The Weekly 411 (12/25/15)

© Stephanie Olivieri

Friday, Dec. 25, 2015, Issue #52  

Dear Kidlit411 Community,

We've had another great year of sharing kid lit links and getting to know so many of you. Thank you for being a part of Kidlit 411, sharing your friendship, knowledge, advice, commiseration, or funny or inspirational thoughts. 

Here are a few inspirational links as you enjoy the season:

• Our friend Carrie Charley Brown recently summarized what's great about the kid lit community in her post, Helping Hands.

• Sign up for Julie Hedlund's 12 Days of Christmas - 12 days of inspirational posts and content for writers

• Four videos on storytelling and creativity, including Ira Glass's great advice for beginners and Jarrett Kros. 

As you know, the Weekly 411 recaps all the links added to our site each week. To get this post by email, sign up for our weekly updates. If you have links to share or any other comments, send them to kidlit411@kidlit411.com. 

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year to All! 

Elaine & Sylvia 

Submissions: Agents & Editors

Top 20 Children's Book Agents 2015

Inspirational Things

Top Ten Tips for Finding Writing Inspiration from Stephanie Norman

Social Media

Selling Art Online with Instagram

Best Practices for Author Facebook Pages and Groups

Nonfiction

Melissa Stewart and Diversity in Thinking

Blogs to Follow

On the Scene in 2016 - a website featuring debut authors and illustrators of picture books in 2016. Illustrator and designed Heidi Fielder shares the skinny on some of the members of the group in her recent infographic: