Pro-level edit tips on showing versus telling, plus useful takeaways on pacing and page turns from multi-published and award-winning author and agent, Miranda Paul.

Podcast Episode · Book Friends Forever Podcast · 02/13/2026 · 1h 7m

Representing Your Unique Lived Experiences, Culture and Language in Children’s Literature with Author Ana Siqueira

Picture Book Summit is the online conference dedicated to picture book creators. Learn from publishing insiders without ever leaving home!

<p style='font-weight: 400;'>Maybe you want to write a book. A children’s book. A children’s picture book.</p> <p style='font-weight: 400;'>Maybe about a wee hedgehog who wants to be a ballerina.</p> ...

Representing Your Unique Lived Experiences, Culture and Language in Children’s Literature with Author Ana Siqueira

Picture Book Summit is the online conference dedicated to picture book creators. Learn from publishing insiders without ever leaving home!

YouTube video by 12 x 12 Picture Book Writing Challenge

Pro-level edit tips on showing versus telling, plus useful takeaways on pacing and page turns from multi-published and award-winning author and agent, Miranda Paul.

Pro-level edit tips on showing versus telling, plus useful takeaways on pacing and page turns from multi-published and award-winning author and agent, Miranda Paul.

When we read a book that pulls us right into the story, that sweeps us along with vivid energy and emotional clarity, we’re often witnessing the magic of verbs in action. Strong, juicy verbs – the kin...