Women Writers or illustrators do you multi-task? If you do, please share any quick hints to make it work. Thanks!

NORTH CENTRAL CHILDREN'S WRITERS & ILLUSTRATORS meet this Saturday, August 28th 1-3 p.m., at city hall Lakeview, AR. Next month we meet at the new Donald W. Reynolds Library. Laurel (Lonnie) will present a program exercise, "Show Don't Tell." Handouts and discussions on "Characters." Illustrators are important for they add to your characters. We will critique 4 pages of a manuscript so bring something to read or drawings to share.

Branson for the week-end. I left with two writer friends on Friday to join the Ozarks Writers League for open-mic at Boxcar Willie's Motel where we spent the night. Saturday, we attended the all day workshops at the College of the Ozarks. Friday night and Sat at breakfast we talked writing and brainstormed. Saturday morning I got up at five to work on an upcoming speaking engagement. I had a great time. I have so much work to do preparing for different things going on with the two writers groups I founded and I am the president for both. I am hoping in a year or two I'll be able to turn it over to new presidents. When I moved here January 1998, there was nothing, so I started the Twin Lakes Writers and we are continuing to grow.

BOOKSALE AT THE OLD BAXTER COUNTY LIBRARY -THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
AUGUST 19,20 & 21

Ozarks Writers League meeting this week-end, check out their website http://www.ozarkswritersleague.org/

CHOICES

Choices we make
develops our character,
shapes our future,
our dreams,
our goals.

Don't blame others
for wrong choices
we make.
Or for the good choices
we made, but never
carried through.
(c) Mary Nida Smith

WHITE COUNTY CREATIVE WRITERS CONFERENCE SEPTEMBER 4, 2010. http://www.whitecountycreativewriters.org

Publishing information: Check out my blogroll WRITER BEWARE (R) BLOGS! http://accrispin.blogspot.com , WRITERSWEEKLY http://writersweekly.com and PUBLISHER STANDARDS BOARD http://www.publisherstandsboard.org/book-publisher-scams-and-warnings.html

TWIN LAKES WRITERS meet Saturday, August14th from 9:30 a.m., to noon. Check their website http://www.twinlakeswriters.org/

Hi everyone, I have been out of state for three days.
I have lots of work to catch-up with and read all the latest news.
I had a great time.

Children's Market: I have been published in -
#Once Upon a Time, Audrey B. Baird, Editor.
#Fine Lines, Australian Chapter SCBWI newsletter
#MO Scribbles SCBWI
and for a short time I was the editor for the Arkansas
SCBWI pages of MO SCBWI.
#Illustration in the National SCBWI Bulletin
#Kid Magazine Writers - E-Zine, Editor Jan Fields.

The Hungry Crocodile

is written & illustrated by Mary Nida Smith

The 8x10 book dummy cover didn't copy all.

It is a 32 page picture book w/27 drawings

done in watercolor and colored pencils.

Love is the word of the month on David's blog.
We are to write a poem on love.
This word to me is a word I am still trying to define.
"When another' person's needs are
as important as your own." - Abe Burrows

SUZANNE LIEURANCE http://www.suzannelieurance.com Suzanne will be be the speak at The Ozarks Writers & Illustrators for Children's second annual summer workshop Saturday July 31.
http://www.owaic.org
Some of the members including me from the North Central Children's Writers & Illustrators will be there. I loved their first workshop and I am looking forward to this one. This is my learning and fun day. Join us. Hope to see you there.

POEMS: Author David L. Harrison's blog. Vote for your favorite July poem - http://davidlharrison.wordpress.com/

Mountain Home, Arkansas

Picture of our new library.

Open in September

http://www.baxlib.org/

The Twin Lakes Writers (1998) and the North Central Children's Writers

& Illustrators (2010) will be holding there regular meetings there

starting in September. I am proud to be the founder and president of both groups.

And I am very excited about our new library. I am a board member of the Friends of the Library.

Happy Birthday Daddy. Thanks for allowing me to follow you around. The bottom of a drawer in a storage chest broke in my studio. Because of you, I knew what to do. I became a jack of all trades and a master of none. I was and I am still learning. I love discovering new things for life has so much to offer.

Dramatic Dialogue: Steps to Great Conversation Dialogue
http://creativejuicesbooks.com Watch your he said, she said.

North Central Children’s Writers & Illustrators meeting Saturday was a success. As we learn we are having fun and making friends. We critiqued, asked questions and added helpful comments. Each member has knowledge to share. I love it!

Handouts we glanced over, asked questions and again made comments.
1. What to look for when critiquing.
2. Read & dismantle the type of book you want to write.
3. When Is Your Narrator? Picking the Right Tense/Be the Story. By Timothy King http://www.printfriendly.com/bethestory.com
4. Writers and Illustrators Guidelines (How to read The Children’s Writers Market Book.)
5. Writing or/and creating a “rebus” for Highlights For Children magazine.
6. Old copies of the SCBWI Bulletin.

Resources for Authors & Artist: Most have enewsletters to subscribe to.
· The Horn Book: Publication about books for children and young adults. http://www.hbook.com
· The Children’s Book Council http://www.cbcbooks.org
· The Institute of Children’s Literature http://www.institutechildrenslit.com
· Elizabeth Kennedy – http://about.com/childrenbooks
· Publishers Weekly Children’s enewsletter http://www.publishersweekly.com

Deer in the Woodland Garden: I was excited to learn and see a young buck and his doe spending time in my garden trimming and mowing/grazing for the past week. Took not-so-clear photos.

Yesterday morning the young buck returned with a second doe. I took more photos; closer and clear. I'll show them at another time. They have changed their dirty winter gray to a lovely shade of golden tan.

NC Children's Writers & Illustrator meet this Saturday July 24, 1-3 p.m., at Lakeview City Hall across from Beaman Reality. It will be another informative time of sharing, writing and critique.
You are welcome to come and visit with us. If you enjoyed yourself while learning what we are about, you are welcome to return and join in.

Mike McArthy will be conducting a book signing and discussion on the Ozarks mills, including visual presentation, on July 22nd at 5:00 pm, in Harrison, Arkansas at the Boone County Library. Address: Boone County Library - 221 W Stephenson, Harrison, AR. 72601, Ph 870-741-
The Historic Ozarks Mills book includes more than 25 old water powered gristmills with histories, locations, stories, folklore, map, and lots of full color photos. These historic sites still exist and you can visit them by book or in person. Take the old mills tour! The Ozarks have some of the best examples of old mills remaining in the country and many happen to be in some of the most beautiful places the USA has to offer (intro below). Collector's edition still available, each is numbered, signed and dated, with only 500 in existence. Get yours before they're history! Mike McArthy of Photozarks will be featured in an upcoming PBS program, which will include the historic Ozarks mills, later this year. Airing dates will be announced in coming weeks. Stay tuned!

In the meantime, go to www.photozarks.com, find out more about the Historic Ozarks Mills book and the Ozarks beauty in print. Cards, art prints, mills books, photo-shoots, custom projects, presentations, cover & stock photography, all with the Ozarks beauty as the subject. Contact info is below.

Best Photo Awards
~ 2007 * 2008 * 2009 ~ *Featured contributor to "Missouri Life" and "The Ozarks Mountaineer" magazines.
*Ozarks Writers League (OWL) & Ozarks Society member.
Photozarks ~ The Ozarks beauty in printMike McArthyPh (636) 399-2715www.photozarks.com