Resources

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1. Here are some tips for new writers.
2. Click here to visit the website of poet Deanie Rowan Blank.
3. A Five Step Writing Program That Builds Confidence: Do the words "writing program" conjure up images of you lugging home more papers, night after night? Then read my common sense approach to help you avoid the red pencil blues, while challenging and improving your students' writing . . .
4. Check out the Teacher's Guides for my novels Summer Song, Libby Bloom, and The Secret Life of Hubie Hartzel.
5. Of course, the best place to find out what publishers like is from the publishers themselves:
   • HarperCollins Big Busy House: one of the biggest publishers of children's books. They also have tips for writers.
   • Henry Holt: a smaller publisher, but with a wide distribution. Here are their guidelines for submitting a manuscript.
   • Click here to view a list of publishers' websites generated by Yahoo!.
6. The Purple Crayon: A Children's Book Editor's Site (3.0): A good resource for children's authors.
7. Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: A good site for general information.

8. Click here to visit the Internet For Kids site, a great resource for web development for kids!

9. The Home School Internet Resource Center is dedicated to the home school community. We feature a wealth of information for all aspects of home school education while maintaining a safe browsing environment.
10. AMERICA WRITES FOR KIDS! is a project of the Drury University Department of Education. Its goal is to promote literacy and creativity by introducing young readers, parents, teachers, and librarians to the work of real, live children's authors.