Literary Aviatrix: The Power of Story - Women in Aviation
Join Liz Booker as she interviews authors whose books feature women in aviation from across genres, historical periods, and types of flying, and be inspired by the tenacity, adventure, and courage of our sisters in the air.
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Liz not only promotes books featuring women in aviation, but also provides the tools and information for other women to tell their stories. Check out Writers' Room interviews for in-depth discussions on writing, publishing, and book promotion.
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Literary Aviatrix: The Power of Story - Women in Aviation
Aviatrix Writers' Room Picture Book Publishing Panel: Five authors share their journeys through traditional, hybrid, and self-publishing.
In this Picture Book Panel discussion, we hear from five recently published authors who navigated various routes to publication including traditional, hybrid, and self-publishing to get their stories into print. They very generously share those journeys with us here—everything from the decision about which route to go, to the editing process, how they found their illustrators, what their distribution looks like, the percentage return they receive on book sales, special military/aviation-related considerations about depicting specific ‘brand’ images, to book promotion and lessons learned along the way. If you’re not writing with the specific niche of women in aviation in mind, the information here will still be of tremendous value as you contemplate your options.
00:00 – 02:49 Intro
02:50 – 06:58 Author Intros
07:00 – 15:08 Manuscript Prep/Edit
15:10 – 18:22 Finding an Artist
18:23 – 24:47 Why did you choose your pub route/timeline to publication
24:48 – 30:33 Distribution
30:34 – 36:04 Promotion and sales
36:05 – 43:05 Percent earnings on sales
43:06 – 47:24 Activity books
47:25 – 53:58 Book Promotion
53:59 – 58:59 Special military and branding image considerations
59:00 – 1:00:05 Lessons learned/advice
If you have a great picture book idea to help inspire the next generation of women in aviation, I hope you’ll pursue it, and I hope this panel discussion helps you on your journey!
A big takeaway from this panel is the importance of community. If you’re writing books featuring women in aviation, I hope you’ll consider the Literary Aviatrix community as yours along your journey, and if you’re not, find your people! The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) is an awesome starting point.
Check out my full interviews with several of these authors and many more in the Aviatrix Writers' Room: https://literaryaviatrix.com/writers-room2/
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Kodey Bogart @helogirlsbook – Helo Girls series – https://www.helogirls.com
Darcy Guya
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Thanks so much for listening!
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Blue skies, happy reading, and happy listening!
-Liz Booker
