The Weekly 411 (8/12/16)
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Friday, Aug 12, 2016, Issue #33
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EDITOR SPOTLIGHT
This week we feature founder of Children's Book Insider, The Newsletter for Children's Writers, Laura Backes. Enter to win a seat at this years Picture Book Summit, the premiere one-day online writing conference for picture books.
KIDLIT NEWS
New agent alert: Lauren Spieller of Triada US Literary Agency looking for MG & YA
New agent alert: Shannon Powers at McIntosh & Otis looking for MG & YA
Read about The Return of the Children's Specialty Bookstore
The Biography Pie
Fiction to Nonfiction and the New Mashups in Between
Nonfiction of Olympic Proportions
Is Your Idea a Picture Book, Chapter Book, or Middle Grade Novel?
The Four Psychological Stages of #amquerying
Fiction to Nonfiction and the New Mashups in Between
Nonfiction of Olympic Proportions
The Four Psychological Stages of #amquerying
Aug. 24 Dear Lucky Agent contest
- What: enter to win a critique of your work, plus free books and a subscription to writersmarket.com
- Who: Writers of contemporary or literary YA (no sci-fi or fantasy)
- Prize: agent's critique (past winners have been signed on)
College Kid Lit Conferences -listing of children's literature conferences around the country
Sept. 20 - Writing Picture Books Live with Ann Whitford Paul, School of Visual Storytelling Join Ann Whitford Paul who wrote the book on writing picture books (WRITING PICTURE BOOKS: A HANDS ON GUIDE FROM STORY CREATION TO PUBLICATION) for a comprehensive 12-week course with individual critiques. Limited to 20 students.
Kid lit Summer School 2016- summer school is over but you can catch up on four weeks of amazing posts with tips on writing picture books
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