Other Ways to Get Published
We’re discussing getting published this month at the Children’s Book Hub, so I’ll be devoting a few posts here to that topic. Here’s a familiar Catch 22: Agents don’t seem…
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And in the End…
And so we come to the last of my series of posts based on Jane Yolen’s list of “10 Words Every Picture Book Author Must Know.” Resolution… a fitting word…
Motion and Emotion
In our modern lexicon, motion and emotion would appear to have entirely different meanings, but it’s no accident that the words are only one letter apart. They share the same…
Illustratability
Picture books tells their stories in two ways: 1) via text, and 2) via illustrations (hence the name “picture book.”) Occasionally a story will rely more heavily on art than…
Words, words, words.
Polonius: What do you read, my lord? Hamlet: Words, words, words. – William Shakespeare, “Hamlet,” Act 2, Scene 2 And so we come to #5 in Jane Yolen’s wonderful list…
Picture Book Hooks: Picture Books with Good Hooks
No, I’m not talking about pirate captains, or fishing. But I am talking about capturing something – and that is the interest of your reader. This post covers picture books…
The Circle of Focus
When Jane Yolen speaks of ‘focus’ with respect to writing picture books, she specifies that it should be sharp and small. There’s an acting term originally coined by the great…
Child-Centeredness
The third word in Jane Yolen’s list of “Ten Words Every Picture Book Author Should Know” is Child-Centeredness. I’ve written about this in previous blog posts, but it bears repeating:…
Compression: Getting Down to the Essence
The second word in Jane Yolen’s list of ‘ten words every picture book author must know’ is Compression. It’s a good word, and can be defined as “the reduction of…
