Saturday, March 01, 2008

Join The Writers View

"Great peace have they who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble."
Psalm 119:165


It’s been a while since I’ve posted. I’m still writing full-time and battled a sinus problem in most of January. The good thing is, in January I finished writing a children’s biography on a popular country music star. When I mean popular, I mean at the top! I could barely keep up with this girl’s numbers of record sales, TV interviews, and guest appearances. She is a great role model and when the book is ready to be released, I’ll let you know the name so you can be sure to get a copy for your favorite tween! It will be marketed to 8-12 year olds.

I’m thrilled with this opportunity to break into the children’s markets and look forward to working on my next assignments with the same publisher. Thankfully, the subjects of those books are not living so they won't be setting new records. J

One thing I have found helpful in my freelance writing career is to be a member of The Writer’s View, an online writing forum. It is made up of new and professional writers who post daily in response to questions brought up by the moderator.

If you want to know more about writing and meet some great people who will respond to questions, I encourage you to sign up for The Writers View.

Here is the “webfomercial”:

If you're an aspiring writer and want to get a writers conference in yourinbox, consider joining The Writer View. It's free. It's amazing. You'll learn everything you'd learn at a writer's conference sans meeting cool people face to face. And you don't have to pay airfare!How they work: Each Monday and Thursday a panelist poses a question aboutthe publishing industry, the craft of writing, or anything related to thewriting journey.

These panelists are agents, editors, writers who are well known in the Christian writing industry. Then, panelists and members write posts about the question raised. I still learn new things every week. It's a moderated loop, so there's no blatant self promotion. Word counts are limited to 250 per post.For beginning to intermediate writers, the group to join is TWV 2. Clickhe<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TWV2/> .For advanced, published writers, join The Writers View. Click here<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheWritersView/> .You will be asked to fill out an application that you then send to thegroup's leadership. You'll receive an email letting you know whether you'vebeen accepted.

It’s a great opportunity to learn a lot of information on a daily basis. Let me know if you sign up. I’ll look for your post!

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