Crystal Bowman was an early childhood educator who has written or coauthored over 100 children’s books, won awards, and sold millions of books. Here's Crystal Bowman's Show Note page with highlights, tips, and links to her books and websites.

Crystal has fun writing mostly for preschool but has done books for early readers, and devotionals for older children. Her start came when she wrote lyrics for children’s piano music after which she wrote humorous poems for children. In this in-depth interview, Crystal provides insights into the challenges of writing to this audience. She shares about word counts per line and lines per page, the number of characters per line, spacing and punctuation, and the importance of following the publisher’s guidelines. We learn tips about getting published, fine-tuning your manuscripts, how to tell if your idea is worth doing, and more. There’s excellent information on the value of attending writers conferences. We talk about, after repeated rejections, when to consider publishing on your own. Crystal shares a wealth of information about all aspects of writing for children.