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My Resume
Janis
Fields
9 Arrowhead Drive
Ledyard, CT 06339
Email: author@janfields.com
Editorial Experience
On-Going since 2006: Webeditor for Institute of Children's Literature
Duties include acquiring, editing, and producing nonfiction content for web, creating Children's Writer's eNews weekly newsletter, and conducting chats.
On-Going since 2005: Editor of Kid Magazine Writers eMagazine
Duties include acquiring, editing, and producing nonfiction content for monthly online magazine.
Selected Writing
Credits
For Children:
Books
Adaptations of Classic Novels for Elementary students:
Last of the Mohicans
Available January 2010 through Magic Wagon, a division of the
ABDO Group
or your educational wholesaler.
Great Expectations
Available January 2010 through Magic Wagon, a division of the
ABDO Group
or your educational wholesaler.
Moby Dick
Available January 2010 through Magic Wagon, a division of the
ABDO Group
or your educational wholesaler.
Robinson Crusoe
Available January 2010 through Magic Wagon, a division of the
ABDO Group
or your educational wholesaler.
Wellspring of Magic, Adventure Book #1
Creative Girls Club
Publisher: DRG 2007
ISBN-10: 1596351470/ISBN-13: 978-1596351479
[Note: Mid-grade Novel written as work for hire]
"Puppy Pile-up," A poem written by request for Write Your Own Poetry by Laura Purdie Salas, Compass Point Books, 2008
ISBN: 978-o-7565-3519-3
She's Like Me
A series of 19 hardcover storybooks, written as work-for-hire to be sold with the
collectible doll line from The Family Company, Mooresville, NJ. 1998 - 2000
"Magazine Publishing Overview" in Children's Writer Guide to 2008 and Children's Writer Guide to 2007, Writer's Institute Publications.
Co-writer of Pipeline to Publication by Pam Kelly and Jan Fields, Independent Study Course by Writer's Institute Publications. 2004, Work-for-Hire.
"Snowflakes" [poem and craft] in The Best of Holiday and Seasonal Celebrations, Teaching and Learning Company, 2001.
Magazine Stories and
Articles
- "Ravin' Reviews" [book reviews] Discovery Girls -- on-going in each issue since fall 2008
- "Race for the Pole" [nonfiction] Highlights -- April 2009
- "Spider's Riddle," [fiction] Ladybug -- March 2009
- "Spring Giving," [Action Rhyme] Highlights High Five - April 2008
- "Carnivorous Caterpillars," [nonfiction] Cricket - June 2007
- "Self-Mailers," [craft] Highlights - December 2005
- "Old and New," [fiction] Wee Ones - September 2004
- "Family Treasure," [fiction] Pockets -- November 2003
- "Favorite Things Hats," [craft] Highlights -- February 2003
- "Night Eyes," [fiction] Ladybug -- September 2002
- "Frogs," [fingerplay, recipe, and craft] Lollipops -- January 2002
- "If Wishes Were Kittens," [fiction] Wee Ones -- May 2001
- "Dandelion," [poem] Ladybug -- May 2001
- "Make Your Own Newt," [craft] Highlights -- 2000
- Prior to 2000, credits include Boys' Quest, Crayola Kids, Shining Star, Teddy Bear and Friends, Single Parent Family, CharismaLife Publishers and International Doll World. More details available upon request.
Writing Articles have appeared in Keystrokes, Children's Book Insider, ByLine, Children's Writer Newsletter, and on the Institute for Children's Literature Website
Education
Bachelor
of Arts Degree in Journalism, 1983
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Teaching
Credits
1985 –
1995
Blue Ridge Community College
Continuing Education Department
Flat Rock, North Carolina 28731
2002 - ongoing
Institute of Children's Literature
Courses
Written & Taught:
- Magazine Nonfiction
Writing
- Writing For Children
- Beginners Fiction
Writing
- Pipeline for Publication for
Institute of Children's Literature
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