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Your Writing Coach Teresa on Setting Goals
By Teresa Funke, Expert Guide At Large / Career Coach
Teresa’s ready to help you set goals to succeed. It’s easy, and it’s fun. Watch this short video and get ready to shoot for the stars!
Some Key Advice From a Magazine Writing Pro
By Kathryn Lay, Magazine Writing Expert Guide.
Let’s get ready to take on the exciting world of magazine writing! Here are some excellent words of wisdom to get you started.
Nuts & Bolts: Word Counts & Age Groups in Children’s Books
By Laura Backes, CBI Publisher
Here they are: The Rules of the Game for Writing Children’s Books — from Board Books Straight through Young Adult! This is a must-read for all authors.
Goodreads, Tumblr and Foursquare: Are They For You?
By Jane Choate, Publlishing Expert Guide
Jane looks at three hot social media sites and finds opportunity for promotional-minded children’s authors.
By Bryan Cohen, Writing Exercises Expert Guide
It’s time to dig deep into your childhood to capture what it’s really like to be a kid. Here’s an exercise that’s fun and enlightening!
Children’s Book Publicity: Start Local for Fast Results
By Dan Janal, Publicity Expert Guide
Getting publicity for your book can be as easy as calling your local newspaper. Dan’s here to show you how to tell the world about you and your books — starting in your own hometown.
By Laura Backes, CBI Publisher
Here’s exactly the info you need to get started writing picture books!
What’s Hot In Young Adult Literature Right Now
by Helen Landalf, Young Adult Expert Guide
Helen gives you the lowdown on what teens are looking for in today’s market.
Writing Picture Books: Where’s The Fun?
by Linda Arms White, Picture Book Expert Guide
Our Christopher-Award winning expert shares five fool-proof ways to capture a young reader’s attention — and keep it.
Create a Query that Gets a “Yes”
By Jane McBride Choate , Traditional Publishing Expert Guide
Your query letter gets about 10 seconds of an editor’s time. Here are five unique ways to make sure that your letter stands out — and grabs an editor’s attention.
How to Start & Run Your Own eBook Publishing Business
by Chris Robley, eBook Publishing Expert Guide
When’s the right time to start your own eBook business? Right now! Chris has some great ideas to get you started.
Children’s Book Apps – An Exciting Opportunity For Writers
By Karen Robertson, App Publishing Expert Guide
Children’s book apps are red-hot. Learn more from an author who’s making her mark in this expanding field.
How to Create Your Own Youtube Channel in Seconds
By Jon Bard, CBI Managing Editor
All the top authors have their own Youtube channel. Now you can too! It’s fast and it’s free. In this video, Jon takes you through it step by step.
A Seachange in Children’s Books: Bringing Foreign Rights Home
By Dan Poynter, Self-Publishing Expert Guide
Dan explains how new technologies are making foreign rights much less of a headache for self-publishers.
What the Heck’s Happening In Picture Books?
By Natasha Wing, Picture Book Expert Guide
Multi-million selling author Natasha Wing shares some vital tips for picture book authors looking to stay ahead of the curve.
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Join a Private Critique Group!
They’re here: private critique groups for Fightin’ Bookworms of every level and writing interest! Sign up now — it’s all included in your membership…
Fightin’ Bookworm Spotlight: Susan Brocker
Susan’s taken what she’s learned here and built a successful career writing award-winning middle grade novels. In the first installment of our new Fightin’ Bookworm Spotlight series, she shares the lessons from CBI that made all the difference!
Expert Guides to Help Every Step of the Way!
We have a fantastic group of writing, publishing and marketing professionals here to help you on your journey to success. Let’s meet them!
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