Children's Writers eNews
April 5, 2012
"The Write Words to Read"
The Institute of Children's Literature
http://www.institutechildrenslit.comEditor: Jan Fields --
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"The secret of getting ahead is getting started."
-- Agatha Christie
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CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE
1. News For You: Writing Game with PRIZES!
2. New: "Add More Meat to Your Manuscript"
3. Vintage: "Mystery and Series Writing"
4. Workshop NEXT WEEK: "Writing for Parents and Families" with Karen Hammond
5. Chat Every Tuesday!
6. What's New At Kristi's?
7. Market Help
8. Webtastic Goodies
9. Essay
10.Good News
11.A Note for our users.
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1. Let's play a mystery writing game in honor of the new Children's Mystery Writing Contest from the Children's Writer! Imagine a first sentence for a scary or challenging or funny children's mystery and send it to me at
jan.fields@forums.institutechildrenslit.com -- I'll run the top five in the enews and send the winners a free copy of Kristi Holl's ebook WRITING MYSTERIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE --
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2. "Add More Meat to Your Manuscript" with Chris Eboch
http://www.institutechildrenslit.com/rx/ws05/addmeat.shtmlBuild your manuscripts full of the meat readers enjoy sinking their teeth into.
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3. "Mystery and Series Writing" with Kristi Holl
http://www.institutechildrenslit.com/rx/tr01/8_kristi_holl.shtmlMore help for those trying out their mystery muscles for the Children's Writer Contest!
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4. April Workshop
April 11-13, 2012 "Writing for Parents and Families" with Karen Hammond in the Writer's Retreat
http://institutechildrenslit.net/index.phpAlthough the number of print magazines for children is shrinking, the number of parent/family magazines continues to grow with new regionals opening every year. Since these markets also care about children, they can make terrific supplemental markets for children's writers. Learn how to write for these hungry markets.
Karen Hammond is an award winning feature writer, essayist and poet, and author of two books including the popular travel guide, Backroads & Byways of New England: Drives, Day Trips & Weekend Excursions (Countryman Press). Her feature articles have been published in leading national and international magazines and newspapers including American Profiles, Family Circle, Family Life, Runner's World, The American Lawyer, Weight Watchers Magazine, Wine Enthusiast, Wine Spectator, Woman’s Day, Yoga Journal, Arkansas Democrat Gazette, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Boston Globe, Miami Herald, Pittsburgh-Post Gazette, Vancouver Sun and many others. In addition, she has contributed poems and prose chapters to several anthologies. Karen began her career by writing brief articles for children. Today she writes primarily for the adult market in the areas of travel, food, and wine; popular culture; women’s health; parenting; and humor, as well as short fiction.
For many years Karen taught freelance magazine and newspaper writing at Binghamton University as a member of the adjunct faculty. She has been an instructor with Long Ridge for almost 19 years and is a popular speaker at writing seminars and conferences. Karen is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire and earned a master’s degree at Binghamton University. To learn more about her, visit her website at
http://www.karenhammond.com or her blog at
http://karenhammond.wordpress.com.
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5. Join us for Live Chat...
Every Tuesday we gather in the chat room to talk writing, selling, marketing, weather and bunnies! Whatever you want to chat with your fellow writers about -- come and have some fun!
http://institutechildrenslit.net/entry.htm3-4PM Atlantic
2-3PM Eastern
1-2PM Central
Noon -1PM Mountain
11AM - Noon Pacific
Every Tuesday come and bring any writing questions you might have...or just hang out with people who share your same dreams.
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6. This Week at Kristi's
Kristi Holl's Writer's First Aid is so good -- it's like getting extra special writing advice in every visit.
http://institutechildrenslit.net/Writers-First-Aid-blog/Wed., April 4: "Motivation or Commitment? Only ONE is Necessary"
Motivation doesn’t last forever. When motivation fizzles out, you need rock solid commitment to keep you moving ahead on your writing goals. But how do we develop that kind of commitment to our writing?
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7. The SCAREald
http://thescareald.com/submit.htmlPaying online market!
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8. PD James on Mystery Writing
http://www.randomhouse.com/features/pdjames/mysterywriting.htmlMystery Writing Tips from a Top Professional.
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9. Special Big News
Writing for Children's Magazines
http://evelynchristensen.com/mags.htmlFor everyone missing Kidmagwriters, good news! The wonderful Evelyn Christensen is beginning an ezine devoted to market information and help for all children's writers interested in magazines. Plus, it's another market for writing related articles: "We’re open to submissions related to the focus of the publication. Please check out the guidelines. This is a no-pay market, but we do provide nice publicity for our authors."
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10. Good News
Nancy I. Sanders: My new book, Frederick Douglass for Kids, will be released in June. If you're a bookseller, librarian, reviewer, or media professional, now through the end of April, you can request a digital galley of Frederick Douglass for Kids from NetGalley <http://www.netgalley.com/PopupHandler.php?module=catalog&func=galleyTitleDetails&projectid=15330> .
Tammi Sauer: The chickens are back! Bawk & Roll, the sequel to Chicken Dance, can be found at stores, libraries, and barnyards near you.
http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781402778377M.C. Arvanitis: My first mid grade novel, The Legend of ELPanda Paws, is now on Amazon.com, Barnes & Nobles, and can also be downloaded from SmashWords. The story is about the northern elves, makers of Santa Claus's Love Bears, who become sad and cannot make the special bears. There is a terrible unhappiness in the land that causes the Negative Disease. LVina and ELMetric, ELFanites, must find the reason for this problem.
Patricia Moore: I won an Honorable Mention for my picture book manuscript, FIELD OF FLOWERS, in the Writer's Digest Writing Competition.
Ronnie Dauber:I'm really excited because I have just published the third book, Whiteout, in my y/a action-adventure series and I'm currently writing the fourth book. But as well, I have written my first Inspirational book called, Let Faith Arise! and it should be released at the end of April. This book is especially exciting for me because it's a collection of messages that I believe were inspired by the Lord as I fought a horrific battle with cancer all of last year.
What's Your Good News? Send to
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