Carmela A. Martino, Children's Book Author

Highlighted Works . . .

Just released--March, 2010!
"Big Z, Cammi, and Me"
Short story in I Fooled You: Ten Stories of Tricks, Jokes, and Switcheroos, a middle-grade anthology edited by Johanna Hurwitz. See the teacher's guide here.
Middle-Grade Novel
Rosa, Sola
After praying and praying for a younger sibling, Rosa is thrilled to learn her mother is finally pregnant. But then tragedy strikes, and each member of her family must find a way to cope—including Rosa.
To read an excerpt from the novel, click here.
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For a list of discussion questions, click here.
Poem in Anthology
"Questions: A Poem in Two Voices"
In Chicken Soup for the Soup: Teens Talk High School edited by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Amy Newmark, & Madeline Clapps
For Recommended Reading for Children and Teens click below:


Are you a young writer who would like to be published? Then check out the links below. Or if you're an adult who wants to learn more about writing/​illustrating for young people, click here or scroll down.

Please note--these links are provided as a resource and do not indicate an endorsement of any of these sites or their programs.

Sites for Young Writers




Sites for Adult Writers/​Illustrators of
Works for Children:


Below are a number of links for adults interested in writing. I will periodically designate one of these as a "Featured Link," highlighting information available on that site.

This month's "Featured Link:"


Leslie What's Article: "Writer's Block: Is It All in Your Head?" is this month's featured link. This is the Writing World article I mentioned in my Prairie Writer's Day presentation on Nov. 14, 2009. It's an interesting discussion of "writer's block" from a medical perspective and includes a variety of "treatments." Scroll down to see the link.

Click on the image below to read more about the 2010 CWIM, which features an article by Carmela



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"Four Quick Tips" to Getting Published


1. Read! Read! Read!
To grow as a writer, it helps to study what works, and what doesn’t.

2. Write! Write! Write!
Like anything else, the only way to improve is with practice, practice, practice.

3. Revise! Revise! Revise!
Let your writing “cool off,” then return to it with a critical eye to see how to make it better. (This is where what you learned in Step 1 pays off.)

4. Submit! Submit! Submit!
Your writing will never get published if it’s sitting in a desk drawer (or on your computer’s hard drive). If you get any “encouraging” rejections, be sure to send the editor a “thank you” along with another manuscript. (If you’ve followed Step 2, you should have plenty of manuscripts to choose from!)

The Writing Life


The September, 2006 edition of The Edge of the Forest interviewed me for its "A Day in the Life" column. To read the interview, click the link below.

Authors You Should Know


I graduated from the Vermont College MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults Program with a wonderful group of writers/​illustrators known as The Hive. Below are links to some of their websites.

Two additional authors you should now are co-bloggers with me at www.TeachingAuthors.com: