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12821 ICL Cover and Query Letters

Cover and Query Letters

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueJanuary 28, 2021Leave a comment

Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > The vast majority of submissions you will make during your publishing career will include a letter. If the letter travels on its own, it is a query letter and must carry a…

Things that make editors cringe episode 231

231: Cringeworthy: Mistakes Editors Hate

PodcastBy Jacque IrizarryJanuary 22, 2021Leave a comment

231: Things That Make Editors Cringe
January 22, 2021

12121 ICL The Odd Bits of Submission

The Odd Bits of Submission

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueJanuary 21, 2021Leave a comment

Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Not all publishers ask for the same things during the submissions process, and sometimes the listed requirements for a submission or a proposal can be confusing. After all, surely all they really…

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The Submission Train is Leaving the Station | IFW

Writing for Adults BlogBy Kelli PaniqueJanuary 19, 2021Leave a comment

Facebook Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > In my previous post, I highlighted common roadblocks writers may experience when it comes to submitting their work or even thinking about submitting their work. Now that these have been explained and hopefully eliminated, you should be able…

Agent Adria Goetz Episode 230

230: Agent Adria Goetz

PodcastBy Jacque IrizarryJanuary 15, 2021Leave a comment

230: Agent Adria Goetz
January 15, 2021

11421 ICL Electronic Submissions

Electronic Submissions

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueJanuary 14, 2021Leave a comment

Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Wouldn’t it be nice if you only had to learn one set of rules about how to make a submission to a publisher, and that way would always be exactly right? There…

1721 ICL Five Strategies For Successful Submissions

Five Strategies For Successful Submissions | IFW

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueJanuary 7, 20213 Comments

Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > There are few things more frightening than submitting your work for publication. First, there is always the chance of rejection, which is painful. And then, there is the worry that you’re simply…

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Jump on the Submission Train This Year

Writing for Adults BlogBy Kelli PaniqueJanuary 5, 20211 Comment

Make this the year you create a submissions plan so you can confidently get your writing into editors’ hands. Let’s tackle each potential roadblock head-on.

Submissions Episode 229

229: Submissions

PodcastBy Jacque IrizarryJanuary 1, 2021Leave a comment

229: Submissions
January 8, 2021

11262020 ICL Maybe What You Need Isnt a Market

Maybe What You Need Isn’t a Market

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueNovember 26, 2020Leave a comment

Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Maybe It’s An Agent For writers with high concept books (works that can be summed up in a few, movie-poster type words) or who are writing primarily young adult novels, you may…

11192020 ICL Finding Markets In Difficult Times

Finding Markets in Difficult Times

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueNovember 19, 2020Leave a comment

Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > As with virtually every industry, publishing has faced new challenges during the pandemic, even though book sales have stayed strong (especially in children’s books). The issues aren’t with lack of sales, but…

11122020 ICL You Only Need One

You Only Need One

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueNovember 12, 20202 Comments

The whole publishing process is a journey up a mountain after the path has been washed out. Remember, it only takes one editor to connect with your work.

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From Writing to Selling

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueNovember 5, 20201 Comment

Once you decide that publication is part of your writing journey, you have one of two choices: self-publishing or trade publishing. Which one is right for you?

How To Write a Rhyming Picture Book Episode 195

How To Write a Rhyming Picture Book – Institute for Writers

PodcastBy Jacque IrizarryApril 10, 20201 Comment

195: How To Write a Rhyming Picture Book
April 10, 2020

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Children’s Poetry for Magazines

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueApril 2, 20201 Comment

Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > 6 Hot Tips Finding a market for poetry can be tough. It’s not that children don’t enjoy poetry. In fact, many young children love verse. The even meter and the rhyme make…

Interview with Talia Benamy Episode 189

189: Interview with Talia Benamy

PodcastBy Jacque IrizarryFebruary 28, 2020Leave a comment

189: Interview with Talia Benamy
February 28, 2020

10 Things That Make Editors Cringe Episode 187

187: 10 Things That Make Editors Cringe

PodcastBy Jacque IrizarryFebruary 14, 20201 Comment

187: 10 Things That Make Editors Cringe
February 14, 2020

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Perfectionism Alert

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueFebruary 6, 2020Leave a comment

Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > How Polished Does It Need to Be? In the many views about the importance of polishing a manuscript, there are two opposite ends of the spectrum. First are the writers whose work…

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Your Year in Review

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueDecember 5, 2019Leave a comment

Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > December is often a terrible time to try to get any writing done. We’re pulled in different directions socially since so many events pop up. Also, for anyone who gave NaNoWriMo (National…

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Okay, I Sent My Submission. Now What?

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueNovember 28, 2019Leave a comment

Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > For many of us, the hardest part of the submission process comes after you’ve finally gotten brave enough to send off the submission. Whether you’re submitting to an agent or an editor,…

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