authorship

Describes jobs for people who like to read and write.

Walks young people through every step of the process, from generating ideas to marketing a book, and includes exercises to improve storytelling skills.

Eleven-year-old Joshua Higgins' prize-winning science fiction novel draws the attention of sinister blue aliens who capture Josh and his sister Maggie and take them to the planet Yastrol.

In 1892, eight-year-old Kitty learns about writing and the world beyond her Dummerston, Vermont, home when she befriends her new neighbors, author Rudyard Kipling and his family, who have recently arrived from England.

The young team at the literary magazine "Wordswork" learn from their quirky publisher, Professor Plot, about each stage of the writing process, covering prewriting, including brainstorming and planning; writing, including topic sentences and supporting details; revision; and proofreading.

Provides contact information and submission guidelines for over four thousand markets for writers, covering literary agents, book publishers, Canadian and international book publishers, small presses, consumer magazines, trade journals, and contests, and includes advice on the business of writing, and comments from successful authors.

Explains why conventional thoughts on writing are wrong and only stifle creativity and discusses how people can use their life experiences to improve their writing.

Twenty-three bestselling authors describe their publishing histories.