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Susan Tierney, Editor
You are cordially invited to examine the current
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This complimentary issue is yours to keep--
Dear Writer,
I'm the editor of Children's Writer, a monthly newsletter that's dedicated to keeping you up to date on children's writing, putting you on top of the market for children's books, stories, and articles--and keeping you there.
We draw heavily on the vast writing and publishing experience of our instructors at the Institute of Children's Literature . . . and other top-notch writers and editors. |
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You'll be on top of the trends |
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These contributors provide us with features, interviews, how-to articles, and insights gleaned from years of success and continuing involvement in the dynamic children's market.
Our editors and research specialists maintain an ongoing dialogue with outside editors and publishers--and they keep a close watch over the entire field of children's publishing.
And because we conscientiously verify and update our information base every month, we're in the unique position of being able to provide you with a continuous flow of current market information vital to your success.
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The result is Children's Writer--a lively monthly newsletter developed expressly for you--to support your writing in two important ways: |
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Children's Writer gives you timely tips, expert pointers, and informative articles on writing style, technique, and content--in every major category of children's literature.
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Children's Writer keeps you up to date on the markets you want to sell to . . . what today's editors want at the publications that matter most to you . . . and current developments in publishing that are shaping your future success right now! That's because Children's Writer spots the trends, gives you the data, and arms you with answers you simply must have to write to your full potential--and to get your writing published. |
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Whether you're writing for yourself or creating a best-seller, Children's Writer covers the entire spectrum. It gives you up-to-the-minute information you can't beg, borrow, or buy anywhere else--and brings it to you 12 times a year.
More than that, Children's Writer deals with the current questions and problems you're most likely to encounter--and it covers the major markets that buy freelance writing. (We don't waste your time on those that don't.) |
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How do we know what editors
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How do we know what's selling?--and who's buying?
Easy. We tap the daily stream of information we generate to keep our students on top of every freelance market--and pass along helpful tips and expert pointers from editors, publishers, our instructors, and other writers. For example: |
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New publisher Brown Barn Books is looking for crossover fiction for young adults that takes readers outside their daily lives, to different times, places, cultures, and circumstances, says Editor in Chief Nancy Hammerslough.
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| -- | Girls' Life Editor Lizzie Skurnick advises, "We welcome pitches from new writers for all of our features and fiction." She wants pieces that really speak to the average 12-year-old girl. Topics include friendship, self-esteem, school, boys, and sports--but all need a fresh spin. |
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But that's not even the half of it! Children's Writer is as much devoted to writing techniques as it is to marketing smarts. It tips you off about new trends that affect your writing (and marketing)--gives you pointers on style, choosing titles, and creating dialogue--and offers insights on characterization, descriptive techniques, and even writers' block. For example . . . |
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How do you handle kidspeak?--do you go with the flow?--or do you translate slang into universal expressions? We offer guidelines you can trust.
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Animals are an important element in both fiction and nonfiction for children. These days, however, it's usually not talking animals but realistic portrayals. Editors from Highlights, the Cricket Group, My Friend, Charlesbridge, G.P. Putnam's Sons, and Viking Books review the best in current practices.
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| -- | What's the bottom line on writers' groups? Should you join one if your writing is going well, or wait until you hit a snag? Children's Writer answers all the questions and even tells you how to start a group. |
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There's more . . . regular how-to articles written by our outstanding editors and educators that give you--month after month--good tips, expert pointers, current market data, and insider information, such as: |
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Eight surefire ways to generate article ideas.
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The new imprint at Harry N. Abrams, Amulet Books, is
seeking middle-grade and young adult novels in many genres including
fantasy, mystery, humor, and historical fiction, according to Senior
Editor Susan Van Metre.
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How to write saleable personal experience pieces.
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Watson-Guptill is looking for authors with credible experience for its Art Encounters series of historical fiction based on the lives of famous artists, and for its tween/teen lines. |
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Keeps you on top of the market every month |
| And there's still more. Children's Writer brings you regular features to keep you on top of the market every month: |
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| -- | Commentary--Award-winning author Patricia Curtis Pfitsch delves into important and controversial developments in the children's field in this regular feature. |
| -- | Profession and Craft--Two regular columns where guest writers discuss key aspects of the business side and the writing side of being a professional writer. |
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Of course, as you might expect from the Institute, there's even more:
• Book editors discuss their wants and needs; • Interviews with authors who help shape the market; • Profiles of magazines that are setting the pace. |
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Polish your writing skills |
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Then to top off every issue of Children's Writer, you get instructional, informational, and inspirational articles to help you polish your writing skills. Included are topics such as:
• How to work more writing into your schedule; • Lead paragraphs that really lead today's reader; • Self-motivation techniques to keep the words flowing; • How to overcome writers' block; • What to do when you have no clips (previously published work) to submit; • How to make a good picture book dummy . . . and a lot more. |
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Your first issue is FREE! |
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Children's Writer is your newsletter.
It was developed--and is written for people who want to write for kids.
We'd like to send you a sample--free, with no obligation.
If you like it, you may subscribe at a special rate (for new subscribers only) of $19 for a full subscription of 12 more issues (a total of 13) worth $26. You save $7.
Of course, if you're ever disappointed, you can--and you should--cancel and receive a full refund on all unmailed issues. |
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Cordially,
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