Institute of Children's Literature

Join us in the Writer's Retreat once a month for a workshop and discussion with guest writers and editors.

Catch Us In 2010!

GUEST WORKSHOP FOR MARCH

March 2-4, 2010: “Becoming A Puzzle Master”
-- with Evelyn Christensen

In the Writer's Retreat

This Guest Workshop to be held in the new CHILDREN'S WRITERS RETREAT -- Drop into the Writer's Retreat discussion board to ask questions of our workshop leader. You can read the workshop without registering, but to ask questions, you'll need to click on the link near the top of the page to register as a member of the board. If you have any problems with registration, contact webeditor Jan Fields at jan.fields@forums.institutechildrenslit.com
Since I know some of our folks are interested in selling puzzles, I went straight to the puzzle master to get this workshop. Come and be puzzled! Evelyn Christensen writes puzzles galore! She’s had over 100 puzzle acceptances from children’s magazines such as Fun for Kidz, Boys’ Quest, Hopscotch, Pockets, AppleSeeds, Guide, Faces, and Calliope. She has authored (or co-authored) 40 puzzle books which have sold over 250,000 copies. Visit her website to see her brand new books just out— http://echristensen.atspace.com. Her Puzzle page has new puzzles every week and her Teacher page is chock full of downloadable puzzles and activities.

Open Forums with Jan Fields meet twice each month at our chat rooms.
http://institutechildrenslit.net/entry.htm

Tuesday of Every Week, Chatters Hang Out -- Come Join Us
And On March 16, Catch "Casual Tuesday Forum" (and informal question and answer time) in this time slot
At 3-4 p.m. Atlantic
2-3 p.m. Eastern,
1-2 Central,
Noon-1 Mountain,
11 - noon Pacific

March 26: Night Forum
10pm - 11pm Atlantic
9pm - 10pm Eastern
8pm - 9pm Central
7pm - 8pm Mountain
6pm - 7pm Pacific

Join Jan Fields, Web Editor, for Open Forum in the moderated Scheduled Events Room. Jan has published dozens of magazine articles and stories, as well as 20 story books for a toy company, and nearly endless bits here and there. She's presently working on a series of adaptations of classic novels for ABDO, and she has a fantasy novel published with DRG. She has taught writing for over 20 years. She welcomes your questions on any subject, from getting started writing, to earning money from writing. Come and bring your QUESTIONS and OPINIONS to these moderated open forums on scheduled Tuesday afternoons
and Friday nights.