Category:Course: My Kid Book Pitch
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Posted on October 27, 2022.

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

Posted on October 24, 2022.

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

Posted on October 22, 2022.

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.

Posted on October 20, 2022.

#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

Posted on October 13, 2022.

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.

Posted on October 6, 2022.

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

Posted on September 29, 2022.

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

Posted on October 21, 2021.

LAST CHANCE! You should write a kids’ book. Here’s why (and how).

Hurry hurry hurry – registration for art agent Lilla’s children’s book writing course, My Kid Book Pitch, closes TODAY! This course won’t run again until 2022, so if you want to write a kids’ book with Lilla this year then grab your spot here now! Here’s why you should write a kids’ book Sales of kids’ books soared during the first year of the pandemic, as we locked down and schools closed across the globe. Parents and carers turned to books to help educate their children, to show them a world outside the confines of their homes, to entertain them, to make up for lack of social interactions with their peers, and to share an enjoyable moment of mutual comfort and bonding. And honestly every five minutes that they didn’t spend on screens was a win back then, am I right? And with the pandemic still ongoing, the boom is

Posted on October 18, 2021.

How to come up with children’s book story ideas and other FAQ

How do you come up with children’s book story ideas? Your questions answered! Hurry hurry! Art agent and author Lilla’s brand new class, My Kid Book Pitch, starts TODAY! If you’ve ever wanted to write your very own unique children’s picture book but didn’t know where to start or how you get children’s book story ideas, you need this course! Using tons of playful but powerful techniques like her custom Magic Cards and Blobby Worksheets, plus a 123 page downloadable workbook, Lilla will guide you step by step through her Make a Story Recipe to write the children’s picture book only you can write. Here’s a round up of some of the questions you’ve been asking … Want to know more? Check out the full details of the course here. So, Lilla, what’s this class all about? What will I have at the end of it? Lilla says: “You’ll have

Posted on October 15, 2021.

How to get ideas for a children’s book story: Part 3

Do you want to learn how to get ideas for a children’s book story? Lilla here. Over the past week, I’ve been sharing some of my dreamy Magic Cards to help you tap in to that wonderful imagination of yours and come up with ideas for a children’s book story. I want you to get a taste of the what’s to come and get you warmed up for my My Kid Book Pitch class that starts THIS MONDAY, October 18th. I honestly couldn’t be more excited about this course. I know that you’re going to come up with some incredible ideas for a children’s book story from this, and I love to read what you’ve written each week. Free Live Zoom event TODAY! Here is the Replay of the Live Zoom with Lilla and Zoe! How to Get ideas for a children’s book story Over the past week, you