Nature is a never-ending story.
Susan Taylor Brown - Author and Speaker

"You have to know the human heart."
Thom Jones
 
 
 


ARTICLES & TIPS

   ABOUT WRITING


 

This is the place if you want to learn more about what it means to be a writer, how to get started writing, and how to keep going even when things seem tough.  There are articles that show you what my writing process, and writing life, is like. (The words crazy, chaotic, wonderful, frustrating and sometimes downright amazing come to mind.) I will keep adding new articles so be sure to check back often.

If you have a dream of writing and being published, I hope that my words of encouragement will help you make your dream come true.

       ARTICLES I'VE WRITTEN
  50 Ways to Think Like a Child
       (Previously published in the Children's Writer Newsletter)
   Creative NonFiction: A True Story Well Told
      
(Previously published in the Children's Writer Newsletter)
  First Lines in Fiction
       (Previously published in the Children's Writer Guide 2003)
   Get Your Foot in the Door and Fiction into Print
       (Previously published in the Best of Magazine Markets Guide)
  How I Write
  Nourishing the Young Mind, Soul & Spirit
      (Previously published in the Children's Writer Newsletter)
  Telling and Selling Seasonal Stories
       (Previously published in the Children's Writer Newsletter)
  That Crazy Little Thing Called Teen Love
      
(Previously published in the Children's Writer Newsletter)
  What Makes a Real Writer?
  Why I Write
  You Have to Want it Bad

Please contact me for information about reprinting any of the above articles.
 

    ARTICLES BY OTHER WRITERS
     (Clicking these will take you away from this site.)
  Agents for Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
       by Harold Underdown
  Dangerous Myths and Terrible Truths
      by Aaron Shepard
  Dealing With Rejection
       
by Ellen Jackson
   The Give and Take of Critique
       
by Linda Sue Park
   Great Expectations - A Conference Crib Sheet
       
by Hope Vvestergaard (Opens directly to a PDF file.)
   Help for Children's Authors - Ten Steps to Getting Published
        by Ellen Jackson
  So you Want to Be a Children's Writer
       
by Haemi Balgassi
  Steps to Becoming a Published Children's Book Author
      by April Pulley Sayre
  Writing Advice
      by Vivian Vande Velde