Many writers want to write a children’s book because they think it would be fun. Writing for children is fun, but fun does not mean easy! In fact, the more you learn about writing for children, the harder it gets. Most writers think of the standard 32-page picture book when they consider writing a children’s book, but there are other sub-genres within the genre of children’s literature that writers need to be familiar with.
Month: November 2012
This is our archive pageJeanette Hanscome’s tips on marketing: It’s not bragging
Davalynn Spencer here, still full after last week's great meal and all those leftovers. Today Focus on the Family author Jeanette Hanscome joins me with a few tips on learning to be brave while being true to one's self. Jeanette, tell us how you got into writing? My therapist made me do it. Can you believe that? He was so demanding! He also made me attend my first writer’s conference.
Using Twitter to Your Advantage
Pamela Meyers here with another post on marketing your book. Last month, my post involved social networking and how new and veteran authors can make it all work. I shared many tips that author, Jane Steen, presented at my local ACFW chapter in October, and promised this month I would share her tips on increasing your Twitter presence to your advantage. If you are like me, you’ve been on Twitter a while now, probably used it a lot at first and then as life got in the way, found yourself only going there on occasion. After hearing Jane’s method on…
Surprise, surprise!
Hey you sophisticated speakers out there. Have you ever found a surprise during a speaking engagement? I did. And I thought I’d share it with you. “Wow…that was a long day,” hubby said when I told him how my Saturday was. “No, it wasn’t long,” I said. “It was lovely.”
Beyond the Movie in Your Mind
Hello! Maureen Pratt here with another blog post about the craft of writing. I’m typing this just before I leave to see one of the "blockbuster" movies coming out during this holiday season. Many films are timed to open during the next couple of months so that they can be eligible for award consideration, so the selection these days is varied and abundant. Anticipating seeing "Lincoln," (my movie of choice today), I thought I’d talk today about fiction writing and a very specific way of filtering that "movie in the mind" to better hone story telling and characterization. The concept…
My Mini Dream Room by Karen Whiting – A New Release
My Mini Dream Room by Karen Whiting Legacy Press Release date: November 15, 2012 ISBN 978-1584111320 Book description From the author of the popular God’s Girls series comes another creative book for girls, one that combines faith and creativity. In My Mini Dream Room girls can create furniture, curtains, baskets of flowers, pillows, teddy bears and other total amazing decorations to decorate a mini-bedroom. The littlest action matters to God and the mini-devotions bring out connections to God with little things and lesser-known women in the Bible. Girls will have fun and nurture their faith while creating their…
Overflowing with Thankfulness
When our relationship with God takes a backseat, it means we’re behind the wheel. If I’m in the driver’s seat, there’s a good chance I might get lost
Tips from the Pros: Judy Gann
Greetings from Sarah Sundin in California. Oh, what a treat I have for you today! Judy Gann is one of my dearest writer friends. I’ve been blessed by her gentle spirit and kind encouragement, and I’ve benefitted from her phenomenal knowledge as both a writer and an experienced librarian. I know you’ll be blessed too. Judy, how did you get into writing? I started scribbling little stories in second grade. My first published piece was a character sketch of a six-year-old, published in a high school literary journal. Then life became busy with college, teaching, and then library work. Several…
Dissecting Your Novel – Part I
Happy November from Gail Gaymer Martin at www.gailmartin.com They say "Better late than never" and for some reason my blog didn’t publish on the right day so here I am again. Late but at least here. Editing your own work is difficult, because in our minds, each sentence was a gem when we wrote them, but stepping back and looking at your work with new eyes, often means doing some dissecting Sometimes we need to tighten a novel for the publisher’s word count,and always, we know the process improves our writing and gives us a better story. If you…
I prayed my brother’s life would crash and burn
My family on my paternal side is riddled with alcoholism. I call it the family plague. But this past year I’ve seen the Lord reach down and pull my younger brother up by the scruff of the neck and set him on the road to sobriety. My 41-year-old brother, Steve, had no time for God. It was too painful to watch his life spiral out of control as he lived only for the next bottle of vodka. But before Steve would ever even think of God, I knew he had to reach bottom. About two years ago I began to…
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