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The first part of being a writer is squirreling yourself away in your little hidey hole and banging away at the keyboard. Once you are done with that, it’s feedback time!! It’s often a scary time for writers, having someone else have a look at your manuscript. But he...

Once seen as the last resort of desperate writers, today self-publishing is seen as a high growth sector in the publishing circles. In the last five years, there has been a 287% growth in the books turned out by Read more

The Amazon Announcement  Amazon’s big announcement in September created quite a splash in the world of children’s writers. Amazon launched Kindle Kids’ Book Creator, which is positioned as a true game changer for Read more

While self-publishing provided freedom to writers, it also takes away the support system of the traditional publishing systems. So, what happens to children’s ...

As a children’s writer, one of the most fun things you will ever do in your career is book reading. Children never forget their childhood favorites, and if they have ha...

“I read more because I have an e-reader”, says a 14 year-old girl from Georgia. She speaks for a generation of children who are turning to e-books, in an increasingly digital age. A recent report reveals that 46% of children have read an e-book (twice the number from...

“If I waited till I felt like writing, I would never write at all.” Anne Tyler. As much as children’s writers Read more

There comes a time in a writer’s life, when ideas stop flowing. And the ideas that do strike are too tangled up to pen down. The creative juices simply don’t flow and all writing veers into a dead end. You are truly and completely stuck. In other words- A Writer’s Block!!!!...

For self-publishing writers, including children’s writers, there are several platforms for marketing a book. But none work as well as a blog for ...

Browse through the children’s section at the nearest book store or the library. You will notice that children’s book fall into distinct categories, each category having a distin...