From http://cbiclubhouse.com, the community for children’s writers. Want to impress a children’s book editor? Then listen up! Here are the seven things editors at children’s book publishers would tell you about your manuscript if they had the chance.
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Fiction author Tim O’Brien appears at the National Book Festival.
Speaker Biography: Tim O’Brien has been hailed as “the best American writer of his generation” by The San Francisco Examiner. The author of eight books, O’Brien received the National Book Award in Fiction in 1979 for his novel “Going After Cacciato.” In 2005 “The Things They Carried” was named by The New York Times as one of the 20 best books of the last quarter century. It received the Chicago Tribune Heartland Award in fiction and was a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. The French edition of “The Things They Carried” received the prestigious Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger, and the title story was selected by John Updike for inclusion in The Best American Short Stories of the Century. “In the Lake of the Woods,” published in 1994, was chosen by Time magazine as the best novel of that year. The book also received the James Fenimore Cooper Prize from the Society of American Historians and was selected as one of the 10 best books of the year by The New York Times. O’Brien’s other works include “If I Die in a Combat Zone,” “Northern Lights,” “Tomcat in Love” and “July, July.” His short fiction, which has received the National Magazine Award, has appeared in numerous publications, including The New Yorker, Atlantic, Esquire, Playboy, and Harper’s.
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An exclusive interview with best-selling paranormal fiction author P.C. Cast. Here, P.C. Cast talks about her latest book, Divine By Mistake (published by Mira Books). For more information, visit www.mirabooks.co.uk
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In order to write a children’s book, decide on the subject matter and length and use imagination to play off that aspect of a child’s brain. Write children’s books after deciding the specific audience, such as middle school or pre-school, with tips from a playwright in this free video on writing lessons.
Expert: Laura Turner
Bio: Laura Turner received her B.A. in English from the University of the South in Sewanee, Tenn., graduating magna laude with honors. Her plays have been seen and heard from Alaska to Tennessee.
Filmmaker: Todd Green
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Writebooks (now Pen2Print Publishing) offer a complete book printing and book publishing service – helping writers publish their work at a low cost. http://www.pen2print.co.uk
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From http://cbiclubhouse.com, the place to turn for children’s book writing information. There are four things that many successful children’s book authors have in common. In this video, you’ll learn them, and discover if you’re ready for your shot at the big time!
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http://www.GetPublishedTV.com Dale Beaumont, one of the worlds leading authorities on book publishing, is joined on the stage by best-selling author and award winning marketer Lisa Messenger. During her time she talks about how to sell large volumes of book without going through bookstores. Some of the information shared will blow your mind.
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If a book has heavy text, Microsoft Word is often used in publishing, while books with a lot of graphics are often laid out in Clark Express. Discover what software is needed to publish a book with tips from a publishing editor in this free video on book publication and production.
Expert: Paula Winters
Contact: www.publishedbywestview.com
Bio: Paula Winters is the editor of Published by Westview, Inc.
Filmmaker: Dimitri LaBarge
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Caroline appears on Jody Seay’s Back Pages program on Oregon’s Wireless Instruction Network. The topic this time: The challenges in writing a novel, finding a publisher and promoting the work. She compares notes with Jody Seay and concludes: it’s much harder than it appears
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