The Weekly 411 (05/01/15)

© Vicky Pratt

Friday, May 1, 2015, Issue #18

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AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR SPOTLIGHT

This week we feature PB author Pat Zietlow Miller and illustrator Vicki Pratt.

KIDLIT NEWS

New Literary Agent Alert: Linda Camacho of Prospect Agency- Seeks Adult, MG, and YA  

Don't miss the replay of Kidlit411's Rhyme & Meter Clinic for Picture Book Writers with Renée LaTulippe and Penny Parker Klostermann.

For Writers

10 Rules for Writing for Children

For Illustrators

How To Make a Picture Book Dummy

How I Study Picture Books, by Maple Lam

Tips for a Competitive Visual Development Portfolio

Query Letters

How Many Query Letters Does it Take to Get an Agent?

Writing Challenges

May 1  Petite ReViMo with Marcie Flinchum Atkins/Meg Miller 

What: Join others for a day of revising your ms. Marcie Flinchum Atkins will be the guest blogger. Now is a good time to shine up a story, send it off to your critique group, and get ready to revise. 

Submissions: Agents &Editors

Top 20 Picture Book Agents 2015 -Agent Lori Kilkelly of Rodeen Literary is on this list, read her KidLit411 interview here.

Top 20 Middle Grade Agents 2015

Top 20 YA Agents 2015

Conferences, Retreats & Workshops

July 9-12, 2015 Writing Yoga Retreat Spend time with poet, librarian, and yoga instructor Stephanie Lipsey and agent Linda Epstein, as well as two yoga instructors, for a weekend of workshops, consultations, and optional yoga. Have dinner with top editors and agents (this year: Justin Chanda, S&S, Jill Davis, Katherine Tegen Books/HC, Naomi Gibbs, Houghton, Mifflin, Harcourt, and Connor Guy, Metropolitan Books/Mcmillan)  (Glen Cove, NY) (Glen Cove, NY)