Connecting Through Community
We design each of our interactive courses to be communities. Critique groups allow students form friendships and share wonderful resources to help each other!
Why community matters:
Make connections through our Mighty Networks Member Portal
Mighty Networks is a safe and secure forum where Children's Book Academy students can interact with each other daily. Students can also interact with course faculty and industry experts during live courses! From beginner to multi-published creator, our community will help you make the connections you need to jump-start or refresh your career.
If you have signed up for one of our courses or masterclasses, just go here: https://childrensbookacademy.mn.co/users/onboarding/choose_plan?plan_id=486269&bundle_token=bbdbbcc346487d71cb0657db3f0616a9&utm_source=manual Make an account, log in and look in the left column for your awesome learning event and community.
Blogfish
Gain inspiring insight about the path to publication from former Children’s Book Academy students via Blogfish! Blogfish is the place to discover industry tips, tricks, and insider knowledge from students who have found success. Drawing from personal experience, each post will empower you to take risks, try something new, and make your story the best that it can be. Explore Blogfish today! https://www.childrensbookacademy.com/blogfish
Newsletter
The Children’s Book Academy values your time and creative energy, which is why we promise to never fill your inbox with unnecessary clutter. The CBA newsletter provides valuable nuggets of wisdom to creators of all skill levels, including actional items that you can implement to make your stories even stronger. Receive mini lessons on topics like narrative structure, dialogue, pacing, visual storytelling, character development, sentence structure, and more! Click here to sign up for the CBA newsletter today (need to include link)
COMMUNITY THROUGH ONE-ON-ONE COACHING WITH DR. MIRA
Dr. Mira Reisberg brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise from over 35 years of experience in the children’s book industry. She’s worked as an editor, art director, book designer, literary agent, and children’s literature professor. Dr. Mira’s coaching combines these experiences with her intuitive creative process to gently mentor students in a focused one-on-one session. Back and forth conversation with live explanatory editing will leave you feeling like you’re getting a personal mini-course all based on your individual needs!
(link to coaching info on Resources page)
SCHOLARSHIPS
The Children’s Book Academy is committed to increasing diversity in the field of children’s book literature and making publishing resources accessible. If you’re a writer and/or illustrator who identifies as being of color, LBGTQI, having a disability, or are currently underrepresented in the industry, inquire about financial assistance for various courses offered through the Children’s Book Academy.
Scholarships are available for live courses only. To find out more about scholarships available through the Children’s Book Academy click here: https://www.childrensbookacademy.com/course-scholarships.html (Or modify so this information is on the same page as the scholarships page)
We design each of our interactive courses to be communities. Critique groups allow students form friendships and share wonderful resources to help each other!
Why community matters:
- Inspiration: Overcome writer’s block by brainstorming with other people whose creative wheels are also spinning
- Accountability: Go beyond your comfort zone to achieve goals that would otherwise seem out of reach while being supported along the way
- Insider knowledge: Become an empowered children’s book creative while learning from others who are also advancing in their career and discover more about the inner workings of the publishing industry
- Improving your craft: Uncover knowledge to make your writing even stronger and submit your work to agents and editors in greater confidence
- Connections: Nurture meaningful relationships in a safe and supported space and have fun celebrating each other’s success
Make connections through our Mighty Networks Member Portal
Mighty Networks is a safe and secure forum where Children's Book Academy students can interact with each other daily. Students can also interact with course faculty and industry experts during live courses! From beginner to multi-published creator, our community will help you make the connections you need to jump-start or refresh your career.
If you have signed up for one of our courses or masterclasses, just go here: https://childrensbookacademy.mn.co/users/onboarding/choose_plan?plan_id=486269&bundle_token=bbdbbcc346487d71cb0657db3f0616a9&utm_source=manual Make an account, log in and look in the left column for your awesome learning event and community.
Blogfish
Gain inspiring insight about the path to publication from former Children’s Book Academy students via Blogfish! Blogfish is the place to discover industry tips, tricks, and insider knowledge from students who have found success. Drawing from personal experience, each post will empower you to take risks, try something new, and make your story the best that it can be. Explore Blogfish today! https://www.childrensbookacademy.com/blogfish
Newsletter
The Children’s Book Academy values your time and creative energy, which is why we promise to never fill your inbox with unnecessary clutter. The CBA newsletter provides valuable nuggets of wisdom to creators of all skill levels, including actional items that you can implement to make your stories even stronger. Receive mini lessons on topics like narrative structure, dialogue, pacing, visual storytelling, character development, sentence structure, and more! Click here to sign up for the CBA newsletter today (need to include link)
COMMUNITY THROUGH ONE-ON-ONE COACHING WITH DR. MIRA
Dr. Mira Reisberg brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise from over 35 years of experience in the children’s book industry. She’s worked as an editor, art director, book designer, literary agent, and children’s literature professor. Dr. Mira’s coaching combines these experiences with her intuitive creative process to gently mentor students in a focused one-on-one session. Back and forth conversation with live explanatory editing will leave you feeling like you’re getting a personal mini-course all based on your individual needs!
(link to coaching info on Resources page)
SCHOLARSHIPS
The Children’s Book Academy is committed to increasing diversity in the field of children’s book literature and making publishing resources accessible. If you’re a writer and/or illustrator who identifies as being of color, LBGTQI, having a disability, or are currently underrepresented in the industry, inquire about financial assistance for various courses offered through the Children’s Book Academy.
Scholarships are available for live courses only. To find out more about scholarships available through the Children’s Book Academy click here: https://www.childrensbookacademy.com/course-scholarships.html (Or modify so this information is on the same page as the scholarships page)
Blogfish and Community could be combined into a single section called Connect. This section would provide links to the website's blog, forums, and other community features.
