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The Book Bugz Newsletter | ISSN # 2155-3785

July 2010/ Issue #9

In This Issue Lori’s News and Updates Children’s Book News Writers 411 Agent Alert Links Lori is the National Children’s Books Examiner at Examiner.com. Please consider subscribing to follow Lori’s articles. Don’t miss Fish for a Free Book Fridays at Lori Calabrese Writes! You can find all the latest children’s book giveaways and contests across the web. Please visit Lori’s blog Get in the Game–Read for all the latest sports books and news for kids/ teens. Please support the Cybils. Lori is proud to be a round 2 judge in the Picture Books fiction category. “I don’t know much about creative writing programs. But they’re not telling the truth if they don’t teach, one, that writing is hard work, and, two, that you have to give up a great deal of life, your personal life, to be a writer.” –Doris Lessing Featured Books: The Soggy Town of Hilltop Stella is a Star Pinkalicious Runaway Ten Black Dots Butterfly Birthday Seeds of Change Dear Teacher About Lori: Lori Calabrese is an award-winning children’s author. Her picture book, The Bug That Plagued the Entire Third Grade, won DFP’s 2009 Best Children’s Book Award. To learn more about Lori and her books, please visit her official website. Contact Us http://loricalabrese.com/contact

Do you write to be published or do you write to learn? Hey Book Bugz! Summer is a time for books, books and more books! I don’t know about you, but I’ve been able to get in hours and hours of reading time, which is great since my to-be-read list is a little out of control. I’m a firm believer that every writer should read. If you’re having a tough time picking up that laptop when the sun’s beating down and the kids are home from school, make time to read. Because many writers have said that reading counts as writing time! I just read a fascinating post by author Lisa Schroeder at The Crowe’s Nest. Like Lisa, I’d love to further my education in creative writing, but of course it’s just not in the cards for many reasons. But there’s nothing like learning the old fashioned way. As Lisa says, “That is by writing a lot. And reading a lot.” Check out this newsletter.

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