# Pauline Tait Award-Winning Author & Writing Mentor Bestselling & multi -award-winning author of children's picture books & twisty mysteries laced with secrets, suspense & unexpected love. I am also a writing & publishing mentor to children's authors, & Editorial Manager for eMagazine, Writers’ Narrative. Page: Feed: --- ## [Building a World Younger Readers Can Believe In](https://paulinetaitauthor.substack.com/p/building-a-world-younger-readers) _2025-10-01 · Pauline Tait, Author & Mentor_ A behind the scenes view of the multi award-winning, The Fairy in the Kettle trilogy. ## [Summer Wrap-Up](https://paulinetaitauthor.substack.com/p/summer-wrap-up) _2025-09-25 · Pauline Tait, Author & Mentor_ Stories in progress, behind-the-scenes glimpses, and life at the writing desk ## [A Mentor's Insight Into Publishing Children's Picture Books](https://paulinetaitauthor.substack.com/p/a-mentors-insight-into-publishing) _2025-09-10 · Pauline Tait, Author & Mentor_ Taking children's picture books from draft manuscript to publication ## [Helping Children’s Authors Bring Their Stories to Life](https://paulinetaitauthor.substack.com/p/helping-childrens-authors-bring-their) _2025-09-10 · Pauline Tait, Author & Mentor_ My aim is to help authors produce work that meets the standards of traditional publishing, while keeping their unique voice. ## [Why Publishing is a Business and Why Authors Must Treat it Like One](https://paulinetaitauthor.substack.com/p/why-publishing-is-a-business-and) _2025-09-09 · Pauline Tait, Author & Mentor_ Treat Publishing as a business without taking the joy out of writing. ## [Closing the Chapter on 2024](https://paulinetaitauthor.substack.com/p/closing-the-chapter-on-2024) _2024-12-16 · Pauline Tait, Author & Mentor_ Hello from a cold and frosty Perthshire! ## [The Table Read Magazine - Professional Mentoring For Children’s Authors From Award Winner Pauline Tait](https://paulinetaitauthor.substack.com/p/the-table-read-magazine-professional) _2024-09-19 · Pauline Tait, Author & Mentor_ I’m sending out a mid-month newsletter to share an article that was recently published in The Table Read. ## [July & August's Monthly Memo](https://paulinetaitauthor.substack.com/p/july-and-augusts-monthly-memo) _2024-09-04 · Pauline Tait, Author & Mentor_ Page Turner Award Finalist 2024 ## [June's Monthly Memo](https://paulinetaitauthor.substack.com/p/junes-monthly-memo) _2024-06-27 · Pauline Tait, Author & Mentor_ Where to begin! ## [Home of the Agentic Pull Request (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/liV7Wm6mC7KD) _2024-06-27 · **Sponsored**_ CLI-first, TUI-ready toolkits and a moshscript installer — join the waitlist ## [Mid-Month Memo](https://paulinetaitauthor.substack.com/p/mid-month-memo) _2024-06-04 · Pauline Tait, Author & Mentor_ The Successful Launch of Anna's Promise and Netflix News!