My name is Margaret A. Shauers. I have been a "working writer" for 40 years, with hundreds of children's stories published and 5 books. Short story sales include Vt. Ink, Red Herring, The Fiction Primer, Dana Literary Society, Web Mystery Magazine, Highlights for Children, Jack & Jill, Children's Playmates, Guide and at least 30 other children's magazines. Hundreds of magazine articles have been published as well, and I have worked as a staff writer for a local college.

Besides being the Sub-Channel Steward
Arts and Humanities> Children's Literature here at Helium, I teach three online classes about writing magazine fiction for children at http://home.universalclass.com and write a column for Write4Kids and offer a 350+ children's writers market list. For more information: http://write4kids.com/wmarket/index.html. Or email mshauers@mac.com

Please email me with suggestions for the Children's Literature listings. And since some people have problems finding them, the actual short stories, essays, poetry and articles are under Writing. A quick fix is to do a search for Short Stories Children (or whatever).

On the personal side, I am old-enough-to-know-better about a whole lot of things. I also know what I love...stability, family (especially the grandkids), my friends (they are jewels!), my organic garden. I collect books and Native American storyteller dolls (what else would a children's writer collect?) and other Native American art and art done by people I know. I love to cook...sometimes gourmet, sometimes what a good friend calls "real American" food. Just very few potatoes; I'm diabetic and wow! I love potatoes, but the blood sugars do rise.

I also have less hair than the photo shows, but the good news is that I have hair. A breast cancer patient, I'm not yet a survivor, but planning to become one as quickly as possible.

My passion is ...

writing for children

I know too much about ...

cancer

My parents always told me ...

I had a big mouth

My childhood ambition ...

to become Louis Mae Alcott

My favorite memory ...

too many good ones to pick!

Why I write ...

I can't not write.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

three books...a murder mystery, a fantasy and a mainstream

My first job ...

babysitter

My best moment ...

seeing and touching my first published novel

My inspiration ...

my friends...they keep me going

Religion & Spirituality > Churches & Organizations How churches and businesses can work together to fulfill community needs

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CHURCHES, ORGANIZATIONS AND CITY GOVERNMENTI added city government to the topic because of a successful program in a nearby town. It isn't a huge town, but gangs exist everywhere. So does graffiti. Churches supply most of the labor. In fact, the entire idea came from one church's youth group.These workers do the physical work of cleansing, painting and whatever else needs done to eliminate the defacement to buildings, signs, walls and streets. Church youth groups of all denominations show up in good numbers to work, as do many adult church members. Working together, they accomplish a gre...

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