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Where is the best place to find book illustrators?
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Question: Where is the best place to find book illustrators? Answer: Obtaining high quality illustrations is a critical part of publishing children's books, comics, and graphic novels. Knowing how to find the right artistic fit for your story is...
over 2 years ago
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The Secret to Being Prolific - video
R.L. Stine
National bestselling children’s author R.L. Stine knows a thing or two about how to be a prolific writer. His books have sold 400 million copies and he writes six books a year in his Goosebumps series. How does he produce this much material? Stine shares...
over 8 years ago
Managing Your Writing Life
Writer's Block
Keep the Writing Flowing - podcast
R.L. Stine
Generating a fresh idea for a story isn't always easy. If you are stuck and need some inspiration, watch this short interview with national bestselling children’s author, R.L. Stine. He shares his expert tips on how to get an idea for a book. One way...
over 8 years ago
Managing Your Writing Life
Writing Exercises
Keep the Writing Flowing - video
R.L. Stine
Generating a fresh idea for a story isn't always easy. If you are stuck and need some inspiration, watch this short interview with national bestselling children’s author, R.L. Stine. He shares his expert tips on how to get an idea for a book. One way...
over 8 years ago
Managing Your Writing Life
Writing Exercises
The Secret to Being Prolific - podcast
R.L. Stine
National bestselling children’s author R.L. Stine knows a thing or two about how to be a prolific writer. His books have sold 400 million copies and he writes six books a year in his Goosebumps series. How does he produce this much material? Stine shares...
over 8 years ago
Managing Your Writing Life
Writer's Block
What are the best ways to present a book at a reading or book club?
Author Learning Center
Question: What are the best ways to present a book at a reading or book club? Answer: In-person events continue to be one of the most effective ways authors can reach readers because readers love meeting authors face-to-face. These events give...
over 2 years ago
Author Learning Center
Ask Keith
Audiobooks 201: Creating, Publishing and Marketing Audiobooks
Derek Taylor Kent
This session is a follow-up to " Audiobooks 101: Creating, Publishing and Marketing Audiobooks for the Avid Listener ". In this follow-up session, bestselling author and audiobook producer Derek Taylor Kent guides you through the steps of how he has...
over 3 years ago
Formats
Audiobooks
Multiculturalism & Universal Myths - article
Eddie Gamarra
Publishers want to sell books to as many people as possible. Ultimately, what they are looking for are gripping human stories, universal truths, compelling family dynamics, unique worlds that are going to capture the imagination. And no matter what its...
over 8 years ago
I have an Idea!
Identifying Your Audience
4 Reasons to be Riveted by 'Ever Cursed' from Corey Ann Haydu
Corey Ann Haydu
Damsel meets A Heart in a Body in the World in this incisive and lyrical feminist fairy tale about a princess determined to save her sisters from a curse, even if it means allying herself with the very witch who cast it. Author Corey Ann Haydu shares...
over 4 years ago
Fiction
Plot Planning
Rolonda Watts on Developing the Character “Chase” for Her Book Destiny Lingers - video
Rolonda Watts
Readers of author Rolonda Watts' award-winning debut novel, Destiny Lingers, have fallen for her main character's love interest, Chase McKenzie. Born to racist parents in a poor home plagued with domestic violence, Chase grew up determined to change...
over 7 years ago
Fiction
Character Development
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