Lighthouse Success Story: Michael Mann
Michael Mann, author of Ghostcloud, tells us all about his journey to publication … and gives us some excellent tips on writing for children.
Author: Sarah Stewart
Sarah Stewart is a Director at Lighthouse Literary. She was previously Fiction Editor at Scholastic Children's Books and a Senior Editor at Floris Books, and she writes the Elspeth Hart series, published by Stripes.
Lighthouse Success Story: Joanne O’Connell
We caught up with Joanne O’Connell, author of Beauty and the Bin, to ask her all about her journey to publication … and to get a few tips on becoming a children’s writer.
Writing Through It
Three ways to get creative … tips for writing during the pandemic.
Five ways to make your book better – right now!
If you are stuck on a project, trying to find an agent, or need help getting published, these simple, easy-to-apply tips will improve your book immediately.
Don’t write a query letter like this
The query letter is a tough thing to get right – it needs to be informative, but not boring; warm, but not over-familiar. But please, before writing your query letter, make sure you don’t write one like this…
“Be original. Don’t look at what’s selling and try to imitate it…”
We sat down with the delightful Zoe Griffiths, Senior Commissioning Editor at Bloomsbury Kids, to ask her some questions about finding brilliant children’s fiction.