Interview with Linda Lodding, author of The Busy Life of Ernestine Buckmeister
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032
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Writers Abroad 
New Yorker, Linda Lodding, talks to Jo Parfitt about how she found a US publisher for her children's book while living abroad. Find out what you need to know about word counts, working with an editor and illustrator and how she found support while living overseas from the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Discover how Linda went about making herself attractive to a publisher (Flashlight Press), and be inspired by her amazing, successful journey.
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