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Presents advice to writers on the techniques of the craft from well-known authors such as John Irving and Anita Shreve, and features an annotated list of over three thousand resources for writers, including book publishers, syndicates, prize offers, conferences, writers' groups, and article markets, grouped by subject.

Offers children information about more than one hundred kid-friendly organizations that they can give their time and money to, whether through donating goods, organizing charity events or simply working as volunteers.

Provides contact information and submission guidelines for over four thousand markets for writers, covering literary agents, book publishers, Canadian and international book publishers, small presses, consumer magazines, trade journals, and contests, and includes advice on the business of writing, and comments from successful authors.

Reference handbook provides a survey of the available literature on violent children, explores twenty theories for the rise in youth crime, gives biographical sketches of people working on the issue, and gives a chronology of violent acts by children.