All Blog Posts Tagged 'Tour' (37)

Fiona Ingram’s earliest story-telling talents came to the fore when, from the age of ten, she entertained her three younger brothers and their friends with serialized tales of children undertaking dangerous and exciting exploits, which they survived through courage and ingenuity. Haunted houses, vampires and skeletons leaping out of coffins were hot favorites in the…

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Stories for Children Publishing will be touring Author Clayton Paul Thomas and his book, “Tantrums, Troubles, and Treasures: A Parent Guide to Parenting in the 21^st Century” all month long in July 2011.

 

Clayton Paul Thomas has worked with kids for about 16 years from three different settings. The first was at St. Joseph Children’s Home. This…

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If you want to reel in an editor, think fishing strategy.

• Know where the editor fish swim.
• Prepare the appropriate bait.
• Assemble a variety of hooks.
• Practice spreading ‘chum.'
• Make sure your line is strong.
• Hook the editor fish early.
• Play the line out -- craftiness…

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Many writers and illustrators ask me, "Is it really important to have a book trailer for my upcoming book?" My answer is "YES!" Book and Event trailers are a lot like movie trailers. They catch viewer interest if done right. I don’t know if you have noticed, but many BIG publishing houses have discovered…

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Blog Talk Radio’s World of Ink Network Show: Stories for Children with hosts VS Grenier, Kris Quinn Christopherson and Irene Roth will be chatting with author Margot Finke about her recent children’s books: “Taconi and Claude – Double Trouble” a historical middle-grade adventure, “Horatio Humble Beats the Big D” a rhyming picture book about dyslexia, and…

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Stories for Children Publishing will be touring award-winning author VS Grenier and her book, “Babysitting SugarPaw” a picture book about friendship and telling the truth all month long in June 2011.

 

VS Grenier is an award-winning children’s author, founder & owner of Stories for Children Publishing, LLC., award-winning…

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That Baby Woke Me Up, AGAIN is the humorous recounting of a…

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Stories for Children Publishing will be touring Renee Hand’s latest children’s book, “The Adventures of Joe-Joe Nut and Biscuit Bill Case #2 Mineral Mischief” all month long in

April 2011.

 

Renee Hand is an award-winning author, educator, tennis coach and various other things. Hand has been writing for over twenty…

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Tips on Writing for Children

 

• It is important to think like a kid.
• Try to find that place inside of you where your imagination can come up with stories that kids will connect with. Funny stories, fictional stories, life stories, whimsical stories, stories about things you remember as a…

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The Choice Between Living Hell or Harmony by T.F. Hodge 

 

If you're going through hell, keep going. ~Winston Churchill

 

I am almost certain Mr. Churchill did not intend for people to become accustomed to an enduring life of hell. My understanding, or perception, is if one…

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Lessons Learn from Writing Children's Books‏

By: Marsha Casper Cook…

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I talked with J.D. Holiday about her latest book, “The Great Snowball Escapade” and what she considered the basic ingredients of a good story. We all know the things that keep you reading until the last page of course, but what are those things and are they the same things in…

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Please join me and my guests, Stephen James and David Thomas, authors of the new book, Wild Things: The Art of Nurturing Boys on tonight's Virtual Book Tour at 5 pm Pacific/6 Mountain/7 Central/8 Eastern.



We will be answering questions submitted at… Continue

At 7:21pm on April 28th, 2008, Jean Hackensmith said…

Sorry I haven't posted for so long. I've been busy writing and editing "Checkmate" and am so happy to say it is finally DONE and will be released May 1. "Checkmate" is the beginning of my "break" from the romance genre. It is classified as a "romantic thriller," but is actually more thriller than romance. My family and friends actually laugh when I say there isn't even one love scene in the entire book! (I'm known for my steamy love… Continue

Next Wednesday, March 19th, at 7PM, I'll be taking part in a writers' roundtable at:

Borders
1499 Post Road
Fairfield, CT 06824

If you're in the neighborhood, please stop by. I'll be talking (at least a little bit) about my novel, The River, By Moonlight.