Children's writer guide to 2006
By: [edited by Susan M. Tierney]
Publisher: Writer's Institute Publications
Published: 2006
Place of publication: West Redding, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9781889715384
Subjects: Children's literature; Authorship; Publishing
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: MARKETS: Book publishing overview, R.E.S.P.E.C.T.: Find out what it means to you / Pegi Deitz Shea; title: Magazine publishing overview: The big world of small magazine communities / Jan Fields; title: Creative nonfiction for today's eager reader / Sue Bradford Edwards; title: Winner or wannabe? Topics for a preschool audience / Paula Morrow; title: Specialize or diversity? Build on what you know / Sue Bradford Edwards; title: Bring legends to life with historical fantasy / Chris Eboch; title: The thrill of horror and things that go bump in the night / Chris Oboch; title: Breaking into educational publishing today / Joanne Mattern; title: A matter of conscience: writing on social responsibility / Pegi Deitz Shea; title: Busy hands, happy hands: crafts, games, activities / Paula Morrow; title: News of the year / Marni McNiff.; title: STYLE: When more tha one voice tells the story / Mindy Hardwick; title: Life as story, story as life: short stories for ages 6 to 12 / Paula Morrow; title: Spice up your writing with vivid images / Darcy Pattison; title: No cheap theatrics, please! Avoid clice and melodrama / Katherine Swarts; title: In transition / Leslie J. Wyatt; title: Cooking up a theme / Virginia Castleman; title: The light dawned: improve your character epiphanies / Darcy Pattison; title: Who said that? Using dialogue and idiom to define character / Sue Bradford Edwards; title: Coming of age; title: again! / Sharelle Byars Moranville; title: The (new and improved) truth about autobiography / Christina Hamlett; title: BUSINESS: Taking care of business: magazine contracts and payments / Mark Haverstock; title: The questions, quandary, and quest for an agent / Judy Bradbury; title: The gamut of professional organizations / Veda Boyd Jones; title: Into the readers' hands: how the book distribution process works / Christina Hamlett; title: Making a career splash / Chris Eboch; title: Software to simplify the wirter's life / Christina Hamlett; title: Create an author website / Mark Haverstock; title: IDEAS: Prime the pumps and start the ideas flowing / Sue Bradford Edwards; title: Backstory: Life's breath of frontstory / Sharelle Byars Moranville; title: The fine art of brainstorming / Katherine Swarts; title: Writing coaches: help getting to the top of your game / Suzanne Lieurance; title: RESEARCH: Oh, the places you can't go! Researching place / Lisa Harkrader; title: Worth a thousand words: photos for nonfiction / Lisa Harkrader; title: Add to the wirting fun with hands-on research / Mark Haverstock; title: Becoming expert at finding experts / Christina Hamlett; title: CONTESTS AND CONFERENCES: Details make the difference at the annual SCBWI Conference / Judy Bradbury; title: Writers' conferences: Conferences devoted to writing for children; Conferences with sessions on writing for children; title: Writers' contests & awards.