The Children's Writers Coaching Club ROCKS!

Children's Writers Coaching Club
(C.W.C.C.)




Learn to Write for Children

Personal Guidance - Weekly Teleclasses -
Regular Writing Workshops - Encouragement!

If you'd like to become a published children's magazine or book author, I'd like to invite you to join the Children's Writers' Coaching Club, at the National Writing for Children Center, and get the help you need to succeed.

I am proud to be a C.W.C.C coach

Look at all you get when you become a
member - for only $27.00 a month.

* Four 55-minute teleclasses EVERY month - one per week. Each teleclass is taught by a successful children's book author and/or illustrator. Someone who knows the "tricks of the writing trade." In case you miss a session, you also receive the link to a recording of each teleclass.

* Daily encouragement, + helpful assignments designed to guide and improve your skills in every aspect of children's writing and/or publishing and promotion. Send in regular writing assignments for evaluation. Enjoy ongoing, one-on-one, help and advice from founder Suzanne Lieurance.

* The opportunity to network daily with members, its instructors, plus Suzanne too, via the online C.W.C.C. discussion list.

CLICK HERE

Join the Children's Writers Coaching Club
today, and you'll be on your way to creating
your own part-time or full-time career
as a published children's book author
or magazine writer.

Pick my brains during my monthly
Teleclass! I would love to meet you there.

My Teleclass occurs on the second
Thursday of each month @ 1PM
(Pacific Time)



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New BOOK TRAILERS - a Wild and Radical Pitch

Today
I'm trying Wild and Radical.

SO. . .

Instead of "begging" you to BUY a book from my

"Wild & Wonderful"
series,

I plan to dazzle you with a
BOOK TRAILER!


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Click on Trailer for
"Prairie Dog's Play Day"
Right above this post

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I hope to convince you that my series is

MUST HAVE
educational fun for your child.

All 7
"Wild & Wonderful"
titles.



View more Trailers HERE

EDUCATIONAL & HIGH QUALITY FUN.

And, to back up my WILD and RADICAL pitch,
I add that the books are e-published by Writers Exchange.

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Please - don't faint!
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Kids today are computer savvy!
They know when to read fun stuff on a screen,
and when a paper book and a soft chair work best.

These books can be downloaded onto your computer
from Readers Eden, Fictionwise and many other places.

or
BUY from My Website as a CD,
with an autographed and decorative cover.


The Future of Books is now HERE!
CHEAPER - GREENER - and SAVES TREES

Great for home schooling parents and teacher projects.

plus
Kid friendly rhyming fun.


GIVE THEM A TRY . . .

Pretty please.

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Margot Finke

Books for Kids - Manuscript Critiques
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Margot's Books for Kids + Writing News

Margot Finke chats with Laurie, on LAURIE & CO - a Robin Falls Kids show.

Aint Blog Talk Radio Grand!

I will be chatting on "Laurie & Co," with
Laurie Zieber, a Robin Falls Kids Show -
Monday the 26th - at 1pm Pacific time.
LINK HERE


Laurie will pick my brains about Writing Books,
Doing Critiques, Promotions, Frustrations,
the joy of Mentoring - and much more.

Discover how I had two of my books illustrated by
renown artists from another country. They spoke no
English, and one didn't even have a computer.

Join me on Monday,
for some straight talk and fun,
on the Laurie and Co show.


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Shush-h-h-h . . .
A Sneak Peek.

"Ruthie and the Hippo's Fat Behind."




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The FREE - MUSE ONLINE Writing Conference was a HUGE SUCCESS!

I now have enough strength back in my fingers to

BLOG about the 2009 MUSE ONLINE Writing Conference
(Oct 12th to 18th) - and it was all FREE!

This is my third year with Lea Schizas, and her band of intrepid Publishers, Agents, and Established Writers. Lea's idea is to provide a full week of daily workshops, and one-on-one chat lounge Q & A sessions, on various aspects of writing (for adults and children) and promoting your books.

This year, my daily workshop was titled,
"How to Write as Tight As Granny's New Girdle!"

I also offered a Daily Q & A Session in several Chat Lounges.

I was deluded enough to offer a critique of the first page of those attending my workshop. I wanted to advise them on how to make sure their first pages were tight and terrific, and had a WOW factor that would grab an editor's interest.

Holy COW, mates, I was swamped.

I ended up critiquing just on 100 pages in all - and many of them were far longer! My brain and my fingers learned how to move super fast. Of course now that it is all over, I can finally take a bathroom break. HEY, a week is a l-o-n-g time!

I also discovered that writers do not read instructions well. Many did not include their word count or genre, as requested. Not did they double space very often - again as requested. Yet I loved reading those pages that really had a cool WOW factor, or when a writer tightened that first page so well, Granny wore a big smile. YEA!!

And those Q & A chat sessions were fast and furious. No time to dither about answers. Great practice for keeping my focus on the topic at hand - writing! Adrenalin bubbled, pushed, and drove me to keep at it all week. On Monday it was all past tense. My hands were stiff, and if you had asked my name, I would've had to stop and think. . . I felt like a pricked balloon.

Looking back over a distance of a few days, I see MUSE 2009 as an awesome experience. I got to see wonderful writing, not so wonderful writing, and all the stages in-between. I really hope my comments, suggestions and examples, help and guide those many writers in their next rewrite.

Tight and terrific pages, with a definite WOW factor, DO make an editor sit up and take notice - especially after all the dreck they so often read.

I would not have missed MUSE 2009 for all the
witchetty grubs in Australia -
fairdinkum, mates!

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Below is the logo for the
2010 - MUSE Online Writing Conference.

Please visit in November 2009, when MUSE Online

opens registrations for the The 2010 Conference.

Also read great 2009 testimonials at the above link

Many this year did not register early enough.
They missed out - Don't miss out in 2010

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BUY Autographed Books from my website, and
receive a FREE LINK to me READING that story!

The FREE, 2009 MUSE ONLINE Conference is Designed for YOU!

Okay Folks, the FREE, 2009
Muse Online Conference
is Coming to the Boil!

And I will be there to help them stir the
Writing Pot - same as last year!

The fun begins October 12th until October 18th


What You Get
for FREE

* Chat Rooms where you can ask the experts questions
* Writing Workshops for all genres
* Published Writers
* Pitch Sessions
*Publishers
* Agents
+ lots MORE

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Created by
Lea Schiza

The Muse Online was proud to
receive this 2008 award



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My Workshop is titled
"How to Write as Tight as Granny's New Girdle"
(Your first page scanned for tight and terrific writing)

plus

I host a Chat Session Every Day at 1pm Pacific Time
(Tuesday through Sunday - Q and A sessiona)


This is the best FREEBIE DEAL going.

If you can't afford expensive writing conferences. Don't have time to take writing lessons. Have no one to babysit the kids while you go to a conference. Need to network with fellow writers, publishers etc. . . THIS IS FOR YOU!

If you can't join us this year, then make the 2010
Muse Online Conference your goal!


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BUY Autographed Books from my website, and
receive a FREE LINK to me READING that story!

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*Books for Children
*Manuscript Critiques
*Help for Writers

A MIXED BAG - News and Celebration!

Okay folks, I know It's Been a While
Since I BLOGGED.

Listed below are my excuses:

* I am in the throes of ghost writing a book for a client.
* My many critique clients have also kept me "on the go!"

* PLUS - the ever present necessity to promote my
already published books.

* Scrounging the time to actually write
something NEW myself.

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I also worked on another book as "editorial adviser." This was for Deborah Slover of Leader Garden Press. illustrations by Darlene Warner.

"U.N.I.Q.U.E . KIDS" -
Growing My Leadership Garden

This inspirational book will help you grow the unique leader within your child. In the human garden, leadership development begins at home. Told as a fable, the lessons contained are real:

Be nonjudgmental - Do not enable -
Use empathy - Prune gossip -
Eliminate Blame - Eradicate victimization

Imagine a world where these practices are the norm.
More details available HERE

* A wonderful guide for home schooling parents, and others who want the children of today to grow up with fine leadership qualities, honesty, and a sure moral compass.

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"Taconi and Claude - Double Trouble"

I am thrilled to announce that my mid-grade Aussie outback adventure, featuring aboriginal boy Taconi, and his wise and talkative cockatoo mate, will be published by Guardian Angel Publishing.

Taconi's dad, Dreamtime Spirits, a corroboree, and a disaster on Coorparoo Cattle Station, all help Taconi make choices about the world of his tribe, and that of the white man. Of course Claude, the sulfur crested cockatoo, sticks his "chatty" beak into everything that happens. I know this is a book BOYS will love.

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and

I HAVE KEPT THE BEST 'TIL LAST

On September 18th and 19th, many west coast authors who publish books with Guardian Angel Publishing (G.A.P.), are gathering in Bend, Oregon, for a two day get together, PLUS a mass book signing at Barnes & Noble bookstore, The Forum, in Bend, on September 19th. YEA!

Hosting the event is K.C. Snider, a well known fine artist and book illustrator. K.C. also did the whimsical and fun illustrations for my upcoming book, Ruthie and the Hippo's Fat Behind." I LOVE what she did!

As well as an afternoon of book signing on the 19th, K.C. and her hench-woman Claudia, have big plans for all us G.A.P authors and illustrators: Day trips, tours, and a great barbecue event the evening following the book signing. For G.A.P. authors prepared to get up early on Friday morning, and promote themselves and their books, there's also a TV interview on Good Morning, Central Oregon.

G.A.P. publisher, Lynda S. Burch, will also be there. How K.C. snagged the always super -busy publisher is a secret she won't reveal: something to do with offering a grandchild has been touted, but it's anyone's guess . . .

K.C and Claudia are SuperWomen - but without the capes. Their drive and energy has taken this from a casual wish to an exciting and wonderful reality.

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I have now set myself daily goals, and I hope to do
much more BLOGGING in the future.
(fingers crossed!)

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