Michelle Medlock Adams
Michelle Medlock Adams is an inspirational speaker, a best-selling author, and an award-winning journalist, earning top honors from the Associated Press, the Society of Professional Journalists, and the Hoosier State Press Association to name a few.
Author of over 100 books with more than 4 million books sold, Michelle is also a New York Times Bestselling ghostwriter and has won more than 90 industry awards for her own journalistic endeavors, including the prestigious 2023 ECPA Gold Medallion Book of the Year for her children’s book, Our God is Bigger Than That!
Since graduating with a journalism degree from Indiana University, Michelle has written more than 1,700 articles for newspapers, magazines, and websites; acted as a stringer for the Associated Press; written for a worldwide ministry; hosted “Joy In Our Town” for the Trinity Broadcasting Network; blogged twice weekly for Guideposts; founded and served as president of Platinum Literary Services; and served as an adjunct professor at Taylor University. Today, she is the owner and editor of her very own children’s book imprint “Wren & Bear Books”—a division of End Game Press—and a much sought-after speaker at professional writing conferences and women’s retreats all over the United States.
Michelle is celebrating her recent releases: The Dachshund Dash, Grandma’s Blessing, and Grandpa’s Blessing.
She is married to her high school sweetheart, Jeff, and they have two daughters, two sons-in-law, four granddaughters and two grandsons. She and Jeff share their home in Southern Indiana with three miniature dachshunds and two spoiled kitties. When not writing or teaching, Michelle enjoys bass fishing, cheering on Indiana University sports teams, watching Doris Day movies, and all things leopard print. http://www.michellemedlockadams.com/
Picture Book Boot Camp with Michelle Medlock Adams (Limit 10)
In this one-day intensive, we’ll dive into the elements of successful picture book stories and provide you with the necessary tools to make your manuscript rise to the top of the dreaded slush pile. Specifically, we will focus on:
- The Importance of Page Turns & How to Put Them into Your Manuscript
- Out-of-the-box Ways to Write a Picture Book
- Point of View
- Word Choice
- Plot twists, “Jump into It” Beginnings, and Endings that make you say, “Aww”
- How to Add Emotion into Your Story
- To Rhyme or Not to Rhyme and Why!
- Plot Structure
Bring one completed picture book manuscript with you, and Michelle will make sure you leave this intensive time of “all things picture books” with a much-improved version, sure to wow editors.
Q: How is this different than the 8-hour continuing session?
A: While the 8-hour continuing session covers all levels of children's book writing, this boot camp is only for picture book writers. You will also receive one-on-one attention from a best-selling children's book author, Michelle Medlock Adams.
