AUTHOR: Monica Lee TITLE: Marketing DATE: 7:18 PM ----- BODY:

I attended my SCBWI Illustrators group yesterday where therewas a big discussion about advertising. (A must, we all agreed) But where do you get the most for you dollar? I advertised in Picture-Book last year which is specifically for the children’s market. I will advertise this year also but unfortunately there is no contact info directly to me because it was through my agent whom I parted ways with. They are lovely people, I hope if anyone wants to reach me they will find me. Lesson learned on that one. I am looking into the Directory of Illustration which is a hefty investment! Has anyone used them? Some in my group had and it pay off for them and some had not. I am also considering theispot an online group that gets a fair amount of traffic. Today I will definitely signup for children’s illustrators, a new website out of London. Inexpensive. I feel a bit nervous because I am without and agent and doing my own marketing…but I am going to take the bull by the horns and make it work.

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