• SCBWI
• SCBWI San Francisco North & East Bay Region
• Publishers Weekly Children’s Bookshelf
• Children’s Book Insider
• Children’s Writers and Illustrators Market
• Kid Lit

Agents

• Agency Query
• Querytracker

Craft Guides

Dreyer’s English by Benjamin Dreyer
The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer’s Guide to Character Expression by Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi
Save the Cat by Blake Snyder
Deep Point of View by Marcy Kennedy
Dialogue by Marcy Kennedy
Internal Dialogue by Marcy Kennedy
Showing and Telling in Fiction by Marcy Kennedy
Story Genius by Lisa Cron
The Dialogue Thesaurus by Dahlia Evans
The Magic Words by Cheryl Klein

Learn the industry, your craft, the submission process, and writer etiquette
Attend seminars, conferences, and retreats
Select mentor books – underline and flag
Find and cultivate a critique group (more than one if you have the time)
Follow favorite authors, editors and agents on social media
Submit your work for professional critiques at conferences
Plan your time and dedicate a specific time for writing
Set your writing goals and specific objectives to achieve them

Revise, Revise, Revise
Submit your work
Lift your head up after a tough critique or rejection
Keep improving and practicing your craft
Submit more