Co author of a book11/11/2023 ![]() You should have mad respect for their skills before you start. Merely liking someone as a person or you both liking children’s books isn’t enough. If you’re going to put your name on a book next to someone else’s name, make sure it’s someone who you think is super talented and whose work resonates with you. Only work with someone whose writing you already respect. So for anyone who’s wondering or who has thought about collaborating with a fellow creator, here are my tips. Created finished products we were proud of.Īs we did that and our first book - LUPE LOPEZ: ROCK STAR RULES - joined the world, we also got asked a lot about how worked together.has a way of making me do things I think I don’t want to do.” Not that I’m complaining, mind you, now that we’ve got four books together.īut, all this togetherness meant we had to figure out the best way to work together so we: As I said to my sister when I shared the news: “e. I found myself typing madly into track changes and sending my thoughts back to them.Īfter exchanging the manuscript a few times with our comments, I realized we were actually writing the story together. My picture book mind immediately kicked in and started thinking about how things could be moved and shifted and, because I’m me, TIGHTENED. I was trying to figure out how to politely decline, when e. (In my case, that’s a lot!) When you write your own books, it’s your party and your rules. When you write alone, you win all your arguments, you set your own deadlines, and you can be as much of a control-freak as you want. said, “I thought we could write it together.” Initially, I was speechless. So, my first inclination was to respond to their statement by saying: “Awesome! You should totally go for it.” and was a Lambda Literary finalist. They have also written award-winning middle grade novels, short stories for anthologies and narrative and documentary films. They are the author of the FAT ANGIE trilogy, the first book of which won the ALA Stonewall Award. ![]() Charlton-Trujillo said: “I’ve got this idea for a picture book.”Į. ![]() ![]() And, then, my long-time writing friend, e.E. ![]()
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