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, is her super-duper extra-special million-dollar seerct. She encourages aspiring writers to sort and set priorities and to establish serious goals in terms of time-per-week devoted to the objective of getting published. She does cover most of the basics how to write a query, how to write a cover letter, how to write a proposal. Mentions of SCBWI, Write4Kids, Children's Writer, and other helpful organizations are listed in the index and embedded in the text, with websites listed. There are lots of references to Eve Heidi Bine-Stock's books on writing for children (perhaps because she is the publisher). All in all, it's an easily read volume with lots of practical suggestions that will empower and connect beginning writers to their target: getting published. One of the ways Sanders suggests for writers to do so is to set up a writer's pyramid ; she assures the reader that those who implement this model into their own schedule see valuable results. In the Writer's Pyramid are layers she calls the no-pay/low-pay markets you submit to relentlessly to build experience and clips; the income you build by targeting a publisher, studying its website, and brainstorming ideas that would fit into their product line; and then always working on your own manuscript for personal fulfillment , your magnum opus. The Writer's Pyramid, Sanders says, helps you manage your time and focus your energy on very specific purposes each day in your writing week as you pursue the Triple Crown of Success. This formula is repeated throughout the book in subsequent chapters, sometimes verbatim, which may be a really good idea for beginning writers. The goal of the book is to have the reader shout, Yes I Can! and fearlessly make it so. This would be an excellent title to choose if you work with aspiring young writers who want to try their hand at children's books. Includes list of recommended books, index, books by the author, glossary.