Cafe Tour

  

Welcome to the Children's Book Writers' Cafe!  In order to help you get the most from your time here, the managers have created this page.  Here you will find links to and a brief description of the Cafe's many features.

Happy writing!

What's New/Join now - New messages and the opportunity it join our group.

Children's Book Writer's Cafe -  From the Cafe's Homepage, you can access some of the Cafe's most popular features, including the message boards.  Add this page to your favorites, you'll want to visit again and again.

Meet the Managers - A listing of the Cafe's Managers, including contact information.

The Walls of Honour - We celebrate our members' publishing accomplishments here.  To add your listing to the Wall, e-mail Mindy with your name (or pen-name), date of publication, release, or acceptance, publication or publisher, and link to your article or story on the web. She'll add you as soon as she can. Her email can be found on the Meet the Managers page.

Cafe Books - A listing of Cafe Members' books.

Cafe Critique - Click here for a listing of the Cafe's member-run critique groups, their parameters and openings. Don't see the group for you?  You'll also find a link to tips for beginning your own critique group. Write on!

Recommended Reading -  Looking for your next good read?  Check out the Recommended Reading database to find out what your fellow Cafe'rs are reading, and add your own favorites as well.

CBW's Cafe Chats with authors - Guest author chats from the past.

Publisher Response Times - Please feel free to share and add your own information and experiences to this database. *This page is in no way intended to flame, hurt or discredit any publishers and or editors.

Message Boards - A link to all the message boards at the Cafe.  For New Discussions, go to the Homepage and click "New Messages".

Writing FAQ's - Have a writing question?  This page covers a lot of information on children's writing. If  you can't find your question already asked here, feel free to ask on the appropriate message board.

Publisher Links - Links to publisher's web sites. 

Helpful Links For Writers - A list of links to online writer's resources.

Member Pages - Have a personal (G-rated) web page you'd like to share?  Add it to the list.

Pictures - Look at fellow members' pictures and add your own album.

Creating a Cafe Critique Group - This is the link where you'll find tips for creating your own critique group. If you need members, post a message with the appropriate message board.

Samples - Cover and query letters.

More Samples - Guidelines.

Grammar - A page to answer some of your grammar questions, with a bit of added humour.

Abbreviations - This page explains the abbreviations used by writers, editors and publishers. If you come across one not listed, please feel free to list it, or ask about it, on the appropriate message board.

Member Tools - The last in the list to the left.  Modify your membership, and profile, veiw the member list, adjust your e-mail settings, and e-mail the managers.