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The Quest for a Publisher
The journey to get the books published, the process, and what it actually feels like.
What it covers: The submission letter, rejection letters, what agents want, the publishing journey confession, why social media is part of the package, building an audience before publication, the history of the blog itself and thoughts on the growth of AI.
Dear Algorithm, We Need to Have a Talk: An author's ongoing battle with social media.
By Chris Livemore I am going to take you back to 1415, a muddy field in France and the famous battle of Agincourt. A formidable French army vastly outnumbered King Henry V's English force by at least 5-1. It looked like the could only be one winner. That is the best medieval analogy that I can come up with to say exactly what it is like for small accounts trying to battle against the algorithms of social media giants to get seen. Fortunately there's a much, much smaller chanc
Chris Livemore
6 days ago4 min read
Submitting a Children's Book to Publishers: When Procrastination Looks Like Productivity
By Chris Livemore. The plan started off as simple as simple could be. Write the books. Build the community. Send the manuscripts to publishers. Get the deal. Watch Jack take his place on bookshop shelves alongside children who will love him. Help get more dads reading to their children at bedtime. Sounds simply. Right? Then an idea began to form. I would tart writing some blogs, build some interesting content to show that The Good Knight website was actually more than just ab
Chris Livemore
Jun 54 min read
AI in Children's Picture Books: An Honest Answer to the Question Everyone Is Asking
As someone who was born in the early 1980s I never imagined that I would have to adapt so quickly to a technology, or even be replaced by one. A vast majority of my working career involved writing and winning funding bids for sustainability projects. And then I stopped winning as many bids, I couldn't work out why, I questioned my ability, my skills, my knowledge, my sanity and then my ability again.
Chris Livemore
Jun 57 min read
Why This Children's Book Blog Accidentally Became a Medieval History Blog
When I launched The Good Knight blog, I had a plan. The plan was this: write honestly about the journey to get five picture books published. Share what it's like to write something you believe in and then spend months trying to persuade people in offices to agree with you. Talk about the mission, getting more dads reading at bedtime, the 42% statistic, the ten minutes that makes a difference. Build Jack's world in public. Be vulnerable. Be real. It was a good plan. Then I wro
Chris Livemore
May 154 min read
Why I Wrote a Children's Picture Book Series to Get Dads Reading at Bedtime.
I'll be honest. I didn't initially set out to write a children's book series with a mission. I didn't even set out to write a children's book. I just wanted to make up some stories where I could make bedtime more fun for my children and connecting with them. The next thing I knew I had written five full stories, had half written another seven/eight quests for Jack the Knight and his friends (not to mention a few stories for an astronaut themed series) have a folder with nearl
Chris Livemore
Apr 293 min read
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