This month in our Spilling the Tea column, we're chatting with author Kaija Langley! Kaija gives us the details on how a WNDB mentorship helped and influenced her journey as a author, advice for writers at different stages of their careers, and more. Be sure to check out Kaija's new middle grade … [Read more...] about Spilling the Tea: Kaija Langley on Mentorship Programs & Growing as A Writer
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Spilling the Tea: Author Katherine Locke on Author Finances
With this month’s Spilling the Tea column we are talking author finances with Katherine Locke! Katherine chats about advances, earning out, their thoughts about day jobs and much more. Be sure to check out Katherine’s YA historical This Rebel Heart. * Say an author gets a $100,000 advance, can … [Read more...] about Spilling the Tea: Author Katherine Locke on Author Finances
Ask WNDB: Going on Submission with Editor Sabrina Pyun
With our Ask WNDB column, we get industry insiders to answer your burning questions. This month we discuss the ins and outs of book publicity with Sabrina Pyun, assistant editor at Scribner. What do you wish authors on submission knew about the process, from your perspective? I’m sure most … [Read more...] about Ask WNDB: Going on Submission with Editor Sabrina Pyun
We Need Diverse Books Announces the Opening of Applications for the 2023 WNDB Internship Grants
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE We Need Diverse Books Announces the Opening of Applications for the 2023 WNDB Internship Grants March 1, 2023 Bethesda, MD — We Need Diverse Books (WNDB) has announced the opening of the application process for the 2023 WNDB Internship Grants. Since 2015, the Internship … [Read more...] about We Need Diverse Books Announces the Opening of Applications for the 2023 WNDB Internship Grants
Ask WNDB: How To Master Book Promotion with Publicist Aleah Gornbein
With our Ask WNDB column, we get industry insiders to answer your burning questions. This month we discuss the ins and outs of book publicity with Aleah Gornbein, publicist at Scholastic. What is your best piece of advice to a debut author about to have their book published in six months, in one … [Read more...] about Ask WNDB: How To Master Book Promotion with Publicist Aleah Gornbein
Ask WNDB: Starting A Career in Publishing with Editor Feather Flores
With our Ask WNDB column, we get industry insiders to answer your burning questions! This month we discuss how to start a career in publishing with Feather Flores, editor at Atheneum Books for Young Readers. * What advice would you give to someone who writes, “I am a high school student who is … [Read more...] about Ask WNDB: Starting A Career in Publishing with Editor Feather Flores
Ask WNDB: Breaking In with Literary Agent Larissa Melo Pienkowski
Welcome to Ask WNDB! Publishing is famously opaque as an industry. Our goal is to help even the playing field by demystifying it and offering answers to burning questions about timely topics. This week we're pleased to welcome to the WNDB blog Larissa Melo Pienkowski from Jill Grinberg Literary to … [Read more...] about Ask WNDB: Breaking In with Literary Agent Larissa Melo Pienkowski
Q&A With Dara Beevas of Wise Ink
By Steve Dunk Today we're pleased to welcome Dara Beevas to the WNDB blog to discuss Wise Ink Creative Publishing. Hi Dara, thanks so much for talking to We Need Diverse Books! Tell us about Wise Ink and the kinds of authors and stories Wise Ink is looking for. Wise Ink is a publisher for … [Read more...] about Q&A With Dara Beevas of Wise Ink
Why We Need Diverse Books Is No Longer Using the Term #OwnVoices
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Why We Need Diverse Books Is No Longer Using the Term #OwnVoices June 6, 2021 Washington, DC — We Need Diverse Books (WNDB) will no longer use the term #OwnVoices to refer to children’s literature or its authors and we have removed mentions of #OwnVoices from previously … [Read more...] about Why We Need Diverse Books Is No Longer Using the Term #OwnVoices
