Level up your children’s book at your own pace with Wolf School! 🎓
⭐️ Best for: Authors trying to figure which age group who their book is for
The Readership Matchmaker Framework!
If you’ve written a children’s book (or you’re working on one) and you can’t figure out which age group it suits best, this is the workshop for you!
In 12 fun, colourful steps with interactive tasks and quizzes, you’ll finally get your head around the definitions, differences, conventions and expectations of the distinct middle grade and young adult audiences, and figure out which age group your own book is really aimed at.
We’ll cover the different age categories and how you can identify which audience a book is aimed at, before diving into your own book and identifying which age group will love it most!
You’ll walk away with a clear idea of whether your book is middle grade, young adult or something else entirely.
⭐️ Best for: Writers who are getting ready to query agents
The Kidlit Comp Title Workshop (self-paced)
Go from zero comps to a pitch-ready list in four weeks!
What’s a comp title? They’re ‘comparison’ books that you can use in an agent query to help the understand where your book would fit into the market.
This four-week workshop with weekly assignments and instructor feedback guides you through finding, reading and pitching the perfect comps for your children’s or YA book, levelling up your chances of publishing success.
Tell agents where your book fits into today’s kidlit market AND demonstrate you’re an informed reader who’s done their research.
⭐️ Best for: Writers who’ve finished their first draft
Book Map Rockstar: Revise and analyse your novel
See your story all in one place with a book map!
Spot emerging patterns or gaps and understand what’s actually on the page rather than just what you *think* is on the page.
When I made book maps for my clients, some told me it was the most valuable part of their whole edit!
Book maps aren’t actual maps. They’re a way of tracking what happens in your manuscript and finding gaps, connections, problems and opportunities that you’ve never seen before.
When you’ve made your book map, you can turn it into a revision to-do list. Ready to see your story differently and make each scene work as hard as it can?
⭐️ Best for: Writers who want to explore and study their genre
Be an expert in your genre
A fun project for writers of children’s and YA fiction who want to learn more about the genre they write and get a better understanding of the market and the readers they’re writing for.
Know your genre, love your genre and help young readers love it, too!
Being completely immersed in the genre you write in helps you understand why readers love this genre, be familiar with all the popular titles in the genre so you can understand what’s worked in the past, know what’s being published in your genre right now so you know what children and teens are currently enjoying – and loads more!
⭐️ Best for: Writers who aren’t sure what genre their book is
Space opera, steampunk and slashers, oh my!
Ever go into a bookshop or library and say, ‘I’d like a book, please! Any will do, I’m not fussy!’
Probably not. And children & teenagers don’t do that, either!
‘Space opera, steampunk and slashers, oh my!’ takes the mystery out of genre jargon and guides you through narrowing down your own book’s genre, whether you’re just getting started or already have a completed draft.
No idea what genre you want to write? No problem – I’ve got tips for that!
I’ll explore and explain tropes, genres, subgenres, mashups and the children’s book industry, all while showing you how to apply this learning to your own book and marketing materials.
Best for: Parents who want to encourage their children to love reading
Raising Readers
In this jam-packed webinar class, I’ll give you all my secrets for encouraging children to read for fun.
There is lots of information in here, and even some stats (sorry). But there are also loads of fun ideas, clever resources, colourful slides and three different pairs of earrings to keep things fresh. Watch the whole webinar at once or go through the 3 hours of video one by one in your own time.
⭐️ Best for: Writers working on a first draft or character profile
Quiz Your Protagonist
A free self-paced course with 14 surprising interview questions for your MG or YA character to answer.
How well do you know your main character? I mean really know them? The more you understand your hero and their hopes, dreams, fears and motivations, the more believable and relatable their actions will feel to readers. And if your reader believes in your character, they’ll be more invested in the story and more immersed in your world. Bingo!
Ask your main character 14 deep and meaningful questions and get thinking about your hero’s inner life on a new level.