children’s lit authors

Jackie ♦ July 22, 2007 ♦ Leave a Comment

My friend Dawn just sent out a link to a nifty website for anyone interested in writing for children. The Highlights Foundation is an offshoot from the classic children’s magazine, and they do workshops every year for children’s lit authors near Chautauqua Lake in upstate New York. If you can’t make the workshops, or just have some interest in the topics, there’s a great link on the Foundation website to writing tips, that are browesable by author, title or topic and include tips on everything from dialogue to finding an agent.

I thought this especially appropriate on the Weekend of Harry Potter, and it made me wonder how many manuscripts editors see these days about wizards and magic, or saying, “I believe my book could be the next Harry Potter”….