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Tuesday 12 x 12 – Marcy Pusey

Tuesday 12 x 12 - Marcy Pusey

I think we can all agree that no matter where are you in your writing career, The Writerly Road is full of ups and downs and maybe a few detours. Remembering why we started writing and why we continue to write is essential for getting through and climbing back up and out. Today Marcy walks […]

Tuesday 12 x 12 – Katie Furze

Tuesday 12 x 12 - Katie Furze

When we start on this journey it’s easy to believe, because we love writing and we love picture books, that writing picture books will be easy. I KNOW all of us picture book authors have been in the spot where we realized this is harder than we expected. The step we take next is what defines us […]

Tuesday 12 x 12 – Kellie Johnston

Tuesday 12 x 12 - Kellie Johnston

For some of us, major life changes happen and we sit what it means. Today, Kellie Johnston shows us what wonderful things can happen when we embrace the change and are open to the seemingly small opportunities all around us. Kellie’s spirit is as warm as that sunny picture of hers, and she reminds us […]

Tuesday 12 x 12 – Lisa Connors

I’m not quite sure how it got to be MAY before hosting our first Tuesday 12 x 12 author of 2015, but better late than never. Tuesday 12 x 12 is a series where we celebrate and learn from the dedicated, talented, pre-published authors working toward achieving their dreams. Lisa Connors exemplifies the hard-working 12 […]

12 x 12 January 2015 Check-In

HELLO 12 x 12 in 2015 Participants!! WELCOME to your first monthly check-in. This is where we share whether we wrote or revised this month or made any other progress in our writing. I go first, then I ask you. But remember, as one of our participants said on the Facebook Group yesterday, if you didn’t […]

12 x 12 Registration is Now OPEN!

It’s the moment I know I’ve been waiting for, and I hope you have too! 12 x 12 in 2015 is now OPEN for registration! If you write picture books, please come and join the friendliest writing community on earth. The benefits of 12 x 12 membership are ample, and you can find them all […]

TARA LAZAR – January, 2015 Featured Author

It’s officially 12 x 12 in 2015!! The start of a brand new, shiny year full of blank sheets of paper (and computer screens) for us to fill with our luscious words as we write picture book drafts. Here to kick off our year is none other than Tara Lazar, founder of Picture Book Idea […]

Financial Need Scholarship Guidelines

All applications will be accepted via email only between November 1, 2023 – November 30, 2023 at kelli@juliehedlund.com.

Subject line of the email:

  1. 12 x 12 Financial Need Scholarship
 

Please include the following in the body of the email:

  1. An autobiographical statement and career summary in 250 words or fewer.
  2. A short statement describing the nature of the financial need/circumstances in 250 words or fewer.
  3. A sample query letter for the manuscript you are submitting with your application.
  4. Pitches for two additional completed picture books.
 

 Attached to the email:

  1.  The full text of one picture book manuscript, attached as a Word document named as FIN_YourFirstName_YourLastName_Title_of_Manuscript.doc (or docx).