The Postcard Post welcomes illustrator Monika Baum— all the way from Switzerland! Monika Baum is a German illustrator living and working in Switzerland. Her primary focus is on children’s book illustration in watercolor, but she enjoys exploring other forms of illustration subjects and media. Monika is the Illustrator Coordinator for the SCBWI Switzerland chapter. She... Continue Reading →
Good news, Sub It Clubbers. Today I'm featuring Rajani LaRocca's delicious query for her forthcoming middle grade, Midsummer's Mayhem (Yellow Jacket, 2019), a yummy blend of A Midsummer's Night Dream and Master Chef Junior. Note: Rajani's manuscript was requested thanks to #PitchWars. That's why her query doesn't include the typical personalization paragraph. Rajani noted that when she queried prior... Continue Reading →
The Postcard Post welcomes an author/illustrator who is practically my neighbor. Well, at least we live in the same country (France)! Sit back and enjoy gorgeous illustrations and great self-promotion tips. Bienvenue, Rosalinde Bonnet. As a child, Rosalinde could not decide whether she wanted to be a wildlife biologist, a writer or an illustrator. But, because... Continue Reading →
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 →
