Children's Writers' Coaching Club Teleclass: Writing Middle Grade Novels: Characters and Conflict - Mar 30 at 7 pm CST

TAPPAN, NY, March 31, 2011

Membership in the Children's Writers' Coaching Club (CWCC) includes LIVE teleclasses EVERY week - that's 4 or more per month. Each of these 55-minute teleclasses is taught by a successful children's book author or illustrator who knows the "tricks of the trade" of children's writing, illustrating, and publishing.

Join CWCC instructor and children's author, Margo Dill when she presents her teleclass, "Writing Middle Grade Novels: Characters and Conflict," on Wednesday, March 30 at 7 pm CST. In this teleclass, Margo will help you develop characters for your middle grade novel and put them in the middle of a conflict (funny or serious) to create a novel middle grade readers will love. We will look at popular middle grade novels as examples. This is perfect for people working on middle grade novels or someone wanting to write one.

Margo L. Dill is a freelance writer, editor, and teacher, living in Mahomet, Illinois. Her work has appeared in publications such as Grit, Pockets, True Love, Fun for Kidz, Missouri Life, ByLine Magazine, The Chicago Tribune, Families, and The News-Gazette. She is a columnist and contributing editor for WOW! Women On Writing. She also teaches online classes for WOW! on social networking, blogging, and writing for children's magazines. (http://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/WOWclasses.html) She is assistant editor for the Sunday Book page in The News-Gazette. Her first book, Finding My Place, a middle-grade historical novel, will be published by White Mane Kids.

Club members also have the opportunity to network daily via an online discussion list with other members of the CWCC, as well as the instructors. Join the CWCC today and attend this class or get the link to the replay - http://www.cwcoachingclub.com/join.

The CWCC offers a monthly lesson and writing assignment, designed to become a finished project ready for submission to a publisher, usually by the end of the month, although some projects take longer. You aren't required to complete the monthly assignment in order to be a member of the club. It's up to you. But if you do complete the assignment, you can turn it in and have it professionally reviewed.

Manuscript critiques are a BIG feature of membership in our club. Members can submit a manuscript (up to 1,000 words) for professional critique every week. These critiques are audio critiques, so you can listen to an experienced, published children's author give you tips and suggestions for making your manuscripts more marketable.

As a member of the CWCC, you'll also have access to a wealth of articles, checklists, charts, free e-books, and other resources to help you hone your craft as a children's writer and learn the ins and outs of publishing for the various children's markets.

Visit Suzanne Lieurance, the Working Writer's Coach, online at http://www.cwcoachingclub.com to learn more about her coaching products and services. Also, find out about the National Writing for Children Center, a monthly showcase for children's book authors and illustrators. Visit http://www.writingforchildrencenter.com today, where you can download an application or email Suzanne Lieurance for more information at bookbitesforkids@yahoo.com.