The Weekly 411 (9/9/16)

© Joyce Wan

Friday, Sept. 9, 2016, issue #37

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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT

Today we feature two authors:

•  PB debut author Sue Lowell Gallion, whose PUG MEETS PIG, illustrated by Joyce Wan (Simon and Schuster) comes out on Sept. 27, and

• YA author Kim Zarins, whose modern retelling of the Canterbury Tales, SOMETIMES WE TELL THE TRUTH (Simon Pulse) came out on Sept. 6. Be sure to enter into giveaway for both!

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Contests & Awards

Sept. 16 Dear Lucky Agent MG Contest

• What: submit the first 150-250 words of your completed MG novel. Must share info about contest on social media.
• Prize: Critique of first ten pages of your MG novel; free subscription to Writer's Market; Writers Digest market books; agent Maria Corvisiero's attention  

Marketing & Creating a Platform

The One Marketing Move Authors Get Wrong

Picture Books

Picture Book Tips: Writing in Prose

Picture Book Basics: Sketches and Layout


So You Want to Write a Picture Book for Children?


Design of the Picture Book: Layout

Submissions: Agents and Editors

10 Literary Agents Seeking Picture Books NOW

Monster List of Picture Book Agents- Heather Ayris Burnell *previously listed but an awesome post*

Eight Things Picture Book Editors Don't Want

How to Make Editors Eager to Read Your Picture Book

Poetry & Rhyme

Icing the Cake: Writing Stories in Rhythm and Rhyme