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How To Write, Promote And Publish A Childrens Book

  • Posted by admin on December 3, 2009 at 2:16 am

Writing and Publishing a Children's Book is a dream for many people. Unfortunately, it is often a difficult dream to realize since most talented writers do not know or understand which steps to take first to begin the process of becoming known and getting published.

Do you need an agent, illustrator, assistant, consultant or book marketer? Do you know which Children's Publishing Houses should be the first ones to submit your work to for maximum profit & the highest probability of acceptance? Have you decided on type of Children's Book you plan on writing?

The Children's Book Publishing business can be complicated for the ill-informed, but easy to navigate for those that understand it. For those that are knowledgeable, writing & actually introducing your work to the marketplace is clockwork.

You may have the next popular children's book, but the fact is, if you don't know how to introduce it to the marketplace, you'll just keep running into walls which is what most struggling children's writers go through and sadly, never emerge from the initial phase of the publishing process.

Consultants can be expensive, and seasoned & well known Children's Book Publishers will rarely reveal their industry inside secrets to children's book publishers. After all, why would they want to put themselves at literary risk, and in a position to lose their book popularity & income. Finding an honest individual to explain how the industry works as a whole will pose to be a daunting task.

Yes, you will find hundreds of publications as to how to go about writing, promoting & publishing a children's book, but most do not make it easy for the reader to understand the publishing process. The truth is if you follow most of the Children's Book Publishing tutorials, you will learn that they are inefficient, and could possibly cost you tremendous amounts of time.

At WriteAChildrensBookAZ.com we offer a tutorial that takes you step-by-step in an A-Z, 123 easy-to-follow format that doesn't use complicated industry terminology. Instead, our site offers a Children's Book Publishing guide intended for the real world, designed so that anybody can quickly and easily write, promote, sell or publish a Children's Book without the headaches.

An auto-pilot formula that not other Children's Book Publishing guide can match. No writer wants to sift through hundreds of pages of Children's Book Publishing techniques & ideas. To be successful in this business, you need to get to the point, and make it happen.

Whether you are looking to write, sell, promote and/or publish your Childrens Book, regardless if it's a picture book or regular book, you will not find a more effective formula than ours.

There are hundreds of thousands of writer's that go unnoticed every year, with priceless Children's Book's eventually shelved or never sold to a publishing house because of a lack of knowledge in the business. Don't let this be you!

With our featured tutorial, you will learn how to target your age group, brainstorm story ideas, develop your characters, make a story line, introduce your characters with descriptions of physical and personality traits, create a problem or a conflict, and learn how to set the state for a climax. Character development, plots, conflict, and resolution, to marketing & publishing, you will everything you need to know in our A-Z Children's Book Publishing Guide.

Writing Children’s Books: How to Write Bestselling Books for Kids of Any Age

  • Posted by admin on August 8, 2009 at 12:29 am

Get excited about writing children's books! Write bestselling books for kids of all ages! Writing for kids can be rewarding: discover how to write bestselling kids' books by knowing what your target readers want. 

 

Writing Children's Books for a Target Audience

First, choose your target readers: babies, toddlers, preschoolers, beginners or preteens. A story that's a potential bestseller with one age group may fall flat with another.

It's important to decide on the age level before you start writing: this will determine the kind of book you write, the length and complexity of your story, and the number, ages and treatment of your characters.

Studies in childhood development show that as kids grow from babyhood to the ******* years, they look for different kinds of books.

Writing Children's Books for the Earliest Years: Toddler and Baby Books

Babies and toddlers love to listen to simple tales revolving round the familiar world of home, family and friends. Also popular are adventures of mischievous children, talking animals or toys that come alive.

Babies love to hear about the doings of other babies (especially naughty ones) and baby animals. Learn from bestselling baby books like Welcome, Little Baby by Aliki and Spot the Puppy by Eric Hill.

Toddlers enjoy stories with lots of repetition, catchy words and rhymes. Take a cue from favorite children's books like Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown and Jamberry by Bruce Degen. Toddlers also love to hear about the escapades of other kids and talking animals, as in the Alfie stories by Shirley Hughes and the Little Crittur series by Mercer Mayer.

Writing Children's Books for Preschoolers

Although some preschoolers may have started to read by themselves, most will still have adults reading to them. How your story sounds is therefore very important; read it aloud -- does it flow smoothly? Does the story hold your attention?

Books about family and school life are popular with preschoolers, especially if they're funny stories with children or animals as the principal characters. Get a taste of kid humor from bestselling children's books like Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst, and If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff.

Writing Children's Books for Grade School Kids: Beginner Readers and Chapter Books

Beginner books -- also called easy-to-reads -- are for kids just starting to read by themselves. The writer's aim is to make the reading experience a pleasurable one for the child, who can then claim to have read the book "all by myself". This happy result comes about when the vocabulary and sentences are kept simple and concrete. Most beginner books run to only about 1,000 to 1,500 words, or between 40 and 64 pages.

Chapter books are for more advanced readers, and may range from 1,500 words to 10,000 words, or between 40 and 80 pages. They are usually divided into chapters of 3 to 4 pages each.

Grade school kids enjoy funny stories, and fast-paced adventure and fantasy stories revolving round family, school and friends. To understand what appeals to kids, look at popular children's books like Kids of the Polk Street School series by Patricia Reilly Giff, the Babysitters Club series by Ann M Martin, and Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing and sequels by Judy Blume.

Writing for Preteens

Preteens want their stories to zip along at a fast pace, with plenty of action, adventure and humor. They prefer protagonists who are their own age or slightly older: active, intelligent, resourceful characters capable of solving problems by themselves.

Preteens look for stories that address relationship and growing-up issues in a way they can identify with: books such as The Divorce Express and Can You Sue Your Parents for Malpractice?, both by Paula Danziger and Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume.   

For more tips and ideas on writing children's books, visit http://www.creativejuicesbooks.com/creative-writing-ideas-kids.html to help you write the best books for kids.

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What Every Author of Childrens’ Books should Know – Top Tips for Success

  • Posted by admin on July 12, 2009 at 8:06 pm

When writing a manuscript for a story for toddlers it is important to take a moment to try and think like a child. Try to understand from their perspective the type of story they would want to hear and the type of book that would capture their imagination. A toddler needs a story that will engage them and hold their interest. This can be achieved through various methods including the use of fun or rhythmical language or by writing about something that they can relate to. Some of the more successful books for toddlers are written around subjects that form a part of a toddler’s daily routine, i.e. potty training, taking a bath, getting dressed etc. and this can be a good place to start when considering the type of story you wish to write. Another obvious way of producing a winning book is through the use of bright and interesting illustrations or through quirky pages, which involve touching different textures or lifting flaps etc. and these are all things that should be considered once your story has taken shape.

Although writing a story for a toddler seems like it should be a simple task it still requires you to work through the same processes as if you were writing any other story. You need to establish a plot and story line that the child can follow with ease. You also need to include characters that toddlers can relate to or understand, e.g. family members or animals.

The story must always finish with a happy ending and if possible should have an underlying positive message that you would wish a child to reflect in their own behaviour. For example, being kind to others or telling the truth. Although it is good to include such social messages do not approach them from a sinister perspective. It is not necessary to dwell on the dire consequences of not telling the truth as the story must be uplifting and fun.

Toddlers are very honest critics and they know the type of stories and books that they like, and indeed that they will return to time and time again. So once you have written your story why not let a knowledgeable critic give their opinion – read it to a toddler!

Writing for Toddlers - Top Tips for Your Manuscript:

* Keep the language simple

* Consider using repetitive phrases or rhyming words

* Keep the story light-hearted

* Include characters that toddlers will understand and can relate to

* Do not make the story too long

* Finish with a happy ending

So to sum up, writing for toddlers is not as easy as you might think but if you follow our top tips your manuscript will have a better chance of reaching the editors desk rather than ending up in the bin.

 

How To Writte Books For Children

  • Posted by admin on June 9, 2009 at 2:14 am

So, you have decided to write childrens books. Many people think that this is a very easy market, since young childrens literature tends to be so simple, but that is far from the truth. Rather, you must select each word very carefully because there are so few! Here are more tips on writing books for children.

Read as many childrens books as you can get your hands on. This is vital if you want to writer your own quality stories that children will enjoy. Take note of how other authors use words to describe the pictures in the books for very small children.

Now that you have read all those picture books, try reading them to some little kids. If you have your own, perfect, but if not, dont let that stop you. You can easily borrow some friends kids or volunteer to read to a day care group or in a preschool. Watch to see how the children react to each book.

When you feel prepared, you are ready to go ahead and write your own book. Selecting a topic is key to writing the perfect piece of literature for small children. There is no point in choosing something that will be completely out of their league, so you want to go with common, every day issues that face little kids. These might include welcoming a new sibling into the family, traveling, divorce, starting school or dealing with their mother going back to work. These are all very important things that affect their lives.

Dont underestimate children. They can spot badly written books a mile away and you wont have their attention for long unless you write something interesting that captures their imagination. While the pictures and drawings in a picture book are important, so are the words and they are the introduction to reading and writing for many small children.

Think back to when you were small. The feelings that you pull up from those distant memories will help you write the books that you are working on now. Can you remember how it felt to be jealous of your big sister because she had more juice than you? If so, incorporate that into your book, make your primary character feel what you felt. This is the best way to get kids truly involved in your stories, by including emotions that every one of them has felt at some point or another.

Join an online or offline book writers group. They can provide invaluable feedback on your writing and it is worth having some constructive criticism when you are writing something so delicate as books for children. Try to find a group that specializes in juvenile literature and remember to give as much as you take.

Once you actually have your manuscript in hand, it is time to revise it. Not once, not twice, but three times. This is very important. You might figure you dont have much to edit, since it is only a 300 word picture book, but every sentence needs to be as tight as possible. Test the story out on children that you know and see what they think. They are great critics and will tell you the truth straight out.

How To Write For Children And Win Over Parents

  • Posted by admin on February 9, 2009 at 8:04 am

The obvious skill of being able to communicate in a language that the age group you are targeting, is an evident one. Choosing a topic that the child relates to is all important. In many cases it is also deemed to be imperative to include graphics - again, depending on the child's age; BUT all children of all ages like to see illustrations.

You need to understand what the children want from reading and what their parent's want. Keeping the children happy and enjoying the story while enticing their imagination and appealing to their creative spirit is essential. But what is it that will make the parents purchase the book? Parents are also looking for books that will give some educational benefit to the child. It is obvious that new words and ideas are educational in themselves, but parents often want something more constructive - they want a way to measure the success of the book, to the educational value to their children.

Activities included within the text of the book can certainly give your book a uniqueness that will appeal to both kids and parents. Having a glossary of words that may be new or unusual will ensure that children and parents alike fully understand the text and kids will not be constantly asking what a certain word means.

Including quizzes, crossword puzzles, writing and drawing/colouring exercises - all add value to the story - for both the children and the parents. Years ago it was very popular to receive a large book full of stories and activities for a Christmas gift. These Annuals were always popular because they gave the child a series of activities to accompany the reading of the stories.

Currently, books are creeping onto the markets that have more activities than stories. But if you can combine the gift of story telling with suitable fun activities, you will appeal to both the kids and their parents and give your writing a better chance of being successful.

With the Internet you can produce e-books with full colour graphics and not be hindered by the production costs. This, of course, means that your books can be cheaper than what is available in the retail outlets.

As to how to promote and market your book so that it can make sales - that is a more complicated task. But it is generally agreed on by Internet Marketers that one of the best ways is to write articles and have them published, to establish your credibility as a children's author. Include in that article a reference box at the end of the article to include a link to your website (or email) where you can offer the book for sale.

The good news is that you already have a head start over others, because you can write and producing an article would be ‘no big deal'. Just make sure that you target the right type of e-zine or newsletter or the correct category in web sites such as this one, to submit your article to - you need to target the customer who has children e.g. Mums.

If you decide to approach your own church or school - consider adding an affiliate programme, whereby the organisation gets a commission (around 50%) in return for promoting your book for you e.g. via a testimonial. Don't be mean about giving commissions - once you have written your book there is virtually no further cost for you, so you can afford to give a good commission. This is a great way for you to show your community spirit and to further add to your credibility as a caring children's author. The parents will appreciate your generosity while the children love your book!

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