Character is everything, especially these days when that's what publishers are asking for. Make sure that yours have child appeal. Also don't have a huge cast of characters. One or two is best, four, the maximum.
My bounce-around life had taught me that dreams were dangerous things - they look solid in your mind, but you just try to reach for them. It's like g… - Kirby Larson
My bounce-around life had taught me that dreams were dangerous things - they look solid in your mind, but you just try to reach for them. It's like g…
- Kirby Larson
[Rejection] made me quit writing once. For six months. I started up again when my then seven-year-old son asked me to start writing again because I w… - Kirby Larson
[Rejection] made me quit writing once. For six months. I started up again when my then seven-year-old son asked me to start writing again because I w…
Life was like a batch of biscuits without the baking powder: flat, flat, flat. - Kirby Larson
Life was like a batch of biscuits without the baking powder: flat, flat, flat.
I've always been a bookworm. As I mentioned, I moved around a lot, and one of the problems with being the new kid is it takes a while to make new fri… - Kirby Larson
I've always been a bookworm. As I mentioned, I moved around a lot, and one of the problems with being the new kid is it takes a while to make new fri…
Why did I keep hitching myself to dreams as big as that Montana sky? I was like Rooster Jim's chickens, with no way to fly that high. - Kirby Larson
Why did I keep hitching myself to dreams as big as that Montana sky? I was like Rooster Jim's chickens, with no way to fly that high.
The year has held its ups and downs for me; I'm sure it has for you, too. I'm counting on the year ending on a note of joy (and gingerbread!) and loo… - Kirby Larson
The year has held its ups and downs for me; I'm sure it has for you, too. I'm counting on the year ending on a note of joy (and gingerbread!) and loo…
There should be fireworks at last, when a dream dies. - Kirby Larson
There should be fireworks at last, when a dream dies.
Remember picture books are the closest form of writing to a poem. Even though they don't have to rhyme, they must be poetic. They must be written so … - Kirby Larson
Remember picture books are the closest form of writing to a poem. Even though they don't have to rhyme, they must be poetic. They must be written so …
The truth can both lift up and knock down. - Kirby Larson
The truth can both lift up and knock down.
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