Looking for help? Here are our experts...

[Kajenloca]

Hello everyone! If you are looking for help in a certain area/genre or have a writing question check here to see if there is an expert for you. These women have graciously volunteered there services. I have highlighted their area of expertise in green. Click on their Cafemom name (link) to make contact. If there are any other "experts" out there that would like to help out our group let me know and I will add you to our list.

If you are looking for an area/genre that is not listed or have another need related to writing feel free to post a "wanted advertisement" under this thread.

I hope this is helpful to everyone!

Kim
"A Mother's Journey: Through Laughter and Tears"

www.kimgarrow.com

Jenni Saake-

InfertilityMom AUTHOR
http://www.HannahsHopeBook.com 

MarloG- CHILDREN’S WRITINGI'm Marlo, I specialise in Kids' Books, all sub-genres, all ages, though picture books are my particular passion.

I'm a published kids' author (two coming out this year with McGraw-Hill), and a middle grade series under serious review (not allowed to say who it's with yet!).I'm a writing teacher (independent and as of this fall at the Rhode Island School of Design, Continuing Ed www.risd.edu) and professional editor.
 
I help people develop their manuscripts to the highest standard possible.... in the last month I've had one of my clients get a publishing contract with a respectable trade publisher and another a good agent (about as hard to get as a legitimate publisher).

I work for Write a Kids' Book USA www.writeakidsbookusa.com 

Also a professional artist/illustrator and getting my certificates in children's book illustration and natural science illustration right now. My website: www.marlogarnsworthy.com

SCBWI member www.scbwi.org The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators

My life is thoroughly immersed in the world of children's books: I'm PASSIONATE about what I do and I'm happy to chat.

kalo- EDITING-proper English, spelling, & punctuation

ohmsmom- SHORT INSPIRATIONAL ESSAYS published in spirit of change, chicken soup for the soul and have my own monthly column in the local paper

lramiot- EDITING/CRITIQUING-write for local newspaper

BlueCollarMama- MILITARY FICTION

Tari- ohwrite- MAGAZINE ARTICLES

Danielle-Harris- CHILDREN’S WRITING http://giraffeinaturtleneck.blogspot.com/index.html

jennijune_21- ESSAYS, SHORT STORIES, POETRY, CHILDREN’S LITERATURE, EDITING AND PROOFREADING

Tina-LotusRaine- POETRY, CREATIVE NON-FICTION AND TECHNICAL WRITING

Kakie-greatestmomever- CHILDREN’S AUTHOR/PARENTING WRITING-
http://farmershatproductions.com
http://burburandfriends.com
http://burburandfriendsblog.com

Portraitwriter- NONFICTION, ARTICLES, INSPIRATIONAL FICTION, MYSTERY AND SUSPENSE
http://portraitofawriter.ginaconroy.com
http://writerinterrupted.com  

Gloria-GJ_Comingore- POETRY 

Beth- MomtoBunny- HISTORICAL ROMANCE 

Writing4UNI- SELF-PUBLISHING/NON-FICTION
Sue [e-mail]

Sandra-mrssgates- AUTHOR/FICTION, LIGHT EDITING AND PROOFREADING (BlackBerry Literary Services), SELF-PUBLISHING 

berious-  EDITING, PUBLISHING INDUSTRY, AGENTS, CONTRACTS 

anniekelleher- PARANORMAL, ROMANCE, SHORT STORIES, PUBLISHING, COMMERCIAL FICTION 
[e-mail]
list of my novels:
daughter of prophecy - warner, 1995
children of enchantment -  warne, 1996
the misbegotten king - warner, 1997
the knight, the harp and the maiden, warner, 1998
a once and future love, berkley, 1998
love's labyrinth, berkley, 2000
the ghost and katie coyle, berkley, 1999
the highwayman, berkely, 2001
silver's edge, harlequin, 2004
silver's bane, harlequin, 2005
silver's lure, harlequin, 2006

JoyceLaKee- FAN FICTION, MEDICAL INFORMATION

 

[WordRendezvous]

 
I have been searching for help forever. I have done as much research as possible about publishing childrens' books. I really would like to publish something. I love to write! I do believe I need editing though. I'm not sure my skill is at its best. I sent in a MS a while ago and got a form letter. since then it has been hard to write since I gave birth to our first child. Since finding cafemom I have found more information to help me and to motivate me to continue to write. I just want to know what could be wrong with my MS. What are my weaknesses? I guess that is what will help me the most-finding my weaknesses in general. Can you help me out with that? Let me know and I can send the MS or a portion of it  to give you an idea where I'm at.

--Angela

[pattykay]

how many word or pages should a book be before you send it to a publisher.  I am writing an erotica story.

[gab15th]

*stands up, waving arms and jumping*  Me, me, me!  I need help!  I'm writing what I guess you would call an urban fantasy fiction... any help, advice, criticism, mentoring would be awesome... please don't make me beg, lol!  I'm on my second draft... stuck in the world of editing.

[LunasMama]

MarloG,

You said you've been published through McGraw Hill?  I have a children's book about apostrophe usage that I wrote for a college assignment a couple of semesters ago.  I just finished writing a book proposal for McGraw Hill as another college assignment.  The book is currently illustrated with ClipArt (I know, cheesy!).  I need help getting it up to par with other books of it's genre as far as illustrations go.  I've been told by my college professors that the meat of the book is great, but of course everything could always use editing. :)

[clearwater]

I'm looking for some editing help for the fantasy novel i've written. Instead of contacting one of you directly I figured it might be easier to just post what i'm looking for. I've already ran into so many people who write different ways and think it should go their way and not my own. For example people who write newspaper articles or are journalists don't usually write the same way as a novelist would.

Anyway it's a good length book, about 175 pages in MS word with a one page intro and 27 chapters. I think it's about 102K words. If you can help me with my editing I'd appreciate it, i'm just looking for grammatical errors and any inconsistencies.

Thanks!