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WHAT YOU WILL NEED Chapters Two, Three, & Four of How to Write a Children's Book: a 7-day Workshop in a Book

You’ll see the book is divided into Days. I could have easily labeled these ‘steps,’ but odds are you’ve wanted to write a children’s book for a while. I thought labeling the steps this way would a) highlight that one can do this in seven days, and

On Children's Book Writing

You Can Do This Chapter One of How to Write a Children's Book: a 7-day Workshop in a Book.

When I wrote my first children’s book, it took me around nine months to finish it, which was embarrassing, considering it was a 32-page picture book. I am telling you this because when you finish your first children’s book in roughly seven days, you will likewise feel embarrassed

No. 28

Hello friends, After a week of being plagued with strep throat and a weekend in Alabama to watch a football game, I’m finally back home and back to my healthy self. Here’s a blog quick update for you - Starting Tuesday of next week, I’ll be releasing

No. 27

Hello friends, The weeks have been flying by as I’ve gotten busier and busier, which means it is time for me to unbusy myself. I don’t remember July. That’s how busy I’ve been. I’m not telling you this to show you my imaginary badge-of-busyness honor.

On Writing

Story Idea vs. Story Concept

Most of us think we have a great story idea, but what we actually have is a story concept. Let’s say youLet’s say you have a “story idea” about a cat that wants to go to a flea circus (Fernando Learns About Helping). When you sit down to

Almost 5 years ago...

Around five years ago, I found a system for writing children's books. I had been experimenting for about a year and a half when I finally found a series of steps that worked well for children’s book writing. I documented the process in November 2018. I created

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