Sharna Carter is an Australian children’s author, teacher and mother of two. Sharna is passionate about storytelling and is a self-certified picture book enthusiast! She specialises in writing picture books and also writes short stories and poetry for children. On this blog you will read about her writing journey and…
In the last post I talked about a few courses, Facebook groups and Podcasts that will help you get started. Now I want to give you some insight into sending your first manuscript to a publisher. Pt.2. Getting Published I have written a manuscript, now what? Don’t send it to…
One of the best things about putting my ‘Children’s Author’ dream out there has been that many people have come up to me and said that they too have thought about or even begun writing for kids – hooray! The more the merrier. When I started I knew no one…
I am (obviously) an avid reader of picture books and I have noticed a few Easter eggs hidden by authors and illustrators – and I’m not talking about the chocolate kind! If you’ve never heard of an Easter egg – Wikipedia sum it up pretty well with this definition: In…
