Tools For Writers: Books, Classes, Conferences, Events I've enjoyed which you may too!

ORGANIZATIONS

The Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators 

12x12 Picture Book Challenge

Children's Book Insider 

Institute for Children's Literature

CLASSES 

Lyrical Language Lab with Renee LaTulippe (2025)

PB Retreat with Ebony Lynn Mudd (2023)

Making Picture Book Magic with Susanna Leonard Hill (2021)

Study Hall with Marcie Colleen (2021 & 2024)

Writing Magic with Callie Metler-Smith (2018)

Picture Book Rules from Children's Book Academy (2017) 

Chapter Book Alchemist from Children's Book Academy (2017)

Gotham Writers' Workshop Children's Books Intensive with Carolyn MacCullough (2014)

BOOKS (About Writing for Children)

You Can Write Children's Books, by Tracey Dils

It's a Bunny Eat Bunny World, by Olga Litowinsky

Writing Picture Books, by Ann Whitford Paul

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Children's Books, by Harold Underdown

Writing for Children and Teens, by Cynthea Liu

How to Write a Children's Book and Get it Published, by Barbara Seuling

The Business of Writing for Children, By Aaron Shepard

Picture Writing, by Anastasia Suen

Creating Characters Kids Will Love, by Elaine Marie Alphin

BOOKS (About the Joy & Pain of Writing)

Bird by Bird, by Anne Lamott

Letters to a Young Writer, by Colum McCann (not just for young people!)

On Writing, by Stephen King

Wild Mind: Living the Writer's Life, by Natalie Goldberg

MY TOP BLOG POSTS

How to Summon Your Muse - PrePiBoIdMo 2014 
7 Simple Steps to Write 7 Picture Books in 7 Days - NaPiBoWriWee 2013
Great Picture Book Writing Scale
Where Does a New Writer Start Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

ANNUAL ONLINE CRAFT EVENTS

Storystorm (previously known as PiBoIdMo)

ReFoReMo (Read for Research Month)

Nonfiction Fest