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Editing for age appropriateness in children’s books
Lisa Davis Lisa Davis

Editing for age appropriateness in children’s books

Age appropriateness in children’s literature is subjective. There’s the issue of how to tell whether vocabulary or content is appropriate for specific age ranges, but an editor also has to take into account who is reading the book and how it gets into their hands.

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The importance of page turns in picture books
Lisa Davis Lisa Davis

The importance of page turns in picture books

Picture books may have some of the shortest word counts of any books, but that doesn’t make editing them straightforward. Here’s what editors and authors need to consider when using the format of the book itself to build the story.

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How to write a great query letter
Lisa Davis Lisa Davis

How to write a great query letter

A great query letter isn’t particularly hard to write. Most of it is formulaic in structure, but requires getting a few key things just right, while keeping everything short and to the point.

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