Welcome to the smorgasbord! I hope you find it delicious and nourishing. Why smorgasbord? Well, because I hope to provide you a well-rounded feast with this ol’ newsletter here, all spiced with kid lit flavor.
What will this buffet include?
This newsletter will be delivered to your inbox twice a month. Each will alternate between:
Insider interviews with publishing professionals and other experts. This might look like:
Making Comics and Graphic Novels for Kids, with Jarrett Lerner.
Marketing Strategies for Kid Lit author with Russell Nohelty
What Writers Get Wrong About Nightmares and Dreams, with Dr. Dylan Selterman
The next secret special interview I have lined up hehehe…
Behind the scenes stories, research and kid lit inspiration. This might look like:
I (Am Trying To) Live In a Yellow Submarine (All about yellow!)
How Has Turner Syndrome and NLD Impacted My Writing? (All about genetics!)
The next super special subject I’ve got lined up! Mountain climbing? Blobfish? Opera or the letter X? Whose to say! But it will all come with stranger-than-fiction stories and research to inspire your kid lit writing and reading.
Other then that, this newsletter will also include book recommendations, movie and TV spiels, badly drawn (but goodly silly) comics and illustrations, and classroom resources and videos for teachers.
You might be allergic if…
You have no interest in publishing and/or children’s and middle grade literature.
You have no sense of childlike whimsy and delight.
You think kids are dumb and writing for them “isn’t as serious/hard/rigorous as writing for adults.”
You don’t like movies, cartoons, or pictures of black cats.
About those subscriptions?
Like I said before, this newsletter will hit subscriber inboxes twice a month. It is now and always will be free. Plus…
Free Subscribers get Top 9 Marketing and Platform Strategies for Kid Lit Authors.
So what about paid subscriptions? Right now, a paid subscription is the top bestest and most definitely infinitely appreciated way to support my work. Paid subscriptions are $5 per month or $50 per year. Again, this newsletter will always be free, but I’ve got additional special video and other resources in store for paid subscribers. Plus right now…
Paid Subscribers get the marketing strategies list and Where To Find Publishers for Your Children’s Stories, Poems, and Articles.
That will come straight your way when you subscribe.
A lil about me:
I’m an award-winning kidlit author, and my books are called WHAT STARS ARE MADE OF, BREATHING UNDERWATER, and THE NIGHTMARE HOUSE. I always write about quirky, earnest, and disabled/neurodiverse characters, and often STEM too!
I live in Orlando, Florida, fifteen minutes from the Magic Kingdom. I have two cats called Morticia and Timicin (anybody know what that’s from?) I just think the world is really cool, and love sharing stories real and otherwise with kids, because they’re the coolest people. My idols are Steve Irwin, Shel Silverstein, Weird Al, Gary Larson, and Beverly Cleary, and that right there probably tells you all you need to know! Join me?
Scooch on over to my website if you want more info! Stoked to have you here!