writing for children blog

ICL’s weekly blog article features freelance writer Jan Fields.

With over 100 published books and magazine articles, Jan delivers first-hand knowledge on how to sharpen, submit, and market your writing. Jan’s articles explore inevitable writing struggles and offers tireless strategies and techniques to support you in reaching your writing goals.

Playing Fair with Plot

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March 8, 2018

Piece by Piece

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March 1, 2018

What’s the Rush?

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February 22, 2018

What’s Your “Elevator Pitch”?

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February 15, 2018

Projecting Confidence Without Being Obnoxious

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February 8, 2018

Submissions: Because Publishers Rarely Come to You

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February 1, 2018

Get Out of Your Comfort Zone: Try Nonfiction

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January 25, 2018

A Raven and A Writing Desk

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January 18, 2018

Using an Object for Inspiration

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January 11, 2018

Must I Be Unique?

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January 4, 2018

Not All Children’s Books Are Picture Books

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December 28, 2017

How to Achieve Success in 2018

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December 21, 2017

How to Title Your Book

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December 14, 2017

Self-publishing v. Traditional Publishing

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December 7, 2017

Want Some Exercise?

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November 30, 2017

Copyright and You

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November 23, 2017