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If you love children’s books, and you’re absolutely driven to create great literature for children and teens, you have most certainly come to the right place. Here you’ll find passion, optimism, encouragement and straightforward advice that will make your writing experience truly joyous.
Welcome to the CBI Clubhouse – Home of the Fightin’ Bookworms!
We have built this site, piece by piece, to serve as the ultimate gathering place for children’s and YA writers on the internet. A place to learn. A place to share. A place to connect. Right now, please take a moment to come with us, on a brief video tour of what the Clubhouse holds in store for you:
If you’re a current Children’s Book Insider subscriber, you are now officially a Fightin’ Bookworm! If you haven’t come aboard yet, Click Here to Get Started!
In a hurry and don’t have time to take the video tour? Here’s just a taste of what you’ll find when you become a Fightin’ Bookworm!
- Video tutorials to make your online life efficient and successful.
- Podcasts galore! Listen to exclusive interviews with top authors and publishing pros.
- Cool video extras. Every month, we’ll post a special video commentary to accompany the current CBI with background, extra details and suggestions to get the most out of each new issue.
- Complete classic CBI back issues
- Free eBooks, eReports and bonus goodies
- Web site walkthroughs. Follow along as Laura takes a video stroll through a publisher’s web site, pointing out ways to access hard-to-find info that can help you get published.
- Ask Laura. Laura responds, on video, to your most pressing questions. You can even ask your question on video with our simple "video comment submission" feature!
- Submission updates and editorial news from publishing houses, posted as we receive them.
- The Money Saving Tip of the Month. One of these tips can more than pay for your entire subscription!
- The Fightin’ Bookworm Manifesto. In a changing publishing world, we’ll work together to define what it means to be a children’s writer, and declare our intent to create great books while earning our fair share. Every one of us will have a say in this fascinating ongoing discussion.
- The Bookworm Board — a feature-packed message forum where you can hang with your fellow Fightin’ Bookworms and talk about anything you like. And check this out — we’ve created sub-forums for every state (as well as international regions) so you can meet Fightin’ Bookworms where you live! Great for organizing meetups, critique groups or just finding writing buddies. And because only CBI readers have access to the password protected site, you’re safe from spammers, flame wars and other hassles of public forums.
- Private messaging to any other Fightin’ Bookworm. Great for online collaboration and one-on-one critiques.
- The complete current edition of Children’s Book Insider, the legendary newsletter for children’s writers.
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Plus, every article on the site is comment enabled, so you can discuss everything you see! This is a living site: in the future we’ll be adding other exciting features such as video critiques, live webinars and teaching sessions with Laura and some of the top names in children’s writing. So start dreaming about what you’d like to see, and we’ll do our best to make it happen. As a member, you get all of this plus a subscription to the legendary Children’s Book Insider newsletter! Imagine the leg up you’ll have in the ultra-competitive children’s book market with CBI and the CBI Clubhouse on your side! Ready to give it a shot? Then click here and let’s get going, Future Fightin’ Bookworm!
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