Today we’re so fortunate to have picture book author Chloe Ito Ward on the blog. With multiple books to her name, she’s sharing some of the myths and realities of publishing. If you’ve always wondered about what it’s like to debut your first picture book, how much your publisher will help, and everything book launch and publication day, you’ll want to grab a writing tool, a cup of favorite cool beverage and read on. It’s a good one! MYTH: Your book launch needs to be a huge event REALITY: Your book launch can be whatever you want it to be!…
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Questions like these are stereotypical because it often plays into the idea that one person can speak for an entire community of people. Also that the experience of being a minority makes things like writing completely different when all writers suffer and struggle to throw words onto a blank page. There are a few things, however, that I can speak to. And if you are Asian American and write, could possible relate. If you wonder: if your work isn’t connecting and you’re receiving rejections because it doesn’t resonate with the majority culture. if your work is chosen preciously because you…