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Kristine Carlson Asselin: Memorial Day 2015: Women in World War I
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Writing middle grade fantasy, contemporary Young Adult, nonfiction for the school library market, and the occasional Picture Book. Sporty Girls in YA and MG. Gay Families in Kids Books. A Successful Query Letter. Saturday, May 23, 2015. Memorial Day 2015: Women in World War I. Marines conduct a recruitment campaign in New York, NY, 1918. In some instances, it took until 1977 for women to be recognized as veterans of the war and to receive military benefits. Most would not be alive to enjoy the recogn...
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Kristine Carlson Asselin: News & Events
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Writing middle grade fantasy, contemporary Young Adult, nonfiction for the school library market, and the occasional Picture Book. Sporty Girls in YA and MG. Gay Families in Kids Books. A Successful Query Letter. April 25, 2013- Panelist for THE COMMON CORE AND NONFICTION: HOW DOES IT ALL FIT TOGETHER. March 26, 2013- delivering " Intro to Writing for Children. Through Littleton Parks and Recreation. February 12-March 12, 2013- four week Writer's Toolbox. For kids, at my local elementary school. In this ...
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Kristine Carlson Asselin: June 2015
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Writing middle grade fantasy, contemporary Young Adult, nonfiction for the school library market, and the occasional Picture Book. Sporty Girls in YA and MG. Gay Families in Kids Books. A Successful Query Letter. Tuesday, June 16, 2015. Show" V. "Tell" in Fiction. I recently presented a workshop on the differences between “showing” in your writing vs. “telling” in your writing. I thought I’d share some of that workshop here, for you! What does that even mean? 8220;Show, don’t tell.”. John didn’t wa...
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Kristine Carlson Asselin: "Show" V. "Tell" in Fiction
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Writing middle grade fantasy, contemporary Young Adult, nonfiction for the school library market, and the occasional Picture Book. Sporty Girls in YA and MG. Gay Families in Kids Books. A Successful Query Letter. Tuesday, June 16, 2015. Show" V. "Tell" in Fiction. I recently presented a workshop on the differences between “showing” in your writing vs. “telling” in your writing. I thought I’d share some of that workshop here, for you! What does that even mean? 8220;Show, don’t tell.”. John didn’t wa...
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Kristine Carlson Asselin: School Visits
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Writing middle grade fantasy, contemporary Young Adult, nonfiction for the school library market, and the occasional Picture Book. Sporty Girls in YA and MG. Gay Families in Kids Books. A Successful Query Letter. I am available for school visits in the New England area. Just the Facts, Ma'am: Writing Nonfiction (for kids). Author Kristine Asselin has written books on everything from astronomy to ancient history. Join me as I talk about the creation of these fascinating books! In this workshop, participan...
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Kristine Carlson Asselin: A Successful Query Letter
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Writing middle grade fantasy, contemporary Young Adult, nonfiction for the school library market, and the occasional Picture Book. Sporty Girls in YA and MG. Gay Families in Kids Books. A Successful Query Letter. A Successful Query Letter. A variation of this query has received multiple requests:. Because you're interested in contemporary YA, I thought you might be interested in THE SWEET SPOT, complete at 73K words. Thank you for your time and consideration! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Goodreads reviews...
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Kristine Carlson Asselin: Revision: A Guest Post by Anna Staniszewski
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Writing middle grade fantasy, contemporary Young Adult, nonfiction for the school library market, and the occasional Picture Book. Sporty Girls in YA and MG. Gay Families in Kids Books. A Successful Query Letter. Tuesday, October 22, 2013. Revision: A Guest Post by Anna Staniszewski. Thanks to Anna Staniszewski. Now I can honestly say I love revision. I think of it as solving a puzzle. I have all these separate pieces that need to fit together neatly by the end. Then I start reading through with an eye f...
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Kristine Carlson Asselin: Where are the Gay Parents in Children’s Literature?
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Writing middle grade fantasy, contemporary Young Adult, nonfiction for the school library market, and the occasional Picture Book. Sporty Girls in YA and MG. Gay Families in Kids Books. A Successful Query Letter. Monday, August 15, 2011. Where are the Gay Parents in Children’s Literature? A few weeks ago, I was on a tweet chat with Jonathan Arnston. And a few other tweeps. We were talking about clichés in young adult and middle grade novels. One thing we decided was not. By Paula Fox (Orchard). Between M...
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Kristine Carlson Asselin: Writer Resources
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Writing middle grade fantasy, contemporary Young Adult, nonfiction for the school library market, and the occasional Picture Book. Sporty Girls in YA and MG. Gay Families in Kids Books. A Successful Query Letter. Some of my favorite resources, in no particular order. Formatting your manuscript (great and helpful post by Vickie Motter). A Proper Education (for writers) by Maggie Stiefvater. Nothing is Sacred (Except for the stuff that is) by Maggie Stiefvater. Adventures in Children's Publishing. When: Ju...
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Kristine Carlson Asselin: Gay Families in Kids Books
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Writing middle grade fantasy, contemporary Young Adult, nonfiction for the school library market, and the occasional Picture Book. Sporty Girls in YA and MG. Gay Families in Kids Books. A Successful Query Letter. Gay Families in Kids Books. Great article about LGBTQ characters in Middle Grade from School Library Journal dated November 6, 2013. And I partnered on a series of posts in the summers of 2011 and 2012. Here are the links to the posts from 2012. Where are the Gay Parents in YA from May 29, 2012.