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May 11, 2022September 28, 2023

How I Got My Literary Agent

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Getting an agent wasn’t easy. Although my agent querying time was brief, it took me years to improve my craft, combat health issues, and educate myself on the literary world to become the author-illustrator I am today. From being told my picture book style wasn’t marketable in agent critiques to getting five…

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Sep 28, 2023September 28, 2023

What’s in a Graphic Novel Pitch Package

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Before You Get Started: Graphic novels combine words, art, and design to make a compelling story. Because of this, graphic novel pitches–also known as graphic novel pitch packages–tend to be more visual than their prose counterparts. Before we get into the contents of graphic novel pitch packages, we first have to understand…

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Jen Wang talking about Rule of Thirds.
Feb 18, 2023February 26, 2023

Jen Wang’s SCBWI Graphic Novel Intensive: Writing with Pictures

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Author-illustrator Jen Wang talks about her graphic novel process at the 2023 SCBWI winter conference.

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tips for twitter pitching
Sep 30, 2022October 2, 2022

Tips for Twitter Pitching Books

Publishing

I was lucky enough to be noticed by my incredible agent through #DVPit, so wanted to share some tips that helped me go from zero likes on pitch events to nearly 15 agent/editor likes across several pitches: Include subgenre hashtags! A lot of agents/editors search for books based on the subgenre hashtags…

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Jun 1, 2022October 2, 2022

Creating My Dream Library

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Ever since I saw Beauty and the Beast as a young girl, I fantasized about having a grandiose library of my own. With a little bit of pixie dust from 3D modeling software Blender and the drawing app Procreate, I set out on a quest to design the library of my dreams.…

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