Sue Bradford Edwards's Blog, page 142
June 17, 2020
Virtual Author Event: Books on Tap Live Series
I don’t entirely understand it but it seems like every other story idea I have is either for a picture book or a graphic novel. To a point, it makes sense because I am highly visual but I read a lot of novels – so many novels. Ah, well. Fortunately today I have an opportunity […]
June 16, 2020
10 Things to Include on Your Pitch Sheet
Last week, I took part in a Zoom talk with Emily Hall Schroen of Main Street Books in St. Charles. Emily told everyone that when they approach her, or any other indie bookstore, they should first send a pitch sheet for their book. Pitch sheet? What’s a pitch sheet? I had never heard this term […]
June 15, 2020
3 Reasons to Quit Dawdling
I don’t tend to spend much time on social media over the weekend. My husband and I are trying to preserve office hours with both of us working at home. So yesterday I was surprised to see an agency I am interested in has a new agent and that she is closing to submissions tomorrow. […]
June 14, 2020
Three Things You Need to Do with Your First Sentence
As part of my adventure in novel writing, I joined the forum Gutsy Great Novelist. In addition to posting articles, host Joan Dempsey launches conversations on various topics. One that has been ongoing for weeks was to post the opening sentence of your work-in-progress. Some people posted multiple sentences. I was tempted when I realized […]
June 11, 2020
3 Reasons to Support Your Indie Bookstore
Last night Kansas-Missouri Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators put on an awesome webinar with Emily Hall Schroen of Main Street Books St. Charles. Emily discussed how authors can build a relationship with booksellers. Not sure who your indie bookstore is? Think you should just pop over to Amazon to place an order. Here […]
June 10, 2020
3 Resources to Prep Yourself to Talk about Race
If you’ve been online this past week, you’ve probably seen the term anti-racist. An anti-racist is someone who is working against racism. To do this, and to be prepared to discuss race in an educated manner with young readers, you need to educate yourself. Here are three of the resources that I’ve found to help […]
June 9, 2020
What You Need to Know about #PublishingPaidMe
It all started when several publishers posted in support of Black Lives Matter. Young adult author Tochi Onyebuchi challenged them to do more than create encouraging Tweets. “Publishing houses, y’all BLM statements are cute but I’ma need that SAME energy when we start talking Black writers and book advances…” That’s a portion of the Tweet […]
June 8, 2020
3 Things to Know about Subtext
I’ve always loved writers who use subtext in their work. Sometimes it is a picture book author/illustrator who says one thing in the text and another in the illustration. Other times a novelist makes sures that the character’s dialogue is contracted by their words. What is subtext? Subtext is anything that is revealed without being […]
June 7, 2020
3 Ways to Help People Find Your Work
Whether you are a self-published picture book author or a nonfiction author who writes about racial justic, your work will reach young readers only if people can find you. And that takes us to the first thing that you can do to help people find your work. Have a web presence. Whether your presence is […]
June 4, 2020
Talking about Race
I have written five books about race: Black Lives Matter, The Murders of Tupac and Biggie, Hidden Human Computers, What Are Race and Racism?, and The Dakota Access Pipeline. So many people hear these titles and look puzzled. “I thought you wrote for kids?” These books are for tweens and teens, but even that makes many […]
