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On the drawing table: logo for 'Shifty Characters' by Shirley Francis-Salley

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When we sit down to write a letter or a memo we often have a hard time getting started. We hear of authors who go for years without writing another book because of writer's block. Then, what do teachers do? We ask our students to write to a prompt that they've never seen before. We then place time constraints on their writing. Is it a wonder that so many of our children leave high school with such bad writing skills?

Then there are children who who have the ability to write but won't even witho… Continue

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If your answer is yes please visit the following link:

http://happilyblended.com/2009/05/lehman-publishing-4-children-books-giveaway/

Both books are 2009 Mom's Choice Award recipients. They are appropriate for children ages 3-10.


Two copies of Adventures at Walnut Grove: A Lesson about Teasing and two copies of I DOUBLE Dare You! will be given away.

Entries will be accepted until midnight May 21. Winners announced May 22.

Good luck!

Dana
www.lehmanpublishing.com

Well i just rec'd a rejection email from a literary agency. While disappointed at all of these rejection letters, I ask myself, how can I get my novels published traditionally and into the mainstream public's eye so that they will want to buy them, and read them.
What do people have against Siren's, Banshee's and Sasquatches anyway? They are people, beings too.
SO too are those with empathic gifts, psychic abilities that use their gift to help find lost souls. And Magic, traveling in time or ast… Continue

Author: P.J. Bracegirdle (on JOMB)
Published: 2008… Continue

Author and librarian Bridget Zinn had an eventful February. She found an agent for her YA novel, she got married and she was diagnosed with stage four cancer. Mark met Bridget at… Continue

Hi All,
well it has been a while since i updated this website so i thought, go ahead today and do it.

I am still trying to find a publisher, literary agent for both children's stories, (3-18), as well as the romance novels.
I have five completed romance novels, about 4 completed children's stories, including one where it's mainly the grandparents and grandkids.
The romance novels that i have completed, i feel are ready to be published but so far, two of them turned down by Avon Publisers, Harle… Continue

Author/Illustrator Lane Smith (on JOMB) walks us through his thought process and style decisions for two books he's working on that will be published in 2009 -- Princess Hyacinth (The Surprising Tale of a Girl Who Floated) with Florence Parry Heide due out September 22, 2009; and The Big E… Continue

Mythica Publishing are about to launch their free monthly newsletter. I'm delighted that an article of mine will appear in the first issue. This is a really exciting new project from Graeme Houston and his innovative new company and submissi… Continue

Finally!!! Mark has produced more than half of the videos from our six-day holiday to Connecticut and North Hampton -- our November 2008 Rock Stars of Reading road trip. This means we'll begin publishing the video series, one video at-a-time, beginning on March 31; filling up the "off-days" in the Just One More Book!! publ

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I'm delighted to announce that Mythica Publishing have released my first young (and not so young) adult e-book 'Aracadia 22 Heavy - Mayday!' under my Harry Porter pseudonym. Priced at a mere $2.19 the story follows captain Matthew Berwick as he takes charge of a Boeing… Continue

My short story for children, "Grandma's Homemade Cake," will be published in the Stories for Children Magazine Ezine June 2009 issue.

Author: Troy Wilson (on JOMB)
Illustrator: Dean Griffiths (… Continue

"How wonderful it is that we don't need to wait a single moment before we start to improve the world."
-YC

This is a children's book series I am currently working on:
http://www.adventuresofsammysnail.webs.com/

Come Join Sammy Snail on His Many Adventures:
The Adventures of Sammy Snail written by Ann Elliott

Sammy Snail is not your average garden snail. Sammy is from France. In France Sammy is known as an escargot. Join Sammy Snail and his new friends as he tries to get back home. Sammy sails to Spain ,swims to England and soars to France!

Titles include:

Sammy Snail Sails to Spain… Continue

I All, while i sit here trying to work on novels, i learned that landlord raised rent another $100 so its time to try to find a place to live, as i don't have funds to stay or to move for that matter, however, if i can find a place within HUD Guidelines and they accept HUD, then all i would need is $$ for application fee, deposit, truck, etc.

My story The Dragons of Myrrh did not win the L.Ron Hubbard writing contest which ended November 30. I don't have the funds to submit a story by the Decem… Continue

Very few people are aware that in my 'other life' I exist as Juan Pablo Jalisco, Poet. I'm delighted to announce that Juan Pablo's poetry collection 'Of Aztecs and Conquistadors' is soon to be released in e-book by Mythica Publishing. The book will showcase many of Juan Pablo's finest works, all of which… Continue

I'd like to invite everyone along to You tube to view the latest short video trailer introducing the 'stars' of my forthcoming children's book series 'Harry Porter's Dog Tales' , coming in 2009 from 4RV Publishing. Written under the guise of my alter ego Harry Porter, the se… Continue

HI i just rec'd a good response to a short story i submitted to the www.childrencomefirst.com writing contest.
They have a monthly contest and the prize is being published on their website and later if they choose, have the story published in an ebook.

the story is The Ghostly StreetCar, showcasing that i can write a sort of mystery-thriller for children.. (I hope hahahahaha)

http://www.childrencomefirst.com/ghostly.shtml

So that makes 5 times that a short story i have written for children, m… Continue