Webinars, Pre-orders and More

Writing Picture Books and Successful Self Publishing

Here’s a quick note about where you can connect with me or see my books!

Webinar - Writing Picture Books

Leslie Helakoski and I will be presenting a two-night webinar, Picture Book Essentials. This concentrates on creating a picture book manuscript that speaks to kids today! Register here.

Leslie and I wrote this blog post: Creating Picture Books Inspired by Facts

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Preorder - Kickstarter for PUBLISH

Coming January 6, 2025 is PUBLISH: Find Surprising Success Self-Publishing Children’s Books.

“I made the mistakes, so you don’t have to!” Darcy Pattison

To pre-order, support this Kickstarter and receive the book in November - two months before publication! Click on the image to see the preview page and sign up to be notified when the Kickstarter goes live.

Inside, you’ll learn how to:

• make your goals a reality

• understand your audience

• approach publishing with confidence

• produce paperback, hardcover, ebooks, and audiobooks

• how to achieve financial success

• look at children’s publishing in the wider world of toys and animated movies

• BONUS: This exclusive edition will also include a Publishing and Marketing Timeline Checklist for producing, publishing, and marketing your children's book.

  AND - Coming September 27, Write2Ignite webinar. More information soon.