Provides practical and timely advice on writing different types of children's books, working with publishers, understanding the publishing process, the importance of illustrators, and building a career in the field of children's literature. Original. 12,000 first printing.
What's a hook ? Let's look at some examples . Say you've written a how - to garden and plant book for kids . A huge storm sweeps through your town , destroying gardens and felling trees . Your angle could be the rebuilding of gardens ...
Don't get confused by scholarly analysis and religious dogma! 'The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Book of Revelation' shows you how so many meanings are derived from the books' text.
Full of funny twists and surprises, this joyful story shows just how far your imagination can take you. Harold and the Purple Crayon has delighted readers of all ages for over fifty years.
Look in a Book Three great books list agents : Literary Market Place ( LMP ) ; Jeff Herman's Guide to Book Publishers , Editors , and Literary Agents ; and The Writer's Digest Guide to Literary Agents . The Literary Market Place is an ...
Hundreds of books and magazine articles are available to help new writers crack through the gatekeepers and get a book deal with one of the big publishing houses. But where do you start? For this section, we'll go right to the source: ...
Offers advice on how to get a science fiction novel or short story published, including tips on the basic elements of a work of science fiction to getting an agent, and signing a contract.
... like James Frey's A Million Little Pieces or the elderly gentleman who claimed that he was kept alive in a concentration camp by a little girl who would bring him apples. Except it wasn't true, as the publisher discovered just ...
Miriam Hoffman and Eva Samuels , Authors and Illustrators of Children's Books ( New York : R. R. Bowker Company , 1972 ) , p . 315 . 3. Hoffman and Samuels , p . 315 . 4. Hoffman and Samuels , p . 315 . 5. Fritz Eichenberg , the 1984 ...
Brooks Clark credits an annual gathering of writers and editors on a lake in New Hampshire - called affectionately by all , “ The Schmooze " —for cementing his freelancing career . “ One summer , I told all my buddies , old and new ...
Hot Off the Press Jennifer Weiner is a best - selling novelist now , but back when she was first trying to find an agent for her book Good in Bed , which featured a large woman as the heroine , it wasn't easy being fat , so to speak .