If you're writing a children's book intended to have illustrations, do you need to find/collaborate with an illustrator before submitting to a publisher? Or can you submit the manuscript to them, then together find an illustrator to come onboard afterwards?
My understanding is that if you go the traditional publishing route, the editors will find an illustrator of their own choosing for the book. EDIT: Ninja'd!
Cats aren't ALWAYS faster than the rest of us! ETA: (And now I worry that people will think I've lost my mind. I mean it in reference to the Ninja-ing... is that clear? Am I just making things worse by trying to explain...?)
Great, that was easy enough. Here's a new question: How do you format the manuscript? Take a picture book that has one or two sentences a page—does that mean that your manuscript should have one two to sentences per page, or should you write it as you would a normal manuscript?
I believe you're mean to just write it as a normal manuscript. Don't just put a couple of sentences on a page. The publisher will take care of that, as well as how and where the pictures appears. If you're writing a chapter book, even one with illustrations, then you follow the normal format for a manuscript with chapters.
