The Weekly 411 (6/23/17)

© Susi Schaefer

June 23,  2017, vol. 25

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ILLUSTRATOR SPOTLIGHT

This week we feature picture book illustrator Susi Schaefer. Be sure to enter her giveaway of a signed copy of ZOO ZEN: A YOGA STORY FOR KIDS, by Kristen Fischer, illustrated by Susi Schaefer (Sounds True, 2017), which comes out on July 1.

Contests & Awards

Writing Contests in 2017, The Definitive Guide

Submissions: Agents & Editors

The Big Five U.S. Trade Publishers (infographic)

How to Smartly Evaluate a Small Publisher

Revisions

Harold Underdown's Revision Recommendations

The 10 R's of Revision by Lee Wardlaw

Jane Yolen: How to Revise Picture Books

Inspirational Things

7 Secrets of Highly Persistent Writers


6 Time Management Tips to Make You More Successful

For Writers

Do I Need An Agent? (Or A Blog About the Life of a Submission, in Three Acts)

Newbery/Caldecott 2018: The Summer Prediction Edition

More Showing, Less Telling

Show Don't Tell 

When to Show, When to Tell, and When to Do a Bit of Both