all of life, really), you are running your own race, and comparisons are irrelevant. Cozy mystery author Laura Durham observed,…
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Building Your Publishing Team: Your Cover Designer
…order to convey the books’ lighter tone. Books in this subgenre typically are written in a series and built around a theme. Laura Durham’s Annabelle Archer Wedding Planner series offers…
How to Deepen Your Chapter Book Characters
…On Wednesday, November 16th, Alice will co-host a free live webinar with Laura Backes (publisher of Children’s Book Insider) called Creating Your Chapter Book Characters. Laura and Alice will walk…
Publishing My First Book, Part 1
…one. Pre-Round Edits Within a week of signing my contract, I had an email from my editor, Laura Elliott (who is wonderful and available for freelance, by the way), asking…
5onFri: Five Children’s Book Role Models
…when Anne confesses to a crime she didn’t commit based on Marilla’s wording of the impending punishment. Ma Ingalls from The Little House Books By: Laura Ingalls Wilder The Ingalls…
Cozy to Cold-Blooded: Interview with Rudy Ruiz
…to Gabriel García Márquez and Laura Esquivel for the magic and cultural depth, William Faulkner for the Southern Gothic flare, and Cormac McCarthy for the grit, solitude, and sparse aesthetic…
Be Well, Write Well: Interview with Carol Van Den Hende
…prioritize, juggling what’s most important to me, sometimes on a week-by-week or day-by-day basis. I’m inspired by Laura Vanderkam, the TED speaker who points out that we are each granted…
All about Chapter Books
…from independent reader books. Examples of Independent reader books: I Want to Be a Doctor (I Can Read Level 1) Written by Laura Driscoll and Illustrated by Catalina Echeverri Big…
You Don’t Have to be the Most Interesting to Write Creative Non-Fiction
…may lead you closer to the answer. Write About Someone Else Think Laura Hillenbrand’s Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption, the story of Olympian Louie…
Do Your Commitments Reflect Your Priorities?
…small journal, a spreadsheet, or an app like Toggl or Rescue Time. According to Laura Vanderkam, author of 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think (and the co-host…
