How to Write a Children's Book and Get It Published
Your one-stop guide to writing and selling books for children
Get the tools you need to:
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Develop story ideas that work
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Strengthen your writing skills
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Improve your work habits
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Write for different age groups
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Look at your work critically
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Submit proposals and manuscripts
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Find the right publisher for your work
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Understand and negotiate contracts
- Work with agents and editors
- Join the writing community
Do you dream of becoming the next J. K. Rowling? Are you excited about writing for children but have no idea how to begin or where to send your material? Now, respected children's writer Barbara Seuling gives you the essential steps to getting published in the competitive, exciting world of children's literature.
From finding story ideas and creating character sketches to plotting, writing dialogue, editing, and revising your work, you'll learn how to complete a manuscript and prepare it for submission. Whether you want to write picture or chapter books, fiction or nonfiction, poetry or plays, Seuling helps you master the different genres and capture a child's interest and imagination, from the early years to young adult. Her fully revised guide also covers the major developments in book publishing, including vital information about using the Internet to research the market and contact publishers. Seuling even discusses recent successes such as the Harry Potter series, as well as the growth of Amazon.com.
Complete with updated lists of writing organizations, marketing information, and recommended reading, this is the only guide you need to start writing, get published, and touch the lives of children.
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Book details
- Author
- Barbara Seuling
- Imprint
- Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 242
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Subjects
- Language Arts & Disciplines › Writing › Authorship
Language Arts & Disciplines › Publishers & Publishing Industry
Literary Criticism › Children's & Young Adult Literature - Topics
- writing for children · children's publishing · manuscript submission · working with agents · book contracts · story development · children's literature
- ISBN-13
- 9780471676195 (Paperback)9781630261139 (Hardcover)
About the author
BARBARA SEULING was the author and illustrator of more than sixty books for children, including the Oh No, It’s Robert! chapter book series and the Freaky Facts nonfiction series. Her adult title How to Write a Children’s Book and Get It Published, first published in 1984, was considered a key resource for aspiring authors.
Seuling served on the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators' Board of Advisors. She worked as a children’s book editor at Delacorte Press, Yearling Books, and J. B. Lippincott & Co. before turning to writing and illustrating full time.
When not writing, Seuling taught at Bank Street College of Education and founded The Manuscript Workshop in Vermont, serving as its director for twenty-one years. Her work spanned both fiction and nonfiction for young readers and aspiring authors alike.
Barbara Seuling was born in Brooklyn, New York, on July 22, 1937, and died on September 12, 2016, at age 79.