This live Q&A event is available for members with full, extended, or time traveler admission levels.

Picture books are usually the first books we are exposed to. This means as a writer, there is a lot of pressure when you plot your picture book. But how do you build a plot and character in only 16 spreads and 32 pages? Find out how to carefully plot your picture books to include a spread, a conflict, a resolution and an appealing character.

Shelli R. Johannes is the coauthor of the Loves Science picture book series (4 out, 2 coming) and her popular Nature of Grace self-published series that sold over 200k copies. She has three more picture book series coming out by 2022. She can often be found on highways and country roads saving strays and other jaywalking critters, or volunteering with animal conservation groups like the Atlanta Zoo, the Dolphin Project, and Bosley’s puppy orphanage.

After earning a master’s in marketing and working in Corporate America, Shelli traded out her heels and suits for flip-flops and jeans so she could follow her passion of writing.

Shelli lives in Atlanta with her husband, two kids, one bird, one fish, and two crazy-haired goldendoodles.

pronouns: she/her

Events can only be accessed on the date and time they become available. Q&A Events go open for questions 30 minutes before the session starts.

This event will remain accessible until March 1st for members with General and Full Admission, and March 22nd for members with Extended and Time Traveler Admission.