A Choose Your Own Adventure Approach to Achieving Your Dreams
Myrna Foster shares Stephen Suneier’s TED Talk, “How to Achieve Your Most Ambitious Goals” and a personal experience about overcoming limiting beliefs.
Writing
Five Page Turns for Picture Book Writers and Illustrators
Myrna Foster shares five different ways to turn your idea into a picture book.
Two Editors Talk About How Illustrators Are Chosen
Myrna Foster shares a highlight from Submission Ready of Melissa Manlove and Ariel Richardson discussing how editors work with art directors or designers to choose an illustrator for a picture book.
Instructor Stories: Jessixa Bagley
Myrna Foster introduces Jessixa Bagley as the instructor for Watercolors with Jessixa Bagley. This post includes a book giveaway.
Voice in Picture Books: Past vs. Present Tense
Myrna Foster defines and shares examples of past and present tense. She also shares a highlight from Submission Ready of Melissa Manlove and Ariel Richardson talking about how to transition from past to present tense in a biography.
What Do You Do with a Picture Book Idea?
Myrna Foster shares five different ways to turn your idea into a picture book.
Instructor Stories: Carter Higgins
Myrna Foster introduces Carter Higgins as the instructor for Writing Voice with Carter Higgins and Picture Book Wordsmith. This post includes a book giveaway.
How to Sell a Quiet Picture Book
Myrna Foster shares some insights from Jim Averbeck on quiet picture books, as well as some advice on incorporating multiple hooks from Melissa Manlove and Ariel Richardson.
Instructor Stories: Arree Chung
Myrna Foster introduces Arree Chung as the founder of Storyteller Academy and the instructor for Making Picture Book Dummies, Drawing 1, and Crafting Picture Book Stories.
What Makes an Awesome Picture Book?
Arree Chung shares the two sins of storytelling and the three most important things that he looks for in picture books.