{"id":34,"date":"2015-06-21T00:24:50","date_gmt":"2015-06-21T00:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/writers\/?page_id=34"},"modified":"2015-06-21T03:28:27","modified_gmt":"2015-06-21T03:28:27","slug":"the-academy-of-childrens-writers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/writers\/the-academy-of-childrens-writers\/","title":{"rendered":"The Academy of Children’s Writers"},"content":{"rendered":"

This article was last updated on the 20th June, 2015 by Patrick Carpen.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

When I was just 3 years old, I was inspired somehow to become a professional children’s writer. I would scribble bits of stories, in the most ridiculous manner, on pieces of paper.<\/p>\n

By the time I was 5 years old, I had forgotten about this dream. When I was 15 years old, the dream rekindled again somehow. I started to scribble bits of stories on pieces of paper again. I scribbled a proposal letter and mailed it off to a UK publisher whose address I found in a children’s book in the local library.<\/p>\n

The publisher wrote back and said they couldn’t\u00a0handle my work at the moment but they suggested that I purchase a copy of The Writers’ and Artists’ Yearbook<\/em>, which lists many publishers who are willing to consider new writers.<\/p>\n

I got really excited about this book, and, like the little girl Angela in my first published children’s book<\/a>, I bugged my aunt day in, day out to get me a copy of The Writers’ and Artists’ Yearbook<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Being that she was a very busy person (and what else did you expect from a Canadian?) my aunt promised me that she will definitely procure the book for me but that I needed to be patient. About a year later, she delivered on her promise.<\/p>\n

The book, a beautiful red and white cover, I remember it to this day, looked so marvelous in my hands. My eyes welled up with glee as I flipped through the pages. In my eyes at that time, this book was filled with wonders and treasures.<\/p>\n

(More on the writer’s and artists yearbook later.)<\/p>\n

I read and reread the book and followed\u00a0the advice contained within its pages. However, after sending out a few proposals and submitting a few synopsis, my excitement petered out.<\/p>\n

By the time I was 17 years old, my dream of being a professional writer dissipated bit by bit as new, more adventurous and challenging ambitions besieged my mind. But the thought lingered, although not as too much as a priority.<\/p>\n

Related: Why I wanted to be build a factory.<\/p>\n

Related: A song that inspires me.<\/p>\n

Although I did manage to publish and market <\/a>my first children’s book, Angela’s Lost Turtle<\/a>, successfully, I remember when I was an aspiring writer as a teenager, I considered taking a course from the Academy of children’s writer, but for some reason I didn’t.<\/p>\n

But the other day, as I was musing about life and the mysteries and wonders of it, I started to wonder if I’m not giving up too easily, if I’m not foregoing the gifts endowed upon me by nature and nature’s God<\/a>; and if I should follow my instincts and pursue my dream of being a professional children’s writer more decisively.<\/p>\n

After all, at this stage in my life, with so many\u00a0accomplishments in the field of writing and publishing under my belt, I reason that I am extremely equipped for the task at hand, and I could, as the locals in Guyana say “mash it up”.<\/p>\n

It is for these reasons that I plant to\u00a0shortly embark on a course from the Academy of Children’s Writers, and I will be posting updates on my progress here for you to see how it goes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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