“Keep your day job” is the advice given to writers everywhere, and it’s something I’ve done my entire life. I wrote my first picture book when I was eleven, so going to school was my day job then. After college, I taught elementary school (K, 1, 5, and 6), raised children…and kept writing. I started working as an children’s literature consultant and then I sold my first book. That led to teaching at the university, both children’s literature and writing for children, which in turn led to my online writing workshops!
For ALL of my day jobs, I collect reference materials. With the advent of the internet, it’s become a LOT easier to share that information. The internet’s latest invention, a microblogging service called Twitter, has made it easier still.
I’ve created two Twitter microblogs so I can share the information I find:
asuen1 is my Children’s Book Biz Twitter
asuen2 is my Literacy Links Twitter
If you want to write children’s books, the asuen1 Twitter will give you information about agents, editors, and changes in the book industry.
If you’re helping children learn how to read and write, the asuen2 Twitter will send you links to literacy/education websites.
BOTH asuen1 and asuen2 will link to book awards and reading lists.
Twitter is a MICROblog, so only 140 characters are allowed. The “posts” I send will be a headline and a link for you to click. (After the link I’ll add a hashtag that “classifies” the link, such as #kidlit, #writing, #literacy, and #education.)
Q. What will happen to the other blogs?
A. The Kid Lit Kit blog is going on summer vacation. My last post for the 2008-2009 school year will be on June 1.
Picture Book of the Day will resume again tomorrow and continue throughout the summer.
Book of the Week and 5 Great Books will resume posting next week.
The posts on Children’s Book Biz News will come from the asuen1 Twitter. This means that most posts will be a headline, a link, and hashtags. (I will write “long form” posts on the WordPress blog, but most of my posts will be Twitter-based. I can share a link from the web via Twitter with just a few clicks!)
Enjoy!
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