Are Children’s Book Awards Really Worth It?

Are Children’s Book Awards Really Worth It?

My new children’s book series Braving The World has just been awarded the prestigious Mom’s Choice Award®!!! All three books of this series are Gold Recipients and have been named among the best in family-friendly books. Now, I often get asked if it is...
The BEST Tool For Children’s Book Authors

The BEST Tool For Children’s Book Authors

Besides our own creativity and love for writing, children’s book authors usually don’t need many tools. I, for instance, usually just use my good old Microsoft Word (or Google Docs), my graphics software, and some really simple drawing equipment if...
How To Successfully And Efficiently Work With An Illustrator

How To Successfully And Efficiently Work With An Illustrator

OBJECTIVE: How to work with an illustrator. These past 3-4 months I have commissioned 5 very talented illustrators for an AMAZING project (I can’t wait to share, but more on this soon. I promise!). And I used this opportunity to experiment with the workflow and level...
Best Website Builder For Children’s Book Authors

Best Website Builder For Children’s Book Authors

I created my first author website right after I published my debut book back in 2012. For me, having my own home on the web seemed to be the most logical next step after publishing my book. Little did I know that this would end up taking me weeks (months even) of my...
How to Uncover Fake Illustrators

How to Uncover Fake Illustrators

OBJECTIVE: How to avoiding an illustrator scam This post is in response to the rather sad developments that I have observed over these past couple of months. As a member of many author and illustrator groups for children’s books, I’m so very sad to see so...