HOW TO BREAK INTO KIDLIT (MF GALAXY 124)

MF GALAXY

Content provided by mfgalaxypodcast@gmail.com and Minister Faust. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by mfgalaxypodcast@gmail.com and Minister Faust or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.

7+ y ago 29:56

MP3•Episode home

Archived series ("Inactive feed" status)

When? This feed was archived on October 19, 2019 01:32 (5y ago). Last successful fetch was on September 04, 2019 13:18 (5y ago)

Why? Inactive feed status. Our servers were unable to retrieve a valid podcast feed for a sustained period.

What now? You might be able to find a more up-to-date version using the search function. This series will no longer be checked for updates. If you believe this to be in error, please check if the publisher's feed link below is valid and contact support to request the feed be restored or if you have any other concerns about this.

Plenty of aspiring writers think writing for children is easy, and getting published that way is even easier. Wrong! As almost any writer will tell you, unless you’re a star, the business is never easy and is definitely never a sure thing. On May 20, 2017, a group of children’s writers met at the Capital City Press writers conference in Edmonton for a panel called “From Aliens to the Zodiac: The A-Z's of Writing for Kids and Teens.”

Who organised the event? Why, the outstanding Katherine Gibson of the Edmonton Public Library and author S.G. Wong who’s Capital City Press’s featured writer, and they assembled terrific writers to help you learn what you need to break into Kidlit or advance your career there. Those panelists are Marty Chan, Joan Marie Galat, and Tololwa Mollel, and they’ll be introducing themselves. The moderator is author Natasha Deen, best known for her Guardian and also Retribution series.

During the panel they discuss:

Whose advice is worthwhile, and whose is worthless, when it comes to changing your writing—and why
The surprising reality about just how little publishers know about selling books, and
Why you shouldn’t start writing whatever is hot in the market right now

Many thanks to Katherine Gibson and SG Wong for arranging my recording opportunity. And now on MF GALAXY, Natasha Deen introduces the Capital City Press forum on writing and publishing for children.

http://martychan.com

http://www.natashadeen.com

http://www.joangalat.com

http://www.tololwamollel.com

191 episodes

#Books #Lifestyle #Video Games #Africancanadian #Africentric #Afrocentric #Graphicnovels #Hollywood #Popculture #Progressivepolitics #Writersonwriting #Writingbusiness #Writingcraft #mfgalaxypodcast@gmail.com #Minister Faust #News #Arts