ANNOTATION

Practical advice on getting started as a children's author; basics of writing--and selling--books for children; tips on the publishing process--Cover.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

The comprehensive guide to writing, publishing, and selling for the ever-expanding and always exciting children's market-now in a new and updated second edition. - Includes new chapters for illustrators, on submissions, portfolios, art directors, and more - Offers practical advice on getting started, plus the basics on writing-and selling-books that kids will love and parents will buy - Covers picture book, juvenile, and young adult markets - Includes sample queries and proposals for most types of children's fiction

SYNOPSIS

Children's book publishing is one of the most difficult fields of publishing for new authors to get into. "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Children's Books" gives potential authors tips, inside information, and detailed instructions for everything from how to prepare a proposal to how to get an agent. Detailing the differences between picture books, juvenile fiction, and the young adult novel, the book also covers branding, series, and licensing, discusses writing styles and character development, and explains forming illustrator partnerships.

FROM THE CRITICS

Publishers Weekly

Written for adults, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Children's Books, Second Edition by Harold D. Underdown delineates the ins and outs of creating books for children, including developing a writing style-with updated information on submitting proposals. PW wrote of the first edition, that it "invites novices into its pages with plenty of white space, clearly labeled sections and humorous line drawings." Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Publishers Weekly

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Children's Books by Harold D. Underdown and Lynne Rominger invites novices into its pages with plenty of white space, clearly labeled sections and humorous line drawings. Sidebars offer "Vocabulary List" words with definitions of industry lingo (such as ISBNs); "Stories from the Playground," with practical advice from published pros; and "Can You Keep a Secret?," with hints on a range of topics, including how to approach an editor at a conference and how to "write using active rather than passive constructions whenever you can."( Mar.) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.