Episode 1: Is your book ready to be published? 5 tips from an editor

Welcome back everyone and thank you for joining me today on another episode of Picture book Ingredients! Today we’ll be talking with Natasha from Chupadoodles. Natasha is an illustrator who creates wonderful stationary with her art. She started using Instagram and like most of us, she couldn’t grow her account. Now she has cracked how Instagram works and has over 20K followers! And she is more than happy to share her secrets with all of us! Find us on social media! https://www.martataylorart.com/ https://www.instagram.com/martataylorart/ Chupadoodles links: https://chupadoodles.com/ https://www.instagram.com/chupadoodles/?hl=en https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwj4nb_RXQzrYEXnTyIrSVw

Today we'll be talking about “How to find a job as a picture book illustrator” with Vanessa Matte, who specializes in cute children's content such as picture books, educational materials, games and puzzles, nursery art, etc. She'll give us a lot of tips and new ways we haven't thought about to get a job as illustrators. Find us on social media! https://www.martataylorart.com/ https://www.instagram.com/martataylorart/ Vanessa Matte links: https://nessillustration.com/portfolio https://www.instagram.com/ness.draws/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessamatte/

Alice Harman is an author and editor and has written over 30 non fiction children's books. Today she is here to talk to us about how we can also become children's book authors and will give us insight on writing and fresh ideas for us to try out. You can visit her website at https://aliceharman.com/ or take a look at her social media: Instagram @aliceharmanauthor or on Twitter @alicekharman  I'm Marta Taylor a children's book illustrator. You can visit my portfolio at https://www.martataylorart.com/ or visit my Instagram @martataylorart Thank you for listening and see you next time!

In today’s episode we’ll be joined with Ciara, an editor from Purple Crayon. We’ll look into the picture book editing world, what are the main mistakes in writing and how to avoid them. If you like this episode remember to like and follow to listen to the next chapters! Follow me on Instagram to share your Picture Book journey with me and to get in touch! https://www.instagram.com/martataylorart/ Take a look at Purple Crayon editing website for more information: https://www.purplecrayoncopy.com/ Or take a look at her social media: https://www.instagram.com/purplecrayoncreative/   https://twitter.com/crayontweeting?s=09