Calling all children's book WRITERS and ILLUSTRATORS!
- Have you always wanted to write a novel but were too scared to try or didn't know how?
- Have you always wanted to write a novel but don't know where to begin?
- Are you an established writer seeking fresh approaches to open new doors?
- Are you an illustrator looking to enter the middle grade or chapter book market?
- Want to master middle grade novels or chapter books?
See your dreams become real in this highly-interactive online course & talent search- complete with wonderful opportunities to submit to editors & agents!
Starting June 15th for 4 Gloriously Interactive Weeks + 2 Instant Access Bonus Weeks!!
Starting June 15th for 4 Gloriously Interactive Weeks + 2 Instant Access Bonus Weeks!!
MEET YOUR DEDICATED CO-TEACHERS
Hillary's career is zooming! She is the author of the middle grade novels, Queen of Likes (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin M!X), PUMPKIN SPICE SECRETS (Sky Pony/Swirl), Things Are Gonna Get Ugly (Simon & Schuster/M!X), a Justice Book-of-the-Month, optioned by Priority Pictures, as well as The Hot List (Simon & Schuster/M!X). She has a new chapter book series with Charlesbridge, including Ellie May on President's Day and Ellie May on April Fools Day. Her humorous chapter book series, Alien Clones from Outer Space (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin), was developed into an animated television series and sold to ABC Australia. Besides teaching at the Children's Book Academy, Hillary is a visiting professor of children’s literature at Hollins University. Visit her on the web at hillaryhomzie.com and follow her on twitter @HillaryHomzie. She is excited to be co-teaching this course sharing her expertise to help others succeed with their work.
Dr. Mira Reisberg is an acquiring Editor and Art Director at Clear Fork Publishing's children's book imprint Spork and a multi-published award-winning children's book illustrator and author whose books have sold over 600,000 copies. Besides running the Children's Book Academy, she is also a former children's literary agent, and a former university professor teaching kid lit writing and illustrating courses as well as teacher ed. Mira has a PhD in Education and Cultural Studies with a focus on children's literature and has helped MANY writers and illustrators get published. Her job at Spork allows her to help even more people.
And for a limited time we have a 2 for one Middle Grade and Chapter Book offer below.
And for a limited time we have a 2 for one Middle Grade and Chapter Book offer below.
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Andrew Sass author of Water for Anna on the Edge coming out 2020!!
Donna Barba Higuera author of Lupé Wong Won't Dance coming out 2020!
Aida Salazar Author of The Moon Within - available now
WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU SIGN UP FOR MIDDLE GRADE MASTERY
- Learn proven track-record middle-grade writing and illustrating skills that apply across the board to build confidence in your writing and open new doors.
- Pitch to a group of editors and agents HUNGRY FOR QUALITY MIDDLE GRADE NOVELS.
- Learn business skills that will help you advance your career.
- Have fun stretching and growing as a writer or artist - as well as a person!
- Discover and cultivate your author's voice while developing your characters' voices.
- Work with your own ideas or, if you don't know where to start, we'll help you in miraculous ways.
- Get critique and give critiques with other like minds in your own optional small, private Facebook critique group .
- Get cutting edge news and support in our interactive - and very active - private whole-class Facebook group, where you will be able to ask questions and receive answers daily.
- Participate in each of the four interactive weeks with SPECIAL GUEST EDITORS AND AGENTS providing feedback on your work and answering questions live. These will be also be recorded, so you can watch it again, and for those who can’t attend.
- Get exclusive insider interviews with industry experts!
- Revel in a like-minded community of children’s book creatives who will help you make yourself more attractive to publishers with a growing social media presence.
- Have access to the rare opportunity to choose a one-hour, one-on-one critique with your choice of the co-teacher at an extraordinarily low price!
(Please don't forget ALL LEVELS have payment plans and use the all caps MGMAGIC code, which is non-refundable if you forget to enter it)
FIRST UP IS THE BIG BONUS LEVEL WITH:
FIRST UP IS THE BIG BONUS LEVEL WITH:
- Access to the MANY content-rich lessons plus bonus lessons for the 4 week highly interactive course plus a 2 week long conference & SIX additional months of access
- Lifelong access to your own highly interactive private Facebook group
- Daily M-F access to your instructors
- Live weekly topic-specific workshop/webinars where you can get help with everything you might need to make your work sing and receive live critiques (these are also recorded).
- A FREE Social Media course
- Fabulous templates, worksheets, and done-for-you scripts
- A beautiful CBA badge for your website
- The Little Big Book of Children's Book Writing Techniques and Terminology!!!
- Your own optional critique group
- A FREE e-Book of course content
- Entry into the Golden Ticket skip-the-line pitch fest contest where editors, and agents will look at your work and choose students to connect with further
- A Half-Off Mighty Scrivener Course that just might revolutionize your writing
- Plus other opportunities and goodies too numerous to mention!
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The Big Bonus as described above also comes with sweet payment plans if needed!! Right now it's only $557 and with the 2020MGLoveCODE IT'S ONLY $487!! Just click on the button above or click here!
NEXT ARE THE SUCCESS LEVELS These come with everything in the above Awesome Big Bonus - PLUS an ADDITIONAL deeply-discounted, one-hour, one-on-one live critique that's just like an individual mini-course focused on you and your work. These also have sweet payment plans!
NEXT ARE THE SUCCESS LEVELS These come with everything in the above Awesome Big Bonus - PLUS an ADDITIONAL deeply-discounted, one-hour, one-on-one live critique that's just like an individual mini-course focused on you and your work. These also have sweet payment plans!
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This is a rare opportunity to have everything from the Awesome Big Bonus, PLUS work LIVE with the brilliant Hillary Homzie! It's a full one-hour, one-on-one critique where Hillary is laser-focused as she gently leads you to transform your work for success in the current world of publishing! For a limited time, it's only $557 with the 2020MGMLove promo code right here!
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Clear Fork/Spork Editor/Art Director Dr. Mira Reisberg will be doing a limited number of success packages. These include the Awesome Big Bonus plus a one-hour intensive critique with Mira. Simply click here or on the button above! Remember the 2020MGLove code for a huge $100 discount on the regular price of $657!
AND THEN THERE ARE THE GOLDEN TICKETS!
A Golden Ticket opportunity is when you get to submit directly to an agent or editor and bypass the slush pile or closed house submission policy.
In this course we will be teaching you how to not only write memorable middle great novels but also how to write great bios, and cover letters to catch an agent or editor's eye. Then our panel of judges will look at a secret website page of student's pitches and bios that they're interested in seeing more from to hopefully publish your work.
These were last year's amazing judges, and we'll be sure to update this page with 2020's judges as soon as we can!
In this course we will be teaching you how to not only write memorable middle great novels but also how to write great bios, and cover letters to catch an agent or editor's eye. Then our panel of judges will look at a secret website page of student's pitches and bios that they're interested in seeing more from to hopefully publish your work.
These were last year's amazing judges, and we'll be sure to update this page with 2020's judges as soon as we can!
Whether you are a writer or an illustrator, you don't need a university degree to write or illustrate middle grade novels or chapter books, but it helps to have two acquiring editors and an adored award-winning novelist with a combined total of close to FIFTY years of experience! They will work together to teach you how, with fun step-by-step instructions, in this extraordinary course - for very beginners to award winners - that has helped many others make breakthroughs in their lives and work.
THE WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, HOW, WHY, WHO
What: It's a 4 week (PLUS two bonus weeks!) highly interactive online training program that teaches you just about everything that you need to know about writing, illustrating and publishing middle grade novels and chapter books using multiple approaches, daily lessons, interviews with experts, lots of bonuses, worksheets and so much more!
When: The course starts May 13th 2019 with the first live training happening that night. It's designed to be extremely time flexible so you can access the materials and interact as much or as little as you like. No one is ever in trouble, but the more you can put in the more you'll get out of it. The additional 6 months of access makes it very doable no matter how busy you are. The private Facebook group continues on indefinitely to provide continued support of your children's book goals.
Where: Enjoy Middle Grade Mastery, in the comfort of your own home, a café, the library - anywhere that you can get Internet access. You don't need to travel anywhere for this course, plus you can still take it even if you are traveling.
How: Monday through Friday you will receive fresh lessons and exercises from our expert faculty and contributors. The lessons include tons of resources to guide and help you accomplish your goals. We interact via our private Facebook group where questions are answered and small critique groups are set up for those who want them. Each week special guests join the faculty to critique students work LIVE and answer questions with positive suggestions for how to improve or move their work forward. Times are scheduled to accommodate folks in different countries as much as possible and we also record the webinars for those who can't make it live.
Why: This is the most important one. Although middle grade novels take more time to write, they are more desired by agents and editors because the field is less competitive and they bring in much higher advances. If you want to write or illustrate middle grade novels this is the best value course that you can find to help you successfully get published. No other course can offer more from an extremely talented group of creatives. No other course gives this level of focused attention to each student who participates!!! Step-by-step we walk you through the process. You will also learn about writing realistic fiction, nonfiction, fantasy, mysteries, humor, and heartfelt stories that will help improve all of your writing.
Who: This industry-leading course is co-taught by not one, but two acquiring editors, AND an award-winning author with many years of experience in the publishing industry who love helping others greatly improve their work and break into publishing.
When: The course starts May 13th 2019 with the first live training happening that night. It's designed to be extremely time flexible so you can access the materials and interact as much or as little as you like. No one is ever in trouble, but the more you can put in the more you'll get out of it. The additional 6 months of access makes it very doable no matter how busy you are. The private Facebook group continues on indefinitely to provide continued support of your children's book goals.
Where: Enjoy Middle Grade Mastery, in the comfort of your own home, a café, the library - anywhere that you can get Internet access. You don't need to travel anywhere for this course, plus you can still take it even if you are traveling.
How: Monday through Friday you will receive fresh lessons and exercises from our expert faculty and contributors. The lessons include tons of resources to guide and help you accomplish your goals. We interact via our private Facebook group where questions are answered and small critique groups are set up for those who want them. Each week special guests join the faculty to critique students work LIVE and answer questions with positive suggestions for how to improve or move their work forward. Times are scheduled to accommodate folks in different countries as much as possible and we also record the webinars for those who can't make it live.
Why: This is the most important one. Although middle grade novels take more time to write, they are more desired by agents and editors because the field is less competitive and they bring in much higher advances. If you want to write or illustrate middle grade novels this is the best value course that you can find to help you successfully get published. No other course can offer more from an extremely talented group of creatives. No other course gives this level of focused attention to each student who participates!!! Step-by-step we walk you through the process. You will also learn about writing realistic fiction, nonfiction, fantasy, mysteries, humor, and heartfelt stories that will help improve all of your writing.
Who: This industry-leading course is co-taught by not one, but two acquiring editors, AND an award-winning author with many years of experience in the publishing industry who love helping others greatly improve their work and break into publishing.
No other course can offer more from a more talented group of creatives. Registering for Middle Grade Mastery is a genuinely useful investment in your career with a priceless return on this investment PLUS it comes with a money back guarantee that if you fully participate and do the work, if at the end of a year you don't feel that you learned a lot, we'll give you your money back!
DID YOU KNOW?
- Mira's former students now have over 380 contracted or published books and many others now have agent representation.
- Many of Hillary's former students have also been published.
- It's VERY thrilling and we'd love for you to join them!!! Also FYI, this is the last year that Mira will be co-teaching this course!
When you sign up for THIS YEAR's Middle Grade Mastery BEFORE APRIL 24th, you will get 2 full courses for the price of one, extra access and these additional courses and the majority of these resources that you can start right away!
As Part of the Course, You will Get These AWESOME BIG BONUSES:
- Lifelong access to our own highly interactive and super-supportive private Facebook group
- A half-off Mighty Scrivener course
- Daily M-F access to your instructors
- Live weekly topic-specific workshop/webinars where you can get help with everything you might need to make your work sing and receive live critiques (these are also recorded).
- Fabulous templates, worksheets, and done-for-you scripts
- A beautiful CBA badge for your website
- Your own optional critique group
- A FREE e-Book of course content!!!
- A FREE EASY-PEASY WEBSITE-BUILDING COURSE
- A FREE Social Media Course
- A FREE Workinar on Voice
- Plus other opportunities and goodies too numerous to mention
And here are some more testimonials:
Learn More About
- Victoria Wells Arms and Wells Arms Literary, visit WellsArms.com
- Sean McCarthy and Sean McCarthy Literary, visit McCarthyLit.com
- Phoebe Yeh VP/Publisher of Crown Books for Young Readers
Learn More About
- Leila Monaghan Publisher at Elm Books, visit: Elm-Books.com
- Emma Sector formerly with Simon and Schuster Publishing now with Prospect Literary Agency, visit: Prospect Agency
- Veronica Schneider Lee & Low Books Literacy & Sales Agent, visit: LeeAndLow.com
Learn More About
- Award-Winning Author Naheed Hasnat Senzai at NHSenzai.com
- Lisa Brown, Author/Illustrator at AmericanChickens.com
- Multi-Award Winner Andrea Davis Pinkey at AndreaDavisPinkey.com
Learn More About
- Natasha Yim Author of Middle Grade Biographies at NatashaYim.com
- Award-Winning Author Meg Medina at MegMedina.com
- Multi Award-Winning Author Alma Flor Ada at AlmaFlorAda.com
Learn More About
- Jennifer Lynn Alvarez, Series Author at JenniferLynnAlvarez.com •
- Mike Jung, Author at CaptainStupendous.Wordpress.com
- Multi Award-Winning Author Christine Taylor-Butler at ChristineTaylorButler.com
These are just some of our expert guest contributors for Middle Grade Mastery who will speak to you in custom created videos and written interviews!
They'll be sharing their perspectives on everything from writing tips and secrets on how they have built their careers, researching and writing non-fiction and fiction, what they look for in submissions, and so much more.
They'll be sharing their perspectives on everything from writing tips and secrets on how they have built their careers, researching and writing non-fiction and fiction, what they look for in submissions, and so much more.
Can you guess what all these movies have in common? Yep, they were all chapter books or middle grade novels.
If you take this course, you'll see we work incredibly hard for you. All we ask is that if you get published, you send us an autographed copy of your book or if it becomes a movie, we get to join you in a premiere somewhere :)
This is a once in a lifetime opportunity and yet it is a truly affordable one for all that you receive!!!It is also the only one that provides these fantastic submission opportunities and empowers you to do all sorts of extraordinary things. Our courses have been described as the equivalent of 20 conferences and better than graduate level university programs from students with kid lit master's degrees.
If now is the time to take your career to the next level and get started with your bonuses asap....
If you take this course, you'll see we work incredibly hard for you. All we ask is that if you get published, you send us an autographed copy of your book or if it becomes a movie, we get to join you in a premiere somewhere :)
This is a once in a lifetime opportunity and yet it is a truly affordable one for all that you receive!!!It is also the only one that provides these fantastic submission opportunities and empowers you to do all sorts of extraordinary things. Our courses have been described as the equivalent of 20 conferences and better than graduate level university programs from students with kid lit master's degrees.
If now is the time to take your career to the next level and get started with your bonuses asap....
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Middle Grade Mastery only happens once a year in the comfort of your own home, at your own pace (except for live webinars which are also recorded) and with the convenience of easy payment plans that make the whole thing affordable.
We want you to join us and play in ways that you can't imagine right now to open new doors to publishing. Middle Grade novels are hot, hot, hot. They're the number 1 thing that many agents are looking for. Middle Grade novels pay much better than picture or chapter books and are more likely to be made into movies. Both Chapter Books and Middle Grade novels enable the writer to spend time with their characters and go deeper into their lives and world. Ideas can be more complex as can story lines, which can be a huge asset for writers who feel constrained or limited by short simplified picture book conventions.
We hope that you will join us on this extraordinary, creatively empowering adventure!
We hope that you will join us on this extraordinary, creatively empowering adventure!
If you'd like to write (and/or illustrate) a wonderful chapter book, or a chapter book series, this is the course for you!
The Chapter Book Alchemist is a 5-week career-changing Self-Paced On-Demand e-Course that you can start RIGHT NOW IN THE COMFORT OF YOUR HOME with FIVE Glorious Weeks of Empowering, Creative, and Fun Content and a WHOLE YEAR'S ACCESS AT A FABULOUS PRICE!! Please read on....
The Chapter Book Alchemist is a 5-week career-changing Self-Paced On-Demand e-Course that you can start RIGHT NOW IN THE COMFORT OF YOUR HOME with FIVE Glorious Weeks of Empowering, Creative, and Fun Content and a WHOLE YEAR'S ACCESS AT A FABULOUS PRICE!! Please read on....
Do you find yourself wanting to write longer stories with stronger character development and a deeper plot for 6-9 year old readers? Since picture books these days are skewed more and more towards very young children with very short stories, maybe you are a chapter book writer?
Want to break beyond the restrictions of the current picture book market and enter a less competitive and much needed market?
Did books like Junie B. Jones, Clementine, Coraline, Sarah Plain and Tall, Little House on the Prairie, Frog and Toad, Harriet the Spy or juicy nonfiction chapter books help you become a lifelong reader or perhaps even inspire you to become a writer?
Are you an artist or illustrator looking to explore a new publishing market?
Then the Chapter Book Alchemist e-Course is for you!!
Learn to Write a Novel in 5 Fun-Filled Weeks - Where You Will How To
• Become a Better Writer and/or Illustrator
• Open Doors to New Publishing Opportunities in Less Competitive but Needed Genre
• Learn About Character Development and Plot and So Much More
The course is designed to be time flexible in that you can access the materials at any time night or day and will remain available to you for a WHOLE YEAR. Our goal is to give you the most empowering and generous experience we can in an incredibly flexible format!
With younger, shorter picture books, parents wanting kids reading earlier, kids wanting to look more sophisticated by reading novels, and the wiggly line between older chapter books and younger middle grades, this course is a must have for any writer!!!
Younger chapter books range anywhere from 1500-6,000 words while older chapter books can go up to 15,000 words dancing on the edge and crossing over the line into the middle grade. We will teach you how to write both younger and older chapter books in both fiction and even more needed non-fiction forms.
Want to break beyond the restrictions of the current picture book market and enter a less competitive and much needed market?
Did books like Junie B. Jones, Clementine, Coraline, Sarah Plain and Tall, Little House on the Prairie, Frog and Toad, Harriet the Spy or juicy nonfiction chapter books help you become a lifelong reader or perhaps even inspire you to become a writer?
Are you an artist or illustrator looking to explore a new publishing market?
Then the Chapter Book Alchemist e-Course is for you!!
Learn to Write a Novel in 5 Fun-Filled Weeks - Where You Will How To
• Become a Better Writer and/or Illustrator
• Open Doors to New Publishing Opportunities in Less Competitive but Needed Genre
• Learn About Character Development and Plot and So Much More
The course is designed to be time flexible in that you can access the materials at any time night or day and will remain available to you for a WHOLE YEAR. Our goal is to give you the most empowering and generous experience we can in an incredibly flexible format!
With younger, shorter picture books, parents wanting kids reading earlier, kids wanting to look more sophisticated by reading novels, and the wiggly line between older chapter books and younger middle grades, this course is a must have for any writer!!!
Younger chapter books range anywhere from 1500-6,000 words while older chapter books can go up to 15,000 words dancing on the edge and crossing over the line into the middle grade. We will teach you how to write both younger and older chapter books in both fiction and even more needed non-fiction forms.
