July 30, 2024
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Podcast – How to Evaluate an Online Writing Conference
Who better to help you choose a writing conference that’s right for you than three people who have been putting on writing conferences for a decade?
Emma Walton Hamilton, Julie Hedlund, and Kelli Panique offer you five questions to ask yourself when deciding if an online or in-person writing conference is worth your time and investment.
(Spoiler alert: Many conferences are worth their weight in gold. The key is to find ones that are the best fit for where you are currently in your writing career and your ultimate publishing goals. We’re here to help you do just that!)
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Our third picture book giveaway starts NOW! This week, our Book Bundle features picture books created by bestselling, award-winning creative duo Jon Klassen and Mac Barnett!
We hear over and over again that agent and editors want humorous picture book stories. So, why does it seem like it’s so hard to get funny manuscripts picked up when submitting to agents and publishing houses? We’re here to dig into it in today’s episode of PBSummit Roundtable.
Our second picture book giveaway begins TODAY! This week, we feature picture books written by the National Ambassador of Young People’s Literature Meg Medina!
If your first 100 words don’t pull your reader in, it won’t matter what happens in the rest of the story. In this training session, Feather Flores of Atheneum Books, Maria Camila Correa of Random House Books for Young Readers, and Sydnee Monday of Kokila/Penguin Young Readers assess the strengths and weaknesses of first pages from picture book manuscripts in progress. This one-hour pre-recorded panel is hosted by Katie Davis.