What I’ve learned about becoming an author-illustrator in the realm of children’s picture books

5 min readMar 11, 2022

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Having written in YA Dystopian, YA Contemporary Romance, and Superhero fiction, when my idea for a children’s picture book came to be, it was a whole other ballpark.

I had an idea, but I was in a new market.

Kayla Hicks

Written by Kayla Hicks

A published author on Amazon| Multi-Genre Author| Teaching about writing and publishing| https://linktr.ee/authorkaylahicks

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