October 2009
How to Get Your Children's Book Published
How do you get a children’s book published?
I’m sure there are many varied answers to this question depending on who you ask. I can give you my experiences and advice.
I had been writing for five years before I had my first book accepted by...
Children's Books - How to Keep Children Turning Those Pages
How should a children’s book be constructed?
A very important element in the construction of a piece of creative writing is a strong beginning. If the opening is not catchy, then readers will fairly rapidly lose interest.
Children tend to have a ...
Plotting a Children's Book
In a previous article I explained the ideas behind some of my children’s books. Over time, I’ve trained my brain to be on “alert” for ideas and I discover a lot more ideas than I have time to put pen to paper or fingers to lapto...
Plotting a Children's Book
In a previous article I explained the ideas behind some of my children’s books. Over time, I’ve trained my brain to be on “alert” for ideas and I discover a lot more ideas than I have time to put pen to paper or fingers to lapto...
Creating Believable Characters for Children's Books
If you’ve read my previous articles you’ll be aware that I’ve defined children’s books as books that feature a child as the main character and the audience is children.
So, let’s take a look at children as characters.
In p...
Children's Books - How to Add More Style to Your Writing - Part 1
When writing your children?s book, your should try to pay as much attention to style as you do to the construction of the story. Style is the elegance of the story, and without due regard to style, your book will be awkward and tedious to read.
The fol...
Choosing The Right Children's Gift And Toy
Take advantage of shopping online to help you save time. Instead of trekking out into the shopping malls to stand in lines, you can elect to do some or all of your gift shopping online and save the gasoline and the frustration. There are plenty of chi...
Children's Books - How to Add More Style to Your Writing - Part 2
In part one of how to make your creative writing more stylish, I looked at a number of ways to a children?s author could make their writing fresher. In Part two I look at more ways to make your writing, especially for children?s books, more enjoyable t...
Children's Stories - Submitting Manuscripts to Publishers
First you must enjoy writing ? you are doing it for your own satisfaction. I?m sorry to have to inform you that you won?t make a J.K. Rowlings fortune even if you do find a publisher - and you may not. The competition is fierce!
If you haven’t r...
September 2009
Start Your Children's Writing Career Today
So you want to write a children’s book. Great! Writing for children is a wonderful hobby or occupation (as in my case).
But where does one start? What does one need to do to become a children’s author? How did I become a published children&...
How To Write In The Children's Market (Part 1)
In the next couple of months I will be writing a number of articles about how you can break into the children?s market of writing. This will be a considerably long series so I suggest you keep checking back for the newest post.
Writing children?s lite...
Teddy Bears Should Be Given To All Children
All children should get a teddy bear when they are young. It is meaningful for children to have a bear they can sleep with or be with. Teddy bears should be given when kids are young enough to appreciate the bear.
Most children that are given a teddy...
History Written for Children
When is history fun? When it is told or written in story form. Children are more responsive to stories of true events than they are to reading a conventional history book. Shirley Nelson author of ?What Happened Here?? saw the need for a local histor...
Childrens Book of the Month Club - The Perfect Gift
Reading is almost becoming a lost art. Between the video games, children’s DVDs and the endless variety of shows that are geared towards children it’s hard to imagine a time when a child would actually sit down and read a book for enjoyment...
How to Write a Children's Picture Book
If you are a parent or grandparent with young children around, you?ve probably read so many children?s picture books, and they look so simple to write, that you think, ?I can do that.? But what you may not realize is that hidden in the most popular c...
How To Write In The Children's Market (Part 3)
This is going to be my third article of many to come. The article series is the how to when it comes to writing in the children?s market. It is going to be a considerably long series so keep checking back for new updates.
Children hate it when they c...
10 Survival Tips For Taking Young Children Camping
“Let’s go camping!” With those few simple words you are instantly a hero to your children. To ensure you remain that way during the camping trip, you better make sure you have planned well and are prepared for all types of contingenci...
Creating Believable Characters for Children's Books
If you’ve read my previous articles you’ll be aware that I’ve defined children’s books as books that feature a child as the main character and the audience is children.
So, let’s take a look at children as characters.
In p...
How to Enjoy Camping with Children
Many of us have fond memories of our parents taking us camping as children and would like to pass on this experience to our children but are a little daunted by what we see as the unknown, particularly if it has been a while since we last went camping....
Teddy Bears Should Be Given To All Children
All children should get a teddy bear when they are young. It is meaningful for children to have a bear they can sleep with or be with. Teddy bears should be given when kids are young enough to appreciate the bear.
Most children that are given a teddy...
August 2009
Taking Children On The Ferry
Children are naturally adventurous and will love the excitement of going on a giant boat. If you have anxieties about the journey do not let your children see as this will make them nervous too.
Most children will be fine on the ferry so you have no ne...
How to Write a Children's Picture Book
If you are a parent or grandparent with young children around, you?ve probably read so many children?s picture books, and they look so simple to write, that you think, ?I can do that.? But what you may not realize is that hidden in the most popular c...
10 Survival Tips For Taking Young Children Camping
“Let’s go camping!” With those few simple words you are instantly a hero to your children. To ensure you remain that way during the camping trip, you better make sure you have planned well and are prepared for all types of contingenci...
How to Write a Children's Picture Book
If you are a parent or grandparent with young children around, you?ve probably read so many children?s picture books, and they look so simple to write, that you think, ?I can do that.? But what you may not realize is that hidden in the most popular c...
How to Enjoy Camping with Children
Many of us have fond memories of our parents taking us camping as children and would like to pass on this experience to our children but are a little daunted by what we see as the unknown, particularly if it has been a while since we last went camping....
