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    2016 Pickford Community Library's Young Writers Workshop Anthology of Short Stories and Poetry
    2016 Pickford Community Library's Young Writers Workshop Anthology of Short Stories and Poetry
    2016 Pickford Community Library's Young Writers Workshop Anthology of Short Stories and Poetry
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    2016 Pickford Community Library's Young Writers Workshop Anthology of Short Stories and Poetry

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    Young writers in middle school through high school from Michigan's EUP (Eastern Upper Peninsula) have contributed short stories and poetry to the most recent Pickford Community Library's Young Writers Workshop Anthology. They have attended biweekly writing lessons at the library from October 2015 through May 2016, the culmination of which is publication of their creative talents in this year's anthology. The Young Writers Workshop, now having completed its fourth year, is a result of a teen's request in 2012 for a writing program at the local community library. Two members of JLB Creatives Publishing, both authors themselves, one from Brimley, Michigan, and one from Astatula, Florida, agreed to form the group and enlighten the aspiring writers by using electronic conferencing to teach the sessions. The EUP writing enthusiasts learn everything from concept to publication and beyond; they go from basic sentence structure to the ins and outs of becoming published authors, including such topics as interpreting publishing contracts, creating book trailers, and handling rejection slips from publishers. Please take a look at what can be accomplished by young people who have a strong desire to share the stories in their heads with readers like you.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJLB Creatives Publishing
    Release dateMay 10, 2016
    ISBN9781633240773
    2016 Pickford Community Library's Young Writers Workshop Anthology of Short Stories and Poetry
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    Pickford Community Library Young Writers Workshop

    The Pickford Community Library's Young Writers Workshop (YWW) is the largest group of aspiring authors in the state of Michigan. Each school year JLB Creatives Publishing presents literary "adventures" from their Journey to Publication Writing Program / Curriculum. This highly interactive program holds over 100 combined years of experience in the industry, and the Pickford Community Library's young writers have been a crucial part in developing this ground breaking writing program for creative kids of all ages. Find out more at www.JourneyToPublication.com

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      2016 Pickford Community Library's Young Writers Workshop Anthology of Short Stories and Poetry - Pickford Community Library Young Writers Workshop

      2015-2016 Pickford Community Library's

      YOUNG WRITERS WORKSHOP

      ANTHOLOGY

      of Short Stories and Poetry

      Ashton McConnell, Emily Roe, Grace Snyder, Selah Preston and Sydney Johnson

      Published by JLB Creatives Publishing at Smashwords

      Copyright 2016 Ashton McConnell, Emily Roe, Grace Snyder, Selah Preston and Sydney Johnson

      All rights reserved.

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      Thank you for uploading this ebook. This ebook remains the copyrighted property of the authors, and may not be redistributed to others for commercial or non-commercial purposes. If you enjoyed this book, please encourage your friends to download their own copy from their favorite authorized retailer. Thank you for your support.

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      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Stuck on Replay by Ashton McConnell

      About Ashton McConnell

      The Huntress by Emily Roe

      About Emily Roe

      Wind, Blood, and Stars by Grace Snyder

      About Grace Snyder

      Truth Is...by Selah Preston

      About Selah Preston

      The Shine of a Star by Sydney Johnson

      About Sydney Johnson

      INTRODUCTION

      Supporting young aspiring writers; teaching young aspiring writers how to become authors; informing young authors about becoming published: these are the reasons for the Pickford Community Library’s Young Writers Workshop.

      In August 2012 a Pickford High School student, Chelsea, approached the Pickford Community Library Manager, Ann Marie, about having a writing class at the library. Ann Marie, being the innovative person she is, decided to make Chelsea’s request a reality, so she asked her English Language Specialist friend, Dar, and Dar’s business owner/author/sister, Janet, if they would be interested in teaching some classes. Dar and Janet, being the education supporters they are, jumped at the chance to talk to young people about becoming legitimate players in the game of literature.

      Chelsea and Ann Marie gathered up five more aspiring young writers from Pickford High School, and they all met for writing sessions at the library every other week from October to April. Dar and Janet taught them the basics of becoming authors, and because Dar and Janet both worked for a publishing company— JLBCP (JLB Creatives Publishing)—they made arrangements to have the young writers’ stories published for free through JLBCP. Connie, who does design, layout, and pagination for JLBCP, combined all of the stories in an eBook anthology and uploaded it to Smashwords. It was an instant hit.

      Within less than a year those six young writers had become published authors under the name of a trade publisher! How many young people can say they have been published that early in life? They paid nothing for the writing course, nothing for the publishing process, and received no royalties; their stories were available online for $0.00.

      Now, in 2016, the Young Writers Workshop has grown to thirteen aspiring authors who come from all over the Eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Those who have published in previous anthologies have the option of writing a novella for free publication and, to date, four of the students have had their own individual novellas published as eBooks by JLBCP.

      The eBook anthology you have downloaded and are now reading—2015-2016 Pickford Community Library’s Young Writers Workshop Anthology of Short Stories and Poetry—is the culmination of five of the students’ hard work at learning how to write, writing, re-writing, being professionally edited, re-re-writing, and finally achieving publication. This anthology presents short stories in the genres of fantasy, paranormal, sports fiction, and fictional romance, and it also includes poetry, all by 12-to-16-year-olds who love to write. And it shows!

      JLB Creatives Publishing

      Stuck On Replay

      Ashton McConnell

      I was staring out the dirty car window at the old, faded-white house in front of me. The roof was missing shingles, and the house needed a major paint job. The yard was full of weeds

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