Two Blogs - am I nuts?

Since I now have two blogs, this one and the one at my MySpace page, here's how I'm going to keep from going nuts keeping them both up-to-date (well, any nuttier than I already am, I mean): this blog on my "official" site will be mostly for business-related news (and by business I mean writing for children, natch, and my web design work); the MySpace blog will be for "fun" writing (my Harry Potter song lyrics are there for any HP fans out there! *grin*) and general chit-chat.

I hope you enjoy visiting both.

Children's Poetry

The outlets in today's market for writers of children's poetry (and short stories, for that matter) are not exactly what you'd call abundant. (And I'm talking quality outlets here - those that promote good writing.) So those of us who write these things tend to cherish the outlets we "click" with. One of those, for me, is the online children's magazine, Wee Ones.

The remarkable thing about Wee Ones is that they don't have any advertising on their site. They don't make money from their e-zine (they don't charge for subscriptions), and yet they still manage to pay their writers and illustrators a fee. Because they care about attracting quality work for their readers.

If you're a writer and you aren't familiar with Wee Ones, you should check it out. And if you have young kids, let them check it out, too. People who promote children's literature because they love it, not because it's a business, are becoming a rarer breed these days. We really should celebrate those that do.

Oh, and the poetry editor at Wee Ones, Kim Hutmacher, has a new site/blog. Go visit her, too:
The Write Marbles