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Kit Carstairs

How To Write a Picture Book For Children & Young Readers

Kit Carstairs · November 14, 2019 · Leave a Comment

Book Spreads

You might think that writing a picture book will be easy… but you’d be wrong. Writing picture books for children is a remarkably competitive area. It’s also one of the trickiest forms of writing to get right. Generally speaking, picture books use very few words and have very … [Read more...] about How To Write a Picture Book For Children & Young Readers

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: children's book publishing, Children's books, Picture Books, Writing Childrens books, Writing for children, Writing Picture Books

Author Interview with adventure/thriller writer, Terry Quinn

Kit Carstairs · September 24, 2018 · Leave a Comment

'The Scoop' by Terence J Quinn

Terry, can you tell us a little bit more about yourself? I was born in Scotland, a lifetime ago. At school, the only subject that interested me was English and that interest paved the way to a 37-year turbulent career in journalism as a reporter, editor and publisher. Along the … [Read more...] about Author Interview with adventure/thriller writer, Terry Quinn

Filed Under: Adventure fiction, Author Interviews Tagged With: adventure fiction, author interviews, authors, fiction, Learn how to write, thriller fiction, Writers, Writing books, Writing fiction

Show, Don’t Tell

Kit Carstairs · September 4, 2018 · 6 Comments

Show, don't tell

If you've ever received an appraisal from The Manuscript Agency, in all likelihood we would've talked about ‘showing, not telling’ at some point in the report. It’s not because we like repeating ourselves, or regurgitating information to make our lives easier – it’s because … [Read more...] about Show, Don’t Tell

Filed Under: All About Editing, Guide To Writing, Self Publishing

Author Interview with fantasy fiction writer, Laurie Bell

Kit Carstairs · July 10, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Author, Laurie Bell

Laurie Bell, can you tell us a little bit more about yourself? Sure thing. I work as an administrator (yes, I have a full time job), and once upon a time I was a teacher. I have been writing ever since I was a kid, reading even longer than that. My poppa used to read me stories … [Read more...] about Author Interview with fantasy fiction writer, Laurie Bell

Filed Under: All About Editing, Author Interviews, Getting Published, YA Fiction Tagged With: Australian Authors, Fantasy fiction, Laurie Bell, Science-fiction, Writing

Author Interview with fantasy fiction author Katie Taylor

Kit Carstairs · June 3, 2018 · Leave a Comment

'The Land of Bad Fantasy' by KJ Taylor

K.J.Taylor published her first manuscript, The Land of Bad Fantasy, through Scholastic when she was just 18, and went on to publish The Dark Griffin in Australia and New Zealand five years later, through HarperCollins (which was also shortlisted for the Aurealis Awards in … [Read more...] about Author Interview with fantasy fiction author Katie Taylor

Filed Under: All About Editing, Author Interviews, Book Marketing, Fantasy and Science-fiction, General Fiction, Getting Published Tagged With: Author interview, Katie Taylor, publishing, sci-fi, Science-fiction, Writing, Writing science fiction books

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  • How To Write a Picture Book For Children & Young Readers
  • Author Interview with adventure/thriller writer, Terry Quinn
  • Show, Don’t Tell
  • Author Interview with fantasy fiction writer, Laurie Bell
  • Author Interview with fantasy fiction author Katie Taylor

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