Writing & Writers!
Do you think you?d like to write for children? Well, I've been writing for over twenty years, but I've only been published since 1989. What took so long? Learning my craft. I didn't study writing in college. I didn't even know I wanted to be a writer until I had children and started reading children's books to them. So I had to learn the hard way, by trial and error. I piled up a lot of rejection letters in those years, but I'm not sorry. I think I learned a lot along the way. I tell people who are interested in becoming writers that there are basically three things you need to do. Read, Write, and get Criticism. The other things you need are what I call the Two P's - Patience and Persistence!
The World Wide Web is a wonderful resource for aspiring writers. By visiting different sites you can find just about everything you need to know to get you started. I?ve listed some of my favorites below. Just click on them and you?re on your way!
SCBWI (The Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators)
The Purple Crayon
Bookwire
Children's Literature Web Guide
�Children's Book Council
Links to some of my favorite Authors!
Anastasia Suen
April Pulley Sayre
Arthur Slade
Bill Crider
Bonny Becker
Carmen Bernier-Grand
Carol Gorman
Carolyn Crimi
Carolyn Digby Conahan
Chris Wold Dyrud
Cynthia Leitich Smith
Dandi Daley MacKall
Deanne Durrette
Elaine Marie Alphin
Franny Billingsley
Ginger Wadsworth
Haemi Balgassi
Jackie Briggs Martin
Jane Kurtz
Jane Yolen
Janet Wong
Janie Bynum
Janni Lee Simner
Jeanette Ingold
Jennifer Jacobson
Joanne Stanbridge
Judith Harlan
Kathleen Duey
Katie Davis
Kay Winters
Lee Wardlaw
Linda Sue Park
Marianne Dyson
Mary Bowman-Khrum
Mary Casanova
Mary Dodson Wade
Michael Thorn
Nancy Garden
Nancy Werlin
Pamela Ross
Peni R. Griffin
Rick Walton
Sara Jane Boyers
Susan Taylor Brown
Toni Buzzeo
Valerie Hobbs
Walter Mayes
Wendie Old
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