Editor critiques are invaluable in many ways. They offer insights and takeaways that if we’re open to receiving them, they can improve our stories and lead to publishing contracts in unexpected ways. Some of the best ways to meet editors who are actively looking to acquire new manuscripts are face-to-face or virtually at the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrator (SCBWI) conferences,
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Critique partners can play a huge role in taking a manuscript to the next level. Today we’re chatting with critique partners Candy Wellins and Philip Hoelzel about their picture book biographies.
Candy’s book is The Stars Beckoned: Edward White’s Amazing Walk in Space,
By Melanie Rook Welfing
for SCBWI Bologna 2018
and Cynthia Leitich Smith‘s Cynsations
Note: This is part of a series focusing on the Bologna Children’s Bookfair.
SCBWI Netherlands Regional Adviser Melanie Rook Welfing talks with SCBWI booth organizers Chris Cheng and Sarah Baker.
Continue Reading Guest Interview: Chris Cheng & Sarah Baker on Publishing Trends & Bologna 2018 »
By Elisabeth Norton
for SCBWI Bologna 2016
and Cynthia Leitich Smith‘s Cynsations
Since 1978, Doug Cushman has illustrated over 130 children’s books, 30 or so of which he wrote as well.
Among his many honors,
Continue Reading 2016 SCBWI Bologna Author-Illustrator Interview: Doug Cushman »
