Take the first year to learn about the craft, watch webinars, read a lot of books, connect with the writing community, and critique partners. What advice would you give to your younger self? Is this the same you'd give to aspiring authors? But I still write one new picture book manuscript per month. I’m learning to write chapter books and biographies. And in 2020, we sold my book If Your Babysitter is a Bruja and Abuela's Super Capa in a two-book deal auction. So after ten months of studying, reading, working with critique partners and editors, I got a like at a pitmad event from Naomi Krueger-Beaming Books and one month later an offer and my agent Andrea Walker. This book, published by Teacher’s Discovery, was requested by my second-grader students after they watched the viral video “The Duck Song.”Īfter that, I felt motivated to restart writing picture books. But in 2019 I wrote and sold my book El Pato Quiere Uvas to the educational market. But after I moved here, I stopped writing. I got two books published in Brazil a looong time ago. My road was a combination of hard work and luck. Was your road to publication long and winding, short and sweet, or something in between? It’s a lot of pressure we, parents, put on them without noticing.
It’s hard for them to persevere because they expect to learn quickly and not make mistakes. So, when reading about growth mindset, I discovered this is a common problem among gifted children. She was a gifted girl who wanted to be the best in everything or she would quit. Congrats on your debut picture book, Bella's Recipe for Success! Tell us about it and what inspired you.
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