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  Dick and Jane and Vampires: Behind the Scenes

  669 readers The Penguin imprint Grosset & Dunlap released Dick and Jane and Vampires this month, bringing the mash-up trend to children's books. We caught up with Penguin designer Megan Bennett to find out how they created more than 80 mash-up images for the book. Bennett explained: "This book was truly a collaborative project. After the author,

• Welcome to the Booby Hatch

  3110 readersI'm a Picture Book Illustrator but this past Spring a story began to form in my brain (sounds painful right and it was:) I began by sketching it out in storyboard fashion. I thought I had a vision of how the story would go, how many pages it might take to tell it, the type

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  The High Cost of Self Publishing

  1441 readersI've written a children's book, which I plan on self publishing as an app. I have a built-in mode of marketing, which should ensure publicity for the book.What should I expect to pay the illustrator? What are the standard fees asked for by an illustrator in the self publishing arena?I'm afraid I don't know.

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  Does My Manuscript Need to Be Illustrated? FOR THE LAST TIME: NO

  872 readersHi, I was reading your blog about basic picture book contruction - which I understand and find very helpful in sharing with writers who want me to illustrate their books. What I am wondering is, if they ask me to prepare their layouts with their text so that they can shop them to editors/publishers, do

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  In Which the Cockles of My Heart Are Reasonably Tepid

  1750 readersI've noticed that most MGs that have sold recently have NOT been 'school stories'. (At least what's listed at Pub. Lunch) Does that mean 'school stories' are history? Or maybe they are being bought but not reported? Any ideas?I don't know what you mean by "school stories". A story in which the characters

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  Also Included: Photos of the Design I Shaved into My Cat’s Fur

  1688 readersI am an aspiring illustrator I am currently putting together a portfolio. Over the past few years I have painted a a few murals in childrens' rooms and for some elementary schools. Would it be inappropriate of me to include pictures of these (orig...

• Southeast Asian Cookbook Diary on Kickstarter

  3888 readers Award-winning author Andrew Pham hopes to raise $10,000 on Kickstarter for his project titled A Culinary Odyssey: My Cookbook Diary of Travels, Flavors, and Memories of Southeast Asia. The book contains travel essays, photography, cultural tips and recipes spotlighting the countries of Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia. The funds will be used to cover printing costs, distributing

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  You Want to Acquire? Wonderful! Here’s the Other Half of the Submission!

  1438 readersI am an aspiring author illustrator. My question is: for a first timer, how finished does the dummy have to be? I would expect more than thumbnails, but how close to the finished product does it have to be? Also, is it ever acceptable to send the ma...

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  The Art of Choosing Illustration

  3213 readersOn Thursday, February 11, 2010, In Memoriam, your blog says, "The story suggests some unusually good visuals - animation, in fact - though I have learned I should not bother with illustration before submission for publication." "That is correct." But on Monday, November 23, 2009, In Which the Cockles of My Heart are

• How to Turn Your Photos Into a Graphic Novel

  1711 readersEver wish your life was more like a comic book? With Photoshop, you can turn your photo album into a graphic novel. Using the YouTube tutorial embedded above, you can use Photoshop to turn your digital photos into black and white images that look lik...