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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Susan M Tierney |
| ISBN: | 9781889715384 1889715387 |
| OCLC Number: | 228356619 |
| Notes: | Includes index. |
| Description: | 448 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | MARKETS: Book publishing overview, R.E.S.P.E.C.T.: Find out what it means to you / Pegi Deitz Shea -- Magazine publishing overview: The big world of small magazine communities / Jan Fields -- Creative nonfiction for today's eager reader / Sue Bradford Edwards -- Winner or wannabe? Topics for a preschool audience / Paula Morrow -- Specialize or diversity? Build on what you know / Sue Bradford Edwards -- Bring legends to life with historical fantasy / Chris Eboch -- The thrill of horror and things that go bump in the night / Chris Oboch -- Breaking into educational publishing today / Joanne Mattern -- A matter of conscience: writing on social responsibility / Pegi Deitz Shea -- Busy hands, happy hands: crafts, games, activities / Paula Morrow -- News of the year / Marni McNiff -- STYLE: When more tha one voice tells the story / Mindy Hardwick -- Life as story, story as life: short stories for ages 6 to 12 / Paula Morrow -- Spice up your writing with vivid images / Darcy Pattison -- No cheap theatrics, please! Avoid clice and melodrama / Katherine Swarts -- In transition / Leslie J. Wyatt -- Cooking up a theme / Virginia Castleman -- The light dawned: improve your character epiphanies / Darcy Pattison -- Who said that? Using dialogue and idiom to define character / Sue Bradford Edwards -- Coming of age--again! / Sharelle Byars Moranville -- The (new and improved) truth about autobiography / Christina Hamlett -- BUSINESS: Taking care of busness: magazine contracts and payments / Mark Haverstock -- The questions, quandary, and quest for an agent / Judy Bradbury -- The gamut of professional organizations / Veda Boyd Jones -- Into the readers' hands: how the book distribution process works / Christina Hamlett -- Making a career splash / Chris Eboch -- Software to simplify the wirter's life / Christina Hamlett -- Create an author website / Mark Haverstock --IDEAS: Prime the pumps and start the ideas flowing / Sue Bradford Edwards -- Backstory: Life's breath of frontstory / Sharelle Byars Moranville -- The fine art of brainstorming / Katherine Swarts -- Writing coaches: help getting to the top of your game / Suzanne Lieurance -- RESEARCH: Oh, the places you can't go! Researching place / Lisa Harkrader -- Worth a thousand words: photos for nonfiction / Lisa Harkrader -- Add to the wirting fun with hands-on research / Mark Haverstock -- Becoming expert at finding experts / Christina Hamlett -- CONTESTS AND CONFERENCES: Details make the difference at the annual SCBWI Conference / Judy Bradbury -- Writers' conferences: Conferences devoted to writing for children; Conferences with sessions on writing for children -- Writers' contests & awards. |
| Responsibility: | [edited by Susan M. Tierney]. |
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