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Join us this afternoon
in the AUDITORIUM-Scheduled Events Room for an "Open Forum" with Web
Editor Mel Boring. Mel has published some 25 magazine articles and
stories, as well as eight books for the young readers market. He
taught writing for 18 years, while being home husband and parent to
two of his four children, and doing his own writing. He welcomes
your questions on time management, getting started, writer's block,
marketing, writing rights, writing earnings, or anything else you'd
like to discuss. Bring your QUESTIONS to this open forum-in five
minutes.
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| mel
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The Tuesday afternoon
"Open Forum" will begin promptly at 4 Atlantic/CANADA, 3 p.m.
Eastern, 2 p.m. Central, 1 p.m. Mountain, and noon Pacific. While
you wait for the "Open Forum" to start, feel free to use your ASK A
QUESTION button RIGHT BETWEEN THE YELLOW "MAP" AND THE RED QUESTION
MARK IN ICHAT to post some questions for the discussion group-two
minutes from now.
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| mel
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Good afternoon! Welcome
to this Tuesday afternoon's "Open Forum" session. I'm your
moderator, Mel Boring, and the Web Editor for this site. We're back
for an informal time of answering any questions you might like to
ask, on any subject. So feel free to ask what's on your mind--and
I'll tell you what's on mine! First, please read these
announcements, then we'll get started.
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| mel
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IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS:
Send questions you'd like answered or discussed by using your "Ask a
Question" icon/button. (It looks like a thought bubble icon, RIGHT
NEXT TO THE RED QUESTION MARK.) The moderator (me, Mel Boring) will
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answer them. Also note: If you want to make it possible to ask the
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complete, send the second part next, then if necessary the third,
etc.
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WARNING: If you don't
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15 minutes. TO PREVENT THIS, type something (either a question to
the moderator or even a private message) every 15 minutes to stay
active and remain online.
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| mel
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First of
all...
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| mel
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THANK YOU for all the
Fourth of July messages, which I DO enJOYed. Chris, Emily, Dianna,
Carol, Rachel and Barbara. Thank you, friends!
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| mel
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We also have LOTS of
GOOD NEWS today:...
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| mel
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This GOOD NEWS from
Bernice Fishpaw: I recently attended the Southeastern Writers
Conference at St. Simons Island in Georgia and was both surprised
and delighted to receive two first place awards and an honorable
mention. The one that was most gratifying was the "Angle Award" for
the best holiday short story. My other first was a limerick.
Honorable mention was awarded to my chapter book titled, THE
ENCHANTED BRIDGE. This was the end result of my basic course with
ICL under the tutelage of Gillian Richardson. Now I would like to
see it published.
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| mel
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HEARTY CONTRATULATIONS,
Bernice! Awards at that particular conference have OFTEN "predicted"
what WILL be published. GOOD FORTUNE AND PUBLISHING TO
YOU!
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| mel
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Vonnie sent us this
GOOD NEWS about a great rejection letter: I recently sent off a
middle grade novel I wrote through an ICL novel writing course. I
entered my novel in the Ursula Nordstrom Fiction Contest at
HarperCollins. Though I didn't win the contest, I never expected to
get back a a personal letter(with an inked signature)from an editor
who read my
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just a rejection. She told me |
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and extended a personal invitation to me that if I have any other
projects (which I do!)that I think might fit with Harper, she would
be be happy to consider them. Now |
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will continue to pursue writing and |
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meantime she sends her best wishes for my novel's successful
publication. I love this rejection letter! |
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| mel
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We have talked about
the HarperCollins contest before, and I am VERY PLEASED to know of
this EXCELLENT outcome!...
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| mel
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CONGRATULATIONS to you,
Vonnie!!! It sounds like we'll be seeing your byline at
HarperCollins!
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| mel
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Purple Plume sends this
GOOD NEWS: This is my first time at the forum. Currently I'm working
on assignment # 8. My good news is I sold my assignment # 4 to BOY'S
QUEST and my assignment #6 won third place in a writing contest at
writetightnow.com. I am very thrilled with my class and my
progress.
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| mel
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That is GOOD NEWS
indeed, Purple Plume!...
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| mel
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It's always exciting to
this former ICL instructor to hear that your assignments have been
published. CONGRATS to you, Purple Plume!!!
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| mel
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Before the last GOOD
NEWS, I have several things that I...
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| mel
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promised recently that
I didn't get done in the past two Open Forums....
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| mel
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First, I promised to
give you the URL for WRITER BEWARE, which mbvoelker told us lists
writing scams, among other things. Here is their
URL:...
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| mel
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http://www.sfwa.org/beware/...
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| mel
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That is an EXCELLENT
site where I could just stay and enjoy wandering around it! THANKS
AGAIN, MB!
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| mel
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Secondly, I promised to
give you the URL for the ASSOCIATION of AUTHORS REPRESENTATIVES,
where all bona fide AGENTS are listed. The AAR is
at:...
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http://www.aar-online.org/about.html
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| mel
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These will be in the
transcript, remember, so you don't have to copy them down.
Finally,...
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| mel
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Someone asked where
they could find the CHILDREN'S WRITERS WORD BOOK, which lists words
that CAN be used with all the age and grade
groups....
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| mel
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I'm not an Amazon
salesperson, but here is their site URL where you can SEE the book,
and order it if you want:...
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| mel
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/104-7002454-9239956
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| mel
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dnjc3 has this GOOD
NEWS and a question: I recently went to a conference and had a
manuscript (2 chapters of a fantasy novel) critiqued by an editor.
She gave some very positive feedback, but recommended I work more on
developing the main character early on in the story - before getting
into the "great adventure." So, I've been trying and trying to work
on character development, and trying to reveal it early on without
going overboard. I've even mentally held some interviews with this
character. But, I'm not quite getting at the heart. My question is
this: are
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"fleshing out" a character |
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| mel
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CONGRATULATIONS on your
news, dnjc3!!!...
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| mel
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About character
development, read the chat we had with ELAINE MARIE
ALPHIN,...
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| mel
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who is THE RESIDENT
EXPERT on characterization....
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| mel
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In that chat, I believe
she mentioned at least three of the BEST books about
characterization, which should help you, dnjc3....
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| mel
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For my own self, what I
do to develop characters--and they do need to start development
early,...
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| mel
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is to SEE them in my
mind....
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| mel
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This not really
earth-shaking advice, but I close my eyes and IMAGINE the
character....
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| mel
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I WATCH their movements
behind my eyelids, or their LACK of movement....
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| mel
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I look at what they're
wearing, where the scenery LOOKS LIKE they might
be....
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| mel
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I watch for whom they
might be WITH, and all on "the TV of my mind."...
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| mel
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It's simply a device I
use to "see" my characters....
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| mel
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and it works well for
me. Try it, dnjc3, see if it works for you.
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| mel
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Barbara Mank sent a
WELCOME answer to a question from last week's Open Forum: I just
wanted to respond to a question from loretta last week, asking if
the person waiting on a check from Kid Zone ever received it. That
was me, and I thank you for responding to my e-mail. By the time you
were able to answer my question about whether or not to e-mail an
editor regarding a check that still hadn't been received, even after
the magazine was already on the stands, I had already gone ahead and
e-mailed the editor and hoped it was an okay thing to do. In the
most professional manner that I could, I did explain my situation to
Jennifer Winquist, editor at Kid Zone and asked if, perhaps, the
check might have gone astray, or perhaps they mail checks out once a
month as had been suggested by someone.
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there had been a problem in mailing out the checks for the July
issue of Kid Zone, but that it had been corrected. |
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on their way ("the check's in the mail!" ha ha), and that the checks
were mailed out from a different location other than where the
magazine is put together and printed up, so they didn't have any
control over that aspect of it. She was very nice, and I did receive
my check about a week later. |
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| mel
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Thank you SO MUCH,
Barbara, for taking the time to answer this
question!...
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| mel
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It helps anyone who
might be submitting to KID ZONE.
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| mel
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Here is also an answer
to last week's question about ANIMAL CHARACTERS:...
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| mel
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An answer to last
week's question about animal characters from our children's writer
friend in Switzerland, Nancy Guye-Vuillème: My editor told me that
MERRY CHRISTMAS MATTY MOUSE was their (North South's) best Christmas
book. He didn't understand why, but I do: Matty is a real little
person that wee ones identify with and would like to have for a
friend. The whole time I wrote the story, I WAS Matty, living in HIS
world. He has weaknesses that make him "human" and believable, but
he
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to him. Between Nora Hilb (the |
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character with friends and a world that is be fun for a child to be
part of. Matty's second book will be out in Spring
2005 |
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| mel
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I bought a copy of
Nancy's first Matty Mouse book last Christmas...
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| mel
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and even got it
autographed from Switzerland! It is a DELIGHTSOME mouse book, and
Nancy's advice is right-on right! THANKS, Nancy!
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| loretta |
I can't seem to find the
transcripts to Tuesdays Forums. I find the ones from Thursday. Where
are they posted? Thanks
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| mel
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Thank YOU for asking,
loretta!...
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| mel
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They are
at:...
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| mel
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http://www.institutechildrenslit.com/rx/ws09/index.shtml
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| mel
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By the by, they are
usually posted about ten minutes after they're
over.
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| albertine |
Do you know about
Pipeline to publication?? Is it a helpful supplement to the
course?
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| mel
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I'm sorry that I DON'T
know about Pipeline to publication, albertine....
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| mel
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But can you give me ANY
info about them that you DO have, so I can search them out and find
out for next week, please? Send it o
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| mel
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n the way you sent the
question, and I'll see what I can find.
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| albertine |
When you say, write a
story that involves pirates would you make the pirates talk
'different' and with that i mean like " matey, 'er, goin' ,
etc.
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| mel
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Yes, I would,
albertine--and GOOD question!...
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| mel
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First of all, look up
Sid Fleischman's children's books...
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| mel
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I can't remember the
exact titles of the PIRATE books of his,..
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| mel
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but he's written some
EXCELLENT ones....
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| mel
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I think ONE is GHOST IN
THE NOONDAY SUN...
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| mel
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But look at Sid's
"pirate talk," and you'll find he uses it
sparingly....
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| mel
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Kids will get confused
if there is too much of it....
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| mel
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I've read "matey" in
Fleischman, for instance, but too MUCH clipping of words will make
kids stop reading....
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| mel
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Use the pirate terms
like table salt: sparingly.
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| mel
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The end of Albertine's
question!
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| mel
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For those of you who
joined us after we started, this is an "Open Forum" session where
you are free to ask any writing and publishing questions you have,
and your moderator (Mel Boring) will do his best to answer them--the
sky isn't even the limit!
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| mel
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IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS:
Send questions you'd like answered or discussed by using your "Ask a
Question" icon/button. (It looks like a thought bubble icon, RIGHT
NEXT TO THE RED QUESTION MARK.) The moderator (me, Mel Boring) will
post the questions one at a time in the chat room and do my best to
answer them. Also note: If you want to make it possible to ask the
longest question you can, first type "/ask" (without the quotation
marks), then leave one space after the end of "ask", then type as
many characters of your question as you can. If your question is not
complete, send the second part next, then if necessary the third,
etc.
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| mel
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PLEASE remember NOT to
talk between yourselves, use the Messaging Feature to do
that...
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| mel
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If you chat between
yourselves, it will appear between the questions and
answers....
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| mel
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The Private Message
function is done by clicking on the little white envelop, then
follow the instructions.
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| loretta |
Thank you mel and
Barbara, I also e-mailed Jennifer regarding payment. But that helps.
Jennifer is very pleasant to talk to and Kid Zone, while the pay is
not great, is a nice looking magazine with a lot to offer children.
I would recomend it.
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| mel
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I WOULD TOO,
loretta!...
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| mel
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It's a VERY SMART way
to get into print if you forget about the "big money" for
now....
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| mel
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I say that, having
started my OWN writing career by selling stories to Sunday School
magazines that sometimes paid...
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| mel
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are you ready for
this?---ONE-FOURTH OF A CENT PER WORD!...
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| mel
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So for one 1000-word
story I remember, I was paid two dollars and fifty
cents!...
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| mel
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But the Sunday School
magazines use LOTS of material, some EVERY WEEK,...
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| mel
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so they are MUCH EASIER
to break in with....
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| mel
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Also, keep in mind KID
ZONE, where you can get an easier start than at the HIGHLIGHTS's and
the CRICKET's.
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| tkat_2 |
I found out by reading my
current issue of Storyteller Magazine that they won't even reply if
there is no SASE with your submission. They used to let it slide but
not any more. There is an incentive to read and follow the
guidelines!
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| mel
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THANKS, tkat_2! That
move on their part is prolly because of...
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| mel
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every magazine's
financial struggles....
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| mel
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If you have to provide,
say, a thousand SASE postages, that's about 37 thousand cents, I
believe, or in dollars,...
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| mel
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(I had to pause to use
my calculator) about three hundred-seventy dollars, lots of money to
small mags.
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| albertine |
I got a folder with an
assignment that came back and also a separate package from the
course about Pipeline to Publication. If you bought it in so many
days, you'd get a free book and i asked a student counselor if when
you order it they'd take off the price of the market book and the 64
first time authors. they would, but it's still pricey...i'm just
wondering if it'd be worth the money...
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| mel
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THANKS, albertine! I've
copied your words and WILL look into it by next
week!
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| remus |
Hello Mel! I got some
good news. I got a story published in this issue of WeeOnes
Magazine. It is a rebus story called "Sandcastles" and I illustrated
it as well. You can read it at www.weeonesmag.com
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| mel
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HURRAY and
CONGRATULATIONS to you, remus!!!...
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| mel
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I'll be going to read
that right after the forum, friend....
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| mel
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and THANKS for letting
us know. The URL will be in the transcript, so I think your rebus
will have LOTS of visitors!
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| grandy1983 |
In the fourth chapter of
my middle-grade novel, my protagonist changed his attitude about
something he was against since chapter 1. Is this too fast? He still
has a lot of changing to go, but I tried to make his reasons valid
enough for him to change his attitude about this particular person.
Any advice would be great.
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| mel
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No, nothing can be "too
fast" for kids, grandy1983....
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| mel
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As long as their are
character changes in your protagonist...
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| mel
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that have not yet come
about, that is fine....
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| mel
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Just remember that the
protag's most SIGNIFICANT character change(s) should only come out
in the end of the book.
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| mel
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SORRY,
folks,...
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| mel
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but I just got bumped
off the Internet, in spite of all I've been
saying!...
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| mel
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Pretty fast comeback,
though, huh?...
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| albertine |
Mel, do you know how come
chickadee, owl, etc are not accepting submissions any
longer?
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| mel
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Usually when a magazine
does this, albertine,...
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| mel
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it's because of budget
cuts....
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| mel
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What they do is EITHER,
1) go to their "freezer" and use stories/articles they've already
bought....
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| mel
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or 2) have their staff
do the story/article writing....
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| mel
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I don't know
specifically about CHICKADEE and family, but I would GUESS that is
what has happened....
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| mel
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Many times the "nature
magazines" depend on donations and grants and
sponsorships,..
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| mel
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and they don't come
through as planned...
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| mel
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So, rather than close
their doors, they look to the "freezer" or their
staff...
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| mel
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The GOOD NEW,
albertine, is that magazines ALWAYS come back to receiving
submissions, if they survive the budget crunch,...
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| mel
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because they NEED new
material if they've gone to the "freezer,"...
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| mel
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and if they go for
being staff-written, they know that can lead to an ingrown kind of
staganation. They need our "outside blood" for survival in the long
run!
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| writermom |
Mel how about an easy
magazine to get into for middlegrade to YA
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| mel
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That would probably be
in the "religious" category, writermom,...
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| mel
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and that would include
BREAKAWAY,...
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| mel
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BRIO, BYU MAGAZINE,
CAMPUS LIFE,...
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| mel
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CLUB CONNECTION and
CRUSADER, just to name a few....
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| mel
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If you have ICL's
CHILDREN'S MAGAZINE MARKET, look up in the back
index,...
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| mel
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and look for "Religious
(Fiction)" or the nonfiction,...
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| mel
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and you'll see them
listed WITH age groups, the teens and YAs included. GOOD question,
and VERY PRACTICAL, writermon
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| mel
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WHOOPS! I mean
WRITERMOM! SORRY!
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| casey |
I just looked at Pipeline
to Publication. For new authors, those just finishing the course it
would be helpful.
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| mel
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THANK YOU, casey,
coming from YOU, that's a GOOD recommendation!
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| arnalda |
Congrats,
remus!
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| mel
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Belated, since arnalda
sent it some time ago, remus,...
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| mel
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but CONGRATS, frm
arnalda and all of us!
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| mel
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PA asked this question
that could benefit ALL of us: In the article Energize Your Tired
Words the book CHILDREN'S WRITER'S WORD BOOK is mentioned. Where is
this book available? It sounds like a good tool, but I don't recall
seeing it with my course before now.
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| mel
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THis is the book I
mentioned at the beginning, where I gave the AMAZON URL where you
can see the book, and order it if you want to.
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| mel
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Wee Willie Winkie
wonders: What are considered subject taboos when writing fiction for
Middle Grade and YA?
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| mel
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Wee Willie
Winkie--marvelous username---there are very FEW taboos
today....
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| mel
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In the area of sexual
taboos, which have been strong in the past,...
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| mel
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most of the taboos are
turned off, except at certain publishers....
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| mel
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The ONE taboo that is
STRONG right now is gun violence....
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| mel
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Because of the
Columbine tragedy, the use of guns for that kind of senseless
destruction is taboo...
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| mel
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Even if you're trying
to "teach a lesson," I wouldn't do it....
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| mel
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Until the tragedy of
Columbine fades, it will be taboo,...
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| mel
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and I'm not sure that
will EVER fade.
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| grandy1983 |
Mel, is it okay to use
the name of an actual department store, etc? As long as the town
name is made up?
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| mel
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It depends on the
store, grandy1983...
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| mel
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What I would suggest
is...
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| mel
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to WRITE TO the store
in question, and ask....
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| mel
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You can prolly find the
corporate address on the Internet....
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| mel
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But it's always SAFEST
to ask. And some won't, but SOME WILL! And good
luck!...
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| mel
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Will you PLEASE let us
know how you come out?
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| mel
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MEW e-mailed this
question: Presently, I am writing a fictional Children's story and
would like to contact an agent for representation. I work in Boston
and live just south and know there are many agents in the Boston
area. Still, I would appreciate any you could recommend as I've not
had an opportunity to evaluate all the companies.
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| mel
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The URL I gave at the
beginning for the AUTHORS REPRESENTATIVES will give you their
addresses too, MEW,...
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| mel
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and you can find ones
near Boston.
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| mel
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EVG asked about cover
letters: When writing a cover letter, what's a professional way of
saying that I am making simultaneous submissions of the manuscript
and will notify them if I am accepted by another first? I don't want
it to sound as if I
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| mel
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Here's an example of
what to say, EVG:...
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| mel
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I am also now
submitting this article to ___ other publishers. I will notify you
immediately if another publisher accepts my book (or article) to let
you know....
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| mel
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You MIGHT put the
number of publishers you're submitting to on the ___, but not
necessary.
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| ani |
Do the teachers get angry
when you send a late lesson???
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| mel
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EXCELLENT question,
ani!!! THANKS for asking it!...
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| mel
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I NEVER got angry when
an assignment was sent late, because I had lots of other things to
do....
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| mel
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HOWEVER, it IS
necessary to keep up a certain pace for YOU doing the
course....
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| mel
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And of course
instructors DO understand that "life happens," as John Lennon
said....
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| mel
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So things come up in
your life that slow down your lesson-sending....
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| mel
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IF you let the
instructor know, there'll be absolutely NO PROBLEM,
ani.
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| writermom |
mel I'm not sure if the
story is appropriate for religious mags it is about a teen talking
to the ghost of her dead sister to learn to deal with the death of
the sister
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| mel
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Yes, I think it WOULD
be appropriate for some religious mags,
writermom....
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| mel
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especially for the YA
age range. BEST is to look at samples of those you
THINK...
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| mel
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might accept it, seeing
if they have "similar" stories.
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| mel
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KM needs to know: If I
write on a craft idea or particular activities that help get
children processing information better, how do I know if I am
"stealing" an idea? For
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| we did many
activities that were standard for our industry, that many therapists
write about in therapist periodicals, but if I want to share them
with parents, teachers, and homeschools is it okay since I am
putting the information in my own words? Wouldn't it be the same as
if I wrote a how to on jumping rope, etc? Regarding crafts: Think of
all the generations of school children who have glued together two
sections of egg cartons together to make chicks or rabbits for
Easter.That idea doesn't "belong" to anyone. So, whether these were
30 year old art or craft projects left in a drawer by a retired
teacher or whether I got them from a book, is it okay if I am
explaining to |
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| am coming up with
my own directions in my own words? I wouldn't submit the line work
from a book and I would probably do my own drawings of say,"the leaf
people" art project, since I don't know where the original work came
from. So, when is it called recycling and when is it called
stealing |
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| mel
boring |
No, KM, you need not
worry about "stealing."...
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| mel
boring |
First of all, IDEAS are
NOT copyrighted,...
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| mel
boring |
only the SPECIFIC FORM
OF THE WORDS that a story or article has been published
in...
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| mel
boring |
And you're right,
crafts have been DONE MANY times, some of them...
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| mel
boring |
but if you "recycle" an
old craft, and don't copy the exact wordage it was in before, you're
perfectly safe, friend!
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| mel
boring |
ITeechABC e-mailed to
ask: For one of my assignments some time ago, I wrote a story with
inanimate objects as characters. My instructor liked the story
itself, however, discouraged me from submitting anything with
inanimate characters. If I remember correctly she said that was
"out". It seems lately I'm reading/seeing more and more stories that
do have objects as characters. (Toy Story, Brave Little Toaster,
Thomas the Tank Engine, etc.) Should I dig up my old story, dust it
off, and submit it?
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| mel
boring |
The KEY to inanimate
characters is this, ITeechABC: Do they work?...
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| mel
boring |
If they work as well as
TOY STORY and THOMAS once did, then by all means submit
them!...
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| mel
boring |
But editors have a
built-in "radar" for POOR animated inanimate
characters,...
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| mel
boring |
so you should be
prepared for that. The reason is that they've received SO MANY
"imitations" of TUGGY THE TUGBOAT and such, that they are defensive
about it.
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| mel
boring |
Sarah is asking: Is
there an article on your website that explains the hierarchy of
editors? I know there are Exec. Editors, Managing Editors, Senior
Editors, & Assistant Editors. Who ranks whom? Are some of the
titles specific to certain houses?
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| mel
boring |
There is no such
article on our site right now, Sarah, but how about somebody writing
one and submitting it, OK?...
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| mel
boring |
I would be PLEASED to
consider it for our ICL Web Site....
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| mel
boring |
Right now, one of the
BEST sources that explains the kinds of editors
is...
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| mel
boring |
THE COMPLETE IDIOT'S
GUIDE TO PUBLISHING CHILDREN'S BOOKS...
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| mel
boring |
It is by Harold
Underdown, who has been a chat guest of ours....
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| mel
boring |
That book is VERY FRESH
in its new recent edition, and has such a TREASURY of information! I
HIGHLY recommend it.
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| mel
boring |
Sarah also asked: After
graduation, do we still have free access to your
website?
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| mel
boring |
An EASY final question!
YES, YES, YES,...
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| mel
boring |
You are ALWAYS welcome
at our web site, Sarah!...
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| mel
boring |
and ANYone, even people
who have NOT taken the ICL course are WARMLY
WELCOME!
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| george
kulz |
I'd be in BIG trouble if
the teachers DID get angry for late lessons ani ;-)
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| mel
boring |
Thanks for that
affidavit, george!...
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| catlady |
Thanks,
Mel!!!
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| mel
boring |
Thank YOU all, for
being here. WOWSER, I see that I'm WAY overtime! See you next
Tuesday, friends
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| loretta |
Bye,
Mel.
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