First-Time Authors - Softcover

Pamela Glass Kelly; Ed.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1889715603 ISBN 13: 9781889715605

Publisher: Writers Institute Publications, 2008

Synopsis

First-Time Authors presents 64 children's magazine stories and articles that were first published pieces, often with the original artwork included. The authors share their story behind the story; how they got the idea, developed, polished, and revised it to meet an editor's needs and then achieved that all-important first sale.
To see how the process worked from the other side of the desk, we asked the editors who accepted these selections to explain what attracted them to the submissions . . . how they worked on the manuscripts . . . and why the stories and articles were ultimately successful.
The 64 first published pieces include 26 stories and 38 articles that appeared in 40 different magazines, for youngest listeners and readers, intermediate readers, and preteens and teens.

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Review

What a delightful book! Full of joy and solid advice. Raises the shade on the editor's door and gives writers a look at what really goes into those decisions to accept (or sob! reject) a manuscript. Excellent author insights. A motivational must-read for any children's writer dreaming of bylines and bucks! --Mary Lou Carney, Author and former Editor of Guideposts for Kids

Writers waiting for that thrilling first acceptance will gain both inspiration and insight by studying the selections together with the comments from authors and editors. First-Time Authors is a valuable inside view into how being published really happens. --Paula Morrow, Publisher of Boxing Day Books

There is no other collection so motivating as well as revealing as First-Time Authors. It is a fascinating opportunity for any emerging writer. --Kent Brown, Editor-in-Chief of Highlights for Children

Writers waiting for that thrilling first acceptance will gain both inspiration and insight by studying the selections together with the comments from authors and editors. First-Time Authors is a valuable inside view into how being published really happens. --Paula Morrow, Publisher of Boxing Day Books

There is no other collection so motivating as well as revealing as First-Time Authors. It is a fascinating opportunity for any emerging writer --Kent Brown, Editor-in-Chief of Highlights for Children

Edition details

• Publisher: Writers Institute Publications
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1889715603
• ISBN 13: 9781889715605
• Binding: Perfect Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 236
• Editor: Pamela Glass Kelly