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It's a real treat to have as my guest award-winning and extraordinarily prolific (she's written over 75 books, after all!) author Nancy I. Sanders. To promote the release of her latest children's book, America’s Black Founders, Nancy will be touring the blogosphere this week. On this the second day of her tour, Nancy talks about her book, her inspiration for it, the publishing process and her writing habits. I hope you'll enjoy the interview!
Hi, Nancy. It's great to have you here. I see you write a lot of nonfiction children's books about the African American culture? Can you tell us when and how your passion for this subject started?
The first book I wrote on the African American culture was A Kid’s Guide to African American History. It covers the entire history from the glorious kingdoms in Africa during the Middle Ages up to current events. After I was done with that book, I realized I was in a very unique position. I knew a vast amount of university-level information on this topic AND I was a children’s writer. I therefore made it my goal to share the info I had learned in as many formats and genre as I could to reach as many kids as possible. I wanted to share my discoveries with the world! So far I’ve had a trade picture book, a book of readers theatre plays for middle grade students, and a nonfiction activity book published, along with my current title America’s Black Founders. This spring will also see the release of my first middle grade novel and a nonfiction book of primary sources—all on the topic of African American history for kids.
Your latest book is AMERICA'S BLACK FOUNDERS. In a nutshell, what does the book offer kids, educators, librarians and parents?
My goal and desire with this book is to show today’s generation the faces of the amazing men and women who helped found our nation. My book is filled with portraits of America’s Black Founders, many of which were d
19 Comments on Mini Interview with Nancy I. Sanders, author of America's Black Founders, last added: 2/3/2010
Mayra, Thank you so much for this awesome interview. I am so very elated to read about Nancy's passion to write about the contribution of African Americans. This is such an important aspect of American History. Kudos to Nancy Sanders. Nicole
It's such a pleasure to meet you, Nancy. What an inspiration to all writers. And I do agree with Nicole about contributing and offering interesting reads to children on African Americans. There are so many interesting figures and periods that children should know about. Kudos.
And I have different writing spots in my house too.
Though, right now I'm writing the synopsis for my MG novel that I am going to query this month. And, well, I just can't seem to find a spot that is good enough to help me write this ghastly document. :(
Thanks for sharing a bit of your world Nancy. (^_^)
Nancy's writing book, Yes You Can!, is just great and I'm experiementing right now with her submission techniques. It is also full of tips on how to organize your time to make the best of it--something I always struggle with!
Hi everyone! Thanks, Mayra, for being an official stop on my tour! And thanks, gals, for all your kind words. I appreciate all you helping me to celebrate. -Nancy
Excellent interview ladies. As a big lover of nonfiction, Nancy's books would be right up my alley; and what a great book to have come out during Black History Month.
I wish you continued success, Nancy. If you are looking for reviewers, you can contact me at cg20pm00(at)gmail(dot)com.
Thank you ladies for sharing this post with us. Your timeline was fascinating, Nancy. As a new writer I'm learning PATIENCE!
I love the concept of your book that highlights the everyday heroes that usually don't get celebrated as they should. It's so important for kids to understand what a TRUE HERO is.
Lea, it was such a pleasure to meet you here on Mayra's site today! I lead some local critique groups and some of my members were thrilled to participate in your Muse conference this past year! Thanks for giving us such a gift. -Nancy
Suzanne, I'm assuming that the marketing department at my publisher racked up the advance sales. Sometimes places like Scholastic Book Fairs prefer to place advanced orders based on the book's prototype so they can have the books for sale right when it comes out, too. I sent my publisher some tips on places I felt might want to place orders before the book came out and I'm sure they had places of their own to contact as well.
It's an honor to have as my guest tomorrow award-winning children's author Nancy Sanders. Sandy is the author of over 75 (yes, 75!) children's books.
I first learned about Nancy from the Children's Writers Coaching Club, where she's a writing teacher. Her teleclasses are just awesome and shock-full of information for both beginners and more experienced writers.
Her latest titles include Yes! You Can Learn How To Write Children's Books, Get Them Published, and Build a Successful Writing Career (I got a copy, it is FAB!) and America’s Black Founders.
In fact, to promote the release of this latest title, Sandy will be on a virtual blog tour this week.
The National Writing for Children Center is the 1st stop on Nancy's virtual tour for her book. Good to see you're the next stop on the tour!
Welcome to the blog chain that takes place all this week from the National Writing for Children's Center. It's good to have your site on the chain. Visitors will have loads of fun traveling along ALL the "links" in the chain!
Today we kick off Black History month with an interview with Nancy I. Sanders, author of the new book America’s Black Founders.
This is also Day 1 of Nancy’s virtual tour for this book.
Nancy I. Sanders with Her New Book America’s Black Founders
When I wrote America’s Black Founders, it was an amazing journey of discovery. For instance, I learned that there are actual handwritten documents from leading African Americans still in existence from the 1700 and 1800s! These included a ballad penned during the Siege of Boston, letters written home from a soldier who had been at Valley Forge, and petitions containing important signatures. I also discovered that in private collections, various historic sites, state archives, and public repositories could be found original documents and images detailing key contributions African Americans made during the founding years of our nation. With each discovery I made, my excitement grew. I was determined to find images of as many of these items as I could in order to share these discoveries in my book with the new generation of America’s youth and future freedom builders.
In the world of publishing, sometimes a publisher locates images and sometimes an author does. According to my contract with Chicago Review Press, the author is responsible for finding and paying for any image used in a book in their “For Kids” series. I had never done this before, so it was a brand new adventure. Here are some of the steps I went through to gather images and make this book the best it could be.
Explore: I set up a separate e-mail account to handle the contacts I made to collect the images. This made my search so much easier to track. Then I explored various ways to acquire the digital images my publisher required. I looked for the “photograph credits” listed in the books I was using as research. I discovered there are professional repositories of images that charge over a thousand dollars for use of one of their images in my book. I contacted large historical societies and discovered that they charge over $100 for use of one of their digitized images in my book. Small historical societies and state archives had smaller fees such as $10 to $35 per image. Some offered the use of their images for free. Since I also wanted to include images of a variety of historic sites, I went on Flickr.com and found that many generous individuals were willing to offer free use of their photographs at these sites in my book in exchange for a line of credit next to the image. I also went through my own photographs that I had taken sightseeing at various historic sites to see if any were good enough quality to use in my book. I was happy to discover that many were.
Budget: Since I had to pay for every image out of my own pocket, I made a priority list of images I wanted to include in my book. The more important, obscure images were at the top of my list and were ones that I was willing to pay more for permission to use. Any key images that were free, especially original documents or paintings from the 1700s and 1800s, were automatically slotted for use in my book. These included images from the Library of Congress that stated “No known restrictions on publication.” The images of lesser importance were carefully evaluated regarding their cost as to whether or not I decided to include them.
Permissions: Organizations usually had their own permission form for me to fill out and sign, and then they countersigned. Some organizations and most individuals didn’t, so I used a permissions form provided by the publisher for them to sign. To obtain permission
6 Comments on An Interview with Nancy I. Sanders, Author of America’s Black Founders, last added: 2/1/2010
Sounds like a fascinating book, Nancy–with incredible research behind it! Thanks for sharing the info about getting photo permissions.
Mayra Calvani said, on 2/1/2010 9:39:00 AM
Dear Nancy,
You’re always so generous with your information!
Thanks for sharing this and good luck with your tour. I look forward to having you as my guest on Mayra’s Secret Bookcase tomorrow on the second day of your tour!
Donna McDine said, on 2/1/2010 11:01:00 AM
Hello Nancy:
Fascinating! Thank you for sharing your experience. I appreciate your willingless to share very much.
Best wishes for a successful tour,
Donna
Esther Jantzen said, on 2/1/2010 11:31:00 AM
Nancy, what a brilliant and helpful idea: to make available to other writers the information on exactly how you proceeded to get images for you book. This is a true service to the rest of us. Thanks for your thoughtfulness and generosity.
Laura Jackson said, on 2/1/2010 11:31:00 AM
I’m really enjoying your book! You have done a lot of great research, which makes for a lot of fascinating reading. And, your virtual tour will be a good way to learn more about the nuts and bolts of creating such a wonderful resource.
Thank you!
Kaaren Cioffi said, on 2/1/2010 11:34:00 AM
This book sounds so interesting. I love books about the unsung heroes that helped shape the world around us.
I’m looking forward to having Nancy visit my site on Friday, February 5th!
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Mayra,
Thank you so much for this awesome interview. I am so very elated to read about Nancy's passion to write about the contribution of African Americans. This is such an important aspect of American History. Kudos to Nancy Sanders.
Nicole
It's such a pleasure to meet you, Nancy. What an inspiration to all writers. And I do agree with Nicole about contributing and offering interesting reads to children on African Americans. There are so many interesting figures and periods that children should know about. Kudos.
Love this interview Mayra and Nancy.
And I have different writing spots in my house too.
Though, right now I'm writing the synopsis for my MG novel that I am going to query this month. And, well, I just can't seem to find a spot that is good enough to help me write this ghastly document. :(
Thanks for sharing a bit of your world Nancy. (^_^)
Mayra and Nancy:
Absolutely wonderful and insightful interview. I especially enjoyed reading about your timeline. You are a true inspiration.
Best wishes for your continued success.
Warm regards,
Donna
Thanks for your comments, Ladies.
Nancy's writing book, Yes You Can!, is just great and I'm experiementing right now with her submission techniques. It is also full of tips on how to organize your time to make the best of it--something I always struggle with!
Great interview, it was good to learn more about you and your writing process. Thanks for sharing.
Terri
http;//terri-forehand.blogspot.com
Hi everyone! Thanks, Mayra, for being an official stop on my tour! And thanks, gals, for all your kind words. I appreciate all you helping me to celebrate. -Nancy
Excellent interview ladies. As a big lover of nonfiction, Nancy's books would be right up my alley; and what a great book to have come out during Black History Month.
I wish you continued success, Nancy. If you are looking for reviewers, you can contact me at cg20pm00(at)gmail(dot)com.
All my best,
Cheryl
http://childrensandteensbookconnection.wordpress.com/
What a wonderful interview! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you ladies for sharing this post with us. Your timeline was fascinating, Nancy. As a new writer I'm learning PATIENCE!
I love the concept of your book that highlights the everyday heroes that usually don't get celebrated as they should. It's so important for kids to understand what a TRUE HERO is.
What a great interview! It's about time somebody wrote books like those and I expect they'll be welcomed by lots of schools and families.
Great interview. It's such fun to follow Nancy every day on her virtual tour for this book.
I'm curious how she racked up all those advance orders for the book. That's wonderful!
Have a great day!
I especially enjoyed reading about Nancy's writing process. It was fun to get a "bird's eye" view.
Lea, it was such a pleasure to meet you here on Mayra's site today! I lead some local critique groups and some of my members were thrilled to participate in your Muse conference this past year! Thanks for giving us such a gift. -Nancy
Cheryl, thanks for your offer for a reviewer. I'll definitely be in touch! -Nancy
Suzanne, I'm assuming that the marketing department at my publisher racked up the advance sales. Sometimes places like Scholastic Book Fairs prefer to place advanced orders based on the book's prototype so they can have the books for sale right when it comes out, too. I sent my publisher some tips on places I felt might want to place orders before the book came out and I'm sure they had places of their own to contact as well.
And I'm glad you enjoyed learning a little bit about the process, Kelly and Grier!
Great to visit your site, Mayra, and thanks for the interesting interview with Nancy.
Best wishes,
Ev
What a wonderful opportunity to read more about such a prolific and well-rounded author. Mayra, what a great interview!
Dorit