Getting Started with CBI

 

Welcome, CBI Insider !

 

 

Who We Are:

Children’s Book Insider is a family business based in Fort Collins, Colorado.  We began in May, 1990 and have helped thousands of people start and build successful careers writing for children.  The folks behind CBI are the husband and wife team of Jon Bard and Laura Backes.
 
Laura is one of the world’s best known children’s writing teachers, and has been published by Writer’s Digest, The Writer, Random House and countless other outlets.  Jon is the former owner of a New York PR firm and is well known for his articles, posts and videos on the art of promotion for writers.
 

 

 
Jon and Laura are joined by an amazing cast of contributors including multi-million selling authors, award-winning writers and marketing legends.
 

What We Believe:

 

• The world’s children need and deserve wonderful books that educate, entertain and inspire.
• Anyone dreaming of writing for children should have the finest tools and guidance to achieve their goal, regardless of experience, financial resources or location.

 

Here’s How to Add Us to Your eMail Whitelist So You Get Your Newsletters:

Click here:  http://cbiclubhouse.com/how-to-add-us-to-your-email-whitelist/

 

Here’s Your Official CBI Badge!

 
 

 
 
Right click and choose “Save Image As” to download.  You’re invited to display it proudly on your blog, website and your social media accounts. (We’d be honored if you linked it to our public site, http://writeforkids.org)
 

Here’s What Your New Membership Gets You:

 

Your personal tour of the CBI Clubhouse…..

 

 
• Access to each month’s issue of Children’s Book Insider, the Newsletter for Children’s Writers.  The new issue is waiting for you here.   We’ll also send you an HTML version direct to your inbox.

 
• Member Appreciation Gifts.  You can find a list of gifts here.

 

• Membership in our Private Facebook Group.  Log into Facebook and request your membership here

 

• Access to the CBI Knowledge Base — the world’s largest children’s writing library!  Browse or search here.

 

• Access to our CBI Back Issue Archive (annual members only).  Click here to access 5 years of back issues! 

 

5 Articles To Get You Started Right Away

 

• Nuts & Bolts: Word Counts & Age Groups in Children’s Books
• Picture Books 101

• Assembling the Perfect Submissions Packet

• How to “Show, Don’t Tell”

• How to Find the Right Publisher for Your Manuscript

 

6 Articles to Get You Inspired, Motivated and Ready to Take on the World!

• The World Is Now Ours. A Children’s Writing Mission for the 21st Century  (This is really important stuff!)
• The Ultimate Children’s Writing Success Secret!

• The Difference Between Being an “Author” and a “Writer” – And Why It Matters

• The Writer’s Mindset: Many Eggs, Many Baskets

• 95% of This Game is Half Mental!

 

Watch Our Kidlit Socials, Featuring Top Authors, Editors, Agents & More:

https://writeforkids.org/blog/2020/07/kidlit-distancing-social-replays/

 

Of course, there’s a lot more, so have fun hunting, exploring and discovering. 

 

Questions, problems, suggestions?  We’re all ears! 

Contact us here