New Release for Kassy Paris!

First I'm Nobody
$6.00

He came into Skylar’s life, a stranger with no memory of his past. A troublesome past invades his present. Unfolding evidence indicates Duke Green is a criminal on the run. Does Skylar McCrea trust her instinct or abide by the apparent facts? His past is a mystery, but in the present he is an honorable man. If he were a thief, surely, he would show some characteristics of a man with a criminal mind.

Skylar is a good judge of character and of horseflesh. She knows Skylark’s Son will be another champion for the Lazy M Ranch, and she strongly suspects that Duke Green might be a champion himself.

Their search for Duke’s past takes them across the country. What will be at the end – a life of freedom with Skylar or separation while Duke pays for his crime? What does God have in mind for the two?

Rose PRINT ISBN 1-60154-262-3(308 pages) Sweet Read An Excerpt
Soon to be available in print

Publicity for Kassy Paris

This article came from The Kilgore News Herald:

Look out broadway, you have met your match
CHITCHAT CORNER
LINDA K. BALLARD

Just a little off Broadway and buried in the Heart of East Texas, in a suburban community called Kilgore, you can find the strangest of things.

For instance, just last week approximately 300 gathered at St. Luke's United Methodist Church to be entertained by Reverends Ralph Rudy, Robert Besser and Darwood Galaway with their own version of Broadway hits.

Their attire included top hats, canes and suspenders and the show was presented for their annual Harvest Night. The trio received a standing ovation and it has been told that money was stuffed behind their suspenders during the performance… hmmm. (Perhaps it was the Rangerette kick added to the act that caused such a reaction.) And Nina Fern prepared food for the evening that was considered more of a feast than a meal.

"There's one thing for sure," said Mary Lamb. "Our pastor broke the mold of being the hillbilly of the community, now he is considered Broadway's Musical Man. He is definitely a coat of many colors and has enlivened the church tremendously," she said.

Not to be outdone, the First Pentecostal Church put on a two-day feast this week featuring all homemade goodies. (Rachel Ray you need their recipes.)

Enjoying their makings was Kilgoreite Kassy Paris. She informs us her second novel, "First I'm Nobody" will be released on December 19 and just in time for last minute gift buying. Kassy and former Kilgoreite Elaine Powell co-author the books and have anxiously waited the release date of their latest publication. The pair has been friends since high school and has kept in touch throughout the years. "We have had many discussions over books we were reading over the years," said Kassy. "And we joked about being able to write as well. The joke became serious especially with the ease of cutting and pasting when computer technology took place. Our writing actually began when we wrote the Christmas play for church while we were still in school," she added. More information about the book can be found at http://thewildrosepress.com.

Also seen enjoying chicken and dumplings was Charlie Whiteside. He reminds everyone to come to The Willows at 3 p.m. Sunday to enjoy a community wide singing provided by David Jones from the East Texas University of Marshall with James Holder at the piano. He promises it to be good and we all know what type of performance we will hear from the pianist.

Dr. Kenneth Morrison from Lansing, Michigan and his sister Barbara Howard from Cape Cod, Massachusetts came all the way to Kilgore to reminisce and to see their grandparents home. Unfortunately, the Ana-lab office is now located on the old home site. They are the grandchildren of George and Lola Morrison. "They didn't seem too disappointed," said Charlie Whiteside. "They joined my wife, Jo Ann, and me for lunch and we had a wonderful visit. They remembered playing along the little creek bed that runs behind the office and seemed to enjoy their time spent in Kilgore.

A barrel of information, Charlie also tells us during his trip to the Baptist General Convention lately he saw former Kilgoreites Mark and Ruth Galloway, John Pierce, Frances Gentry and John LaNoue. "We were glad to see them and I'm sure other old timers in the area will be glad to know they were seen.

Be sure to share your fun times ( or not-so) fun times with us. We may be reached at 903-984-2593 or at chitchatlinda@aol.com In the meantime, May His Love and Laughter Fill Your Hearts and Your Homes Throughout the Week.

The list that started it all...

Friday, March 21, 2008
A Gift for You Writers!
It took me a couple of hours, but I have put together a list of children's literature agents. All my information came from Agent Query. This is for Wishcraft, but I thought it would be nice to share. What I have done is put only children's literature agents who are currently accepting queries into a table in Word. There were 160 entries, but a lot of them were not accepting unsolicited material, yada yada yada. I sorted through those and the ones that Agent Query needed more information on. The result is a list of ligitimate agents who represent children's authors and are actively seeking queries at this time. Another great thing about this list is that I combined agents that are from the same agency. As you know, it would be a terrible thing to accidently query 2 agents from the same company at the same time. Talk about blacklisted at that agency. With my list, you won't make this mistake. If the agent has an email address, that means they accept email queries. The Word table did not paste into this blog, so below is the list of agents with their addresses and email. Here's what you do: copy and paste the list into Word and then create a table with 4 columns out beside it. The 4 columns should be labeled: work queried, date sent, date response received, and response. When you send out multiple queries on multiple works, this chart will help you keep it all organized. Enjoy and let me know if I made a duplicate entry. I copied and pasted the information straight from Agent Query, so it all should be spelled correctly, but I would always check the agent's site first. Plus, you will need to check their site to see exactly what to submit anyway. Now get busy doing something for your career!


Helen Breitwieser
Cornerstone Literary Agency
4525 Wilshire BoulevardLos Angeles, CA 90010

Ethan Ellenberg
Ethan Ellenberg Literary Agency
548 Broadway, #5ENew York, NY 10012
agent@ethanellenberg.com

Jill Grinberg
Kirsten Wolf
Jill Grinberg Literary Management
244 Fifth Avenue, Floor 11New York, NY 10001

Faye Bender
Faye Bender Literary Agency
337 West 76th Street, #E1 New York, NY 10023
Fayebender@fbliterary.com

Faith Hamlin
Sanford J. Greenburger Associates
55 Fifth Avenue, 15th floorNew York, NY 10003
fhamlin@sjga.com

Alex Glass
John Silbersack
Alyssa Eisner Henkin
Trident Media Group, LLC
41 Madison Avenue, 36th floorNew York, NY 10010
aglass@tridentmediagroup.com
silbersack.assistant@tridentmediagroup.com
ahenkin@tridentmediagroup.com

Sara Crowe
Harvey Klinger, Inc.
300 West 55th Street, Suite 11VNew York, NY 10019
sara@harveyklinger.com

Michael Bourret
Dystel & Goderich Literary Management
One Union Square West, Suite 904New York, NY 10003
mbourret@dystel.com

Miriam Altshuler
Miriam Altshuler Literary Agency
53 Old Post Road NorthRed Hook, NY 12571

Ginger Clark
Laura Blake Peterson
Elizabeth Harding
Ginger Knowlton
Anna Webman
Curtis Brown, Ltd.Ten Astor Place, 3rd floorNew York, NY 10003
gc@cbltd.com
ajw@cbltd.com

Stephanie Abou
Foundry Literary + Media
33 West 17th Street, PH
New York, NY 10011

Joy Harris
The Joy Harris Literary Agency, Inc.
156 Fifth Avenue, Suite 617
New York, NY 10010

William Reiss
John Hawkins & Associates, Inc.
71 West 23rd Street, Suite 1600
New York, NY 10010
reiss@jhalit.com

Jennifer Lyons
Jennifer Lyons Literary Agency, LLC
151 West 19th Street 3rd floor
New York, NY 10011

Jennifer Carlson
Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Literary Agency
27 West 20th Street, Suite 1107
New York, NY 10011

Robert Lescher
Susan Lescher
Lescher & Lescher, Ltd.
47 East 19th Street
New York, NY 10003

Julie Castiglia
Castiglia Literary Agency
1155 Camino del Mar, Suite 510
Del Mar, CA 92014

Susan Cohen
Jodi Reamer
Rebecca Sherman
rsherman@writershouse.com
Lindsay Davis
ldavis@writershouse.com
Writers House
21 West 26th Street New York, NY 10010
Stephen Malk
3368 Governor Dr, #224F
San Diego, CA 92122
smalk@writershouse.com

Sandra Dijkstra
Kelly Sonnack
Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency 1155 Camino Del Mar
Del Mar, CA 92014

Jennie Dunham
Dunham Literary
156 Fifth Avenue, Suite 625
New York, NY 10010

Barry Goldblatt
Barry Goldblatt Literary Agency, Inc.
320 7th Avenue, Suite 266
Brooklyn, NY 11215

Tanya McKinnon
Mary Evans, Inc. 242 East Fifth Street
New York, NY 10003
tanyamckinnon@yahoo.com

Helen F. Pratt
Helen F. Pratt, Inc.1165 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10029

Victoria Sanders
Victoria Sanders & Associates
241 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 11H
New York, NY 10014
queriesvsa@hotmail.com

Susan F. Schulman
Susan Schulman Literary Agency
454 West 44th Street
New York, NY 10036
Schulman@aol.com

Alice Tasman
Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency
216 East 75th Street, #1E
New York, NY 10021
atasman@jvnla.com

Scott Treimel
Scott Treimel New York Agency434 Lafayette Street
New York, NY 10003

Bill Contardi
Brandt & Hochman Literary Agency1501 Broadway, Suite 2310
New York, NY 10036
bill@billcontardi.com

Emily Sylvan Kim
Rachel Orr
Prospect Agency
285 Fifth Ave., PMB 445
Brooklyn, NY 11215
esk@prospectagency.com
rko@prospectagency.com

Joe Veltre
Artists Literary Group
27 West 20th Street; 10th Floor
New York, NY 10011
jv@algmedia.com

Andrea Brown
Laura Rennert
Caryn Wiseman
Jennifer Jaeger
Michelle Andelman
Jamie Weiss Chilton
Andrea Brown Literary Agency
1076 Eagle Drive
Palo Alto, CA 93905
andrea@andreabrownlit.com
laura@andreabrownlit.com
caryn@andreabrownlit.com
jennifer@andreabrownlit.com
michelle@andreabrownlit.com
jamie@andreabrownlit.com

Marie Brown
Marie Brown Associates412 West 154th Street
New York, NY 10032

Gina Panettieri
Rachel Dowen
Talcott Notch Literary Services
276 Forest Road
Milford, CT 06460
gpanettieri@talcottnotch.net
rdowen@talcottnotch.net

Jennifer DeChiara
Stephen Fraser
Jennifer DeChiara Literary Agency
31 East 32nd Street, Suite 300
New York, NY 10016
jenndec@aol.com

Stephen Barbara
Donald Maass Literary Agency
121 West 27th Street, Suite 801
New York, NY 10001
sbarbara@maassagency.com

Gina Maccoby
Gina Maccoby Literary AgencyP.O. Box 60
Chappaqua, NY 10514

Scott Andrew Mendel
Mendel Media Group, LLC
115 West 30th Street, Suite 800
New York, NY 10001

Marianne Merola
Brandt & Hochman Literary Agents1501 Broadway, Suite 2310
New York, NY 10036
mmerola@bromasite.com

Sally Woffard-Girand
Brick House Literary Agents
80 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1101
New York, NY 10011
woffordgirand@brickhouselit.com

Rosemary B. Stimola
Stimola Literary Studio
306 Chase Court
Edgewater, NJ 07020
info@stimolaliterarystudio.com

Regina Brooks
Serendipity Literary Agency
305 Gates Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11216
rbrooks@serendipitylit.com

Holly McGhee
Emily van Beek
Samantha Cosentino
Pippin Properties, Inc.
155 East 38th Street, Suite 2H
New York, NY 10016
info@pippinproperties.com

Kevin McAdams
The Schiavone Literary Agency400 East 11th Street, #7
New York, NY 10009
kvn.mcadams@yahoo.com
James Schiavone
Schiavone Literary Agency
236 Trails EndWest Palm Beach, FL 33413
profschia@aol.com

Paul S. Levine
Paul S. Levine Literary Agent
1054 Superba Avenue
Venice, CA 90291
paul@paulslevine.com

Tina Dubois Wexler
International Creative Management ICM
825 Eighth Avenue
New York, NY 10019
twexler@icmtalent.com

Wendy Strothman
The Strothman Agency
One Faneuil Hall Marketplace, 3rd floor
Boston, MA 02109

Lilly Ghahremani
Stefanie Von Borstel
Full Circle Literary, LLC
7676 Hazard Center Dr., Suite 500
San Diego, CA 92108
lilly@fullcircleliterary.com

Jonathon Lazear
Christi Cardenas
The Lazear Agency
431 Second Street, Ste 300
Hudson, WI 54016
jlazear@lazear.com
ccardenas@lazear.com

Nadia Cornier
Ted Malawer
Elana Roth
Firebrand Literary
285 West Broadway, Suite 520
New York, NY 10013
*Note to please contact through website*

Scott Gould
RLR Associates, Ltd.
7 West 51st Street
New York, NY 10019
sgould@rlrassociates.net

Michelle Grajkowski
3 Seas Literary Agency
P. O. BOX 8571
Madison, WI 53708

Jenoyne Adams
Bliss Literary Agency International, Inc.
1601 N. Sepulveda Blvd, #389
Manhattan Beach , CA 90266
query@blissliterary.com

Peter Cox
Redhammer LLC
186 Bickenhall Mansions
London, WIU6BX

Diane Dreher
Rights Unlimited
6 West 37th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10018
submissions@rightsunlimited.com

Jay Poynor
The Poynor Group 444 East 82nd Street, Suite 28C
New York, NY 10028
jpoynor@fcc.net

Catt LeBaique
Heacock Literary Agency
11740 Big Tujunga Canyon Rd
Tujunga, CA 91042
catt@heacockliteraryagency.com

Andrea Cascardi
Transatlantic Literary Agency
P.O. Box 349
Rockville Centre, NY 11571

Marianne Strong
Jason Allen Ashlock
Marianne Strong Literary Agency
65 East 96th Street
New York, NY 10128
StrongLit@aol.com
jason@stronglit.com

Jenny Rappaport
L. Perkins Agency
15-9 Interlaken Court
Freehold, NJ 07728
jrlperkinsagency@yahoo.com

Kate McKean
Howard Morhaim Literary Agency 30 Pierrepont Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
kmckean@morhaimliterary.com

Robert Astle
Robert Astle & Associates Literary Management, Inc.
12 Desbrosses Street
New York, NY 10013
robert@astleliterary.com

Susanna Einstein
LJK Literary Management
70 West 40th Street, Floor 8
New York, NY 10018
submissions@ljkliterary.com

Nancy Gallt
Nancy Gallt Literary Agency273 Charlton Aveune
South Orange, NJ 07079
ngallt@aol.com

Edward Necarsulmer IV
McIntosh and Otis
353 Lexington Avenue, 15th floor
New York, NY 10016

Kirby Kim
Vigliano Associates
405 Park Avenue, Suite 1700
New York, NY 10022
kk@viglianoassociates.com

Laurie McLean
Larsen Pomada Literary Agency
PO Box 258
La Honda, CA 94020
laurie@agentsavant.com

Anne Marie O’Farrell
Denise Marcil Literary Agency
156 Fifth Avenue, Suite 625
New York, NY 10010

Jacqueline Ross
Cornerstone Literary Agency
4525 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90010

Yvonne Woon
Ian Kleinert
Objective Entertainment
265 Canal Street, Suite 603
New York, NY 10013
yw@objectiveent.com
ik@objectiveent.com

Etta Wilson
Books & Such Literary Agency
52 Mission Circle, Suite 122, PMB 170
Santa Rosa, CA 95409
etta@booksandsuch.biz

Peter Riva
International Transactions
PO BOX 97
Gila, NM 88038
priva@intltrans.com

Ronnie Gramazio
Martin Literary Management
37 West 20th Street, Suite 804
New York, NY 10011
ronnie@martinliterarymanagement.com

DeLyn

DeLyn Fisher Featured in the Institute of Children's Literature Newsletter

Featured at the Institute for Children's Literature!

I am so thrilled! Thanks to a heads up from some new blog readers, I discovered that one of my blog entries was featured in the Children's Writer's eNews from the Institute for Children's Literature (ICL), also known as Jan Field's Rx List for ICL. This is really special to me because I didn't request to be featured in the newsletter. My blog was "discovered" and rewarded for its merit. It's nice to know that people are really reading my blog and that I truly do have something to offer others. This also explains the recent surge in membership to my Yahoo! Group. Thanks everybody!!! Below, I have copied and pasted the part of the newsletter that has my feature.

Children's Writers eNews
September 11, 2008
"The Write Words to Read"
The Institute of Children's Literature
http://www.institutechildrenslit.com
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"If you're not scared, you're not writing.... A state of anxiety is the writer's natural habitat."
--Ralph Keyes, The Courage to Write (Henry Holt and Company, 1995)
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CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE

1. News For You: Chat is Back!
2. New: "Attention to Detail" with Bev. Cooke
3. Vintage Goodie
4. Next Guest Speaker Event
5. Come Hang Out in Chat
6. A Blog Worth Reading
7. An Agent List
8. Article
9. Critique News
10.Good News

Lucky #7 is mine and here's the rest:

7. Agent List

This lady has created a list of children's writing agents who are accepting queries.
http://delynfisherromance.blogspot.com/2008/03/gift-for-you-writers.html

This one is for everyone who has asked how you find a list of agents for children's writers.

All I can say is, "WOW!" Thanks and glad I could be of service.

DeLyn

Never the Two Shall Meet? - I Don't Think So!

I'm so excited to report that my friend and Christian Romance Author, Delia Latham, traveled halfway across the United States just to see me!!!

Well...maybe not just to see me, but I was definately on her list of must sees.

Check out the photos!We met up at Bodacious Bar-B-Q in Gilmer, Texas to have lunch and chit chat. Her husband is SO SWEET! We gave each other autographed copies of books.

Even though I'm a writer, it's hard to express in words how much this visit meant to me. I'm good at writing about the world of make believe, but this is real. Until Friday, Delia was a picture on the web, words on a blog, expression in email, and a world away. It takes 3 days to drive from California to Texas and vice versa.

Now I will no longer refer to her as my internet friend. Now I can just call her MY FRIEND. No two sweeter words.

Delia, I can't wait til you move here and bring your beautiful family! Drive home safe!

DeLyn

The BIG Goldeneyes Contest Series

You are INVITED...please come!

When: June through December 2008

Where: Delia's Website

What: It's a HUGE contest in promotion of my new novel, Goldeneyes! God has blessed me with a number of incredible sponsors, enabling me to offer some truly fantastic prize packages. One BIG prize package will be awarded every month from June through December. Some of these packages are valued at well over $100!!! Come on over and get your entry in!

How: Instructions for entry are available on my website. Just visit the contest page and get all the details.

I'll be watching for you!

Memo Pause

Here is a great product for all you writers out there. It's called Memo-Pause. Visit the website for more details. Aren't they fabulous!?!

www.memo-pause. com

Memo-Pause blog: http://memo-pause.blogspot.com/

Author Carla Cassidy: "I would love to win a Memo-Pause. I am definitely memo-pausal. I would wear it daily to write down important notes. I've gotten so tired of wearing post-it notes on my clothes. They don't do well in the wind or rain. I chased one down the other day for two blocks. As a writer I would find the Memo-Pause invaluable for thosemoments when inspiration strikes and I can't get to my office. Actually, it would be kind of like wearing a little office around my neck. It could also draw attention away from the turkey waddle that has appeared with age. (What's up with that, anyway?)"

Author Delyn Fisher: "As an elementary school teacher, my students are a source of endless inspiration. I would use my Memo-Pause to jot down story ideas. It would also help to keep track of those million things I do on a daily basis."

* I was featured in her newsletter, though I didn't win the contest! *

Anyway, I just thought I would share this idea with you. Let me know how you like it.

DeLyn