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Gorillas and Conflict and Stinkin’ Modifiers, Oh My!

Gorillas and Conflict and Stinkin’ Modifiers, Oh My!

Block off March 21 on your calendar. You won’t want to miss the latest Writers at Work series Stay in the Phone Booth with the Gorilla: Tired of boring yourself when you write? Have you ever begun a story full of enthusiasm, only to lose interest after a few chapters…or paragraphs? Wonder what your favorite author knows about page-turning prose that you don’t? Join Daniel Schwabauer and the Kansas Society for Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators as we pile into…

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Ronica Stromberg to speak at Nebraska SCBWI conference

Ronica Stromberg to speak at Nebraska SCBWI conference

Ronica Stromberg will speak at the Nebraska SCBWI conference,  held March 28  at Durham Western Heritage Museum in Omaha, Nebraska.  Her hour-long presentation will be on “Divine Words: Writing for the Inspirational Market.” For more information, contact Nona Morrison, Regional Advisor at nonamorrison@yahoo.com. In October, Ronica also will present a workshop “Success Through Reading and Writing: One Author’s Story” at The Plum Creek Literacy Festival at Concordia University in Seward, Nebraska. The festival runs from Thursday, October 1, to Saturday,…

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SCBWI Event: New Year, New Tactics

SCBWI Event: New Year, New Tactics

New Year, New Tactics Sat, Jan 24th, 9:30a-11:45a & 1:00p-3:30p Mardel Book Store, 119th & Blue Valley Parkway The Scenario – intro to PB, MG, YA, ss – Audience awareness – same scenario, different genres – 1 hour Show Me! – showing versus telling – 1 hour Eavesdrop – dialogue assignment, write down exactly what you overhear – 5 minutes Report In – participants share what they observed and wrote down – can we tell who was talking by the…

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How to Get Your Book on the Library Shelf

How to Get Your Book on the Library Shelf

A Panel Discussion & Manuscript Critique Session January 17, 2009 Panel Discussion: 10:00 a.m. – noon Critique Session: Noon – 2:00 p.m. North Kansas City Public Library 2251 Howell St, Kansas City, MO 64116 Are you a writer? Have you ever wondered: — How librarians decide what books to buy? — What you can to do promote your current book to libraries and their patrons? — How you might tailor future books to better appeal to the library market? Find…

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Magnum Opus

Magnum Opus

My mom hates me.   I know this because she got my four-year-old this  for his birthday.   He named it “Spatula.” I keep wanting to shriek and throw a book at it.   Which isn’t a very nice thing for a writer to do to a book.   And speaking of arachnids in (or should I say under?) literature, Charlotte from E.B. White’s Charlotte’s Web is the only spider I would never throw a book at.

New Site!

New Site!

It’s official – the  Heartland Writers For Kids And Teens  website is up and running! Take a look around and meet the members of HWKT, get the when and wheres of our critique groups, or browse the articles on writing. If you’re new, the best place to start is “Who We Are”. If you’re a current member, feel free to browse and email me with any questions or info. For general questions about Heartland Writers For Kids And Teens, to…

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Bailey, Diane

Bailey, Diane

Diane Bailey has sold three non-fiction books for children, Cyber Ethics (Rosen, 2008), Extreme Careers: Brain Surgeon (Rosen, 2008), and Mary J. Blige (Rosen, 2009), and is furiously finishing two more. She is currently marketing two middle grade novels. The Jack Factor is a light fantasy that retells the Jack and the Beanstalk story, and Steamed! is historical fiction that explores the steamboat-railroad rivalry of the 1850s. She’s also written Firekeepers, a non-fiction book for young readers about the history…

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Cook, Colleen Ryckert

Cook, Colleen Ryckert

Colleen Ryckert Cook is a freelance writer and editor and current regional advisor for Kansas Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. The Rosen Group has published three books by Colleen: Kentucky Past and Present (August 2010),  Teen FAQ: Cancer Decisions for You and Your Family and Teen FAQ: Social Networking (both January 2011). Two more titles, America’s Supernatural Secrets: Werewolves in America and Call of Duty: Your Career in the Marines, will come out in 2012. Colleen has completed one upper…

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Clark, Sarah

Clark, Sarah

Sarah Clark’s day job has her writing stories and editing behind-the-scenes video for Fox4KC.com. Her literary publications include a short story in Well Versed, the primary literary publication of the Columbia Chapter of the Missouri Writers’ Guild and numerous editorials in the Maryville Daily Forum. Sarah and her first novel, GLORY B, are represented by Jennifer DeChiara of The Jennifer DeChiara Literary Agency. Sufferer pores to is dresser went. Most so out I vipro lifescience viagra as creams cap birthday…

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Bunce, Stephanie

Bunce, Stephanie

Elizabeth writes historical fantasy for young adults. Her first novel, A Curse Dark as Gold (2008), won the William C. Morris Award for a Young Adult Debut, was named a Kansas Notable Book, made Oprah’s Book Club list, and was honored by the Smithsonian. She is also the author of StarCrossed (2010) and its sequel, Liar’s Moon (forthcoming from Scholastic). Elizabeth is an accomplished needlewoman with an interest in embroidery and historical costuming, and she lives in suburban KC with…

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