Frederike Schmitz
Writing is creative, publishing a business: query letters, literacy agents and next steps
Now that I feel like my story is mature enough, I struggle with the next steps. Should I approach a traditional publisher? And if so,...
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Frederike Schmitz
- Aug 19, 2021
- 6 min
How to publish a children’s science book?
Now that I send off my story to a few kids to read it and hopefully give me feedback about it, it is time for me to ‘move on’ so to...
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Frederike Schmitz
- Aug 12, 2021
- 7 min
What do kids want to know about the corona virus and what can I learn from that?
I’m writing a story about Didi, a brave immune cell and I want this story to be attractive to kids aged 7-10 or older. But I don’t know...
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Frederike Schmitz
- May 20, 2021
- 5 min
Meet Didi and her family
When I started writing the story, I needed a protagonist and a couple of cells which would get a part of the story. Here again I let...
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Frederike Schmitz
- May 13, 2021
- 4 min
Struggling with the science: science evolves
As I discussed in the previous blog, I had chosen several scientific facts for my science story. But what is a scientific fact? And does...
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Frederike Schmitz
- May 6, 2021
- 6 min
How to turn science facts into a story embedded into science? A ‘technical’ approach.
In today’s blog post I want to come back to the immune story I’m writing. So far all I’ve written was pages full of non-fiction science...
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Frederike Schmitz
- Apr 29, 2021
- 4 min
Boosting your immune system- how can you do that?
Happy #InternationalImmunologyDay! To celebrate this day, I wanted to write about an important immune concept- boosting your immune...
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Frederike Schmitz
- Apr 22, 2021
- 2 min
Changing your perspective: how can you think and feel something about science?
By now I had written several pages about what happens when the first microorganisms settle onto your skin, in your guts, lungs and any...
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Frederike Schmitz
- Apr 15, 2021
- 3 min
How does one even write a story based on science facts?
So, picture me, reading up on science literature for weeks and weeks. And then I finally start writing. What did I write? I accidentally...
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Frederike Schmitz
- Apr 8, 2021
- 4 min
The reason to finally start writing about science
So here I am, struggling with this vague idea of writing about immune cells for children. But I have no idea on how to start. No idea who...
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Frederike Schmitz
- Apr 1, 2021
- 5 min
Thinking about writing a children’s book on immune cells for years, but how to start?
For years now- no kidding- I have been thinking about writing a children’s book about the immune system. I don’t know about you, but I...
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