Institute of Children's Literature

Join us one Thusday night a month for a two-hour live interview and discussion with guest writers and editors in the chat room auditorium.

May 22, 2008: “Down the Publishing Path”
with Harold Underdown

http://forums.institutechildrenslit.com:6080/chat/world/html/index.html

At the next Guest Chat in our ICL Chat room, May 22, we will be talking with editor Harold Underdown, the author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Children's Books about how publishing works and ways to make it work a bit more smoothly for you.

Currently an editorial consultant in New York, Harold Underdown has served as editorial director for Charlesbridge Publishing, as vice president of editorial for iPicturebooks, and as a children's book editor for Orchard and Macmillan. He is also a popular speaker at writer's conferences. And his website -- The Purple Crayon -- is a must see resource for writers.

Remember, you can also email any questions you would like to ask Harold.
Just send your questions to WebEditor@institutechildrenslit.com.
Come and learn more about children's book publishing, May 22.
For help with our chatroom software, check out this article: http://www.institutechildrenslit.com/rx/ws01/howchat.shtml
This chat will be held at these times and places:

Down the Publishing Path
Thursday evening, May 22, 2008
9-11 p.m. Atlantic
8-10 p.m. Eastern
7-9 p.m. Central
6-8 p.m. Mountain
5-7 p.m. Pacific

Looking ahead -- In June, Editorial Anonymous is planning to join us for some more editorial secrets!

Open Forums with Jan Fields meet in the ICL Chat Room twice each month.

April 25: Night Forum
10pm - 11pm Atlantic
9pm - 10pm Eastern
8pm - 9pm Central
7pm - 8pm Mountain
6pm - 7pm Pacific

April 29: Afternoon Forum
At 3-4 p.m. Atlantic
2-3 p.m. Eastern,
1-2 Central,
Noon-1 Mountain,
11 - noon 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 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.