For New Australian Writers & Illustrators of Children's Books
If you are trying to make a start in the Australian Children's book industry one of the first things you're going to need is information.
Connecting with children's book authors and illustrators, joining groups where you can ask for advice and feedback will make learning about the industry quicker and easier.
And from my experience on your quest for information you're likely to make new friends who not only share your creative interests but also your passion for making beautiful things for children!
Connecting with children's book authors and illustrators, joining groups where you can ask for advice and feedback will make learning about the industry quicker and easier.
And from my experience on your quest for information you're likely to make new friends who not only share your creative interests but also your passion for making beautiful things for children!
Helpful Links
There are many different places you can connect in person, or online, with people who work in the Australian children's book industry, If you're just starting out you might not know about some of these wonderful sites or the wealth of information and resources they provide to help writers and illustrators. I've added links below to four websites, to get you started.
Between these four websites you should be able to find links to pretty much every Australian website, blog, or group related to the Australian children's book industry.
Between these four websites you should be able to find links to pretty much every Australian website, blog, or group related to the Australian children's book industry.
The Children's Book Council of Australia
Click on the logo above to go directly to the website.The Children’s Book Council of Australia was established in 1945, Find out all about it on their website.
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Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators
The international professional organization for writers and illustrators of children’s literature. It has regional chapters. Find out more about them by clicking on the logo above to go to their website.
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Creative Kids Tales
'Creative Kids Tales is an industry recognized site for emerging children's authors and illustrators'
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Just Write for KidsThis is a wonderful blog you can follow that has interviews with authors and illustrators. There also guest posts and articles of interest to people who want to learn more about writing for children. Click here to have a look.
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Resources Recommended by You
I recently received a lovely email from a creative writing club for children in Massachusetts. One of their young writers wanted to share this handy little Creative Writing Glossary which provides bite sized explanations of writerly terms such as 'Backstory'.
Thank you for suggesting this resource, Michele and Carly of the MPL Young Writers Club - it's always fantastic to hear from fellow writers!
Carly's interest in learning 'writer lingo' has reminded me of how many strange terms I came across when I started connecting with other writers... who would have thought writers would make up so many words? hahaha.
Anyway if you spend time connecting with other writers you will naturally become familiar with their strange writerly speak, however just for fun I'm going to start writing a little list of abbreviations, acronyms, and terms used by writers. (I won't add their meanings straight away).
Thank you for suggesting this resource, Michele and Carly of the MPL Young Writers Club - it's always fantastic to hear from fellow writers!
Carly's interest in learning 'writer lingo' has reminded me of how many strange terms I came across when I started connecting with other writers... who would have thought writers would make up so many words? hahaha.
Anyway if you spend time connecting with other writers you will naturally become familiar with their strange writerly speak, however just for fun I'm going to start writing a little list of abbreviations, acronyms, and terms used by writers. (I won't add their meanings straight away).
Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Terms used by Writers
Just for fun see how many you already know or can guess. (I'll add some more and meanings sometime soon)
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ARC (Advanced Reader Copy)
Beta reader FF (Flash Fiction) MC (Main character) MG (Middle grade) MS or MSS (Manuscript) NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) Pantser PB (Paper Back) or sometimes (Picture Book) Pitch (Nope, it's not the kind that goes on a roof, and it has nothing to do with baseball or cricket ) Plantser Plotter |
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WIP |
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More info and resources for writers coming soon!PS. Have you heard of Enthralled Magazine?
It's a free online magazine for writers by writers. |
