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Hannah Holt | Writng for Children 244
Writing for Children - May 21, 2021 16:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsAN INTERVIEW WITH HANNAH HOLT In this rebroadcast, we talk with Hannah Holt, a children’s author with an engineering degree. Her books, The Diamond & The Boy (Balzer+Bray) and A Father’s Love (Philomel) weave together her love of language and science. When not reading or writing, you can find ...
Industry Insider Tips with Hannah Holt | Writng for Children 244
Writing for Children - May 21, 2021 16:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsAN INTERVIEW WITH HANNAH HOLT In this rebroadcast, we talk with Hannah Holt, a children’s author with an engineering degree. Her books, The Diamond & The Boy (Balzer+Bray) and A Father’s Love (Philomel) weave together her love of language and science. When not reading or writing, you can find ...
Four Ways to Learn to Love Nonfiction | Writing for Children 243
Writing for Children - May 07, 2021 16:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsFOUR WAYS TO LEARN TO LOVE NONFICTION Many writers view nonfiction as less: less creative than fiction, less fun than fiction, less interesting to kids than fiction, and definitely something they want to do less often. Some will accept the possibility of writing a little nonfiction to break in...
Launching a Story from a Title | Writing for Children 242
Writing for Children - April 23, 2021 16:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsLAUNCHING A STORY FROM A TITLE Chances are you fall into one of two camps when it comes to titles: You either love creating them or you dread trying to think up something clever that will catch a reader’s eye. Thanks to Jan Fields, today we’re going to have some fun creating titles. So much fu...
Top 3 Narrative Nonfiction Missteps | Writing for Children 241
Writing for Children - April 16, 2021 16:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsTOP THREE NARRATIVE NONFICTION MISSTEPS Nonfiction is basically broken into two broad types. Expository nonfiction describes, explains, and informs. Narrative nonfiction uses story elements to convey a factual experience. Narrative nonfiction tells a story through carefully researched, factual...
Why Entering Contests Helps YOU | Writing for Children 240
Writing for Children - April 09, 2021 16:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsINTERVIEW WITH A CONTEST JUDGE In this rebroadcast, we interview frequent ICL contest judge and longtime instructor Nancy Coffelt. As well as being a multi-published picture book author and illustrator, Nancy is a fine artist and has been showing in galleries across the country since 1984. Her...
8 Tips for Your Writer Website | Writing for Children 239
Writing for Children - April 02, 2021 16:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsTIPS FOR YOUR WRITER WEBSITE Every author needs a website—yes, even if you're not published yet. In the Internet age, your website acts as your online business card for readers and even prospective agents and editors. In this rebroadcast, we discuss tips for keeping your website user friendl...
5 Questions About Author Platform | Writing for Children 238
Writing for Children - March 26, 2021 16:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 178 ratings5 QUESTIONS ABOUT AUTHOR PLATFORM A while back I sent out a one-question survey. Writers could submit any one question about author platform and marketing. I learned a ton from reading all the questions that were submitted, but there were definitely some common themes. Today, we’re diving into...
Interview with Victoria Bond | Writing for Children 237
Writing for Children - March 19, 2021 16:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsINTERVIEW WITH VICTORIA BOND Victoria Bond is a writer and professor. Her novel, Zora and Me, co-written with T.R. Simon, won the John Steptoe/Coretta Scott King Award for New Talent and was nominated for an Edgar Award in the category of Juvenile Fiction, as well as being a Junior Library Gui...
Finding Your Childlike Voice | Writing for Children 236
Writing for Children - March 12, 2021 17:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsFINDING YOUR CHILDLIKE VOICE Voice is the number one thing that can make or break your children’s story. So, let’s see how to find a childlike voice that appeals to your audience. Readers love dialogue. It lightens the page, making the whole story feel easier to read. It allows us to hear the ...
Authentic Kid Voices | Writing for Children 235
Writing for Children - March 05, 2021 17:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsAUTHENTIC KID VOICES A while ago on the Institute's Facebook page, someone was asking about dialogue, which made me think again about this important writing tool. Readers love dialogue because it makes a scene and a character come to life. Dialogue puts us into a specific moment within a story...
Maggie Tokuda-Hall & Jamie Tan | Writing for Children 234
Writing for Children - February 28, 2021 00:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsINTERVIEW WITH MAGGIE TOKUDA-HALL & JAMIE TAN Katie interviews award-winning author Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Candlewick Senior Publicist Jamie Tan about Maggie's latest book THE MERMAID, THE WITCH, AND THE SEA. We talk about: Gender fluidity in characters Shondaland interest Maggie’s lyri...
Active and Passive Voice | Writing for Children 233
Writing for Children - February 19, 2021 17:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE Voice can be a tough thing to define and a tougher thing to master, but when I ran across this article about active voice and passive voice from my old friend Mary Rosenblum I knew I had to share it with my listeners. See how you can improve your active voice with thes...
Interview with Talia Benamy | Writing for Children 232
Writing for Children - February 12, 2021 18:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsINTERVIEW WITH TALIA BENAMY Talia Benamy is an associate editor at Philomel Books (an imprint of Penguin Young Readers), where she focuses on everything from picture books to middle grade and young adult novels. She has worked on books by Chelsea Clinton, Sonia Sotomayor, Temple Grandin, Jane ...
Things That Make Editors Cringe | Writing for Children 231
Writing for Children - January 23, 2021 20:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsTHINGS THAT MAKE EDITORS CRINGE Nobody wants to make an editor (or anyone) cringe when they read your manuscript. Inspired by a post from Jamie K. Schmidt, we’re covering 10 things that make editors cringe with tips to avoid them. Be sure to head to writingforchildren.com/231 to download the s...
Agent Adria Goetz| Writing for Children 230
Writing for Children - January 15, 2021 17:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsINTERVIEW WITH AGENT ADRIA GOETZ Adria Goetz is a Literary Manager with Seattle-based Martin Literary & Media Management. She primarily represents picture books, middle grade, young adult, Lifestyle books, quirky gift books, as well as everything under the Christian umbrella. WE TALK ABOUT: ...
Submissions | Writing for Children 229
Writing for Children - January 08, 2021 17:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsSUBMISSIONS It’s the beginning of a new year. A time that we as writers like to set goals for our writing success and dream about what our writing career will look like next year at this time. Maybe one of your goals this year is to submit your work to agents or editors. It can seem like a Her...
NaNoWriMo Success: You're This Close | Writing for Children 228
Writing for Children - November 27, 2020 17:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsYOU'RE THIS CLOSE We're wrapping up our five part series on National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) with special guest Jamie K. Schmidt. Even if you're not writing a novel this month, we think you'll learn some tips and techniques to help you finish your novel on your timeline. We're so close...
NaNoWriMo Success - Throw in a Dragon? | Writing for Children 227
Writing for Children - November 21, 2020 02:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsNANOWRIMO SUCCESS PART 4 - THROW IN A DRAGON? We are continuing our November National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) celebration with tips for writing 50,000 words in one month, which is 1,667 words per day. This is Part 4 in our 5-part series to help our listeners get through NaNoWriMo with s...
NaNoWriMo Success - Get Past the Slump | Writing for Children 226
Writing for Children - November 13, 2020 17:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsNANOWRIMO SUCCESS PART 3 - GET PAST THE SLUMP We are continuing our November National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) celebration with tips for writing 50,000 words in one month, which is 1,667 words per day. This is Part 3 in our 5-part series to help our listeners get through NaNoWriMo with s...
NaNoWriMo Success - Digging In | Writing for Children 225
Writing for Children - November 06, 2020 18:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsNANOWRIMO SUCCESS PART 2 - DIGGING IN Welcome to Part 2 in our 5-part series to help our listeners get through NaNoWriMo with support, encouragement, and some great tips and ideas from Jamie K. Schmidt. Jamie is a bestselling author and a NaNoWriMo enthusiast. We talk about: How to stay on tas...
NaNoWriMo Success - Digging In | Writing for Children
Writing for Children - November 06, 2020 18:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsNANOWRIMO SUCCESS PART 2 - DIGGING IN Welcome to Part 2 in our 5-part series to help our listeners get through NaNoWriMo with support, encouragement, and some great tips and ideas from Jamie K. Schmidt. Jamie is a bestselling author and a NaNoWriMo enthusiast. We talk about: How to stay on tas...
NaNoWriMo Success - Prepare | Writing for Children 224
Writing for Children - October 30, 2020 16:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsNANOWRIMO SUCCESS PART 1 - PREPARE National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is about to start. Every November, writers from around the world set out with the goal of writing a novel, about 50,000 words, in one month. We thought, how cool it would be to help our listeners get through NaNoWriMo ...
Tips for Your Mystery Opening Chapters | Writing for Children 223
Writing for Children - October 23, 2020 16:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsTIPS FOR YOUR MYSTERY OPENING CHAPTERS The first page of your mystery needs to intrigue your reader. It has to pull them in and make them wonder what’s going on or who did it. Today we bring you tips for your first pages from author Chaunie Bruise. Let a one-on-one mentor help you get th...
Planting Clues | Writing for Children 222
Writing for Children - October 16, 2020 16:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsPLANTING CLUES You’re in a race with your readers. The readers are trying to guess what will happen. You’re trying to spring that ‘whodunnit’ on the readers before they guess. Who will win? Those readers really don’t want to guess…they want to be surprised. But they want that sporting chance t...
Interview with Kate Milford | Writing for Children 221
Writing for Children - October 09, 2020 19:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsINTERVIEW WITH KATE MILFORD Kate Milford is the New York Times bestselling author of The Thief Knot, as well as Greenglass House (winner of the Edgar award for juvenile literature, long-listed for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature, and a nominee for the Andre Norton Award a...
Planning Your Novel | Writing for Children 220
Writing for Children - October 02, 2020 16:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsPLANNING YOUR NOVEL At any time you speak to a writer, they may easily be either planning a novel, writing a novel, or revising a novel. Always. And sometimes a writer could be doing more than one of those at a time. As a result, a fairly streamlined process for novel creation can develop––for...
For the Love of Genre | Writing for Children 219
Writing for Children - September 26, 2020 01:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsFOR THE LOVE OF GENRE Anyone who has been writing for children for any length of time knows that folks have a tendency to see writers for children as dabblers and writers for adults as real writers. In fact, many children's writers have flatly been asked when they're going to do a real book. A...
Real Speech for Real People | Writing for Children 218
Writing for Children - September 18, 2020 16:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsREAL SPEECH FOR REAL PEOPLE Today’s episode is adapted from one of our lessons in the Shape, Write, Sell Your Novel course. This course will work with middle grade and YA novels as well as adult novels. You can check out more details at: https://www.instituteforwriters.com/novel-writing-cour...
Jamie K. Schmidt | Writing for Children 217
Writing for Children - September 11, 2020 16:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsINTERVIEW WITH JAMIE K. SCHMIDT Today’s guest expert is USA Today Bestselling romance novelist Jamie K. Schmidt, who also blogs for us on occasion. Jamie writes contemporary love stories and paranormal romances including the bestselling romantic comedy Life's a Beach and her 2018 RITA award fi...
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