tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70154074956819795752024-03-22T01:26:15.872-04:00Critique & Editing services for Children's WritersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015407495681979575.post-13243458282593809592013-02-05T19:51:00.003-05:002013-02-05T19:52:11.609-05:00Check out Rachelle's Help Website:<br />
www.ResourcesForChildrensWriters.com.<br />
Help for all your writing concerns.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015407495681979575.post-51270844950274805802009-01-16T16:55:00.028-05:002023-10-12T18:28:29.663-04:00CRITIQUE and EDITING SERVICES for CHILDREN'S WRITERS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;">Rachelle's fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for children have appeared in national publications such as Highlights for Children, Scholastic Classroom magazines, Pockets Magazine, and others (see list below). She is also the author of several picture books:</span><div><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;"> <span style="color: #134f5c;">TREE HOUSE IN A STORM</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: purple;"> </span></span><span style="color: purple; font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;">DON'T TURN THE PAGE!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">THE BEST FOUR QUESTIONS</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: purple;">PAINTING IN THE DARK: ESREF ARMAGAN, BLIND ARTIST</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;"><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">THE STORY OF SIMONE BILES</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;"><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #ffa400;">STOMP, WIGGLE, CLAP, & TAP: My First Book of Dance</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: purple;"><span>LET'S PLAY AN INSTRUMENT</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;"><span><span><span style="color: #cc0000;">WOMEN WHO CHANGED THE WORLD</span><span style="color: purple;">.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color: purple; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><b>She's a Mensch! Jewish Women Who Rocked the World</b></span></div><div><span style="color: purple; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><b><i> Coming soon:</i></b></span></div><div><span style="color: purple; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><b>Space Torah: Astronaut Jeffrey Hoffman's Cosmic Mitzvah</b></span></div><div><b style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="color: #ffa400;">Matzah Ball Chase</span></b></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><b>A Mitzvah for George Washington</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><b>The Story of Taylor Swift</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><b>Passover on Everest </b></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: purple;"><span> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;">as well as a middle-grade science adventure novel <span style="color: #38761d;">THE WALKING FISH</span>. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;">Rachelle visits schools and libraries as an author and storyteller</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;">. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;">As a member of several critique groups, and a freelance editor for over a decade, Rachelle has critiqued literally hundreds of manuscripts. Many have gone on to publication. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;">She has also served for as a mentor for a north Jersey Teen Arts Festival, </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;">critiquing creative writing manuscripts of junior high and high school students. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;">She is a member of SCBWI, and on the conference committee of the Rutgers University Council on Children's Literature "RUCCL 1-on-1 Conference."</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div>
<span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><b>At this time, Rachelle is only accepting non-rhyming picture book clients. (If you have a rhyming manuscript, she can recommend someone).</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><b>PLEASE CONTACT ME FOR RATES:</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><u>Critiques include feedback on the following</u>:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 130%;"><br />--Formatting: Is the manuscript formatted correctly for submission to a publisher?<br />--Choice of title: Is it catchy?<br />--Target age: Is the story appropriate for the stated target age and market?<br />--Length of work: Is it too long or too short? What, if anything, should be cut?<br />--Opening paragraph: Do you have a powerful, catchy opening that will hook the reader?<br />--Do you "show" rather than "tell"?<br />--Dialogue: Is it believable? Are the characters' voices distinct? Is there a good balance between dialogue and action? Are dialogue tags used well?<br />--Character Development: Have you developed characters that the reader can care about and relate to? Are they interesting?<br />--Illustration considerations: Does the story lend itself to lively and interesting illustrations? Does the story give unnecessary details that can be shown instead in the illustrations?<br />--Conclusion: Is it satisfying and believable?<br />--Line by line comm<b></b>ents within the text, including feedback about grammar, word choices, dialogue, sentence length, structure, and more. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 130%;"><b>--Rhyming picture books: </b> includes suggestions on rhymes, meter, syllables, and story development <span style="background-color: #ffe599;">(She critiques a <b>limited number</b> of rhyming manuscripts but can refer writers to other professionals).</span></span><span style="font-size: 130%;"><br /><b>Manuscripts are submitted by email as an attachment.</b> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;"><b>Please submit manuscript in the same form as you would for an editor <a href="http://www.shunn.net/format/story.html">(for example, click here</a>):</b></span><span style="font-size: 130%;"></span><span style="font-size: 130%;">12 point font (Times New Roman or Arial)<br />One-inch margins all around</span><span style="font-size: 130%;">Name, address, email & phone in upper left corner (single spaced)<br />Word count in upper right</span><span style="font-size: 130%;"> corner<br />Title centered, halfway down the page. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 130%;">Double space after title, then manuscript starts just beneath the title. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 130%;">Double space manuscript</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 130%;">Each page, except for page one, should have a header which includes your name/ title/page number.<br /><br />Payment by check, Venmo, Zelle, or PayPal.<br /><b><br />References on right of this page, and can also be found on LinkedIn.<br /><a href="http://rachelleburk.com/contactus.htm">Email me for more information!</a></b></span><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015407495681979575.post-54712393865100642912009-01-16T16:04:00.003-05:002011-04-22T11:46:29.183-04:00USEFUL RESOURCES FOR NEW WRITERS<span style="font-weight: bold;">If you are a new writer who has been </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">offered a contract or representation</span> by an agency you found on the internet, play it safe and make sure they are legit. Unless you are seeking self-publication, no publisher or agent should be asking you for money. A helpful resource for checking up on publishers and agents are the websites <a href="http://anotherealm.com/prededitors/">Predators and Editors</a> and <a href="http://www.sfwa.org/beware/">Writers Beware</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Looking for a publisher for your book?</span> Check out the most recent edition of The <a href="http://www.amazon.com/2008-Childrens-Writers-Illustrators-Market/dp/1582975043">Children's Writers and Illustrators Market</a>. You can also look online at <a href="http://www.signaleader.com/">"</a><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 204);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" ><a href="http://www.signaleader.com/">Colossal Directory<br />of Children's Publishers."</a><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >FOR A CLEARINGHOUSE OF HELPFUL WRITING AND PUBLISHING SOURCES, LOG ONTO MY WEB PAGE: </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" href="http://resourcesforchildrenswriters.blogspot.com/"><span>RESOURCES FOR CHILDREN'S WRITERS.</span></a><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 204);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" ><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com