{"id":90,"date":"2025-04-03T20:07:53","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T20:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/?p=90"},"modified":"2025-05-20T20:51:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T20:51:20","slug":"my-guide-for-writing-a-childrens-picture-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/?p=90","title":{"rendered":"My Guide for Writing a Children\u2019s Picture Book"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Very often when I make presentations about my children\u2019s books I am asked, \u201cHow did you do this?\u201d \u201cWhat inspired you?\u201d \u201cWhat steps did you take to make this happen?\u201d I decided to take the time to create a document that outlines my journey as a published writer. That document can be found here. Enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/My-Guide-for-Self-Publishing-a-Childrens-Picture-Book-v2.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of My Guide for Self-Publishing a Children&apos;s Picture Book v2.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-5831c4e0-6a4c-41ec-8ffd-65747409d60e\" href=\"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/My-Guide-for-Self-Publishing-a-Childrens-Picture-Book-v2.pdf\">My Guide for Self-Publishing a Children&#8217;s Picture Book v2<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/My-Guide-for-Self-Publishing-a-Childrens-Picture-Book-v2.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-5831c4e0-6a4c-41ec-8ffd-65747409d60e\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This workshop\/talk focuses on how the participants can write, publish and market a children\u2019s picture book. During this session I describe and outline the journey from yearning to write a children\u2019s book to making it happen. My books and promotional materials are shared. The workshop is interactive in nature, with ample opportunities for questions and answers.&nbsp; A PowerPoint presentation will be projected and an accompanying handout will be provided. Following the session, participants will have an understanding of the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>How to approach writing a children&#8217;s book<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How to find an illustrator (if one is needed)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How to publish and market a self-published book<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Please use the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/?page_id=49\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"49\">contact page<\/a><\/strong> of this website to inquire about fees and availability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Very often when I make presentations about my children\u2019s books I am asked, \u201cHow did you do this?\u201d \u201cWhat inspired you?\u201d \u201cWhat steps did you take to make this happen?\u201d I decided to take the time to create a document that outlines my journey as a published writer. That document can be found here. Enjoy! [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[27],"class_list":["post-90","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resources","tag-for-parents-and-teachers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=90"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1492,"href":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90\/revisions\/1492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=90"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=90"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=90"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}