Welcome to the #kidlit community! I am so happy to have you on this path with me! It’ll be lots of hard work but also lots of fun. So much so, you may sometimes feel guilty about it (but don’t, you deserve to have FUN)!
The road to publication can feel very isolating and unclear, especially at the starting line. Below are a few of the resources that have helped me on my journey. If you’d like to share another one, LEAVE A COMMENT below! Also, follow me over on Twitter or Instagram. Let’s be friends!
1st thing, first. Join SCBWI.
Follow Author Blogs
Justin Colon
Tara Lazar
Josh Funk
Denise Vega
Debbie Ridpath Ohi (Author/Illustrator)
Hannah Holt
Tania McCartney (Author/Illustrator)
Pam Calvert
Linda Ashman
Diversity-Focused Resources
We Need Diverse Books
The Brown Bookshelf
#DVPIT
Subscribe to #Kidlit News
Publisher’s Weekly – Children’s
The Horn Book
KidLit 411
Picture Book Den
Children’s Book Insider
Get Writing/Rewriting/Rewriting again!
Picturebook Summit Author Studies
Outline & Write w/ Scrivener
Find Rhymes
Onomatopoeia Dictionary
Construct a PB dummy
Novel writing worksheets
NaNoWriMo
Writing Blueprints
Children’s Book Academy
Listen to a #Kidlit Podcast
Writing for Children w/ Katie Davis
Picturebooking w/ Nick Patton
Publisher’s Weekly KidsCast
The Manuscript Academy
Get Agented/Published
Manuscript Wish List
Writer’s Digest Publishing Insights
Query Shark
A.L. Stone 