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                 <title><![CDATA[How to Get Your Children s Book Published]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[How do you get a children s book published I m sure there are many varied answers to this question depending on who you ask I can give you my experiences and advice I had been writing for five years before I had my first book accepted by a publisher I joined a writers 8217 centre completed ..<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/190389>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
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                 <pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2007 18:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[What Do Publishers Want]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[I was sitting in a room with fifty or so writers and three publishers when someone asked the question what do publishers want Silence Every head was turned toward the three publishers The publishers looked at each other blank expressions on their faces No one spoke at first ..<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/190388>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
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                 <pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2007 18:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Creating Ideas For Children s Books]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[Ideas are everywhere All of the time It s our job as writers to find some ideas and turn them into entertaining stories The most common sources of inspiration include our experiences and personalities children family pets friends conversations television ..<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/190387>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
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                 <pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2007 18:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Creating Believable Characters for Children s Books]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[If you ve read my previous articles you ll be aware that I ve defined children s books as books that feature a child as the main character and the audience is children So let s take a look at children as characters In picture books no description of the characters is necessary Picture books are highly visual and therefore ..<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/190352>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
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                 <pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2007 18:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Classifying Children s Fiction]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[Simply put a book is children s fiction if the main character is a child Adults usually read about adults Children usually read about children When reading a book the reader likes to connect with or relate to the main character A reader likes to identify with the character and ..<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/190351>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
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                 <pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2007 18:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Making Your Fiction Writing Sparkle]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[A few years ago I went to a seminar at our local writers 8217 centre The speakers at the seminar included two publishers and an agent When asked what they were looking for in a manuscript one of the publishers answered sparkle So how do you make your writing sparkle Pace Pace can be considered the speed of a scene or the entire novel .<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/190350>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
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                 <pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2007 18:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Start Your Children s Writing Career Today]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[So you want to write a children s book Great Writing for children is a wonderful hobby or occupation as in my case But where does one start What does one need to do to become a children s author How did I become a published children s author Actually I decided that I wanted to be a writer before I decided that I wanted to ..<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/190348>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
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                 <pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2007 18:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Plotting a Children s Book]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[In a previous article I explained the ideas behind some of my children s books Over time I ve trained my brain to be on 8220 alert for ideas and I discover a lot more ideas than I have time to put pen to paper or fingers to laptop Not all ideas are equal Some ideas work well and become books Some ..<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/190347>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
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                 <pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2007 18:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Start Your Fiction With a Bang]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[It is a fact of life that publishers will only read one or two pages of your manuscript They receive far too many submissions to give each one their undivided attention from beginning to end And sadly some of these submissions don t deserve more than a minute or two of an editor s time As a reader I have given up on ..<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/190346>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
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                 <pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2007 18:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Writing Picture Books for Children]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[Picture books look easy to write They usually contain less than 1 000 words with stories that appear so simple that anyone can write one In fact picture books are the hardest of all children s books to write and do well That doesn t mean you can t write one It means ..<p><a href=http://articleslash.com/190345>Link to the original site</a></p>]]></description>
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                 <pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2007 18:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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