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Developing a Children's Book Series

Developing a children’s series is both rewarding and taxing for the author, and possibly gratefully welcomed by parents whose children suddenly discover a hero they can relate to and whose actions keep them riveted. Isn’t it wonderful when a child begs, nay, commands its parents...

How to Make Your Books Both Enjoyable and Educational For Kids

Teachers and parents welcome with open arms books that help kids enjoy reading, immerse them in a wonderful new world, and encourage them to want to learn more about the subject or topics covered in the story. The hardest part of writing fiction that involves...

Writing and Creating Characters - Advice for Young Writers

This article is aimed at teachers who would like to introduce creative writing into their classrooms. Creative writing for kids is one of the most challenging and fulfilling aspects of the classroom. Many teachers who are not writers may struggle to explain the nuts and...

Writing About Different Places and Countries For Kids

In writing about real locations, I felt very fortunate that I had been able to visit Egypt with my two young nephews prior to writing my first middle-grade adventure, The Secret of the Sacred Scarab. How does one recreate for readers, especially young readers, the...

Why Children Enjoy Exploring Different Cultures and Places Via Books

The question of why children enjoy exploring different counties and cultures via books has a very simple answer. It’s different, unique, takes the young reader to a totally new environment, with stories, food, activities, cultures, weather, geography, history (the list is endless!) that they can...

Developing Characters Children Will Relate To

Why are some characters so memorable that they live on many years after the first publication? Parents of youngsters will no doubt still remember their beloved children’s classics, and many of the characters that populated the pages of their favorite books. Every children’s author wants...

Creative Ways of Shaking Off Writer’s Block

Writer’s block is the arch nemesis of every author who wants to finish their novel quickly and effortlessly. Battling writer’s block can be a bit difficult, especially when you try too hard to fight it. You can try as hard as you want, but you cannot...

Mistakes to Avoid While Writing Fiction (Part 2)

If you are reading this piece then you must have read the previous article in the series that discusses the common mistakes that authors make while writing fiction. While writing fiction is not easy by any means, if authors can avoid some common mistakes then...

Mistakes to Avoid While Writing Fiction (Part 1)

Writing is not easy and writing a fiction novel is even more difficult. While many people believe that anyone can write, what they don’t understand is that not everyone can write well. The people who excel at writing fiction will let you know the struggle...

The Don’ts of Writing a Novel

Writing is an art that can be mastered with hard work and a lot of practice. Not everyone is born with the natural ability to write well and write great books. Some of us have to add that extra effort and give ourselves an extra...