An alternative way to fund picture books that tackle tricky ...

In this post, I'm going to talk about hints for getting an Arts Council grant for writing/creating a book, but it's worth thinking about other charities that might support you instead (or as well as). And having been commissioned to write one picture book by Bournville Village Trust It was fun... (with Jess Mikhail, who illustrated the book) (and here's the front cover, by Jess) and another for Birmingham Children's Hospital in the past couple of years, [...] If your answer to all the above questions is yes, then you might be in a strong position to get Arts Council funding for your project –if you write your application well, and ask for the appropriate amount of money (grants fall into two categories –up to £15,000, and over; my guess is that for most projects including writing a picture book, you’d probably want to apply for the up to £15,000 grant as I did. And with these grants, you find out within six weeks if you’re successful, which is [...] charities involved in the project –and this is where charities are incredibly helpful because they will invite the people for whom the book will be most relevant. I’m going to do a blog tour of different blog sites –bereavement sites, teacher sites and writing sites to talk about the book and the subject. A lot of children’s writers, especially if you’re in organisations like the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) or the Society of Authors, will know lots of other