Resources

If you want to write children's books, join the Society of Children's Bookwriters & Illustrators! They offer community, conferences, tips on craft, query and pitch samples and much more. www.scbwi.org  

This free newsletter from Publisher's Weekly shares news about children's book publishing and highlights recent book deals. https://www.publishersweekly.com

Children's book authors, agents and publishing  - all at your finger tips, thanks to Casey McCormick and Natalie Aguirre. http://www.literaryrambles.com

Children's book author Rachelle Burk has compiled a website and blog with lots of resources for writers. http://resourcesforchildrenswriters.com/

Picture book author Pam Calvert has created a "picture book university." Check it out:

http://wwwpamcalvert.blogspot.com/

Read books about writing: Stephen King's On Writing; Anne Lamont's Bird by Bird; Natalie Goldberg's Writing Down the Bones; and Blake Snyder's Save the Cat.