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BELOW, YOU WILL FIND LINKS TO ALL KID-LIT WRITING WISDOM POSTS. COMBINED, THESE POSTS ARE A FREE MASTER CLASS IN PICTURE BOOK WRITING. ENJOY! Be sure to follow this blog because there will be lots more kid-lit wisdom coming in 2022.

INTRODUCING THE KID-LIT WRITING WISDOM TEAM

LONG AND WINDING ROAD: PUBLICATION DOESN’T (USUALLY) HAPPEN OVERNIGHT PART ONE, PART TWO, and PART THREE

THE MOST IMPORTANT LESSONS LEARNED IN MY PUBLICATION JOURNEY PART ONE and PART TWO

WHY KID-LIT WRITERS SHOULD READ MENTOR TEXTS AND HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF READING THEM PART ONE and PART TWO

HOW WRITE OUTSTANDING FIRST LINES AND BEGINNINGS (part1, part 2, part 3)

KID-LIT WRITING WISDOM PRESENTS WRITING CAPTIVATING MIDDLES (Part 1 of 3)

KID-LIT WRITING WISDOM PRESENTS WRITING CAPTIVATING MIDDLES (Part 2 of 3)

KID-LIT WRITING WISDOM PRESENTS WRITING CAPTIVATING MIDDLES (Part 3 of 3) 

WRITING SATISFYING AND EFFECTIVE ENDINGS (part 1, part 2, part 3, bonus post 1, bonus post two)

WRITING TRUE STORIES WITH THEME AND HEART: BETH ANDERSON SHARES HER WISDOM

BONUS SCROLL DOWN TO FIND A LIST OF ALL ABOUT SUBMISSIONS POSTS

Please note that Sub Six is now KIDLIT CREATIVES you can join the Facebook group here.

Kidlit Creatives is a children’s writers and illustrators support group. We work toward our submission goals, share news and ask industry related questions. Each month, members add their submisson progress and good news on a tally sheet (provided in the Facebook group). On the first day of each month, the group offers a prize. The winner is chosen via a drawing from all the names on that month’s tally sheet. Kidlit Creatives is a closed Facebook group, so you must ask to join AND answer 3 questions.

The Kidlit Creatives Team: Manju Howard, Gabrielle Copeland Schoeffield. Although on the Facebook page, I’m included as part of the team, Manju and Gabrielle have taken it over and do a fantastic job.

CREATE A GREAT INTRODUCTION: QUERY AND COVER LETTERS by HEATHER AYRIS BURNELL

TRYING BACK DOORS: A FEW THOUGHTS ABOUT SUBMITTING TO SMALL PRESS PUBLISHERS by Vivian Kirkfield

ADMISSIONS ABOUT SUBMISSIONS: THINGS LEARNED FROM MY CRACKERJACK CRITIQUE PARTNERS by JAN GODOWN ANNINO

HOW TO SUBMIT WITHOUT FEELING LIKE THROWING UP, by YVONNE MES

COPING WITH REJECTIONS, PART TWO

COPING WITH REJECTIONS, PART ONE

RESEARCHING AGENTS AND EDITORS: HOW DO YOU DETERMINE WHO TO SUBMIT TO? PART TWO

RESEARCHING AGENTS AND EDITORS: HOW DO YOU DETERMINE WHO TO SUBMIT TO? PART ONE

ORGANIZATION TOOLS AND TIPS FOR SUBMITTING YOUR WORK, by MARCIE FLINCHUM ATKINS

ALL ABOUT SUBMISSIONS Q & A: HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR MANUSCRIPT IS READY TO SUBMIT? – PART TWO

ALL ABOUT SUBMISSIONS Q & A: HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR MANUSCRIPT IS READY TO SUBMIT? – PART ONE

USING CHARACTER-DRIVEN PICTURE BOOKS AS MENTOR TEXTS TO IMPROVE YOUR OWN WRITING BY MARCIE FLINCHUM ATKINS

REVISING OR POLISHING YOUR PICTURE BOOK MANUSCRIPT

CONTESTS AND OTHER SUBMISSION OPPORTUNITIES FOR BOTH WRITERS AND ILLUSTRATORS BY SYLVIA LIU

ANNOUNCING THE NEW SUB SIX BLOG SERIES: ALL ABOUT SUBMISSIONS