Got a rewrite/update of our first picture book query/pitch letter for That Greedy Goat Just Cannot Stay, or Where Has All Our Stuff Gone? The first version can still be found at Literary Agent Picture Book Query Letter (didn’t send the other version to any agents). Update: All five literary agent query letters. Query for […]
Gordon Bennett! it ain’t half difficult to draw a picture of yourself. I found it quite difficult to cartoonize myself and David. Drawing David was easier, but drawing a cartoon portrait of myself was harder and I’m not happy! – with either of them! They were my first attempt. I’ve never cartoonized us before, myself […]
There is nothing better than walking across the beach at anytime of the day, but at 3.30am on a warm July morning there is nothing quite like it. On one side of the beach, dancing across the shallow waves was the moonlight. On the other side the sun was waking up on the horizon. Kissing […]
My fifth practice picture book agent query/pitch letter, this one is for our PB manuscript Mia Saves the Circus. Update: All five literary agent query letters. Query for That Greedy Goat Just Cannot Stay! Query for Let Me Keep My Monster Spud Query for I Am An Old Monster Hid Under Your Bed Query for […]
My fourth practice picture book agent query/pitch letter, this one for The Toy That Destroyed Christmas picture book manuscript. Update: All five literary agent query letters. Query for That Greedy Goat Just Cannot Stay! Query for Let Me Keep My Monster Spud Query for I Am An Old Monster Hid Under Your Bed Query for […]
I Am An Old Monster Hid Under Your Bed is our third picture book manuscript I’ve wrote a literary agent query/pitch for. Started with the agent query for That Greedy Goat Just Cannot Stay! followed by the pitch for Let Me Keep My Monster Spud. Still enjoying writing picture book query letters :-) Update: All […]
After finishing the article about picture book query letters for literary agents I decided it would be good practice to create query letters for all our picture book manuscripts: we currently have five finished rhyming stories and three wordless picture books that are works in progress. I’m still surprised I’m enjoying the process of writing […]
I think I’m finally getting the hang of writing picture book queries for literary agents, I’m even beginning to enjoy the challenge :-) I’m dealing with the agent queries for the most part, Marie is busy with illustrations (real work). Update: All five literary agent query letters. Query for That Greedy Goat Just Cannot Stay! […]
It was turning dark and we spotted a couple of young rats looking to see what pickings the tourists had left behind during the day on the boating lake. We were watching with interest when one of the rats spotted us and ran into the other rat causing a chain reaction. Without looking the startled […]
Hubby woke me up before the birds and took me on an early morning walk across the beach where we saw a couple of seals bobbing around in the sea. So we serenaded them with Mr Sandman from the beach. And do you know what… They seem to like it and swam closer to the […]
