4 tips to help you find the perfect illustrator...

Lesson #6: DON'T RUSH!

The perfect illustrator for your picture book is out there.  I promise.  All you need to do now is find them.  I know you're keen to get started, I remember how it feels.  You've had set back after set back, as you watched the rejection letters roll in and you REALLY don't want any more delays.

How to make the perfect picture book...

Lesson 7: Think about how the story will look on the page.

The perfect picture book is more than just the right words in the right order, it needs the right pictures in the right order, too.  And they have to fit together perfectly.

Get any one of these elements wrong then it all falls apart.

The Joys of Blogging by Louise Gibney

As a seasoned blogger, with thousands of views a week, Louise Gibney is the perfect person to advise us about how to get the best out of your blogging...

How to Lose Readers by Selling Your Book (and why you shouldn’t) byJenn Flynn-Shon

I am very excited to introduce Jenn Flynn-Shon, who has very kindly produced the following guest post about how to sell your book without selling your book!

Vanity Publishing vs Print-on-Demand

Lesson #6: Avoid vanity publishers like the plague.

I could almost leave this blog there.  But I appreciate that there are those of you that don't know the difference between vanity publishing and print-on-demand.  Or even that print-on-demand exists (I didn't when I first started writing).  So, here's a nice explanatory table for you: