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About Shirley Raye Redmond & Jennifer McKerley
We are Shirley Raye Redmond & Jennifer McKerley, award-winning authors and writing partners. We are teachers, speakers, parents, and students. We love writing stories. We challenge each other to reach our individual goals, and we also like to share what we've learned with aspiring writers. We love sharing with you what we've learned over the years.
Written by Jennifer McKerley on Mar. 15th 2024
"THERE ARE PUBLISHERS WHO ARE OPEN TO YOUR SUBMISSIONS, AND WE’VE GOT THREE MORE FOR YOU." 
Written by Jennifer McKerley on Mar. 9th 2024
"HERE ARE MORE PUBLISHERS WHO ARE OPEN TO YOUR SUBMISSIONS FOR CHILDREN’S BOOKS." 
Written by Jennifer McKerley on Mar. 1st 2024
"We do some of the hard work for you. We look for publishing houses and editors who do not require the writer to have an agent and compile a list just for you. Take a look at these leads."
Written by Jennifer McKerley on Nov. 11th 2022
“As a writer, I am always trying to balance my time so I can write but also stay involved with people and activities that are important to me. One activity that I've found to be rewarding is being involved in the Constitution Day Essay Contest for students, sponsored by a group I'm involved with.”
Written by Jennifer McKerley on Sept. 2nd 2022
“I’D ATTENDED CONFERENCES BEFORE I MET SHIRLEY RAYE, BUT ONCE I LEARNED HER METHOD, I FELT CONFIDENT AND PREPARED TO TALK TO EDITORS IN A PROFESSIONAL MANNER.”
Written by Shirley Raye Redmond and Jennifer McKerley on Nov. 26th 2021
WE HOPE YOU HAD A GREAT THANKSGIVING! And if you grabbed a book to read to a child, we’re sure you had no trouble finding a Thanksgiving-themed story.

Written by Shirley Raye Redmond and Jennifer McKerley on Sept. 17th 2021
FROM OUR FILES WE FOUND THESE TIDBITS OF WISDOM FOR BEGINNING EDITORS, BUT THE THOUGHTS ARE HELPFUL FOR WRITERS ALSO.
Written by Shirley Raye Redmond and Jennifer McKerley on Sept. 12th 2021
MANY WRITERS SET A QUOTA OF WORDS PER DAY. HERE ARE OUR TOP 8 TIPS FOR WRITING FAST AND WRITING EFFECTIVELY.
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