From Inspiration to Publication

"As I dipped into the book, I must tell you that I
picked up a number of tips that I plan to apply in
my own work. What stronger endorsement can
there be of a how-to book about writing?" asks
James Cross Giblin, multiple award-winning
author of 20 books and Editor-in-Chief
at Clarion for 22 years.

Dear Writer,

Renowned children's writer and editor par excellence, James Cross Giblin knows children's writing. If he says that our new book, From Inspiration to Publication, is a terrific how-to book for children's writers, the rest of us can take that to heart. Other children's writers tell us that there isn't any book more stimulating or motivational.

In From Inspiration to Publication, each of 15 award-winning children's authors covers, in-depth, a different aspect of the writing craft, using perspectives and specifics from their own writing successes and, sometimes, failures.

You sit down at their desks and they show you how it's really done!

From Inspiration to Publication succeeds Lee Wyndham's Writing for Children and Teenagers, formerly the classic book in the field. Because there was nothing available that measured up to our standards, we recruited 15 award-winning children's writers to work with us to create the best and most up-to-date book in the field.

We got much more than we had hoped for.

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Kristi Holl explains how to move beyond wishing to doing, how to carve out space and time for a writing career--every day.

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Elaine Marie Alphin provides guidelines for age-targeting your story, article, or book-complete with her own case history.

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Gary Blackwood shows how to draw on your childhood for character ideas.

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Kathryn Jensen Pearce demonstrates the process of collecting and shaping ideas into compelling, fast-paced plots.

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Marion Dane Bauer reveals how to decide which character will tell your story.

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Sandy Fox advises why and how to open your story on the day that things are different for your main character.

Marileta Robinson, Editor at Highlights for Children, writes to ask, "Is this book available to the general public? I'll be speaking at a couple of writers' conferences soon and I'd love to be able to recommend it."

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Catherine Frey Murphy gives guidelines for deciding if your story is best as a novel, short story, or picture book.

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Dandi Daley Mackall delves into developing a saleable picture book manuscript.

•	Margery Facklam instructs you on improving your article or book's focus and reader appeal by writing from your own personal experience.
•	Jim Murphy explains how to research for firsthand historical accounts.
•	Diana Childress explains how to use "the rule of three" to organize articles.
•	Patricia Daniels shows how to turn researched facts into lively reading.
•	Caroline Arnold discusses how to write the all-important opening of a book-one that sets the scene and invites the reader in.

You'll also find advice on creating great nonfiction such as: How to capitalize on the "oh wow" factor. Why good nonfiction always tells a story. How to unearth little-known facts that will fascinate your readers. How to evaluate your competition if you are writing on a subject others have already covered. Then . . .

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Carol Gorman details revision procedures and offers guidance on when to let your manuscript go to a publisher.

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James Cross Giblin shows how to study the market and how to approach it. What should you learn from publishers' guidelines? Do you need an agent? How do you write an effective query letter? Is networking useful?

Enjoy and use From Inspiration to Publication free for 30 days.

If you don't agree that it is everything we promised, simply return the book to us and we'll refund the full purchase price.

No questions asked.

No hassles.

Guaranteed.

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