Visit the SCBWI Publications page of www.scbwi.org and read 10 FAQs About Children's Book Publishing as well as From Keyboard to Printed Page: Facts You Need to Know. Both of these free publications will give you a wealth of information and answer many of your questions.

After getting my master's degree from the University of Missouri School of Journalism, I did investigative reporting for a newspaper and then a TV station.

That requires a gift I don't have. Besides, I don't know children well enough to write about them--I've never had any contact with them, apart from working as a summer camp counselor when I was in college and one year of teaching at which I was not very successful.

When I found out that my brother was going to make me an aunt, I was inspired to write a book that would provide what I believed to be the "basics" about God. At the time, my brother was not involved with an organized religion, and I wanted to be sure my niece was raised with the concept of God--she could decide if she was Presbyterian or Catholic or Jewish or any faith, for that matter, when she grew older.

Solexx offers several greenhouse books to help you get started. One book that we see as absolutely indispensable is Shane Smith’s Greenhouse Gardener’s Companion. It is loaded with information about greenhouses, specific plants, weed control, planting schedules… anything you would ever want to know. There are many great ideas that we use in our own greenhouses all the time.

I felt as though I had something to say to young people -- I wanted to encourage them to follow their dreams, find the courage inside of them, believe in themselves -- and I felt that presenting those kinds of messages within the pages of a exciting novels was the best way to reach out to young readers.

Children's books are on the main level of the library in the Robert C. Baden Children's Collection. They are located on the short shelves near the conference rooms. These books are shelved according to the Dewey Decimal system.

Here's the bare-bones primer on how to be a professional freelance writer in the RPG industry. If you think any part of what follows is a joke, you are in serious trouble. Pay attention. Just because it's funny and unpleasant doesn't mean it's not true. Moan like you mean it. If you don't really, really mean it, you don't have any business writing RPGs. There are lots of easier ways to make (more) money as a writer. Lots.

Paul didn't consciously start out as a writer. It just happened. "One summer, I didn't have a job, so I started to write." He cited that "Measure for Measure," by Robin Phillips, 'knocked him out.' He mentions playwrights Shepard, Pinter, Bond, as well as Sharon Pollock, David French, John Murrell, Michel Tremblay, as influences in his writing career. "The more they write, the more evident the craft is; you can see the growth, the ease. I have no craft yet.

Yes! I’m working on an emotional romance ensconced within a heavy mystery right now. It introduces all new characters and will be released in May 2008.

That's like asking, "What are your favorite kisses? Your favorite kittens? Your favorite summer mornings when the mourning doves are cooing and the air smells like new rain?"

The basic advice was to check with the optometrist about this. There is a strong likelihood that exercises will help her amblyopia and her esotropia, since she's still quite young.

Yes, my personal favorites are two books by Lee Carroll and Jan Tober called Indigo Children and Indigo Celebration as well as one by Dr. Doreen Virtue titled The Care and Feeding of an Indigo Child.

I haven't written a children's or young adult book in many years, I'm having too much fun with Joe, Dulcie, and Kit. Sometimes I think I'd like to write a fourth Dragonbards book, but these three cats are very demanding of my attention.

Square Books, Jr., located on the east side of the square next to Neilson's, has a wide selection of books for any age ranging from infants and young children to young adult. We also have a good selection of books on parenting and family. As always, let us know of any books you think we should stock. Before it was Square Books, this building was the location of Blaylock Drug Store. Blaylock's served Fortune's brand ice cream. Square Books also serves ice cream upstairs in the café.

Ideally, we aim to have around 500 children on our books in each state office at any time. We strive to keep a balanced mix of talent which helps us supply our clients with a diverse range of looks, skills, age and ethnic backgrounds.

According to William Shatner's book "Star Trek Memories", the campaign originated when Bjo and John Trimble approached Gene Roddenberry, and they asked him for ideas on how to reach other fans of the show (The Internet did not exist in those days, so it had to be letters, phone calls, and face-to-face contact). As a token for their efforts, Bjo Trimble had a walk-on role in "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" (1979).

After leaving the Marine Corps in 1975, I resumed my career as a commercial pilot. I had always been interested in writing, so I started carrying a yellow legal pad and a few pencils in my flight bag. In 1987, I started my first novel - on a yellow legal pad - with a self-imposed deadline of one year to finish the project. It actually took me one year and two weeks. I was fortunate to find an agent, and Presidio Press published Defcon-One in 1989.

If you're thinking of writing a romance, you should join the Romance Writers of America. They have loads and loads of local chapters. My local chapter is only a half hour drive away from me, and they meet once a month. You can go a few times for free and see if you like it. Then find a critique partner through your chapter--someone who is also starting to write, or even a critique group. Critique partners help enormously with figuring out the ins and outs of writing fiction.