Austin SCBWI
Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators
FAQs for Beginners
- I have written a children’s story (or several children’s stories) and want to know how to get published.
- What should my query letter say? What should my cover letter say?
- Should I get someone to illustrate my picture book before I submit it
- Okay, I researched and networked and sent out my manuscript. All I’m getting back, if anything, are form rejections. What’s wrong?
- A publisher wants to publish my book, but they want me to pay for some of the expenses.
- An editor wrote that she saw promise in my manuscript but wanted it revised. I think it’s perfect the way it is. What should I do?
- I sent my manuscript to a publisher and haven’t heard a word. Should I call or write? Or will that make them mad and they’ll send my work back without reading it?
- My manuscript has been making the rounds for a year, and still no sale. What now?
- Would it help if I got an agent?
- And finally: How much money will I make on my first book?
