by Denise Vega | March 27, 2013 | Picture Books, Writer Tips & Tools
Today is Picture Book Wednesday and we’ll look at a book that is designed to be interactive, to spark a child’s imagination: What Do You See? by Judith Snyder, illustrated by Brad Davies. In the classes I teach on writing picture books, we talk a lot about...
by Denise Vega | March 22, 2013 | Writer Tips & Tools
I was intrigued by “The Bestselling Children’s Books of 2012” in Publisher’s Weekly (March 17) and wanted to take a closer look at some aspects of the e-book list. E-book sales start with 200,000+ in sales and work their way down to 25,000+....
by Denise Vega | March 20, 2013 | Picture Books, Writer Tips & Tools
Today is Picture Book Wednesday and we’ll be looking at where we get our ideas. This is a question that often comes up when I do author visits and it’s a good one. In honor of the recently passed St. Patrick’s Day, I wanted to share how author...
by Denise Vega | March 14, 2013 | Book Marketing, Writer Tips & Tools
Last week I brought up some questions to better help focus my description of my books and to help answer the question: “What’s in it for me?” from a potential reader. I decided to select a book that remains in the shadow of its buddy: Access Denied...
by Denise Vega | March 13, 2013 | Picture Books, Writer Tips & Tools
Today is Picture Book Wednesday and we’ll be talking about the delicate tightrope walk we make between using enough, not enough, or too many words in our picture books. I think this is one of the hardest parts of being “just” the writer. If I also...
by Denise Vega | March 7, 2013 | Book Marketing, Writer Tips & Tools
Back in October, I covered the idea of writing a summary of your story in my post Jumpstart #4: Know What Your Story is About. My main focus was mostly on a summary helping us drill down to the essence of our story and use it as a guide for writing it. Recently I was...
