Are you writing children’s books? These are my top five tips:
- Join a local writers’ group such as SCBWI.
- Read as many titles as you can that correlate with your genre or area of interest.
- Attend writers’ conferences.
- Invest both time and money in your writing career.
- Don’t give up!
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Here are three articles I wrote that may be of help to you:
The Best Piece of Advice I Could Give to Aspiring Authors..
5 Not-to-Miss Tips to Make Your Writers’ Conference Worthwhile
EDITING & CONSULTATION FOR CHILDREN’S BOOK PROPOSALS AND MANUSCRIPTS:
I offer editorial, mentoring and consultation services. If you are writing a children’s book in prose or rhythm and rhyme, or have a proposal you’d like me to edit, please contact me for full details of hourly or retainer fees. I am fast, fair and efficient and I’d love to work with you.
ENDORSEMENTS
I’m so glad I found Glenys! From the first edit to the last, she challenges you and helps you make your book the very best it can be. She is a professional editor in a genre she is very familiar with. She is also a successful children’s author. Her insight and suggestions to my manuscript were spot on always. I’m so thankful I found Glenys and highly recommend her. I will definitely be contacting her again. Janice Blanchett, Author
Glenys has an amazing ability to zero in on picture book problems and offer solutions. Though my manuscript was read many times prior (by well-published authors) Glenys offered suggestions that raised the story to a whole new level. I can’t recommend her services (and her terrific insight!) enough. Jennifer Richard Jacobson, Author
Working with Glenys has been an absolute joy. She reviewed my work quickly, yet was completely thorough. She kept my voice and words yet made my work sound infinitely better by making careful edits. Not only is she talented, efficient, and fast, she is also a kind, lovely person, which makes all the difference when choosing to work with someone. I’m a huge fan of her books. As an author herself, she knows how important it is to keep your voice and intention in your work, all the while making thoughtful suggestions to make your manuscript an even better version of itself. Glenys provides tremendous value, her rates are very reasonable, and she’s an all-around lovely person to work with. I highly recommend her services. Heather Lean, Children’s Author.
I really enjoyed working with Glenys as my editor! She is kind, helpful, efficient, thorough, fast,and thoughtful. Glenys had wonderful suggestions and ideas to improve my manuscript! Sheis a successful author of children’s books, and I totally trusted her to edit my rhyming story. Iwas excited for Glenys to work on it, and I plan to hire her again!Kealy Connor Lonning, Author of Children’s Books
Glenys helped me polish up my rhyming picture book draft in less than a day. She was thorough and thoughtful, providing comments that helped me think through a couple gnarly spots as well as offering specific suggestions that helped tighten up my rhythm. Thank you! Christie Thomas, author of Quinn’s Promise Rock & Quinn Says Goodbye.
Glenys was a breath of fresh air to work with. She was very prompt, straightforward, and honest with her feedback. She went through the first round of edits on my Children’s book manuscript and provided grammatical corrections as well as recommendations. She also dove deeper and described how my metric was not consistent in certain parts of the book. Once I updated that, it flowed a lot better.For turnaround time, Glenys was able to deliver on what she had promised. Since my manuscript was short, she offered a 24 hour turnaround time and saw it through.If you would like a professional editor that delivers quality, I highly recommend working with Glenys!Omar Gharbo, Children’s Author
As an aspiring children’s book author, I wanted to work with Glenys for many reasons. She is an accomplished children’s author herself, a Believer, and a thorough editor. She not only helped me edit through my manuscripts, but she gave me some helpful tips, suggestions, and great feedback. She was very fast with response and correspondence. I’d hire her again for any future children’s books. I would absolutely recommend Glenys for her impeccable editing services. Holly Hafner, Aspiring Author
I am new to the world of picture books, and working with Glenys has been an incredible help. She is kind, gentle, prompt, and extremely gifted. She gave me clear, honest feedback and helped me get to where I wanted to be with my manuscript. I highly recommend her consultation and editing services. Katie Setterberg, Aspiring Children’s Author
When I realized that Glenys offered help for new writers, I was thrilled. Glenys helped me work through my first attempt at this new genre. She provided excellent advice that challenged and encouraged me to make my book the best it could be. Many times, when reading books to my children, I was reminded of my desire to enter the children’s literature genre. I am a writer of many different types of content, nonfiction, grants, business plans, etc. but I did not have experience writing a book for young readers. Working with Glenys was a joy; I recommend her to anyone looking for an exciting and fulfilling dive into their manuscript. Mary Gladstone-Highland, Director & Nonprofit Consultant
OTHER USEFUL ARTICLES:
Query Letter Writing Tips from Jane Friedman
Josh Funk’s Guide to Writing Picture Books