Coming January 2010 SFC Online Workshop with Instructor Claudette Hegel, Managing Editor of Stories for Children Magazine.
A Clean Desk Is NOT a Sign of a Dirty Mind:Organizing Your Work Area, Paperwork, and More
Workshop Description:
Embarrassed to have anyone else see your workspace? Are you really keeping good track of your submissions? Do you panic at tax time? How much of your work time is actually spent working and how much is spent searching for lost items?
Increas…
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Added by Virginia S Grenier on December 9, 2009 at 9:34am —
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I'm excited to say we are now open for enrollments in one of the SFC Workshops:The Many Worlds of Writing for Children
Here is a little blurb about the workshop:
What ages constitute “middle grade”? How many words should a picture book have? Anthropology is a too-difficult subject for children, right? Mystery, fantasy, historical fiction, scie…
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Added by Virginia S Grenier on December 5, 2009 at 8:56am —
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I'm so excited to share some news about Stories for Children Publishing, LLC. We are going to be offering writing workshops online starting in 2010. Here is a quick blurb about them below.
Stories for Children Publishing Offers Writers Workshops in 2010
Need direction for your children’s writing career? Don’t know where to begin? Checkout…
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Added by Virginia S Grenier on November 18, 2009 at 11:12am —
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Stories for Children Magazine’s mascot, Stanley Bookman recently made a surprise visit to the J.C. Lamb Morning Show and delighted the studio audience with his rendition of the SFC theme song written by SFC’s poetry and fiction e…
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ARE YOU A DREAMER OR AN ACHIEVER
The courage to begin separates dreamers from achievers.
Your difficulty and the difficulty of everyone who ever desires to achieve anything worthwhile comes in the movement.
Don't always be intending to live a new life but never find a time to begin living it.
Most people fail because they never get started,
They don't go they don't overcome inertia, they don't begin.
Begin to free yourself at once by doing all that is possible with the means you have.
As you…
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CONTACT: Donna M. McDine
Marketing Manager, Stories for Children Magazine
Email:
DonnaMcDine@storiesforchildrenmagazine.org
Phone: 800-670-4416
For Immediate Release
VS Grenier to be Guest Author at One Writer’s Journey – Oct 22nd and Oct 23rd
Surf into Penny Lockwood Ehrenkranz’s writing world at One Writer’s Journey
http://pennylockwoodehrenkranz.blo…
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YOU MAKE YOUR OWN OPPORTUNITIES.
Your destiny isn't a matter of chance, it's a matter of choice.
It's not something you wait for, but rather something you pursue.
Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities.
Seize common occasions and make them great.
Opportunities sometimes come disguised in the form of misfortune or temporary defeat.
Start where you are.
You're at this moment standing right in the middle of opportunity.
Act on your dreams and you can have them.
© 2009 Your Daily Motivat…
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Added by Virginia S Grenier on October 11, 2009 at 9:36am —
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Review by:
http://katiesnestingspot.blogspot.com/
Today I am wrapping up my latest run of giveaways, it'll be back to crafting, fall fun, and learning activities next week, with a few more reviews I still need to post here and there. So I am thrilled to be introducing you to an exciting children's author, VS Grenier and her first picture book Babysitting SugarPaw, because as a former kindergarten and special education teacher…
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Added by Virginia S Grenier on October 9, 2009 at 9:57am —
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FOLLOW THE PATH OF OTHERS TO SUCCESS
You can learn from other people to make up for your lack of experience in any area of life.
Be open and receptive to the people around you.
They have things to teach you.
Take advantage of the people that have made the journey ahead of you.
Try to pick the right role models.
Don't look for people that make you feel good or entertain you.
Look for people that can help you.
Role models are more than people you like and admire.
The key is to look for people…
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Added by Virginia S Grenier on October 4, 2009 at 10:58am —
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YOUR IMAGINATION CAN FORETELL YOUR FUTURE
See things as you would have them be instead of as they are.
Visualize your goals and your subconscious will go to work
toward making your mental pictures come true.
You have been given the capacity and the power to create
desirable pictures inside your mind and to find them
automatically printed in the outer world of your environment.
Picture yourself as winning,
and that alone will contribute
immeasurably to your success.
What you see in your mind…
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Added by Virginia S Grenier on September 30, 2009 at 9:23am —
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OPPORTUNITY APPEARS WHEN YOU ARE READY
Chance is turned into good fortune by successful people.
You are surrounded by all kinds of opportunity.
Luck is being at the right place at the right time.
Taking advantage of an opportunity is always under your control.
When you are mentally prepared the right opportunity will present itself.
Talent alone won't make you successful.
Neither will being at the right place at the right time unless you are ready.
When the student is ready, the teacher appe…
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Added by Virginia S Grenier on September 29, 2009 at 5:00pm —
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DREAMS ARE FREE
The beginning of your success lies in your imagination.
Visualize all of the things that you want in your life.
Make your mental blueprint and then begin construction.
You can make your dreams work and produce for you.
Make every thought, every fact, that comes into your mind
pay you a dividend.
Your imagination will show you how to turn possibility into reality.
The will to succeed springs from the knowledge that you can succeed.
Think of things not as they are, but as they…
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Added by Virginia S Grenier on September 28, 2009 at 2:06pm —
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THE ODDS ARE ALWAYS WITH YOU IF YOU TRY
Success in anything is connected with action.
Successful people keep moving.
They make mistakes but they don't quit.
They hang on long after others have let go.
You must have persistence.
Keep trying is the rule that you must follow
to become successful in anything.
Persistence means taking pains to overcome
every obstacle, to do all that is necessary
to reach your goal.
You must never, never, never give up.
© Copyright 2008…
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Added by Virginia S Grenier on September 25, 2009 at 10:20am —
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MAXIMUM SUCCESS IS ACHIEVED IN STEPS
All progress begins one step at a time.
There is no sudden lead to greatness.
Good work, done little by little becomes great work.
The house of success is built brick by brick.
You can do what you want to do, achieve what you want to achieve,
attain any reasonable objective you may have in mind.
Not all of a sudden, nor in one sweeping act of achievement.
You will do it gradually, day by day and play by play.
If you want to do it, if you work to do it,
you…
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On Thursday, September 24th, 2 pm Central - Tales from the Pages with Host Barbara Ehrentreu (Barbara's show Assistant will be Lori Calabrese)
On her new show, Barbara Ehrentreu will be interviewing writers of short stories and articles as well as authors with published books. She will be discussing the ins and outs of publishing, short stories and articles. Also, guests will be reading from their work either published or unpublished. She will also read from her own work as well.
One of Barbar…
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Added by Virginia S Grenier on September 23, 2009 at 9:53am —
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YOUR TRIALS AND SORROWS DEVELOP YOU
Trouble is the common denominator of living.
It's the great equalizer of life.
Whatever good or bad fortune comes your way,
give it meaning and transform it into something of value.
Personal growth is the process of responding positively to change.
All growth means change and change always involves risks,
stepping from the known to the unknown.
All of your growth depends on activity.
It only comes from continuous effort and struggle.
Life chips and pounds…
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Added by Virginia S Grenier on September 23, 2009 at 9:16am —
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Recently, the Stories for Children Magazine mascot, Stanley Bookman, posed the challenge to our young readers to write their own story about the spooky sounds you hear at night, in the backyard, or when you are camping. The entries received were all quite good and the editorial staff have poured over each and every entry, and have decided on the top three.
Without further ado the editorial staff of Stories for Children Magazine is pleased to announce the winners of the Stanley Bookman Spooky So…
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Added by Virginia S Grenier on September 22, 2009 at 9:53am —
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EVERYTHING HAS A PRICE
You cannot have success without dealing with problems.
Look for your opportunity in every difficulty instead of being paralyzed
at the thought of difficulty in every opportunity.
Each new experience brings with it the seed of your success.
Even your current difficulties have within them opportunity.
Welcome your problems as opportunities.
Each moment is your greatest challenge and the best thing
that ever happened to you.
The more difficult your problem, the greater th…
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Added by Virginia S Grenier on September 22, 2009 at 9:36am —
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OVERCOME YOUR FEARS WITH ACTION
Do the thing you fear and fear disappears.
Confront your fears, list them, get to know them
and only then will you be able to put them aside and move ahead.
Your obstacles will melt away, if instead of cowering before them,
you make up your mind to walk boldly through them.
One of the greatest surprises you'll experience,
is when you discover that you can do what you were afraid you couldn't do.
The only thing you have to fear is fear itself.
When you face the…
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Added by Virginia S Grenier on September 21, 2009 at 10:56am —
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