Your one-stop guide to writing and selling books for children
Get the tools you need to:
- Develop story ideas that work
- Strengthen your writing skills
- Improve your work habits
- Write for different age groups
- Look at your work critically
- Submit proposals and manuscripts
- Find the right publisher for your work
- Understand and negotiate contracts
- Work with agents and editors
- Join the writing community
Do you dream of becoming the next J. K. Rowling? Are you excited about
writing for children but have no idea how to begin or where to send your
material? Now, respected children's writer Barbara Seuling gives you the
essential steps to getting published in the competitive, exciting world
of children's literature.
From finding story ideas and creating character sketches to plotting,
writing dialogue, editing, and revising your work, you'll learn how to
complete a manuscript and prepare it for submission. Whether you want to
write picture or chapter books, fiction or nonfiction, poetry or plays,
Seuling helps you master the different genres and capture a child's
interest and imagination, from the early years to young adult. Her fully
revised guide also covers the major developments in book publishing,
including vital information about using the Internet to research the
market and contact publishers. Seuling even discusses recent successes
such as the Harry Potter series, as well as the growth of Amazon.com.
Complete with updated lists of writing organizations, marketing
information, and recommended reading, this is the only guide you need to
start writing, get published, and touch the lives of children.
