Journey to KidLit - How to Write & Publish Books for Kids

Episode 1 - Becoming a Kids Book Writer with Brooke Van Sickle

Journey to KidLit - How to Write & Publish Books for Kids

Show Notes

Are you interested in writing books for kids? New picture book author, Brooke Van Sickle, explains how she become a published children's book author in the first episode of the Journey to KidLit podcast.

There are 3 steps a new children's book writer must take in order to begin writing for kids. Listen to the full episode for more details!

For the show notes and links to the episode, visit the link here to download them for free: http://journeytokidlit.com/episode-1-childrens-book-author-brooke-van-sickle/

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Music from https://filmmusic.io "Happy Alley" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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