Children's Writer's World: Confessions of an Introverted Author

You’ve chopped all the ingredients for soup.  You’ve sautéed the veggies in a skillet.  You’ve poured the cooked contents into a crock po...

If you are a frequent visitor to Children's Writers World, you know that I make suggestions to writers on their submissions to Kid...

Conflict.  Every story needs it.  When you write for young children, that conflict must be delivered early on, in the first or second par...

What would you do if an editor said, “I’d like to publish your work.”  You’d probably be screaming and fist-pumping with excitement.  What ...

Heads up all contemporary middle grade writers.  Check out this great contest:  http://tinyurl.com/kva3w9j .  Deadline is March 18th.  Top ...

I receive a good number of submissions each month for Kid's Imagination Train .  Not long ago, two writers emailed me to inquire if I...

Today, I received a letter in the mail addressed to Editor, Kid's Imagination Train (www.kidsimaginationtrain.com ). I was hoping for a...