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I know this is a week after the workshop, I've been trying to catch up with work I have to do. I haven't even prepared my A Writer's World Newsletter for May yet. I'm hoping to get to it before the end of the weekend.

The Writing for Children - A Beginner's Workshop, I'm pleased to say, went great. In fact, I give myself a green star! LOL, not really, I just like the picture.

It was a lot of work preparing for; I created an exercise and answer document, that I turned into a pdf at a couple of the attendee's request, as well as a workshop guide e-book.

Then, I decided to create another e-book: Writing for Children One Step at a Time. This e-book is over 100 pages and full of great writing and marketing tips and resources. I'm hoping to publish it through Lulu.com or Smashwords.com over the summer.

There were 8 winners of either an e-book or critique of 250 words and comments from the attendees were great. I'm hoping to be giving another free workshop some time in the summer.

One attendee, Susanne Drazic, was gracious enough to send me a testimonial:

I thoroughly enjoyed participating in the Writing for Children - A Beginner's Workshop. The information and resources were well presented and easily understood. The exercises were challenging and the feedback I received helped me in learning some of my weak areas in writing. I think this will be a wonderful workshop for all beginning writers to take. It is also a great refresher course for anyone who has been writing for awhile, but finds themselves struggling.

Susanne Drazic
PUTTING WORDS DOWN ON PAPER
http://susannedrazic.blogspot.com/

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By presenting this workshop I put into practice things I've learned about writing and marketing. It's great to learn what to do, but if we don't apply what we've learned, we stand still.

5 Basic Rules to Follow if you want to Become an Author

1. Learn the craft of writing. Even seasoned writers are always honing their skills.
2. Join a critique group and writing groups with new and experienced writers.
3. If you can afford it, work with a writing coach. This really does make a difference. You get answers to all your questions along with guidance and advice. Just be sure the coach knows her buisiness.
4 Learn about marketing and book promotion. If you look, you'll find many free teleclasses on how to promote and market your books. Take advantage of them.
5. Pay it forward. Help other writers who are starting out. Okay, I know this isn't a prerequisite to becoming an author, but it should be. :)

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