You’ve done it! You have a finished book and are ready to see people reading it! After deciding your publishing route you picked… Self-Publishing! Hooray! Self-publishing is an awesome choice for publishing, now for the real trick: paying for it. In traditional...

Watch the live-stream with Charlotte Glaze from September 20, 2024 all about how to make a Picture Book Dummy. A picture book dummy is used to pitch a picture book to an agent and publisher in order to get it published. Charlotte walks through what you need, why...

How Do You Want to Publish Your Children’s Book? So, you’ve written a children’s book! Now, the million-dollar question: how do you publish it? Do you want to go the traditional route, get cozy with a small press, or go all-in and self-publish? Maybe hybrid...

This month has been a whirlwind! Josh and I planned a trip to celebrate our 17th anniversary, but I got sick right before, and we had to cancel. Shortly after, I launched my Storm Trucks Kickstarter. The launch started strong, with almost half of my goal met in the first few days! Since then, progress has slowed, which has been tough.

You poured your heart into your story, but agents and publishers aren’t into it. Now what? I faced the same challenge and I’m going to tell you what I did about it. (Spoiler: I didn’t shelve it!) So, what did I do with my story that I loved? In my publishing series so...

You’ve done the hard work of creating your picture book manuscript or dummy, and now it’s time to take the next big step—querying an agent. In this post, we’ll cover the process of querying, what agents are looking for, and how to craft a compelling query letter. I’ll...