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Apr 11

Welcome to Our Blog Chain!

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319183_rusted_chain_linksThe Children’s Writers’ Coaching Club has started a blog chain.

From now until next Friday, members of the chain will visit each site on the chain at least once and leave a comment.

These blogs all contain information about writing and/or illustrating for children, so you’ll want to visit the blogs on the chain, too. And, when you do, please leave a comment.

Here are the members of the Blog Chain. Enjoy!

The Larimar - from Children’s Author Dorothy Massey
http://larimar.pnn.com/3693-the-front-page

Jewel’s Sand Box News
http://jewelsamples.blogspot.com/

Children’s Author Cynthia Reeg
www.cynthiareeg.com/blog

Author Linda Kuzyk’s Live Journal
http://lindakuzyk.livejournal.com

Dawn Phillips - Children’s Illustrator
http://www.rdchildrensbooks.blogspot.com

Write What Inspires You - from Children’s Author Donna McDine
http://www.donna-mcdine.blogspot.com

The Story Ideas Virtuoso - from Deb Gallardo
http://debgallardo.com/virtuoso

Children’s Author Suzanne Lieurance
http://www.suzannelieurance.com

Children’s Author Margot Finke
http://margotfinke.blogspot.com/

Children’s Author Simon Rose
http://www.simon-rose.blogspot.com

Heartfeltwords4Kids - from children’s author Terri Forehand
http://heartfeltwords4kids.blogspot.com/

Carma’s Window from Children’s Author Carma Dutra
http://www.carmaswindow.blogspot.com

Apr 08

Become a Guest Blogger for the National Writing for Children Center!

Blog Do you have something important to say to children’s authors, illustrators, publishers, parents, and even children who love books?

Then be a guest blogger for the day for the National Writing for Children Center and get your information out there to more and more people.

Send your article, .jpg photo attachments, and a short author bio (with links to your site or sites) to suzannelieurance.com and become one of our guest bloggers in the next few days, weeks, and months.

Also, if you’d like to exchange links with the NWFCC, send us the link to your site, along with the name of the site, and we’ll put your link up in exchange for our link of http://www.writingforchildrencenter.com for The National Writing for Children Center.

Mar 09

Great Blogs For and By Children’s Authors

BlogGosh. Look around online these days and you’re sure to find plenty of great blogs for, and by, children’s authors. Here are some of our favorites:

http://dulemba.com/blogger.html

http://www.margotfinke.blogspot.com/

http://www.suzannelieurance.com

http://www.carmaswindow.blogspot.com

http://patmccarthysauthorblog.blogspot.com/

http://www.donna-mcdine.blogspot.com/

http://jessicaburkhart.blogspot.com/

Do you have other favorites?

Share them by leaving a comment today.

Jan 31

If You Write for Children, You Need a Blog

http:Whether you’re a world-famous children’s author, or you’re just starting to write for kids, you need to have a blog.

Why?

Because a blog will do the following:

1) Help you get in the habit of writing regularly. And even the posts to your blog should be well-written with a little pizazz - which will be excellent writing practice and help you become a more disciplined writer since you’ll need to post to your blog at least 3 to 5 times a week.

2) Help you establish a readership. You’ll be providing readers with helpful and/or interesting information each time you post to your blog. Information people will begin to look forward to reading on a regular basis. If you’re an established children’s book author, children and adults who read your books will look to your blog to find out what’s new with you. They’ll want to know your current writing project(s), new books you have coming out soon, and information about author visits you might offer to schools, libraries, etc.

3) Help you establish yourself as expert in the world of children’s writing and publishing. Even before you are published, you can interview more experienced children’s writers and post these interviews to your blog or write reviews of new children’s books.

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