Hello everyone! WOW! I sure appreciate the feedback and interest from Part 1 of this conversation where I discussed where my ideas come from and how I try to recognize which ones have potential. I’m excited to share Part 2 of this series about what an agent’s roll (specifically my …
Hello everyone! Instead of my usual post on one aspect I love of a specific book, I’m starting a series of posts on the steps I go through taking an idea to a book deal. I’m also going to be enlisting my agent, Jen Rofé, as well as my editor, …
Mike Boldt and I have a new book entering the world TODAY. The flap copy sums it up beautifully… GOOD NEWS! Your mom’s hatching a baby! BAD NEWS! Babies take their sweet time. And when they finally do hatch? They don’t even know how to be a dinosaur. That’s where …
Happy 2018 everyone! 2017 ended with us, here in Alberta, in a deep freeze over the holidays. Now that we’re finally thawing out, I’m excited to see what this year has in store. This post, I’m looking back at one of my most memorable moments in publishing as it gets …
The Picture Book Builders blog has a new picture book writer and illustrator joining us this summer, so get ready, because it’s . . . MIKE BOLDT!!! If you’re not yet familiar with Mike’s work, you are in for a treat. A few of his own books include 123 VERSUS ABC, …
Holy moly. There are hundreds of wonderful picture books in store for us in 2016. I want-want-want so many of them. On top of all of the upcoming standalones, I am really excited for some companion books. For instance…. Hotel Bruce Written and illustrated by Ryan T. Higgins (Disney*Hyperion, October …