What Do Authors Do?

Where do authors get their ideas?

Do author-illustrators start with the pictures or the story?

What do authors do when they get stuck?

How long does it take to write a book?

With verve and humor, Eileen Christelow shows how authors develop their ideas into books and the find publishers for them.  It's all here-- the dedication and patience that writing requires; the help supplied by friends, family, editors, designers, and printers.  And most important, the appreciation of you, the reader, that makes the experience of writing a book complete.
                                                                                                                   -- Inside Frontcover flap

Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover: 40 pages
Publisher: Clarion Books (September 9, 1995)
ISBN-10: 039571124X
ASIN: B001O0D1GK