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Video Animation and Photography
by Anastasia Suen (Author)

Booktalk: Easy to follow video and photography production makerspace projects using free and inexpensive software for library, classroom and home.

Yes, this is one of my books! A few weeks ago I discovered it was a Junior Library Guild January 2018 selection.

I also found this School Library Journal review of all the Make It! series books I wrote:

Make It! series review: “The projects in STEM activity books often function solely as concept demonstrations and do not result in durable, useful, or fun creations. By contrast, the five projects in each volume of this series are attractive (Lego monogram in Craft and Design), handy (DIY touch screen gloves in Circuitry), or undeniably cool . . . ” ~ School Library Journal

For the Video Animation and Photography book, the School Library Journal reviewer said:

“Video Animation and Photography is particularly good, quickly explaining key elements of filmmaking, such as action and reaction, establishing shots, and lighting while teaching good planning exercises that don’t overwhelm or take the fun out of the process.”

I was quite pleased that the reviewer called out the key elements that I teach in my online children’s book writing workshops. We don’t focus on lighting the scene when we write a children’s novel or a picture book, but all of the other key elements of a story apply.

As for planning exercises, using graphic organizers with questions (as a plotter) is how I tame the chaos that emerges after letting every word that comes to mind flow onto the page (as a panster) during a free write.

Yes, I am a tweener (a panster and a plotter). I always do both when I create something new. I need to try out ALL of my ideas before I narrow things down and try to fit it into a book. That’s how my creative process works.

Enter the ROLL OF THUNDER, HEAR MY CRY National Writing Contest!

“In 1974, the Council on Interracial Books sponsored a writing contest seeking out diverse voices. Mildred D. Taylor was the winner of the African-American segment for the manuscript that became Song of the Trees (Dial, 1975), her first book. It introduced the Logan family and was followed by Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (1976), which won the Newbery Medal.

Forty years later, in partnership with We Need Diverse Books™, Penguin Young Readers celebrates this momentous publication by launching a debut children’s fiction contest to find talented, ethnically diverse authors writing for readers ages 8-14.”

Submit your manuscript HERE! “Enter between 12:01:01 AM Eastern Time on April 26, 2016 and 11:59:59 PM Eastern Time on June 21, 2016.”

PRIZE: The confirmed winner will receive a book publishing contract for the publication of a novel for ages 8-14 by Penguin Random House LLC, with an advance of $35,000, plus royalties as follows: (i) on hardcover, 10% up to 50,000 copies and 12.5% thereafter; (ii) on paperback, 6% up to 50,000 copies and 7% thereafter; (iii) on audio, 8% of net; (iv) ebook, 25% of net; (v) world rights/all subrights at a 50/50 split; and (vi) an option on their next children’s or YA novel.

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Video Animation and Photography

Debut Children’s Fiction Contest