Blank page. Clean slate. Fresh start. Even if you swear off New Year's resolutions, there's something about starting a new year that changes our energy, making us eager for new ventures. If you're a Sub It Club member, you're polishing your pages, honing your query, building your sub list, and poised to hit send to... Continue Reading →
At Sub It Club we know how much work goes into every single step of creating work for publication -- coming up with ideas, the writing, the illustrating, revising... revising... revising... editing, and then all the work of submitting! Most of the time we do the work without anyone even noticing. Dana Carey does encourage... Continue Reading →
I met this month’s author/illustrator at the SCBWI summer conference this past summer. I enjoyed getting to know more about her and her work in this interview. Now it's your turn to get to know Beth Mills. Beth Mills is an illustrator and author who lives near Dallas, Texas. While Beth grew up drawing on... Continue Reading →
True confessions. I started and restarted this blog post many, many, many times (and ate a lot of Christmas cookies in the process). Should I offer practical advice, like whether to send submissions over the holidays? (The answer: Always send your work when ready. Agents--if they aren't closed to submissions--often try to make inroads on... Continue Reading →
I "met" this month's illustrator on social media. I love taking walks with her in her Instagram stories— a sure pick me up with her delightful take on things and cheery posts. I'm pleased to present illustrator, Kristine Lombardi! Kristine Lombardi is an illustrator, surface designer and author of three picture books for children. She... Continue Reading →
Industry publications like Writer's Digest or Publishers Lunch often include announcements of new literary agents just entering the business. We are told these agents are a "golden opportunity" for writers and illustrators since they are actively building their client lists. So are new agents a goldmine or a minefield? The answer is "it depends." On the plus side,... Continue Reading →
