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ANNOUNCEMENT:

HOW TO BE A SCRAPPY LITTLE WRITER AND PURSUE ALL PUBLICATION PATHS

with Rebecca Langston-George

Saturday, December 6, 2025 1pm PST

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Learn how to broaden your approach beyond writing for the traditional market, to also include self or hybrid publishing, and writing for the educational market through work-for-hire. You'll learn the perks and pitfalls of each path and how to juggle all three so that you really can have it all as well as build writing credits, snag an agent, and be your own boss. In the hands-on portion, you'll have time to work on a submission packet to approach work-for-hire publishers.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

REBECCA LANGSTON-GEORGE

Rebecca Langston-George is the author of 19 books for children including the bestselling For the Right to Learn: Malala Yousafzai's Story. While Rebecca is largely known for writing nonfiction for all ages, her fiction picture book debut Rover Rolled Over is coming out in March and her middle grade historical fiction One Fine Voice debuts soon. A retired teacher, Rebecca serves as the Regional Advisor for SCBWI Central-Coastal California and is on the board of the California Reading Association. She's an active school presenter and creates teacher guides for other authors. She writes (and mostly rewrites) at one mile per hour on her treadmill desk.

You can find Rebecca on the various social media platforms below:
Website: www.rebeccalangston-george.com
X: @RebeGeorge
Insta: rebeccalangstongeorge
Bluesky: @rebegeorge.bsky.social
Etsy: etsy.com/shop/RebeccaLG
Facebook: Rebecca Langston-George
Pinterest: RebeccaLG

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Register for the Workshop

Whether you seek a community of like-minded authors, dream of becoming a published author, or simply want to pursue and explore your writing hobby, joining a writing group like the Children's Book Writers of Los Angeles will help you.

CBW–LA offers critique groups and sessions, writing workshops, guest lectures, write-ins at local coffee shops, networking, writing support, and even publishing opportunities for our members and guests. Every month, there's something interesting on our calendar!

Once you've had a look around, be sure to check out OUR NEWSLETTER at medium.com for thoughts on writing.

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HISTORY

Although the group's main focus is on writing for children, we welcome writers of all kinds, as well as those who love to read children's books.

Founded in 2010, we branched out to start publishing our members in 2013 through our annual Story Sprouts Writing Day Workshop. We have two Writing Resources and Anthologies under our belt: Story Sprouts and Story Sprouts: Voice as well as a collaborative Middle Grade novel called Kayla Wayman, Teen Time Traveler: Lost in the Stream.

Story Sprouts: Setting and Story Sprouts: Conflict are currently in development, as well as a yet-unnamed Middle Grade collaborative novel about a boy who gets sucked into his video game. Look for those soon.

We encourage you to attend the annual workshop and buy a copy of the previous Story Sprouts; they make an excellent writing resource, brimming with high quality poetry, short fiction and nonfiction by our Story Sprouts authors.

MISSION AND PURPOSE

Our workshops provide tips and lessons on the craft and business of writing. You'll learn how to create characters so real, they practically jump off the page, weave storylines to make an interesting plot, revise and edit your manuscript, write and submit query letters to agents and editors, and how the publishing industry works.

You can get helpful feedback on your manuscript through our critique sessions, and our creative writing sessions help in sparking the next great idea, or simply help you improve your writing skills so you can find your voice and style.

MEMBERSHIP AND EVENTS

Events are open to members and non-members alike. Members get great discounts on our workshops and free access to our critique sessions. Be sure to RSVP to reserve your space at any event. We offer many takeaways and have limited space, so we want to make sure you get the most out of your experience.