London Writers' Salon #050: Jasmine Richards — Creating Bestselling Children’s Book Series, Ideating, Secrets Of A Great Pitch & The Business Of Children’s Publishing
Jasmine Richards, editor, writer, and award-winning founder of StoryMix Studio talks to us about the business of children’s publishing and how she generates and sells her ideas to publishers and works with writers to create commercial fiction for children.
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ABOUT JASMINE RICHARDS
Jasmine Richards is the author of over a dozen children's books ranging from picture books to teen fiction. Her most recent novel, Keeper of Myths, was published by Harper Collins. She has over 15 years of experience as an editor, including roles at Hamish Hamilton, Puffin, and Dutton Books in New York. Jasmine is the founder of Storymix, an award-winning children's fiction studio, where she uses her unique experiences to develop new voices and inclusive stories.
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RESOURCES & LINKS MENTIONED:
- StoryMix Studio
- Working Partners (now called Coolabi)
- Oxford University Press
- Book Series Jasmine worked on: Rainbow Magic, Beast Quest
- Aziza's Secret Fairy Door
- Notion (what Jasmine uses to organise her ideas)
- Apply to write for StoryMix
- StoryGrid methodology and Foolscap method
- The "Obligatory Scene" (look under 'End')
- The Lizzie and Belle Mysteries
- Jasmine's book The Unmorrow Curse
- 21% Monster by P.J. Canning
- Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun by Tolá Okogwu
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