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FREE VIDEO: Creating stories for picture books

Discover the secret sauce for coming up with your own unique picture book story idea! There’s less than two weeks to go until the start of My Kid Book Pitch, art agent Lilla’s one-of-a-kind picture book writing course that’s specially designed for creative people just like you! By the end of this incredible four week course, you could have your own children’s book pitch ready to send (along with suggestions on who to send it to), including: your special story idea an original and engaging character that editors will love a show-stopping opening line that will catch a reader’s attention and set the tone and mood for the whole book (this is what editors are looking for) a fun and authentic storyline with a narrative arc a compelling title a professional story-boarded dummy … but how do you come up with your own special story idea? Lilla’s Magic Cards in

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FREE MINI VIDEO LESSON: How to write picture books

Imagine getting paid to write and illustrate your own beautiful picture book … Walking past your favorite local bookshop and seeing your book in the window … Or visiting the library and hearing children exclaim over a book that you created! Why write your own picture book? Picture books are magical for creative people to write and illustrate, and they’re a great source of income. Children’s pictures books are radical and progressive and such a cool market for your voice. Plus they can be a lucrative income stream. According to research data and analytics group WordsRated, which focuses on the publishing industry, the US children’s book market is projected to reach $2.62 billion in 2023 – the seventh consecutive year of revenue growth. But how? Art agent Lilla created her picture book writing course, My Kid Book Pitch, which starts Monday, May 29th, to show artists how they can write

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Replay of Lilla & Zoe Cyber sale Event: November 29

If you missed the Live Zoom with top art agent Lilla Rogers and brilliant children’s book art director and picture book author Zoë Tucker, the replay is below! Between them, Lilla and Zoë have decades of experience in the industry, and heaps of tips, advice and insight to share. Join them to chat everything about books and to help you choose between Lilla’s three wonderful book courses: Illustrating Children’s Books: create a show stopping pitch for children’s book illustration that contains everything an art director wants to see My Kid Book Pitch: write your very own unique picture book story – the story that only you can tell NEW! My Arty Book Pitch: build a gorgeous pitch for your very own illustrated non-fiction book Why wait to start your amazing illustration career? Hurry hurry HURRY – our huge Cyber Sale ends SOON! Download your gorgeous Sale Guide now, packed with quizzes

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HURRY! Last chance to write your very own picture book!

Hurry HURRY – registration for My Kid Book Pitch closes TODAY! This course won’t run again until 2023 – don’t miss out, sign up now! Every year, art agent Lilla hosts a residency for the artists she represents, either in person or (thanks Covid!) virtually. For the past few years, the focus has been on writing picture books, based on Lilla’s My Kid Book Pitch course, and today we’re thrilled to share not one but TWO gorgeous books written and illustrated by artists that Lilla represents. Lilla says: “One of my most favorite things in the world is to help artists make even more brilliant work, develop their unique gifts, and broaden their career opportunities. It’s why I wrote My Kid Book Pitch. So with that in mind, we were incredibly excited to offer our Picture Book Writing Residency to our artists, focusing on writing children’s picture books.” Want to

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Don’t miss out: Lilla’s picture book writing class starts TODAY!

Woo hoo! Our brilliant picture book writing course, My Kid Book Pitch, starts TODAY! If you’ve ever wanted to write your very own picture book, even if you don’t think of yourself as a writer, then you won’t want to miss this. Woo hoo! Our brilliant picture book writing course, My Kid Book Pitch, starts TODAY! If you’ve ever wanted to write your very own picture book, even if you don’t think of yourself as a writer, then you won’t want to miss this. Student success: Friederike Dammermann Make Art That Sells student Friederike got in touch to let us know that her children’s book story pitch was picked up by a publisher within a week of submitting her pitch! Art created by Friederike for My Kid Book Pitch that got her a book deal. What will your picture book story look like? Get ready to find out – sign

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Replay of Live with Lilla: Friday, October 21! My Kid Book Pitch Begins on Monday!

If you missed the Live with Lilla on Friday, below is the replay! Woo hoo! Our brilliant picture book writing course, My Kid Book Pitch, starts on MONDAY! If you’ve ever wanted to write your very own picture book, even if you don’t think of yourself as a writer, then you won’t want to miss this.   Want to save 25% on My Kid Book Pitch? Save big with The Children’s Book Bundle 2022! You’ll get My Kid Book Pitch along with Illustrating Children’s Books PLUS and Lilla’s Art Recipes: Drawing Faces for just £395/approx. $436 (down from £527/approx. $582)! Find out more and sign up here.

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#MATSprep Part 3 FREE: How to write a picture book by art agent Lilla

Lilla here. Welcome to Part 3 of my FREE three part #MATSprep that I’ve written for you ahead of my picture book writing course, My Kid Book Pitch. I hope you’re enjoying all the fun tricks you can use to make your writing better and learning that you are, in fact, a writer. I just love this stuff, and it’s why I love being a literary agent for my artists and authors and why I love teaching My Kid Book Pitch. If you missed Parts 1 and 2, find them here. I hope you’ll go give it a read to catch up and get some top writing tips. Then when you’re ready, it’s time for Part 3. This is the terrible text I wrote to use as our example: Cami, a young girl, liked to draw big, grey anteaters with long snouts like the ones she saw yesterday at the

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Get Part 2 of your FREE picture book writing assignment!

Lilla here. Today I’m sharing Part 2 of my FREE three-part #MATSprep warm up assignment ahead of My Kid Book Pitch, which starts Monday, October 24th. If you’ve ever wanted to write your very own children’s picture book, you won’t want to miss it. In this #MATSprep warm up exercise, I’ve been showing you how easy and enjoyable writing your own story can be. We’ve been having a bit of fun taking the terrible sentence that I wrote and using the poor thing as an example of how to improve your own writing.   Cami, a young girl, liked to draw big, grey anteaters with long snouts like the ones she saw yesterday at the zoo. She was going to carefully show them to her class next Monday. Suddenly, a dog chased her! Yesterday, we removed the visual words and the first sentence became this: Cami liked to draw anteaters.

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Get your FREE assignment: Writing tips from an agent and author

Lilla here. In just a few weeks, on Monday, October 24th, I’ll be teaching my children’s picture book writing course, My Kid Book Pitch. I absolutely love teaching this course because I love helping creative people like you to thrive, and I love helping you to reach into your magical imagination and pull out all the stories I know you have whirling around in there. I know what you’re thinking: “But Lilla, I’m not a writer!”. I think you are, but you just don’t know it yet. That’s why I do writing retreats with my artists and artist/authors. I believe in artists’ minds and their ability to make books. (They do so well that they get book deals and I’m going to share with you what I teach them!) If you’re an artist, you may think that you can’t write a story like a ‘real’ author. You might think you

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How an artist creates a story board

Imagine getting paid to write and illustrate your own beautiful picture book … Getting to share your passions with generations of children … Walking into a bookshop and seeing your book on display … Visiting the library and hearing kids exclaim over a book that you created! Creative people like you are full of imagination, stories and magic. Even if you don’t think of yourself as a writer (yet), we bet that you constantly make up stories and tales. Now let art agent Lilla – who knows how to get artists to write – show you how you can take that dreamy imagination and create your very own unique picture book. Lilla’s four-week picture book writing course, My Kid Book Pitch, starts in less than a month, on Monday, October 24th! You’ll use her fabulous Magic Cards to come up with your own one-of-a-kind story idea (or work on an