Upcoming webinar on breaking into the picture book business

Mary Kole

This Thursday, AMO’s sister site WritersDigest.com is offering a webinar for aspiring picture book authors. Picture Book Craft Intensive: Telling Children’s Stories in Today’s Market is a 90-minute session with Mary Kole, associate agent with Andrea Brown Literary Agency. The webinar is devoted to giving you the tools you need to break into the picture book business.

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Here’s what you can expect to learn in Thursday’s webinar:…

• The essential elements of books written for young child readers
• How your kid reader thinks about picture books and what they want
• What agents and editors look for in terms of pitch, writing, and book premise
• The specific guidelines of this market
• Examples of great picture books from today’s shelves
• How to handle illustrations and how to format your submission
• How to make your hook absolutely irresistible
• What separates an aspiring writer from a contracted author in this field

You can learn more and register for the webinar here. Also, be sure to check out the Q&A with children’s book agent Anna Olswanger right here on ArtistsMarketOnline.com.

Keep creating and good luck!

Mary