Step by Step to Perfection

I heard Brooke’s voice as I read her book and highlighted passages to dig deeper into as I prepare for my next picture book. Brooke’s book provides vital information needed to become a children’s author. I am an avid listener of Brooke Van Sickle’s webinars and now the new released book Picture Book Perfection. Brooke jumped right in with an overview of what she expected you to learn. Then Brooke broke down each section so a beginning author could follow her blueprint step by step and an advanced writer would see they had more to incorporate in the following chapters. As a five-time self-published picture book author Brooke has been one of my mentors. She also gave a shout-out for one of my books. Brooke has been an important step in my ability to write picture books. In this book I read chapters that were a review, but I also learned about the best way to use dialogue in my next picture book like; to move a story along, understand the character’s personality and to reveal important information to the reader. I have already recommended Brooke to several of my author friends and now I will be recommending Picture Book Perfection. The title fits the book to perfection.

By Rhonda-Kay Gatlin