The Weekly 411 (8/23/19)

© Cassandra Federman

August 23, 2019 vol. 33

The Weekly 411 gathers all the links added to Kidlit411 each week. To receive this post by email, sign up for our email updates. Are you on Facebook? Join our Kidlit411 group for conversations & camaraderie. This week's illustration is by Cassandra Federman.

KIDLIT NEWS

Bid on agent and author critiques at We Need Diverse Books' summer auction

AUTHOR and AUTHOR-ILLUSTRATOR SPOTLIGHTS

Today we are excited to feature author-illustrator Cassandra Federman and her debut picture book, THIS IS A SEA COW (Albert Whitman Publishing, September 2019). Enter to in a copy!

We are also excited to feature author Abigail Rayner and her debut picture book,  I AM A THIEF! illustrated by Molly Ruttan, NorthSouth Books (September 3, 2019). Enter to win a copy!

Picture Books

Writing a Children's Picture Book Series

Rites of Submission: Cover Letters and Query Letters

For Writers

How to Tell if Your Story Has Too Much Plot, Not Enough Character

Revisions

Cutting Words

Favorite Picture Book Revision Tips

A Picture Book Editing Checklist

Diversity in Kidlit

Las Musas - collective of women & non-binary (identifying on the female spectrum) Latinx MG & YA authors  

Cultural Appropriation for the Worried Writer: Some Practical Advice

Critiquing Cultural Appropriation in Books that are Kind of Meh 

Submissions: Agents & Editors

How I Stay Grounded: 7 Realities of Traditional Publishing

Inspirational Things

Throw Away your Writing To Do Lists 

How to Get Story Ideas: 17 Useful Methods (2019)





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