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How to write your picture book in 2026

Do you want to write your very own picture book? Imagine getting paid for creating unique, appealing characters, building dreamy, magical worlds, and bringing your story to life for generations of children to enjoy – no wonder so many artists dream of building a career in this incredible art market! Art for class by Make Art That Sells student Alona Millgram. If you can write and illustrate, then you get paid double! Write your picture book in 2026 with Lilla’s My Kid Book Pitch – on sale now. Not only that, but editors and publishers are specifically looking for author-illustrators – and if you can both write and draw, you get paid double! Or you could consider going about the rapidly-growing self-publishing route, which is absolutely perfect for creatives who can both write and illustrate. Not sure what to write about? Lilla’s dreamy Magic Cards are the special sauce that

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HURRY! Last chance to write your picture book for less!

Just a quick reminder to let you know that our 72-hour flash sale on art agent Lilla’s unique picture book story writing course for creative people like you, My Kid Book Pitch, ends TODAY! Books written and illustrated by artists represented by Lilla Rogers. Imagine building a lucrative career working on gorgeous projects like these! Let art agent Lilla and children’s book author and art director Zoë show you how in My Kid Book Pitch – currently 20% off! Lilla’s unique, warm and whimsical teaching style is created especially for creative people, making it playful and fun so that you stay engaged and motivated, and breaking everything down into easy steps so you’re never overwhelmed. You’ll follow Lilla’s Make a Story Recipe, which builds gradually throughout the course into a finished draft. Lilla says: “I’ve created a playful, personalized, and structured course that brings out your special story, with all

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FLASH SALE: Write your picture book!

Have you ever dreamed of writing and maybe illustrating your very own children’s book? Imagine creating characters and worlds that will entertain and enchant children for generations – and getting paid for it! Imagine walking past your favorite bookstore and seeing your book in the window – or opening a magazine and seeing your first rave review! Art agent Lilla created her picture book writing course, My Kid Book Pitch, specifically to show creative people like artists and illustrators how they can harness their huge, magical imaginations and write engaging stories that will thrill publishers and children alike. Get your art reviewed LIVE by an art agent and a children’s book art director! The course is now self-paced, which means you get INSTANT ACCESS as soon as you sign up. However, Lilla has recently announced there will be a bonus LIVE review on Thursday, August 28th, with her and beloved

How to write, illustrate and pitch your book

How to write or illustrate your book Here at Make Art That Sells we have three courses jam-packed with information and tips on how to illustrate and pitch your book to get work in some of the hottest markets: My Kid Book Pitch – writing and/or illustrating your own children’s picture book Illustrating Children’s Books – how to get into the world of illustrating beautiful picture books My Arty Book Pitch – write and illustrate your own ‘arty’ non-fiction book We give you the tools, insights and hints showing you how to write or illustrate your book, and then we share our insider knowledge within each course on the best way to pitch your work. This information is gold, and we’re sharing some of it here for free! By  student Jen Jamieson for My Kid Book Pitch How to Find Publishers Once you’ve written your brilliant children’s book story in

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⏰ Flash sale ends TODAY!

Just a quick reminder to let you know that our 72 hour flash sale on art agent Lilla’s unique picture book story writing course for creative people like you, My Kid Book Pitch, ends TODAY! Books written and illustrated by artists represented by Lilla Rogers. Imagine building a lucrative career working on gorgeous projects like these! Let art agent Lilla and children’s book author and art director Zoë show you how in My Kid Book Pitch – currently 20% off! Lilla’s unique, warm and whimsical teaching style is created especially for creative people, making it playful and fun so that you stay engaged and motivated, and breaking everything down into easy steps so you’re never overwhelmed. You’ll follow Lilla’s Make a Story Recipe, which builds gradually throughout the course into a finished draft. Lilla says: “I’ve created a playful, personalized, and structured course that brings out your special story, with

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FLASH SALE: Open now for 20% off My Kid Book Pitch!

Get 20% off art agent Lilla’s hugely popular children’s book writing course, My Kid Book Pitch, for the next 72 hours ONLY, and get access right now! Make Art That Sells student Katie Vernon wrote her first author-illustrated picture book, Ari Arranges Everything, while beta testing My Kid Book Pitch. Her THIRD book comes out this May! Have you ever dreamed of writing and maybe illustrating your very own children’s book? Imagine creating characters and worlds that will entertain and enchant children for generations – and getting paid for it! Imagine walking past your favorite bookstore and seeing your book in the window – or opening a magazine and seeing your first positive review! Art agent Lilla created her picture book writing course, My Kid Book Pitch, specifically to show creative people like artists and illustrators how they can harness their huge, magical imaginations and write engaging stories that will

This could be YOU!

Imagine holding your very own book, written and/or illustrated by you, in your hands … Imagine spotting it in the wild in the library or bookstore … Imagine getting invited to your favorite local bookshop or school or radio station to do a reading … Imagine this being your job that you’re getting paid to do! Make Art That Sells students with books they’ve illustrated and/or written: l-r, Lynn Gaines, Erica Root, Darcie Olley, Maruga Koops and Sharisse Steber. This could be you! Books are a fabulous market for both artists and writers, because they’re constantly in demand, and hugely satisfying to work on. Books written and illustrated by artists represented by art agent and Make Art That Sells teacher Lilla Rogers. Imagine building a career working on gorgeous projects like these! Let Lilla show you how. Which of these appeals to you the most: “I want to sink deep

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LAST CHANCE! My Kid Book Pitch class closes TODAY!

Do you want 2023 to be the year that you finally write and pitch your picture book story? Have you already taken My Kid Book Pitch and want to polish your story writing skills? Or have you already published a picture book and want to write another? Then hurry HURRY – registration for My Kid Book Pitch closes TODAY! This course won’t run again until 2024, so if you want in then book your spot now. You’ll get tons of tools, support and advice to help you write your very own unique picture book story, including Lilla’s fabulous 128-page downloadable workbook, a set of her dreamy Magic Cards, her Write a Story Recipe, twice-weekly live Zoom events where she’ll review student art and talk you through that week’s worksheets and assignments, and tons more. Plus Lilla will be choosing her favorite submission to the class gallery and offering one lucky

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FREE VIDEOS: 11 different themes for your picture book story

Art agent Lilla shares 11 different themes for your picture book story Hurry HURRY – My Kid Book Pitch 2023 starts TODAY, and there’s still time to sign up! Join the class now and get Section 1 of your [128]-page workbook and your full set of Lilla’s dreamy Magic Cards, and join Lilla for your first LIVE webinar of the week! Don’t miss out! Here’s your schedule for Week 1. Find the full schedule for this four week magic-packed class here. Still wondering what your story could be about? Still worried that you’re maybe not really a writer? Lilla has tons of experience of working with artists and other creative people, and she designed this course especially to teach artists and illustrators how to write, beta testing it on her artists before rolling it out to you, our wonderful students. Katie Vernon, a Make Art That Sells student who is

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Win a FREE place in class TODAY! Join the Live with Lilla!

Lilla’s picture book writing course, My Kid Book Pitch, starts in just a few days, on Monday, May 29th, and you could win a FREE place in class in today’s Zoom! Join art agent Lilla plus author-illustrator Erica Root for this FREE live event TODAY at 12 noon ET/5 pm BST – click here to find the time for wherever you are or RSVP for the Facebook event here to get a reminder. Join the ZOOM here   Here’s what to expect in this FREE live Zoom: Lilla will be talking about the FREE Magic Cards warm-up exercise we shared yesterday (click here to get it now if you missed it), showing off some of her favorite picture books and explaining what makes them so great, and popping up a volunteer live on-screen so they can chat 1:1. Plus she’ll be chatting to Make Art That Sells student and author-illustrator Erica Root, and giving