Write What you know-----------------++

I have attended many conferences where speakers have repeated this advice.  Write what you know.

I believe there is some truth in that statement.  It's also what you feel most comfortable doing. Another good idea is to hang your story line, especially for children, on a historical peg.  That gives you a good platform to begin writing. One of the stories I wrote years ago for Children's Friend magazine was from a historical tidbit about how George Washington's soldiers during the Revolutionary War would grease their feet with oil when they were frost bit or frozen. I don't know whether that was really true or not, but it made a good story.  I'm now in the process of combining some of those stories and hope to publish another children's book on CreateSpace.