puasha.com

THE Deputy Minister of Education was awarded the 2008 Southeast Asian (SEA) Write Award for his fourth anthology of poems entitled, "Rinduku" (My Yearning). Pg Dato Seri Setia Dr Hj Mohammad Pg Hj Abdul Rahman is this year's Brunei recipient of the prestigious award given to regional writers by the Kingdom of Thailand. The deputy minister received the award at a ceremony witnessed by senior officers of the Language and Literature Bureau, close friends and his family at his residence in Kg Jangsak. Pg Dato Dr Hj Mohammad, who has been writing since 1961, said that he did not anticipate the honour of being awarded with such a prestigious award. "My family and I are very proud for this award," he said. "I will try to my best to continue writing," he added. According to the deputy minister the inspiration to write often came at unforeseeable times but he would usually pray before sitting down and start writing. Director of Language and Literature Bureau, D

A lot of people think that writing children's books is easy. Well, it is - once you know how.That's the important bit - once you know how.Publishers and agents receive thousands of manuscripts every year - some every week. A lot of the publishers and agents complain that 99% of these submissions are unpublishable. Why? It's simple.The writers don't know what they're doing. They haven't taken the time to learn about writing children's books. Let's face it, you wouldn't try to fly a jumbo jet without first taking flying lessons. So why do so many people think they can write a children's book without first learning how?Now, this is good news for you, my friend.Because you can learn how to write a great children's book. The information is right here. Everything you need to know. Almost everyone assumes that writing children’s books is so easy, they don’t listen to good advice! So what’s the secret? It’s actually blindingly obvious: In order to ge