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Picture Book Summit Podcast

Picture Book Summit Podcast

Picture Book Summit

Welcome to the Picture Book Summit Podcast where we share insight on the craft of writing, illustrating, and publishing picture books from the industry’s best and brightest. Each episode is an excerpt from a keynote or presentation given at Picture Book Summit, the annual world-class online conference for picture book writers and illustrators around the globe that takes place every October. Our goal is to help you reach your next writing Summit, whether that’s finishing a draft, completing your 18th revision, landing an agent or getting your book published!
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Picture Book Summit Podcast episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Picture Book Summit Podcast for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Picture Book Summit Podcast episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Picture Book Summit Podcast - 048 - 4 Big Reasons Manuscripts Get Rejected - Part 3
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04/25/23 • 11 min

It's time for the third biggest reason manuscripts get declined by agents and editors and this is a BIG one. Manuscripts are turned down every day for the simple reason that they are just not ready. So, how do you know when your manuscript is ready to for publication, therefore ready for an agent's or editor's eyes?

Katie Davis outlines the why and how of familiarizing yourself with the workings of the picture book industry, professional mistakes to avoid, and what to do with your manuscript before sending it to an agent.

Have you listened to the first two episodes of 4 Biggest Reasons Manuscripts Get Rejected?

Catch up here:

046 - 4 Biggest Reasons Manuscript Get Rejected Part 1 - Unoriginal Ideas

047 - 4 Biggest Reasons Manuscript Get Rejected Part 2 - Lack of Emotional Resonance

Stay tuned! We wrap up this series with Part 4 in two weeks!

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Picture Book Summit Podcast - 030 - Katie Davis - Generating Ideas

030 - Katie Davis - Generating Ideas

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07/12/22 • 11 min

Welcome to our three-part series Where the Ideas Are! We'll finding, assessing, and developing ideas for marketable picture books stories.

While we can’t tell you exactly where to get your next great idea, Katie Davis can give you tips for harvesting the ideas that are cropping up all around you.

Look for parts 2 and 3 in episode 031 with Laura Backes and episode 032 with Emma Walton Hamilton.

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Picture Book Summit Podcast - 033 - Query Letters that Worked

033 - Query Letters that Worked

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08/23/22 • 12 min

Listen in as Emma Walton Hamilton and Julie Hedlund share their submission expertise and give you the key components of a killer query letter and plus top tips for improving your own query letter. You’ll leave this episode with actionable items you can apply immediately to your own queries. Get ready to polish those queries until they shine brighter than you thought possible.

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Picture Book Summit Podcast - 031 - Assessing Your Ideas with Laura Backes
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07/26/22 • 11 min

In Part 2 of Where the Ideas Are, PBSummit co-founder Laura Backes shares how to assess if your idea is one worth pursuing including...

  • Finding out if there's room in the market for your idea
  • Deciding if your has kid-appeal
  • Determining if your idea is the right size for a picture book

Catch part 1 of Where the Ideas Are in episode 030 Generating Ideas with Katie Davis.

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Picture Book Summit Podcast - 016 - Katie Davis - Picture Book Summit Podcast
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02/02/21 • 14 min

How can you actually connect with your readers? Get your books into the hands of more kids? It’s a challenge, especially when it seems like thousands of new books are published every day. In this episode, Katie Davis shares how she's used her platform and marketing strategies to sell almost one million copies of her traditionally published books and launch two books at #1 on Amazon. She’ll reveal how you can follow the same steps and get your books into the hands of more readers!

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Picture Book Summit Podcast - 044 - Peter H. Reynolds - The World Needs YOUR Voice
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02/21/23 • 14 min

Ah, the age old question: How do you write a compelling picture book?

It may be simpler than you think!

Peter H. Reynolds shares how to harness the answers to these following questions for great story-writing:

1. Where have you been?

2. Where are you now?

3. Where are you going?

4. Where would you like to be going?

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Picture Book Summit Podcast - 009 - Adam Rex - Picture Book Summit Podcast
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09/22/20 • 12 min

Today we are thrilled to bring you Adam Rex. Adam Rex wrote and/or illustrated all the books you like including the New York Times best selling Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich, the New York Times best selling School’s First Day of School, and also a number of titles about which the New York Times has been strangely coy. In this snippet from Adam’s Picture Book Summit presentation, he digs down deep into word choice and rules of humor in creating a funny picture book.

Find out more about this year's Picture Book Summit at picturebooksummit.com.

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Picture Book Summit Podcast - 006 - Carole Boston Weatherford - Picture Book Summit Podcast
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08/04/20 • 22 min

In today’s episode, we’ll hear from Carole Boston Weatherford the award-winning author of numerous books for children including JUNETEENTH JAMBOREE, FREEDOM IN CONGO SQUARE, and YOU CAN FLY! THE TUSKEGEE AIRMAN. In this segment, she talks about premise and point of view and how important they are in picture books.

Find out more about this year's Picture Book Summit at picturebooksummit.com.

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Picture Book Summit Podcast - 052 - Artificial Intelligence - PBSummit Roundtable
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07/11/23 • 24 min

It’s our last episode for this initial round of the Picture Book Summit Roundtable series. We plan to bring you more episodes on topics that affect picture book creators in the future. Thank you for your feedback and we hope we get you thinking!

You can catch the first two Roundtable episodes here:

Today, it feels like we’ve entered a time portal as we discuss the future of Artificial Intelligence, more commonly referred to as AI, and what it means for creatives like picture books writers and illustrators. It has huge implications for all picture book creators and this is the first of what is sure to be a series of discussions we have on the subject as it grows and develops in the coming months and years.

Thanks for joining us for this fun series! We look forward to creating more episodes in the future. If you have a topic you’d like us to cover, leave your suggestions in the comments!

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Picture Book Summit Podcast - 049 - 4 Big Reasons Manuscripts Get Rejected - Part 4
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05/23/23 • 13 min

It's our final installment of the 4 Big Reasons Your Manuscripts Get Rejected.

Following agent submission guidelines is a rather obvious part of the querying process....right?

"Query-whisperer" Emma Walton Hamilton gives us an inside look as to why following submission guidelines are crucial—and how over half of all new authors get it wrong.

Have you listened to the other parts of 4 Biggest Reasons Manuscripts Get Rejected?

Catch up here:

046 - 4 Biggest Reasons Manuscript Get Rejected Part 1 - Unoriginal Ideas

047 - 4 Biggest Reasons Manuscript Get Rejected Part 2 - Lack of Emotional Resonance

048 - 4 Biggest Reasons Manuscripts Get Rejected Part 3 - Not Submission Ready

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FAQ

How many episodes does Picture Book Summit Podcast have?

Picture Book Summit Podcast currently has 72 episodes available.

What topics does Picture Book Summit Podcast cover?

The podcast is about Kids & Family, Writing, Podcasts, Books, Book and Arts.

What is the most popular episode on Picture Book Summit Podcast?

The episode title '028 - Emma Walton Hamilton - Picture Book Summit' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Picture Book Summit Podcast?

The average episode length on Picture Book Summit Podcast is 14 minutes.

How often are episodes of Picture Book Summit Podcast released?

Episodes of Picture Book Summit Podcast are typically released every 14 days.

When was the first episode of Picture Book Summit Podcast?

The first episode of Picture Book Summit Podcast was released on May 26, 2020.

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