41. The Berkshire Writers Room A site for writers of western Massachusetts and beyond. Our members meet monthly in the following genres fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, writing for children, and scriptwriting. http://www.berkshire.net/~allie

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42. Writing For Children Writer's Guide! writing for children. The secret to writing successfulchildren's stories is that you have to think like a kid. Remember http://writersguide2002.tripod.com/guide/id9.html

Get Five DVDs for $.49 each. Join now. Tell me when this page is updated Writer's Guide! Writing For Children Home Writers Wanted Tillsonburg Outdoor Fun! ... Promo Items! Writing For Children Funnies For Kids Make Mine A Mystery Giggles Poe-A-Tree ... Writers Beware! Boy will I be glad when I learn to read! I just hope that by then, someone will write something interesting and exciting. Remember that children are people too. Make their stories interesting and active! Okay, so you've decided you want to write for children. Children's books are so much smaller than adults books, and they have less words, and the words they do have are small and simple. It should be a snap to write children's books. Guess again! There is no such thing as easy writing. All varieties of writing have their own requirements. There are many different types of children's books and the requirements for them vary according to the age of the children who are the intended audience. Word counts for children's books vary greatly. Make sure you obtain guidelines from a selection of children's publishers, or you may end up with a trunk filled with stories and no place to sell them. The secret to writing successful children's stories is that you have to think like a kid. Remember that kids like things that are silly, disgusting, and embarrassing to someone else.

43. Topica Email List Directory Purpose SCRIBBLES caters to children's writers and includes anything and everthingabout writing for children Author interviews, tips, exercises, opinions http://www.topica.com/lists/Lil_Scribbles/?cid=1083

44. Writing For Children - Winter 2003 Seminars & Workshops - Writers & Books Kindred Online Discussion Forum, Click your heels three times Winter 2003 Workshopsat Writers Books. writing for children. Children’s Book Workshop. http://www.wab.org/workshops/2003_winter/childwrite.shtml

@import "/css/wab.css2"; Why does wab.org look so screwy? Find the answer here Quick Links Kindred Calendar of Events Kindred NEW! ... SummerWrite 2003 Creative Writing Writing for Children Instructor: Jennifer Meagher [ bio Limit: 12 Home Section Name In This Section Full Course Listing How to Register Our New Classrooms Adult Workshops NEW! Read It! Seminars NEW! Write It! Workshops NEW! For Parents Dramatic Genres ... Poetry Youth Workshops For Younger Writers SummerWrite 2003 Elsewhere in wab.org Home Contact Us About Us Gell Center ... Home Search wab.org Top Home Contact Us About Us ... Publications Freshness Date: Fri Dec 13, 2002 740 University Ave Rochester, NY 14607-1259 Fax 442.9333 e-mail: Consulting Web Designer: brucew To report issues or ask questions about the web site Made with standard XHTML 1.0 Transitional CSS Level 2

45. Rocky Mountain College OutReach writing for children. Instructor Brenda Segna Course 6306.301Cost $95 Date Feb 5 25, 2003 Wednesdays Time 630 - 900 pm http://outreach.rocky.edu/index.php?topgroupid=3&groupid=22

46. Dancing Pencils - Course List W. Discover why writing for children differs from writing for adults. Findout what books get published, and why children, and adults like them. http://www.dancingpencils.com/courselist.cfm?Course=2

47. Dancing Pencils - Course List Adults' writing for children. writing for children is not the same aswriting for adults. This writing technique is highly specialised http://www.dancingpencils.com/courselist.cfm?Course=14

48. SmartWriters.com - Writing For Children - Writing Resources -Writing For Kids - teachers, a lawyer, a Web designer, and a school district employee.What do we have in common? Our love of writing for children. http://www.smartwriters.com/

Welcome! Writers Digest May 2003 NEWS! SMARTWRITERS.COM has been ranked in the 2003 Writer's Digest 101 Best Web Sites for Writers. I'm thrilled to pieces. There we are in the May issue on page 26, in the Genre and Niche site listings. Thank you everyone who has submitted articles, let us interview you, sent us books for review, and generally offered your support over the last year, and a very special thank you to Kelly Milner Halls, without whose help this Web site would probably still be an idea niggling at the back of my head. Kelly, I could not have done this without you. Thank you. This is a SUPER way to celebrate our first anniversary online. Thank you! Roxyanne Young Come check out these great features at SmartWriters.com: NEW! SMART WRITERS JOURNAL - APRIL 2003 - POETRY POETRY POETRY! Lee Bennett Hopkins, Marilyn Singer, Kenn Nesbitt, and Dori Chaconas tell us all about writing poetry for kids. Come see! Publishers Directory and Children's Magazine Markets - Over 300 Children's Book and Magazine Publishers, including online editorial guidelines Writers on Writing - Author Interviews, including

49. Colossal Directory Of Children's Publishers Submission Guidelines Online For Chi Focuses on the manuscript submission process with direct links to hundreds of children's publishers' submission guidelines, information about writing for children and how to get your book published. http://www.signaleader.com/childrens-writers/index.html

FREE Childrens Writer's Newsletter!! How to Write Books for Kids, Publisher's News, Manuscript Submissions - Subscribe NOW! Powered by groups.yahoo.com Children's Book Publishers A B C D ... XYZ Children's Magazine Publishers A B C D ... Email Suggestions or Comments ** Please note, you will need to add an 'o' to make the word YAHOO in the dot com address.. The purpose of this step is to prevent me from being spammed by robots and losing valuable emails from my visitors! Webmasters Make $$$ If you find our site worthy.. Please recommend it to a friend! Shop at Amazon.com! privacy policy Colossal Directory of Children's Publishers WELCOME! Writing for children may seem like a straightforward task, but an author soon learns polishing your manuscript for submission is the beginning of finicky business. Finding perfect publishers for your children's story requires you to become your own literary agent! Bookmark this page now because you will need to come back here to research publishers.

50. Song Writing For Children, Write A Song, Compose Music Rosalie Sommer Studio Of Song writing for children This web site has songwriting help forchildren who are beginners in creating their own songs. It is http://yourpage.blazenet.net/rsmusic/song_writing_children.html

teaching 29 years, all ages - B.A. Music, B.S. Education to main page to site map to menu at bottom links to glossary shown in side bar To keep your place after checking a definition, click the return following the defined word in the glossary. Song Writing for Children This web site has song-writing help for children who are beginners in creating their own songs. It is intended to be used by a student or to be used by a parent or teacher to help a child create a song or composition. Some students may be able to read music and perform beyond a beginning level but have not developed a thorough understanding of the music they play. These suggestions are intended to help students develop the missing musical skills that will allow them to move ahead musically as well as to create their own music. Question-Answer Phrase Suggestions for students who have acquired more advanced skills are in Music Composition, Help for Students with Good Basic Skills. The age of children who have reached this level of understanding would vary according to their previous musical experiences. This page does not teach skills but offers reminders of musical devices the student already understands that can be used to create an effective composition. You will be able to tell whether the child is ready for Music Composition, Help for Students with Good Basic Skills by whether the child understands what a question-answer phrase is and can echo back a short pattern; by whether the child can create his own simple question-answer phrase; and by whether the child understands the terms used in this page.

51. FamilyFun: Writing For Children writing for children Tips for hopeful children's book authors by HeatherHarvey, It's Bedtime And you have to read that book again. http://familyfun.go.com/yourtime/money/feature/indy118books/indy118books.html

Search FamilyFun shortcuts Your Tools Ideal Weight Calc. Body Mass Index Target Heart Rate Health Advisor ... Article Library Your Checklists Annual Health Tests Make Mom's Day Money Making Tips All Checklists Your Experts Carol Krucoff, Fitness Elizabeth Ward, Nutrition All Experts parent ... to parent Get tips, support Your Boards Relationships Weight-Loss Support Spirituality I Need Advice ... E-Cards Creative. Fun. Free. Catching up is easy to do. Send an E-Card WRITING FOR CHILDREN Tips for hopeful children's book authors by Heather Harvey It's Bedtime And you have to read that book again. You argue, plead, practically beg: "But sweetie, we've read this book a thousand times! Can't we read a different story tonight?" Your little one looks at you with hurt in her eyes. "But Mommy," she whispers, "this is my favorite book ever." So for the 1,001st time you read the book mumbling to yourself, "I could write a better story than this." Maybe you could. Maybe your new idea or your fresh spin on an old folk tale is exactly what the children's book market needs. But before you lick that stamp and send your idea off to a publisher, make sure you are not a victim of the Four Myths of Writing for Children. MYTH #1: WRITING FOR CHILDREN IS EASIER THAN WRITING FOR ADULTS Writing for children is no easier than writing for adults, but it does provide unique challenges and requires a special set of skills. As a children's author, you must tailor your writing to fit the age and experience levels of your young readers, while at the same time respecting their intelligence. And, of course, you've got to tell a good story.

52. Pamela Jane: The Magical World Of Writing For Children (Official site) Includes short biography of children's book author Pamela Jane, overviews of her books, school visit information, and writing tips for children. http://www.pamelajane.com/

Pamela Jane is the author of many children's books, including Noelle of the Nutcracker illustrated by Jan Brett, Monster Mischief , a scholastic bookclub selection illustrated by Vera Rosenberry, Monster Countdown illustrated by Nick Zarin-Ackerman, and the popular Winky Blue series from Mondo Publishing. Coming out in 2002-03 are two brand-new chapter books, Milo and the Fire Engine Parade, and Milo and the Greatest Trick in the World . Also look for new additions to the Winky Blue series, including Way to Go Winky Blue and Winky Blue Goes Wild! Pamela's website is brimming with secrets and surprises about writing books for children, so have fun and stop by again soon! Home About Pamela Jane Books By Pamela Jane School Visits ... Inspiration Web Design by BYRGE

53. Earth | Moon - Ted Hughes: Writing For Children (& Adults) Ted Hughes writing for children ( Adults). Last Updated 06i-2003Introduction. Ted writing for children – An Overview. Cover http://www.uni-leipzig.de/~angl/hughes/th_children.html

@import url(nav/hughes.css); /*IE and NN6x styles*/ Some Elements of this Site work best with JavaScript enabled. However, all pages should be readable without. Enjoy. This site will look much better in a browser that supports web standards. Your browser does not support web standards and therefore our content will be visible but perhaps not properly. Last Updated: 06-i-2003 Introduction Ted Hughes was a prolific writer for children. Throughout his career he has published more than twenty books for children. Quite a few of them have become real classics and his most well-known children's book, The Iron Man , has been adapted into an animated movie. But writing Poetry in the Making ). Hughes was also involved in a project called Farms for City Children , set up by Clare and Michael Morpurgo, and he was very much in favour of creating a Children's Laureateship, an he had also developed with Michael Morpurgo, which was put into practice after Hughes's death in 1998. Imagination As a consequence of such thought, Hughes's writing for children grew from a light and entertaining mode into embracing very complex constellations. He does not shy away from tackling issues of life and death, or loss, approaches issues arrising from human damage to our natural sourroundings as well as from the neglection of one's inner life without cutifying his texts. As such, many of his stories and poems have been embraced by children and adults all over the world.

54. Online Education - Writing For Children: Plotting - How To Guide Online Class writing for children Plotting. It will concern plotting, writing,rewriting and actively marketing four different types of children's stories. http://search.universalclass.com/i/search/3499.htm

Join Now Sign In Money I've Earned My Awards ... Shopping Cart Saturday, April 12, 2003 You Are Here: Home School of Arts Arts Online Class: Writing for Children: Plotting Course Info. Syllabus Similar Online Courses Edit Profile My Classes Categories Accounting Alternative Medicine Biology/Sciences Business ... Special Offers My Views My Classes My Reminders $$ Money I've Earned Course Catalog ... Global Search My To Do's Create a Class Join/Remove a Class My Settings Change Password Edit My Profile Edit My Resume Help ... LogOff Online Class: Writing for Children: Plotting Use this form to join this online class . This course is designed for those who wish to delve more deeply into the art of writing short stories for children. It will lead the student through four plot patterns, drafting a story for each pattern, then rewriting and polishing these stories. Final lessons will cover how to study a magazine, building a marketing list, marketing strategies and basic manuscript format. The long-term goal is to help writers of children's fiction to become publishedand to get published on a more regular basis. Join Children's Fiction: In-Depth Plotting Add to Shopping Cart You can join this class right now! Press the "

55. WFNS: FAQ: Writing For Children WFNS Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia, writing for children. Ifyou are interested in writing for children, the first thing to do http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Culture/WFNS/w4c.html

WFNS Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia Writing for Children If you are interested in writing for children, the first thing to do is read lots of children's books, and not just what you read as a child, but contemporary books hot off the presses, too. Become familiar with which publishing houses are producing what genres, so that when you send off a manuscript, you can be sure that you've given it to somebody with experience and interest in the type of work you do. Do you need an illustrator? No. Publishers like to choose an illustrator themselves and they also don't like to reject a good manuscript because they don't like the illustrations, or vice versa. Send your manuscript, and if it is accepted, the editor will choose an illustrator whose style she thinks will suit your work. How do you submit your book manuscript? No matter what type of manuscript you're submitting, always make sure it is clear, error-free, double-spaced, and on white paper. Leave a one and a half inch margin on the left and one inch margin on the right. The top and bottom margins should be one and a half inches. Use 8 1/2" x 11" paper. Never send your only copy. Computer printouts are okay as long as they are separated into individual pages, on good quality paper, with dark, letter quality print (either laser or high-quality inkjet). Secure your manuscript with a paperclip, not a staple, and number the pages. Always remember to include a self-addressed stamped envelope, or sufficient postage to return your work.

56. Writing For Children writing for children. Color Recommended audience age range 13adult Experimentalchildren's writing, Writing within a moral context, http://www.roland-collection.com/rolandcollection/literature/101/W39.htm

Writing for Children Color Recommended audience age range 13-adult Download (MPEG1 - 11.09 M) or click here to view instant streaming options. Text Search Automatic translation by Systran Availability Available worldwide Additional information Order number: W39 Select one option then click Add to Order button below. VHS VIDEO Institutions 1 Colleges, Universities, Museums, Galleries, Corporations Institutions 2 Schools, Public Libraries, Not for profit community groups. Private Home Use: OTHER FORMATS *includes public performance and lending rights IMPORTANT! BEFORE ORDERING NOTE AVAILABILTY: Available worldwide Robert Leeson Maurice Sendak Gillian Avery Penelope Farmer Jill Paton Walsh Experimental children's writing Writing within a moral context The relationship between fantasy and realism Functions of children's books Clips available for various connection speeds: Low modem speed (146 K) Medium modem speed (250 K) Higher speed connections (405 K) View entire film (High speed only. 26.87 M) How to view instant streaming video. How to view MPEG Clips Credits - Institute of Contemporary Arts 48 minutes sales@roland-collection.co.uk

57. The Writing Parent - The Business Of Writing For Children Book Review The Business of writing for children by Aaron Shepard. As a writer, I like todabble in many different areas, and writing for children is no exception. http://thewritingparent.com/shepardreview.shtml

We Welcome Linking ~ Link to Us! The Business of Writing for Children by Aaron Shepard Reviewed by Angela Giles Klocke As a writer, I like to dabble in many different areas, and writing for children is no exception. Thus far, I haven't had much luck. In fact, other than a few short stories I wrote and sold to my old newspaper, I've had no luck. Simply put, I was missing some very important pieces of knowledge, but not anymore. I received The Business of Writing for Children directly from the author, Aaron Shepard. It was one of those non-requested but wonderful surprises that arrive and make your day. But it did more than make my day. It helped me see the error of my ways. The Business of Writing for Children is an easy-to-read and understand soft cover book, billing itself as "An Award-Winning Author's Tips on How to Write, Sell, and Promote Your Children's Books," and it delivers just that. At only 115 pages, Shepard crams the book full of expert advice on everything from writing the perfect children's story to getting it sold, and then promoting it for better sales. He includes many samples on formatting your children's manuscript, putting it into script format, how to create your own book flyer, and more. But my favorite section of the book would have to be Part 1 - The Basics. Part 1 is an important primer to get you going on to the rest. This is a book that belongs in the hands of all who wish to write for children, and even for those who already do so. We can never learn too much, and

58. KidzTales For anyone who interested in writing for children. Reference, publication and market links. http://www.expage.com/KidzTales

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59. ShawGuides, Inc. | Writing For Children: A Conference For Teachers, Parents, Wri writing for children A Conference for Teachers, Parents, Writers, Illustrators.About Us. Website, http//www.sjms.net/conf. Year Established, 1998. http://writing.shawguides.com/WritingforChildren/

High Performance Programs Cultural Travel Language Vacations A Free, Online Directory from ShawGuides with 763 Sponsors of 1370 Upcoming Writers Conferences and Workshops Worldwide! Add Listing! Sponsor Login Hints Contact ShawGuides MONTHS: January February March April ... December FOCUS: Autobiography/memoir Business/technical Children's Fiction ... more STATES: Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas ... more COUNTRIES: Australia Bahamas Belgium Belize ... more About Us Website http://www.sjms.net/conf Year Established Sponsor Description Number of Attendees Program Length 1 day Attendee's Qualifications No writing experience required. Attendees are at least high school graduates. High school students are also considered. Faculty Denise Fleming (In the Small, Small Pond), Angela Johnson (Toning the Sweep), Chris Woodyard (Haunted Ohio), Constance McGeorge (Boomer's Big Day), Shelley Pearsall (Trouble Don't Last), Eric Williams- (Next of Kin), Dominic Catalano, Andrea Pelleschi, Alice Pope, Elizabeth Stull. Program Format Programs Per Year Costs Location Description Crowne Plaza Sample Workshops Special Features U.S. Locations

60. Writers BBS Forums The Writer's Forums writing for children. Other forums for children'swriters Critique All 3 days 1 day Post A Message http://www.writersbbs.com/bbs3/forum.cgi?forum=children

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