Comments on: Q&A: Should I go ahead and write a kids book? http://www.books4thekids.org/blog/2011/10/07/qa-should-i-go-ahead-and-write-a-kids-book/ Wed, 19 Oct 2011 07:32:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Kesokram http://www.books4thekids.org/blog/2011/10/07/qa-should-i-go-ahead-and-write-a-kids-book/comment-page-1/#comment-136 Kesokram Fri, 07 Oct 2011 22:05:33 +0000 http://www.books4thekids.org/blog/2011/10/07/qa-should-i-go-ahead-and-write-a-kids-book/#comment-136 Being a former educator of high school students as well as a writer, I always encourage anyone who is interested in sharing what they have learned over the years so others can benefit from their knowledge. Why shouldn't you give it a shot? There is always a need for informative books for youngsters in arts and crafts, or anything for that matter. Though children's books/instructional media books are not my genre and I am completely clueless with whom your best bet to land a book deal might be, check something like "Writer's Market" or something like it to find someone, or even seek an agent who knows what to do to help you in that market. In all honesty, you could go ahead and try to find someone to buy the rights, etc, on your own because it is cheaper of course than hiring an agent or someone who knows their way around this market, but to do stuff like finding a publisher on your own can truly be a royal pain in the butt. There are not as many agents eager to pounce on children's books as those that dabble in the markets where the big bucks are, but there are some out there; you simply have to do a little hunting. Oh, and one more thing: I suspect from your writing that English is your second language. If so, don't be afraid to have someone check your writing before you submit it. For instance, there are several grammatical/spelling errors in this question of yours (sorry to point that out in such an open forum like this), but things like that can kill an agent's or publisher's desire to work with you. Have someone whom you trust read what you have to say BEFORE you submit it to an agent/publisher, and you will have a much better chance of success regardless of the genre in which you would like to enter. That's about all I can do to help; the rest of it is up to you. Good luck! KES :-) Being a former educator of high school students as well as a writer, I always encourage anyone who is interested in sharing what they have learned over the years so others can benefit from their knowledge. Why shouldn’t you give it a shot? There is always a need for informative books for youngsters in arts and crafts, or anything for that matter. Though children’s books/instructional media books are not my genre and I am completely clueless with whom your best bet to land a book deal might be, check something like “Writer’s Market” or something like it to find someone, or even seek an agent who knows what to do to help you in that market. In all honesty, you could go ahead and try to find someone to buy the rights, etc, on your own because it is cheaper of course than hiring an agent or someone who knows their way around this market, but to do stuff like finding a publisher on your own can truly be a royal pain in the butt. There are not as many agents eager to pounce on children’s books as those that dabble in the markets where the big bucks are, but there are some out there; you simply have to do a little hunting.

Oh, and one more thing: I suspect from your writing that English is your second language. If so, don’t be afraid to have someone check your writing before you submit it. For instance, there are several grammatical/spelling errors in this question of yours (sorry to point that out in such an open forum like this), but things like that can kill an agent’s or publisher’s desire to work with you. Have someone whom you trust read what you have to say BEFORE you submit it to an agent/publisher, and you will have a much better chance of success regardless of the genre in which you would like to enter.

That’s about all I can do to help; the rest of it is up to you. Good luck!

KES :-)

]]> By: AllieB http://www.books4thekids.org/blog/2011/10/07/qa-should-i-go-ahead-and-write-a-kids-book/comment-page-1/#comment-135 AllieB Fri, 07 Oct 2011 21:58:02 +0000 http://www.books4thekids.org/blog/2011/10/07/qa-should-i-go-ahead-and-write-a-kids-book/#comment-135 I say go for it. If you don't do it now and take advantage of your idea, someone might come up with something pretty similar and then it will make it twice as hard for you. I suggest you get a how to publish children's books book and take it from there. I would also suggest that you right out the instructions for each project then follow your own instructions step by step and test them. Hope this helped! I say go for it. If you don’t do it now and take advantage of your idea, someone might come up with something pretty similar and then it will make it twice as hard for you. I suggest you get a how to publish children’s books book and take it from there. I would also suggest that you right out the instructions for each project then follow your own instructions step by step and test them.

Hope this helped!

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