WriteMentor Blog
Celebrate our success stories, read our latest updates, and get free-to-access writing advice from authors and other industry professionals
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Selling a children’s novel or picture book
Meet WriteMentor team member Florianne Humphrey
Challenges and opportunities facing querying authors
Meet WriteMentor Hub member Abigail Kikuchi
Vashti Hardy: Working with an editor
Meet WriteMentor Hub member Steve Blackman
What goes into selling a book to foreign publishers
WriteMentor Hub Success Story: Rachel Pattinson
Meet WriteMentor Hub member Ian Johnson
Meet WriteMentor Hub member Alex Money
Ask an Agent
Ask an Agent: Kesia Lupo, The Bindery Agency
Ask an Agent: Charlotte Colwill, Colwill & Peddle
Ask an agent: Amber Caraveo, Skylark Literary
Ask an agent: Lorna Hemingway of Bell Lomax Moreton
Ask an agent: Chloe Seager of Madeleine Milburn
Ask an agent: Megan Carroll of Watson, Little
Ask an Agent: Joanna Moult of Skylark Literary
Coffee Break Reads
Coffee break reads: Writing query letters
Team WriteMentor share their wellbeing tips
5 tips for fantasy worldbuilding
5 tips for editing your manuscript
Coffee break reads: 4 things to consider when self-publishing
Coffee break reads: How to absorb feedback
Coffee break reads: 5 elements of story structure
Coffee break reads: Writing Young Adult books
Coffee break reads: Tips for writing a synopsis
Coffee break reads: Writing book characters
Free Hub Content
Marcus Sedgwick: Writing through worries
1.11: Competition and Mentoring opportunities for Children’s Writers
1.10 Tips on Writing and Submitting a Children’s Novel by Chloe Seager
1.9 Children’s Agents List
1.8 INTRODUCTION TO CHILDREN’S FICTION: Writing for Younger Readers
1.7 INTRODUCTION TO CHILDREN’S FICTION: Pitching Picture Books
1.6 Introduction to Children’s Fiction: PICTURE BOOK IDEAS
1.5 Introduction to Children’s Fiction: openings and Hooks
1.4 INTRODUCTION TO CHILDREN’S FICTION: Making characters
1.3 INTRODUCTION TO CHILDREN’S FICTION: Getting started
Success Stories
WriteMentor success story: Jesse Kaur
WriteMentor award runner-up signs with agent
WriteMentor Hub success story: Kristina Rahim
“Mentoring is such a great way to get feedback and encouragement”
Success story: Dee Benson, author of ‘Glow Up, Lara Bloom’
“There’s no way I’d be in this position without the help of WriteMentor”
Success story: Jan Dunning, author of Mirror Me
“Keep learning and find some writer friends”
“I owe any successes so far to the team at WriteMentor”
