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Do you write for publication? For fun? Do you show your creations to friends and family members? (Are your creations
about friends and family members?) Or do you write for the pure enjoyment of it all, then hide your
stories from everyone, maybe even erase them from the computer? Answer "yes" to any of the above, and
you are A WRITER. Take a few minutes to browse this page. Here
you will find links to helpful writer sites, fun words about writing, and the occasional brain teaser, writing excerise,
or recommandations on books ABOUT writing. (Reading books like that is a great way to procrastinate doing the actual
writing, I find.) Enjoy! If you have a book recommendation or writing quote that you'd like to share,
leave it in our guestbook. (Located on the home page.) I may post it on the site along with your name!
LINKS FOR WRITERS:
The Society of Children's Books Writers and Illustrators:
a great resource for writers, from those just starting out to seasoned professionals.
Jacket Flap: Children's publishing contacts,
information, blogs, and statistics. www.jacketflap.com
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"Happiness is a bowl of cherries, and a book of poetry under a shade tree." --Astrid Alauda
recommended
Craft books:
How To Write A Children's
Book and Get It Published---by Barbara Seuling
A really wonderful plae to start, I have
returned to this book again and again for over ten years. The book is divided into sections: A Closer Look at
Children's Books, Developing Your Ideas, Writing Your Book, Selling Your Book, and A Publisher in Your Future.
Along the way are such topics as: Submitting your manuscript, Writing in verse, Sabatoge Made Easy, How to Become an
Expert, and Learning Your craft. The book specifically covers Easy Readers, early chapter books, picture books, plays,
verse, fiction and nonfiction in its "What you need to know and do" section.
Writing Books For Young People--By James Cross Giblin
Also a wonderful place to
start! A great book introducing and covering the basics, with an emphasis on nonfiction (but great for fiction writers,
too): Finding Good Ideas for Juvenille Nonfiction Books, Researching, Outlining, and Writing a Juvenille Nonfiction
Book, Common Failings in Fiction and how to Avoid Them, From Submission to Contract, and much more.
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