1.
The Fire in Fiction by Donald Maass.
Not aimed at children’s writers but applicable to chapter books.
2.
*Mem Fox's website talks about creating
picture books - www.memfox.net/welcome.html
3.
*On
Writing Books for Children by Jenny Wagner
4.
*Joining professional organizations such as
– Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI), Australian
Society of Authors (ASA), Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA), Local
Writers’ Centres
5.
*Richard Harland put this website together -
also available as downloadable PDF www.writingtips.com.au/WRITING%20TIPS%20AUS%20version/index.html
7.
*Hazel Edwards’ website has lots of useful
information for new writers - http://www.hazeledwards.com/shop/item/authorpreneurship-the-business-of-creativity
or http://www.hazeledwards.com/page/newsletters.html or
http://www.hazeledwards.com/page/aspiring_writers.html 8. *Jill McDougall - has a terrific e-book that can be downloaded from her website called Become a Children’s Writer http://www.jillmcdougall.com.au/
or http://www.hazeledwards.com/page/newsletters.html or
http://www.hazeledwards.com/page/aspiring_writers.html 8. *Jill McDougall - has a terrific e-book that can be downloaded from her website called Become a Children’s Writer http://www.jillmcdougall.com.au/
9. Andrea Shavick has
also written a book called Get your
picture book published
10. Nancy I. Sanders'
award-winning book—‘Yes! You Can Learn
How to Write Children's Books’ - Published in 2009 by E & E Publishing.
11.
Rachel Burke’s blog - http://resourcesforchildrenswriters.blogspot.com/ has 27 different categories of writing info listed, with new stuff
added all the time.
12. Writing for children by Pamela Cleaver
13. Writing Down the
Bones by Natalie Goldberg
14. *How to Become a
Children's Writer’ by Bren MacDibble is published by
Australian Associated Publishing House for Australian
College QED Pty Ltd as part of their TopJob Guide series.
15. * How to Write a Great Children's Book by Robyn Opie http://www.facebook.com/l/0199d;www.robynopie.com/howtowriteagreatchildrensbook.html
Also available as a published book, too. The URL is: http://www.facebook.com/l/0199d;www.easywaytowrite.com/magellanbooks.html
Also available as a published book, too. The URL is: http://www.facebook.com/l/0199d;www.easywaytowrite.com/magellanbooks.html
16. * The Australian Writers’ Marketplace http://www.awmonline.com.au/Home.aspx
17. *John
Marsden: Everything I know
about writing
18. Tom Chiarella: Writing dialogue
19. Tracey Dils: You can write children's books
20. Jean Karl: How to write and sell children's picture books
21. Joan Aiken: The way to write for children
22. *Hazel
Edwards: The business of writing for
young people
23. Celia
Warren: How to write
stories
24. Revision – a
creative approach to writing and rewriting fiction by David Michael
Kaplan.
25. *Mentoring Your Memoir by Goldie Alexander
26. *Reason to Write and Ideas to Go’and several
other writing manuals by Sally Odgers, available as e-books or from www.lulu.com as paperbacks. The list is up at http://www.affordablemanuscriptassessments.com/products.htm
27. *Libby Gleeson's Writing Like a
Writer
28. *Dianne Bates: How to Self Edit (To
Improve Writing Skills) $22 posted and Wordgames
(Activities for Creative Thinking and Writing) $20 posted. Both books have
many writing or editing exercises. Available from dibates@pacific.com.au . Di’s
most recent novel is The Girl in the Basement,
available from http://www.morrispublishingaustralia.com/
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