First harry potter synopsis was famously rejected by every major publishing house inte uk. You just don't know until you you get it to the right editor who sees the vision and says yes. So i think your question, shany marie, really should be so done. We show you maile address. And here's our last insight, it takes an unreasonable amount of perseverance if you really want to get your story out into the world.
Shanimarie has a story in her heart, one she believes the world needs to hear. It’s a story of immigration, sacrifice and a mother’s love that this first-grade teacher wishes she had read as a young girl who moved from Jamaica to the U.S. Shanimarie has been working on the idea for a couple of years now. She’s submitted a manuscript to several publishers, but is making the rookie mistakes that most aspiring authors make. On this episode of How To!, we bring on Denene Millner, a New York Times best selling author of over 30 books who runs a children’s book imprint at Simon & Schuster. Denene focuses on stories about the humanity of Black children and shares some insider knowledge with Shanimarie about telling your story in a way that publishers, and children, can’t ignore.
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