Career Bundle

The Business of Being an Author

Career Package for Writers

For authors who want to take their writing from a hobby to a career, this is the educational package for you. Authors who have superb skills in the craft of writing still need to understand the business side of of the children's literary industry, and how to market their books. In this bundle you'll gain valuable insights on: the business of being a writer, what to expect from an agent relationship, how to make your story series-worthy, and you'll learn tips and tricks every author needs to know about the biggest selling machine, Amazon.

Get one bundle with these FOUR amazing courses:


Easy Author Marketing ($147)

This is the author marketing system for authors who hate marketing. This program will show you how to build an online fanbase and sell lots of books, using a simple technique that's fun, rewarding and effective. This system includes six units, totaling over 2 hours of educational video. Learn step-by-step with the video and downloadable transcripts how to build a devoted readership.

Insider Look at Agent-Client Relationship w/ Erzsi Deak ($97)

Find out what it's really like to work with an agent during this 90 minute Q&A with Erzi Deak, with Hen and Ink Literary Agency. You'll learn what you should expect from your agent, when you should send your agent your newest manuscript, best communication methods and more!

Workshop: Creating a Picture Book Series ($97)

How do you go from a single book to a series? What makes a story series-worthy? Emma Walton Hamilton, author of three best-selling children’s book series, reveals the keys to planning, organizing, writing, and pitching a successful children’s book series in this 30-minute webinar, which includes 4 downloadable worksheets for tracking characters, settings, scenes, and more.

Amazon Sales Secrets Package ($99)

If you have a book or will have one on Amazon, Katie's sharing her Amazon Sales Secrets, which she used to get two of her own books to #1. You'll be getting your Amazon Author Page Planner, the eBook, 21 Ways to Promote Your Book on Amazon, an exclusive interview with award-winning top Amazon reviewer, Joanna Daneman, and to top it all off, Katie's including Module 2 from her "Launch Your Book Blueprint" so you'll find out how to get reviews on Amazon––a key in selling more books.


Your Instructor


Picture Book Summit Team
Picture Book Summit Team

Emma Walton Hamilton is a best-selling author, award-winning editor, stage and television producer, and writing coach. With her mother, actress/author Julie Andrews, Emma has co-authored over thirty children’s books, nine of which have been on the NY Times Bestseller list, including The Very Fairy Princess series. She teaches Children’s Literature for Stony Brook University’s Creative Writing MFA and is the co-host of the Julie’s Library Podcast. Emma’s first poetry collection, Door to Door, was published in the Fall 2022, along with a new picture book co-authored with her mother, The First Notes: The Story of Do Re Mi. Their next picture book The Enchanted Symphony debuts in September 2023.

Laura Backes is publisher of Children’s Book Insider, The Children’s Writing Monthly, and co-owner of Writing Blueprints (along with husband Jon Bard). Laura has edited and critiqued thousands of picture book manuscripts. Her credits include Best Books for Kids Who (Think They) Hate to Read (Random House); articles for Writer’s Digest, The Writer and Children’s Writer’s & Illustrator’s Market; and technical editor of Writing Children’s Books for Dummies.

Julie Hedlund is an award-winning picture book author and founder of the 12 x 12 Picture Book Writing Challenge. Since 2012, 12 x 12 has encouraged thousands of picture book writers to get their stories out of their heads and onto the page. Julie is a frequent speaker at writing retreats and conferences. Her picture book credits include Over, Bear! Under Where?, My Love For You is the Sun, and A Troop is a Group of Monkeys. Her next book, Song After Song: The Musical Life of Julie Andrews debuts in 2023.

Katie Davis is an award-winning writer/illustrator whose published work includes kidlit genres from picture books to middle grade to young adult. Her first picture book, Who Hops? turns 24 this year, and Kindergarten Rocks! has been a perennial favorite since 2005. Katie critiques manuscripts twice a month through her Writers’ Block membership and is the former Director of the Institute of Children’s Literature and Institute for Writers. Her books have sold over a million copies and her two guides for writers, How To Promote Your Children’s Book and How to Write a Children’s Book, both debuted at #1 on Amazon.



Courses Included with Purchase



Easy Author Marketing
The Simple Solution That Sells Books
Jon Bard
$147
Writing a Children's Book Series
How to plan, write, and pitch a book series for today's market
Emma Walton Hamilton
$97
Insider Look at Agent-Client Relationships with Erzsi Deak
A Behind the Scenes Peek at an Agent-Author Relationship
Julie Hedlund
$97
Amazon Sales Secrets
Secrets to becoming a bestselling author on Amazon
Katie Davis
$99

Original Price: $440


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When does the course start and finish?
The course starts now and never ends! It is a completely self-paced online course - you decide when you start and when you finish.
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