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Well, looks like you know what you are doing.

posted by Whacky on December 4, 2006 at 8:08 PM | link to this | reply

Jazwolf, you have a special gift and only those who

do can really write what children will read! Books could never teach you what you apparently know from instinct and the ability to remember the child or teen you once were! Blessings! faholo

posted by faholo on December 4, 2006 at 12:54 PM | link to this | reply

I meant Roald Dahl, is this right?

posted by marieclaire66 on December 3, 2006 at 2:30 PM | link to this | reply

My favourite writer is Roadh??? Dahl, mispelt I am sure.

do you know Margaret Mahy? She is a famous and very popular Children writer, she is a New Zealander.

posted by marieclaire66 on December 3, 2006 at 10:45 AM | link to this | reply

Going back to Candy land --- how "sweet"

It is a wonderful to retain the ability to be child like, not childish, although it does not hurt now and again.

Did you kids would love some of my special "pie"??? Thanks for having a sample and the visit...

posted by marieclaire66 on December 3, 2006 at 10:44 AM | link to this | reply

Pat--- One of my favorite memories from my teaching days was when a

student told me that he liked my class because I treated the kids like "real people."

posted by Jazwolf on December 3, 2006 at 10:03 AM | link to this | reply

Actually, if I can remember back that far,

I was a realist in childhood -- nothing was sugar-coated, although some adult things were hidden. I think most nine-year-olds can be treated as humans with rational brains, but most adults talk down to them. How wise is that?

posted by Pat_B on December 3, 2006 at 8:53 AM | link to this | reply

That's good to know, Jazwolf, Writer's Market is a little overwhelming

posted by Blanche. on December 3, 2006 at 8:21 AM | link to this | reply

Mademoiselle--- Ahh. I'm in awe. Chutes 'n' Ladders is a bit too

complex for me. My all-time favorite is Hungry, Hungry Hippo.

posted by Jazwolf on December 3, 2006 at 8:20 AM | link to this | reply

My best friend is an aspiring children's book author ...

And the entire extent of her "research" appears to consist of watching old reruns of "Reading Rainbow".

Meanwhile, the problem I have with "Candyland" is that winning isn't so much based on skill, as on luck. I prefer the more complex strategy games, such as "Chutes N' Ladders".

The face of a child can say it all,
especially the mouth part of the face.

posted by Mademoiselle on December 3, 2006 at 8:15 AM | link to this | reply

Blanche--- I don't remember any of the others from that list. Many of

the top markets today will not accept unsolicited fiction, by the way. You must have an agent present it. Playboy might be one of those. I'm not current on the short fiction market, since I accomplished what I wanted in that area and moved on from it.

posted by Jazwolf on December 3, 2006 at 7:29 AM | link to this | reply

I've scanned Writer's Market and Playboy pays $3,000 per non-ficton

article, but they specifically state that it is not an amateur's market, so do not send unsolicited ms or queries.  That would be quite a byline. 

posted by Blanche. on December 3, 2006 at 7:22 AM | link to this | reply

Care to share your top five list, Jazwolf?

posted by Blanche. on December 3, 2006 at 7:20 AM | link to this | reply

Blanche--- It pays well in general because articles are shorter, which

translates into more money per word than with many adult publications. When I first started writing fiction, one of my ambitions was to write for one of the top five fictions markets (magazines) listed in Writer's Market. Ratings were based on payment per word and difficulty in getting in, with the top markets, of course, being the most difficult. Believe it or not, Boy's Life was considered one of the top five, and that's the one that bought one of my stories.

posted by Jazwolf on December 3, 2006 at 7:18 AM | link to this | reply

I've heard that the children's market is the most lucrative, Jazwolf

posted by Blanche. on December 3, 2006 at 7:13 AM | link to this | reply

that's a best way

posted by star4sky5 on December 3, 2006 at 7:10 AM | link to this | reply