A Guest Post from Children’s Writer Melissa Abramovitz Grow as a Writer I recently viewed a short video that featured Rabbi Dr. Abraham Twerski, a renowned rabbi who is also a psychiatrist who specializes in substance abuse treatment. Twerski has also published dozens of books related to psychiatry, ethics, addiction, self-improvement and religion. In the…
Tips and resources for conveying emotion in fiction and creative nonfiction.
YOU can learn the steps to write a children’s nonfiction book…all in ONE month! Write a childrens book because in today’s children’s market, nonfiction is hot, hot, HOT! That’s because with current new educational standards, parents, teachers, and librarians are buying nonfiction for kids like never before.Write a children’s book because in today’s children’s market,…
It’s always a great time to read books about writing and here are some longtime favorites to choose from. These make great gifts for the writer(s) on your gift list and they also make great gifts for yourself if you’re a writer. Some of these you may have read before. If so, reread them to…
Have you been thinking of creating your own stories for children, but you just don’t know how to get started? Then here are some tips to help you start your own career as a published children’s author: 1. Join your local chapter of the Society of Children’s Book Authors & Illustrators (SCBWI) and then start…
Writing for educational book publishers and book packagers can be financially lucrative and a great source of ongoing work for freelancers. These markets are expanding in today’s world of Common Core Standards and the subsequent emphasis on quality supplemental classroom nonfiction materials. But this type of work is not for everyone, and breaking into educational…
by Nancy I. Sanders A week and a half ago, my husband Jeff and I packed our bags for Houston and headed to the airport early in the morning only to find out that the entire airport terminal was closed because of a bomb scare! Flashing lights. Police dogs. Helicopters. And crowds of people lugging…
Do you write for children and want to increase your income by acquiring contracts and assignments from educational book publishers and book packagers? Then this upcoming LIVE workshop/teleclass is for you! About the Workshop/Teleclass Writing for educational book publishers and book packagers can be financially lucrative and a great source of ongoing work for freelancers….
Writing Daily Recently I read an excellent book on novel writing. It contained many helpful tips and strategies on writing top-quality fiction. Yet I was very frustrated with the author’s writing mantra. He claimed that his success in writing was based on one goal he consistently strove for and achieved: He wrote 3,000 words each…
One of the things I like best about types of nonfiction nonfiction formats for children’s magazines is the wide array of structures, or formats, in which material can be presented. Nonfiction articles can take the form of narrative prose, how-to’s, quizzes, verse, personal experience, slice-of-life, profiles, as-told-to’s, or some combination of the above. The structure…
by Suzanne Lieurance Recently, I interviewed author Simon Rose, who has published nineteen novels for children and young adults, eight guides for writers, more than a hundred nonfiction books, and many articles on a wide variety of topics. In the interview, we’re looking at his latest novel for young adults, An Untimely Death. Suzanne Lieurance:…
by Suzanne Lieurance Whether you write fiction or creative nonfiction, dialogue is usually an important part of any piece you write. And nothing ruins a create article or short story like stilted dialogue that just doesn’t ring true. That’s why you’ll want to practice writing dialogue until you get really good at it, no matter…
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