Yes! You Can Learn How to Write Children's Books, Get Them Published, and Build a Successful Writing Career (Paperback)

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This should be required reading for all aspiring children's writers. YES! YOU CAN is like having your own personal writing coach at your side. --Aimee Jackson, Senior Editor, Sleeping Bear Press

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A must-have for any writer trying to build a writing career! I'm recommending it to all my writing students.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: E & E Publishing (June 5, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0979160669
• ISBN-13: 978-0979160660
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #66,662 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Advice for Both Newbies and Pros!, July 8, 2009

By	Evelyn B. Christensen (Lexington, KY USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I've had a modicum of success as a writer (34 educational puzzle books published) and from this perspective can vouch for the fact that Sanders offers excellent advice in her book for both the experienced and beginning writer. She knows the "tricks of the trade" and generously shares them with anybody who wants to build a successful career as an author. She has keen insights into the need for career-oriented writers to focus on the multiple goals of writing for personal fulfillment, writing to get published, and writing to earn income, and she has oodles of concrete suggestions for accomplishing all three. Her strategies of searching for potential book contracts and piggybacking on already successful book series are explained in detail. In addition to all the practical advice, Sanders' book is filled with inspiration and encouragement, so that the reader really does come away with the feeling--Yes! I Can!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is awesome!, June 11, 2009

By	E. Z. B. Esq (Sausalito, California United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is awesome. It was a real eye-opener to read all the insider secrets to how you can build a successful career as a children's writer from absolute scratch. I used to think the only way to go about selling a story was to write it first, and then look for a publisher. But Nancy's book has taught me how to land a contract first, and only then write the book. She leads you step-by-step through the entire process. And she shows that you don't have to be an established author to do this because Nancy did it herself with her very first book, and her second.... This book has totally changed the way I am going to go about developing my career as a children's writer. And she covers the entire range of children's books: picture books, beginning readers and chapter books, middle grade and young adult fiction, and non-fiction for all ages. There's a page in the book that says she's coming out with more titles in the series, each one focusing on one of the above genres. I can't wait to read them all!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A 366-page compendium of insider information, tips, tricks, techniques, tactics and strategies, August 11, 2009

By	Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

It is every writer's dream to have their book sold to a publisher before it is even written. But that's no pipe dream! Not with "Yes! You Can: Learn How To Write Children's Books, Get Them Published, And Build A Successful Writing Career". This is a 366-page compendium of insider information, tips, tricks, techniques, tactics and strategies that can be readily adopted by anyone seeking to establish themselves as professional authors and earn their living by writing books for young readers. "Yes! You Can" is more than just a 'how to' instruction manual for beginning children's books authors, it is a combination workshop, seminar, tutorial, professional reference, career guide, and inspiring motivational. Replete with practical, real-world, insights into how publishing works and how writer's can best advantage themselves within the industry, "Yes! You Can" also delves into writing as a business, including such aspects as publicity and marketing. Of special note is the bibliography of recommended professional books for children's writers and a glossary of specialized terms. "Yes! You Can" is especially recommended for anyone aspiring to successfully write and have published books for young readers, and has a great deal of background value for writers in other fields seeking successful publication for their work.