I finished illustrating the book for the Canadian Constitution Foundation! The publisher “loved the work and is excited.” Slotted to come out this Autumn, more on that later.
In the meantime I’ve decided it’s time I write and illustrate my own children’s book. It’s something I’ve always wanted to do and everyone thinks I’d be good at, but also something I’ve never done before.
At the moment I’ve narrowed down my 5 ideas to 2 stories and edited them both down to 700 to 800 words each.
I had a mega talk about rejection with my therapist yesterday. I tend to squirrel projects away, giving up on them long before they get made.
So I’m putting together the Lisa Ng Art Picture Book Pitch Packet. The average publisher takes 4 to 6 weeks for a response, some 6 months. So I’m going to share my pitch packet NOW, while I finish the book and wait for a response, and if I don’t hear anything by then, then I can consider self publishing.
It’s a different way of working I’m not used to, having to fill the time while waiting for a response. The good news is I have a Pandora’s box of ideas, so I can just keep cooking up more projects while I wait.
All I need is to find 13 publishers that might respond. I chose 13 because that’s how many Harry Potter took, the first 12 didn’t think there was any money in children’s books, they were wrong.
The Lisa Ng Art Picture Book Pitch Packet will contain:
1 cover letter
1 edited manuscript
3 to 5 illustrated pages
Every publisher’s dream.
Wish me luck 🍀
LISA NG ART 