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 21, 2013 | Picture Books
As a co-Regional Advisor for the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI), we are constantly on the lookout for agents who represent picture book writers (not just writer-illustrators) because we have so many...
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 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 6, 2013 | Picture Books, Writer Tips & Tools
Today is Picture Book Wednesday and we’ll be talking about a question that we always discuss in the classes I teach: How long should my story be? The short answer is: as long as it takes to tell it. However, with picture books, we know there is an economy of...
