Lite Whines and Laughter: Mild Rants and Musings on the Mundane by Lee Gaitan is a collection of essays with a unique humorous spin proving to us that real life…
The Going Back Portal by Connie Lacy is a suspenseful novel portraying a battle between good and evil. Kathryn Spears, a producer for an investigative news team, takes care of…
The Mega Awesome Notebook by Kevin Minor is an awesome graphic novel about an equally awesome graphic novel. It tells the story of a teenage cartoonist whose drawings come to…
On the run from an abusive relationship, Alice with ten-year-old Oren stops in Delphi, New York. She phones a hotline to ask for help, which comes in the form of…
Shadow of Doubt by SL Beaumont is a suspenseful novel challenging the notion of trust and betrayal in close relationships. Jessica McDonald has the life most people dream of –…
Desperate to escape the clutches of her abusive stepfather, fourteen-year-old Millie Chase sets out to find her deceased mother’s best friend in nearby Yellowstone National Park. Millie doesn’t know where…
What’s a nine-year-old boy to do when he finds a mysterious glow in the place of a missing book in the school library? Share his discovery with his best friend…
Teenage angst, unreasonable parents, family secrets and ghosts – Lost on the Water by D.G. Driver has it all, and more. Fourteen-year-old Dannie is uprooted from her home in California…
Originally written for and published by Readers’ Favorite.
In The Time Telephone, 17-year-old Megan McConnell is grieving for her mother, a foreign correspondent who was killed on assignment in Afghanistan.…
Don’t be that person who waits for the last possible day, last possible hour to send in your entry… The 21st is only 10 days away! . . . . #poetrycontest #kidlit #childrenspoetry #freeverse
Ta-daaaaaa! Here`s the news you`ve been waiting for!
This summer, The Lyrical Language Lab`s is hosting its first ever FREE VERSE POETRY CONTEST on the theme of Summer Snapshots.
Did I say free verse? I did.
Were you expecting rhyme? Ha! Sorry-not-really-or-at-all-actually...
Why? Because free verse is fantastic. Free verse is: - the freedom to choose the words you like - the freedom to not worry about meter or rhyme - the freedom to create a deep sensory and emotional experience without being boxed in by structure - the freedom to be
Ha! You`re going to have to sit tight until Friday to find out.... *cue evil evil laugh*
So, while I can`t tell you exactly what it is, I CAN tell that it`ll be as fantastic as The Lyrical Language Lab and that you`ll want to be a part of it. If I weren`t judging it, I deffo would!
Only two more sleeps...
x Lou
PS: Won`t you frenzy-whip with me and share with your Instagram friends? . . . . . #lyricallanguagelab #kidlit #writingforchildren #writingforkids #childrenspoetry #kidspoetry #writepoetry
That may sound too good to be true - and essentially most things that sound too good to be true turn out not to be true - but an author newsletter isn’t one of them.
How does it work?
Creating a community with an author newsletter allows you to free up time to write, to relax, to hike, to walk the dog, to spend time with family, to read books… without having to post constantly on social media so people know who you are.
Marketing your children’s or YA book can be as simple as: 1️⃣ having an author newsletter 2️⃣ sending regular emails to interested people 3️⃣ creating connections
Do you really need 10k followers on social media, most of who will never see what you post or necessarily want to buy your work? Or would you prefer a small and engaged audience who choose to receive emails from you, are interested in your writing and who will spread the word about you and your books?
I know which one I’d prefer (and it’s not the first option 🙃)
Comment MARKETING below and I’ll send you a book marketing starter kit that will walk you through getting your followers of social media and onto your email list.