{"id":34819,"date":"2011-05-02T12:02:58","date_gmt":"2011-05-02T16:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fredbortz.peachpuff-wolverine-566518.hostingersite.com\/?p=34819"},"modified":"2011-07-12T22:34:40","modified_gmt":"2011-07-12T22:34:40","slug":"from-proposal-to-finished-book-one-childrens-science-authors-path","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/fredbortz\/34819\/from-proposal-to-finished-book-one-childrens-science-authors-path\/","title":{"rendered":"From Proposal to Finished Book: One Children’s Science Author’s Path"},"content":{"rendered":"

As an author of nineteen books on science and technology for young readers<\/A>, I am frequently asked what it is like to get something published. There are no deep dark secrets, and you don’t need to be an exceptional wordsmith.
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\nYou just need to have a strong desire to reach a particular audience, an understanding of what makes those readers tick, a topic they will want to read about, and a willingness to follow a certain pathway that suits a publisher who can bring your work to those readers.<\/p>\n

I recently negotiated a contract about an important topic, and I am using that contract as a jumping off point for some useful discussions for new and aspiring writers of children’s nonfiction. I’m calling it “Mondays with ‘Dr. Fred'” and posting it on my Facebook author page<\/A>.<\/p>\n

You don’t need a Facebook account to read those posts. So please check out that page, comment there if you wish, offer me critiques by e-mail<\/A>, and recommend Mondays With “Dr. Fred” to others.<\/p>\n

The best way to track it is by clicking the thumbs-up “like” icon when you visit that FB page<\/A>.<\/p>\n

Now back to work on that new book!<\/p>\n

Fred Bortz<\/A><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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