Some lessons I’ve learned from writing for kids

I’m over at The Creative Penn today, with a guest post about what writing for kids has taught me about writing.

Joanna Penn is a New York Times bestselling author and one of the most influential voices in indie publishing today – and one of the most generous writers I’ve met since I first ventured into blogging all those years ago.

If you’d like to know a little more about her, here’s the podcast interview [transcript + audio] that I did with her when So You Want To Be A Writer was in its earliest weeks!

And here is a terrific Q&A in which she shares her best self-publishing tips.

You can read my full post ‘What Writing For Children Can Teach You About Writing Fiction’ here.

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