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Writing For Kids

Picture books, middle grade, chapter books this is the place to discuss reading and writing childrens' books.

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Kitty Pryde
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Talk about the kidlit you're reading!
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Children's Writers: You Don't Hire the Artist
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The Bouncy Castle in Space
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All Things Middle Grade
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The Kidlit Gang's Support and Accountability Thread
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Agent Jennifer Laughran On Kids' Books and Word Count
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The Big Bumper Friday Check-In Thread
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Finding Word Counts and RenLearn/Accelerated Reader Website
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James W
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Writing a picture book
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MsJudy
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KidLit Blogs
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BEWARE: Children's Literary Agency (WL Childrens Agency)
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Children's Writer's & Artist's Online Toolkit
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Rick Archer
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Institute of Children's Literature
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AW Library Open
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The Second Moon
Big vocabulary in Upper MG?
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Is Kidlit struggling?
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Nether
Would "damn" and "damned" be considered too profane for MG?
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DarkWriter223
Certain Words in MG
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t0dd
Might my MC have Asperger's?
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neandermagnon
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Does anyone else feel weird using already established, legendary characters like Santa Claus?
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bmr1591
Struggling to find comps
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Debbie V
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jvc
Merry Christmas
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Debbie V
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POV of an old dog in MG?
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krashnburn
Recommendations
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Bufty
Sign of the times
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t0dd
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Kid + Adult = friends. Is that too creepy?
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Boy-Crazy in MG?
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Roxxsmom
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Finding an agent / publisher?
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Debbie V
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What's the difference between Upper MG and Lower MG?
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neandermagnon
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Splendor
Poor work ethic has dampened my project
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Repetition in plot with a Upper MG series?
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Kat M
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A wise MC?
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Woollybear
Question about giving feedback on a MG manuscript
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Free Instagram promotion for children authors
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Can the antagonist not appear at the end of Book 1?
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MiniGoblin
Flashbacks in children's fiction
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Debbie V
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