Editorial Anonymous

I have written five self-published books, primarily because I know the poetry and short story collcetions are difficult to get 'publish...

I've been getting this question a lot recently. 1. You'd better be seriously interested in children's books. Not "I could ...

I am a 26-year-old woman and work as a Feature Writer / Reporter for the Daily Star in Dhaka, Bangladesh. I have always been passionate abou...

EA, can you talk about reviews? How important are they to the success of a children's book? Do all the "big ones" (Horn Book, ...

Adam Rex's Frankenstein books are also broadly categorizable [as a picture story book]. A little further afield is everyone's favor...

Is a submission labeled as a "picture book" or "picture story book" that comes in at 2,000+ words dead on arrival? How ...

I'm currently working on my first MG manuscript and I plan on cleaning it up and querying it once it's finished. In addition to this...

A while back a publisher offered $500K+ for a deal. They had treated me like the scum of the earth when they published my first book, so I w...

I've written a children's book. About a year ago, I submitted my polished draft to publishing houses and agents. The book truly ca...

I wanted to say a little something about yahoos, while we're on the subject. I know a lot of authors, and I know quite a few of them we...

When submission guidelines ask for a bio of the author to be included in the submission packet, what are editors looking for in general? I ...

I'm very surprised we haven't heard an EA peep (or snark) about the Newbery / Caldecott / Printz et al from you. I thoroughly suspe...

I'm working to become a children's book illustrator and would like to know how to set up meetings with art directors/publishers. I...

I recently created an 30 page early reader children's book and have begun the process of looking for an agent. There's the first pro...

How much weight does a title hold in a query? I ask this because I find that even though I LOVE my manuscript I have yet to name it (and I f...

Except no, it wasn't. It's a story about the emotional lives of a moose's antlers. With badly-copied illustrations from If You G...

Talk about being stopped dead by the title of a manuscript. Of course now I wish I'd read a bit more so I could tell you what it was ab...

Some of you will be familiar with the term deus ex machina . But for those of you who aren't, the OED says: "A power, event, perso...

This just in: I'm rude. "...That said, maybe she called Editorial Anonymous next. Then she'd get some rude, and it would be del...

Squirrels: So 2007. Geese? Over. Timmy: Subsiding. Currently: Chihuahuas. With photos. Honestly, how many times do I have to tell people? ...