The Writers Network News; June 18, 2004 http://ezezine.com
June 18, 2004
The Writers Network News
“No Rules; Just Write!”
Editor: Bobbie Christmas (Bobbie@zebraeditor.com or bzebra@aol.com)
NOTE: Next Roswell meeting date: Friday, July2, 2004
12:00 noon at Wok & Chops Gourmet Restaurant
See bottom of newsletter for directions
In This Issue:
1. Kudos: Drew Stepek, Roz Rosenburg, TC McClenning, Darlene Pitts
2. From the editor’s desk: “I am a writer!”
3. Q and A: Coz or cuz, proposals, markets, format, and much more
4. Subjects of interest to writers
5. Jobs, contests, grants, agents and markets
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Quote of the Day: “Eliminate every word you can. Don’t make me waste the
precious moments of my life reading crap you were too lazy to
throw out.” --Kenn Amdahl, author or coauthor of There Are No Electrons: Electronics for Earthlings, Algebra Unplugged, Calculus for Cats, The Land of Debris and the Home of Alfredo
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One: Kudos
[Kudos: noun: praise or honor: praise, credit, or glory for an achievement]
Drew Stepek writes, “Drew Stepek, the most fundamentally retarded author, won a contest for the band called Ministry. See the work at http://www.ministrymusic.org/news/ “A special edition of the Bobbie Christmas edition of Godless is available now and will for sure be a collector's (of dust) item. The book is picking up steam in the Hollywood community and those who aren't offended ask, ‘Who edited this brilliant piece?’"
http://www.cafeshops.com/godlessnovel.9477975 or go to http://www.godless.com
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I finished my family-history book. Yes, I finally finished it--all 196 pages after nearly five years--and the family email requests for copies have pushed my mailbox capacity over the brink. (The good and bad of having a VERY large family). –Roz Rosenburg
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Great news! I have been accepted at a writer's retreat. It's a 400-acre farm called Artcroft, an hour north of Lexington, Kentucky, and I'll be there for two glorious weeks, June 26 through July 10. In addition, I had a filler item published in the March/April issue of Cross & Quill, a Christian writer's newsletter. –TC McClenning.
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Member Darlene Pitts has published her first book, Haunted Revenge, through www.iuniverse.com. For more information, see the “Subjects of Interest” section.
Do you have good news? Please send it to me at Bobbie@zebraeditor.com.
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Two: From the editor’s desk: “I am a writer!”
What does it take for us to believe we are writers? Most people look up to me because of the volume of articles I’ve sold; books I’ve edited, ghosted or coauthored; and the years I’ve supported myself with nothing but words. Still, even though I’m the one who makes everyone in our network say, “I am a writer,” when we introduce ourselves at meetings, I am as vulnerable as each of you, in wondering if it is true, at times.
Yesterday I had one of those marvelous epiphanies where my status as a writer could not be denied. I walked into Chapter 11, a small bookstore chain in metro Atlanta, sauntered to the Reference department, looked, and there on the shelf stood my book, Write In Style, with my name on the spine. I stared at it, breathed in deeply and let the joy, pride and confirmation pour over me like a warm shower. I reached out, took the book in my hand, and smiled to myself. I carried it to the counter and thanked the manager for carrying my book and asked if he wanted me to autograph it. Yes, he did, so I signed the single copy he had in the entire store, and a worker added a sticker that said “autographed copy.” I learned from prior book signings that autographed books sell better and are not returnable to the distributor, a vital sales point.
I walked out of that store a little bit taller than my usual five feet, three inches. My stature grew because I reconfirmed what I already knew: I am a writer!
Please go to your local bookstore and ask for my book. If it is not on the shelf, tell the store to order several copies, before the first printing sells out. I hope.
Here’s the information:
Write In Style: Using Your Word Processor to Improve Your Writing
By Bobbie Christmas
Union Square Publishing (distributed by Simon & Schuster)
By the way, one of the first people to buy my book called me and left this message on my voicemail: "I'm on page 44, and I'm absolutely in awe. This book is priceless. I've spent hundreds of dollars on books, searching to find out how to improve my techniques, but in 44 pages of your book, it tops everything I've come in contact with. It's a wealth of information and will change my life. Thank you for writing this book. It's priceless." -- Renee Irvin
Thank you for your support.
Enjoy this newsletter, and be sure to send your kudos, questions, comments and leads, to share with members of your network.
--Bobbie Christmas
Author of Write In Style (Union Square Publishing, an imprint of Cardoza Publishing)
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Three: Questions and Answers:
Q: Where do you recommend I send my three short children's stories for publication? --Terry Wynne
A: This question is one of those easy-sounding ones, but has no easy answer. Unless you want to pay someone to handle the research for you, you must take your own time to check for resources. Here are some recommendations for locating resources for any publication, in the order of my personal preference:
1. Bookstores. To find my publisher, I went to bookstores and looked at books in the writing/reference category, wrote down the publishers, and went home and contacted them with personal letters stating the name of the book the publisher had already published and how my book fit in the same category.
2. Writersmarket.com. This Website costs $2.99 a month for a subscription, but it lets you electronically search for the markets you want and gives you all the contact information and often lists complete guidelines for sending submissions. Each publisher supplies its own information, and those who don’t want submissions do not participate, so you don’t waste your time. The book lets you know which publishers accept direct submissions without an agent and it lists agents, as well. Because it is electronic, it's kept more up to date than the printed source listed next.
3. Writer’s Market. This book is for sale at bookstores. It’s the same compilation as the above Web site, and it includes articles of help and interest to writers.
4. Literary Market Place. This book is too pricey to buy, but it is available for research in most libraries and includes almost every traditional publisher in the market.
Before you send anything out to a publisher, though, first be sure it is the best it can possibly be. Rewrite, rewrite, rewrite. Next make sure it is in standard manuscript format. Next undertake your research to locate publishers interested in your type, style and genre, and be sure the publisher will accept unagented submissions. Last, send a businesslike query or cover letter, according to each publisher’s guidelines and preferences.
Q: In a nonfiction work I compare a passage in life to lyrics from a particular song. Is it enough to just give credit to the artist as in “(quote from lyrics goes here)" was more than Pink Floyd lyrics? James felt as though The Wall was written just for him.
How much of an artist's work can be “borrowed” without requesting permission? --PD
A: I’m not an attorney, but as I understand it, no set rule applies. The owner of a copyright can sue for infringement at will. Your best bet is to avoid using the work of others or simply refer to the title of it, without quoting the lyrics. Otherwise, you may want to consult an attorney familiar with copyright law and/or locate the owner of the copyright and pay a fee for using the lyrics.
Q: In my latest book, two of the main characters are cousins. They often refer to each other as "coz;” however, one of the women in my review group thinks “coz” looks funny on the page and thinks the word should be "cuz." Which of these is correct, coz or cuz?
A: It’s a great question, because in truth “coz” is the proper informal word for “cousin,” yet we pronounce it “cuz.” You may choose to use the dialectical variation in dialogue, which is “cuz,” but in narrative, you must use the correct word, which is “coz,” even if it looks funny. As an editor, I advise using the correct form throughout: coz. The final decision is yours, though, because you are the author of your work.
Q: What is standard manuscript format?
A: Basically, it’s 12-point Courier type, double-spaced, with margins of at least an inch on all sides. It has many finer points, as well, including the information in the header and the fact that a manuscript nowadays should have only one space after a period. For complete details and a sample manuscript, see: http://www.shunn.net/writing/coach/format.html
Q: An agent requested to see the first 50 pages of the nonfiction manuscript. Would it be okay to send the proposal as well, or should I just send the first 50 pages as she asked?
A: Congratulations on gaining the interest of an agent! You can't go wrong by including the proposal, too. You can rarely go wrong by doing more than someone asks; only by doing less.
Q: Do you have any suggestions regarding publishers I should contact about my nonfiction book proposal?
A: I covered some of this in an earlier question, but it bears repeating. My favorite source, because it is electronically searchable and constantly updated: www.writersmarket.com. Cost: $2.99/month. I love it. Having said that, when trying to sell my own book, I exhausted all those sources before I finally went to a bookstore and simply looked for books similar to the one I wanted to write (an up-to-date book on writing with style) and checked out the publishers. That way I found several publishers not listed with Writers Market. I queried them, mentioning the other book(s) they had published that were within the realm of reference/writing, and I found the publisher that eventually bought my book.
There's no shortcut for finding a publisher. It's work, but it works, if you have a good enough, unique product. Yours may be unique; you just have to make it great, to get into the one- to two-percent of books that get purchased by publishers.
Q: I was quite surprised to see that your story in one of the Cup of Comfort books had so much passive writing in it. Now I have found myself in a state of confusion.
You constantly say and have taught in classes that using passive writing is a no-no and do everything we can to avoid using was, were, had, have, would, could, etc., yet the first sentence in your story is passive, as well as most of the rest of it.
Which is right? Do we avoid using passive or not, and why aren't you practicing what you preach? There is so much confusion for me. I hear “Don't use passive,” yet every single book I ever pick up, even first-time writer’s books that made it big, are full of passive. I'm not sure what is right or wrong any more.
A: As they say, "Passive voice cannot be avoided!"
I haven’t been fortunate to sell a story to every one of the Cup of Comfort editions, but I have been successful in selling memoirs to several of them. I don't know which book or which story you read of mine, but I can say this:
1. Colleen Sell edits all those stories and changes them in any way she wants. For years she made changes without asking writers their opinion. Only in the current project (A Cup of Comfort for Mothers and Sons), not yet printed, did she ask me for feedback on her edited version of my story before going to press. She has, in the past, changed some of my sentences from active to passive, for her own reasons, but she isn’t the true culprit; I am.
2. Yes, passive tells, while active voice shows. Memoirs of that kind—nonfiction--almost always require a little more passive voice than I prefer, but to write it in any other form sounds overly aggressive, too much the style of fiction. Memoir writing should tell the background and then show emotion in the climactic moment, rather than showing it throughout.
3. I cannot think of any writer or teacher who says you can never use passive voice; we only say that when you change more verbs to active, your writing improves.
Do not give up on your quest to use active voice more often than passive, especially in fiction, because active voice does call for stronger verbs, and stronger verbs result in stronger writing.
For More Q & A by Bobbie Christmas, see: http://fictionaddiction.net/askexpert8.html
Do you have a question? Send it today to Bobbie@zebraeditor.com.
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Four: Subjects of interest to writers
Seminar by Bobbie Christmas, author of Write In Style
Editor’s Crash Course in Creative Writing
This one-day workshop changes your life. Money back, if you leave without a new perspective on creative writing. Bring five double-spaced pages of your current prose, whether a short story, novel portion, essay or article. You will learn The Christmas Method™ that changes prose from paltry to publishable. You will learn to analyze your own writing to make it zing.
Saturday, July 17, 2004, 10:00 – 4:00 (we’ll break for a bring-a-sack lunch and conversation). $94
Limited seating ensures an intimate group, so register early.
To register send name, address, phone number and e-mail address along with a check for $94 to Bobbie Christmas, 230 Deerchase Drive, Woodstock, GA 30188. Yes, you can use PayPal to charge it. Simple driving directions will be sent by e-mail after you register.
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Haunted Revenge
Darlene Pitts’s new novel, Haunted Revenge, through iUniverse, has the following summary: “Ethel Williamson, a gifted artist and psychic, and Neka Campbell, an electrical engineer, have been enemies for fourteen years. Ethel sets out to destroy Neka’s fairytale marriage as the ultimate payback for an assumed wreckage of her teenage years. Ethel’s traumatic past demanded revenge that manifested a belligerent ghost promising inescapable doom.” To purchase the book, go to www.iuniverse.com/jahia/Jahia/pid/155.
Darlene notes: “As a first-time author, I found the iUniverse.com publication process was simple and quick. I recommend it to any author who has trouble publishing a book through traditional publishers.”
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Write Your Memoirs In Style
Friday, July 30, 2004, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Record your lifetime for lifetimes to come, and do it with aplomb. Bobbie Christmas will give an interactive presentation Friday, July 30, at the William G. Long Senior Center, 231 Arnold Mill, Suite 400, Woodstock, GA 30188. Attendees do not have to be members of the center. Cost: $35.00. Copies of “To Our Children’s Children” by Bob Greene and D. Fulford will be distributed, as well as other useful handouts to help you write your memoirs in a way that your descendants will read them for many generations. Call 678-445-6518 to sign up or for more information.
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From LaLa Land Newsletter: “Book market continues to be flooded with books written by politicos and pundits who want to be authors in the worst way and are succeeding.” George Mair, P.O. 535, Dana Point, CA 92629/ Gmair8001 @aol.com
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_Purge Your Prose of Problems_, a book doctor’s desk reference book compiled by Bobbie Christmas, is now available by charge card. Save thousands and edit your own book. To order, go to www.zebraeditor.com and click on Bookstore.
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Writer's Mentor is a critique group for writers serious about developing their craft. We specialize in short fiction, memoir, essay, and novel. Join with us on the 2nd and 4th Mondays every month from 7 p.m.-9 p.m. Regular attendance at meetings is expected. 1911 Cliff Valley Way, NE, Come share and learn. Visitors are welcome. Call Jack Cooley, 404-312-9072, or cell 404-762-5135, or email jcooley1@bellsouth.net
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Open Mic Night - Summer Series – Marietta, Georgia
July 9 and August 13
Readings begin at 7:00 p.m. Five-minute limit per reader
Hosted by Brush Creek Writers Cooperative at Barnes & Noble West Cobb (3625
Dallas Hwy, Marietta, GA 30064)
We invite all writers to join in this unique opportunity to share original work with a live audience and support other writers. Whether it is fiction, nonfiction or poetry, join in presenting essays, poems, short stories, excerpts from novels in progress. Aspiring literary artists of all ages welcome. Free. Open to the Public.
Brush Creek Writers Contact:
Barbara Collins
770-309-3611
ginger4410@bellsouth.net
Barnes & Noble
Connie Olasz
Community Relations Manager
770-424-2903
770.424.0511 (West Cobb Store)
crm2157@bn.com
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Rev Up Your Writing and Win! Seminar Available on Tape
Rev Up Your Writing and Win is a high-quality cassette recorded at the Harriette Austin Writers Conference in Athens, Georgia. The package includes all accompanying materials and handouts. Only $14.95 plus $4 shipping (total $18.95). To order, call Bobbie Christmas (770/924-0528) or write to bobbie@zebraeditor.com.
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Hiatus Travel Magazine: timeshare magazine launches
Arizona-based Bigfish Publications has announced the launch of Hiatus Travel Magazine, "an unbiased national consumer travel magazine that will speak solely to vacation and timeshare enthusiast families." The quarterly publication covers worldwide locations that have timeshare accommodations. "In addition to destination features relevant to any traveler, Hiatus offers extensive ongoing education on timesharing for the owner and the potential owner." Editor-in-chief: David Wood. Source: biz.yahoo.com
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Newsweek launches in Russia
"Newsweek has become the first Western news magazine to launch in Russia with the publication this week of Russky Newsweek." Editor-in-chief: Alexander Gordeev. Source: mediaweek.co.uk
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Puppy Basics: dog magazine to launch
The new publication from Family Communications targets first-time puppy owners and is scheduled to launch this next February. Source: mastheadonline.com
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Overview: success of "lad" mags
Men's magazines Maxim and FHM continue to show strong audience growth. "Esquire may have grabbed hold of some serious prestige after taking home four 'Ellies' at last month's National Magazine Awards, but 'laddie-mags' Maxim and FHM continue to prove that what men really want are semi-naked photos of ex-actresses from Baywatch and the WB, along with lots of bawdy humor and shorter, graphics-heavy editorial." Source: mediapost.com
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R.R. Bowker on May 27 released preliminary statistics on U.S. book publishing compiled from its Books In Print database. Bowker projects that U.S. title output in 2003 increased 19 percent to 175,000 new titles and editions, the highest total ever recorded.
Other statistics from Bowker include:
^ 10,877 new publishers registered for International Standard Book Numbers in 2003, an increase of 226 (2.1 percent) over 2002
^ California is home to 16,787 publishers, far more than any other state, and more than double the 7,371 located in New York State. New York City still leads all U.S. cities and 45 of 50 states with 3,347 publishers.
^ 51 percent of all new titles published in 2003 by the three largest print-on-demand publishers were fiction, poetry or drama. These categories accounted for 57 percent of all titles published since 1998 by the same POD houses.
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BookTrends found that while Americans bought nearly the same number of books in 2003 as they did in 2002 – 1.176 billion books in 2003 versus 1.177 billion books in 2002 – overall spending on books decreased two percent, falling from $11.3 billion in 2002 to $11.0 billion in 2003.
The disparity between unit and dollar trend performance during 2003 is partially explained by continuous increases in used book buying, supported by increased traffic at used bookstores and online retailers.
[Ouch. As you must know, authors do not get royalties on used books.]
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Publishers reject 99 percent of children’s book ms. According to subsidy publisher Trafford, more than five million Americans have a book manuscript sitting on a shelf. Trafford says major publishing houses reject more than 99 percent of children picture books submissions.
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The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) reported in May that unit sales in the book industry are expected to remain virtually flat (about a one percent increase) in the five years from 2002 to 2007. Dollar sales, however, are projected to grow 22 percent in the period, from 26.7 billion in 2002 to $32.7 in 2007.
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Wenner Books teams with Hyperion in new publishing venture
Wenner Media, publisher of Rolling Stone, Us and Men's Journal magazines, on May 10 announced that its newly formed book imprint, Wenner Books, has entered into a partnership with Hyperion Books. Hyperion will print, sell and distribute all Wenner titles.
"We hope to start with ten books for next year and grow the list from there," says Robert Wallace, editor-in-chief and a vice president of Wenner Media. The list will focus primarily on nonfiction, specifically contemporary music, politics, culture and style, adventure and biography. The book division has already signed up nonfiction works by Rolling Stone writer Evan Wright, represented by ICM; Men's Journal writers Sam Sheridan, represented by Kuhn Projects, and Brad Regan and Michael Kaplan, represented by Witherspoon Associates.
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American Magazines Dumbing Down
Watsonville, CA--New American magazines are published for increasingly younger readers and with abbreviated material, a new study proves.
"Magazines launched in the 1990s and 2000s capture readers younger than the average magazine purchaser today," says Meg Weaver, owner of the Wooden
Horse Magazines Database, an online magazine resource for publicists, writers and researchers with information on more than 2,000 US and Canadian consumer and trade publications. "In contrast, magazines launched in the 1950s and 60s attract readers today who are 13% older than the average reader. Readers of magazines founded in the 1970s are 3% older and the trend to younger ages is continuing. Publications from the 1990s have readers 9% younger and those from the 2000s are 13% younger. In other words, large blocks of the reading population are no longer being serviced by the magazine industry."
To draw younger readers, magazines publish shorter material. "We found another the average minimum word count editors request from writers ranges from a high of 738 words in magazines founded in the 1960s to an appalling 478 words in magazines launching today."
Meg Weaver, (831) 728-0835, Wooden Horse Publishing, mweaver@woodenhorsepub.com. http://www.woodenhorsepub.com
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Books For Soldiers
Books For Soldiers is a soldier-support Web site that ships books, DVDs and supplies to deployed soldiers and soldiers in VA hospitals, through a large volunteer network. If you have old but usable paperback books sitting around, send them to a solider for a big morale boost. To learn more, see http://www.booksforsoldiers.com
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Five: Jobs, Contests, Grants, Agents and Markets
Competition: Glimmer Train's Very Short Fiction Award.
Eligibility: Open to all themes, all subjects, all writers, published and unpublished. Your original, unpublished story must not exceed 2,000 words.
First-place winner receives $1,200, publication in Glimmer Train Stories, and 20 copies of the issue in which it is published. Second- and third-place winners receive $500/$300, respectively, and acknowledgement in that issue.
To submit your story, go to our site, www.glimmertrainpress.com, log in, and click on VERY SHORT STORY AWARD. Reading fee (payable by visa or mc) is $10 per story.
Entries will be accepted through July 31. Winners will be called by November 1. Top 25 list will be emailed to all participants by that date.
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WHAT WOMEN DO WHEN CHALLENGED
Share transformative stories of courage, commitment and hope! We are looking for new stories for our next book The Heroines’ Spirit. Go to http://www.worldofwork.com/home.shtml or email jregan@worldofwork.com.
--Judee Regan
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MARTIN LITERARY MANAGEMENT (new listing!)
17328 Ventura Blvd.
Suite 138
Encino CA 91316
Phone: (818)595-1130
E-Mail: sharlene@martinliterarymanagement.com
Website: www.martinliterarymanagement.com
Contact: Sharlene Martin
Established: 2002
Seeking New and established writers
Prior to becoming an agent, Ms. Martin worked in film/TV production and acquisitions. 75% of clients are new/unpublished writers. This agency has strong ties to film/TV. Currently Handles 100% nonfiction books.
Query with SASE
Submit:
• Outline
• 2 sample chapters
Accepts e-mail queries
No fax queries
Accepts simultaneous submissions
Responds in 1 week to queries.
Responds in 3-4 weeks to manuscripts.
Returns materials only with SASE
Actively seeking: Actively seeking nonfiction that is highly commercial and that can be adapted to film. Agent receives 15% commission on domestic sales
Agent receives 25% commission on foreign sales
Offers written contract
Binding time: 1 year
Termination notice: 1-month
Charges author for postage and copying if material is not sent electronically.
Tips: "Have a strong platform for nonfiction. Don't call, use e-mail. I gladly welcome e-mail. Do your homework prior to submission, and only submit your best efforts."
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THOTH LITERARY AGENCY (new listing!)
P.O. Box 620277
Littleton CO 80162-0277
Phone: (303)932-0277
Fax: (303)978-1461
E-Mail: medulla@sprintmail.com
Website: www.hawaiianhulahips.com/thothliteraryagency/
Contact: Manulani Thelen.
Member Agents: Monica Lanie (cooking, crafts, animals, YA, theater/film, fantasy); Manulani Thelen (ethnic, juvenile, YA, music/dance, picture book).
New agency actively seeking new and established writers
Prior to becoming an agent, Manulani Thelen has been the artistic director of a 501(c)(3) nonprofit for 33 years. Thelen is also a composer, curriculum developer, educator, and professor of ethnology.
Established: 2003
Represents 6 clients. 66% of clients are new/unpublished writers. "We provide honest, customized feedback at no cost, not merely a vague note of rejection. We never charge reading or publisher search fees. Although we are not yet members of AAR, we abide by their Canon of Ethics."
Currently Handles:
50% (YA) novels
50% crafts/hobbies.
Nonfiction Books
Novels
Novellas
Juvenile Books
Query with SASE
Submit:
• Synopsis
• 3 sample chapters
• SASE
No e-mail or fax queries
Accepts simultaneous submissions
Responds in 3 weeks to queries.
Responds in 6 weeks to manuscripts.
Returns materials only with SASE
Actively seeking: Actively seeking "well-written works in the areas of fiction (adventure, ethnic, fantasy, juvenile, picture book, young adult) and nonfiction (animals, cooking/food, crafts/hobbies, ethnic/cultural interests, juvenile nonfiction, music/dance/theater/film).
Does not want: Does not want to receive poetry, romance, screenplays, self-help, westerns, science fiction, or detective/crime.
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PRESERVATION FOUNDATION CONTESTS
The Preservation Foundation, Inc.
3102 W. End Ave.
Suite 200
Nashville TN 37203
E-Mail: preserve@storyhouse.org
Website: www.storyhouse.org
Contact: Richard Loller
Contest offered annually for unpublished nonfiction. "Our annual contests are to encourage those with a story to tell to share it with others before it is lost or forgotten. General nonfiction category (1,500-5,000 words)--any appropriate nonfiction topic. Travel nonfiction category (1,500-5,000 words)--must be true story of trip by author or someone known personally by author." Contest is for previously unpublished writers. First entry is free, $5/additional entry per contest.
Prize: First prize: $100 in each category. Certificates for runners-up and finalists.
Deadline: September 30
Eligibility: Open to any writer
Entry Fee: None
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Custom Writers Needed
We are seeking freelance writers paid on a per project basis. Our service is custom writing services. A questionnaire filled out by client will detail what information needs to go into the project. All work must be original. Pay scale is as follows:
Original Poems: $25 - $30
3 Minute Toasts/Speeches: $35 - $40
Toasts/Speeches (4+minutes): $50 - $150+
Resumes: $125 - $150
Eulogies: $50
In your email indicate what types of things you are able to write and upload samples if available. Also indicate your pricing for writing sample (non-custom) poems, toasts, eulogies, etc., for a database we are creating of samples for people to review who do not have time to get an original one. job-33202084@craigslist.org
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PR Writers
Los Angeles-based skin-care line is seeking "ink." Looking for writers/PR people with magazine (Web site) contacts in Health & Beauty departments. Write with a brief description of your background and where you think you could get placement. The initial payment is on the small side; however, commissions are paid for sales from the article (we have a tracking method) that could amount to huge returns. job-32259214@craigslist.org
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Freelance writers for health trade publication
We are looking for contributions from freelance writers for a quarterly magazine distributed to health professionals (dentists, doctors, universities, etc.). Style is lifestyle, but with health and medical knowledge, similar in standard to NEW SCIENTIST, but on health only.
We are looking for articles on the following topics and more:
- Oral Health and Disability
- Chinese medicine and Western diagnostic and therapy methods
- Diabetes and cardiovascular disease or "Syndrome X" (the connection on obesity, diabetes and heart disease)
- oral health: the dilemma of developing countries of not having enough dentists, and the growing need to combat caries.
- "Treating the unseen," therapies to help patients suffering from mental illness
- Genetic Therapy and the cure for disease
- Sexual health of the aged
- After SARS: Waiting for the next epidemic
We need a double-page, A4 spread (with photos, so not solid 2-page text.)
Please let us know
1. price in Rupees
2. time needed to write
3. topic of interest (will send more info later then)
We require samples of your written work. The JanKossen Group is based in Kuala Lumpur, and is an event and congress management company with consultancy. The Magazine HEALTHWORLDS is the official publication of the congress held annually in Kuala Lumpur in September. www.healthworldsasia.com congress@healthworldsasia.com --Jasmin Kossenjans
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Magazine wants Freelance Articles
Registered Rep.
249 W. 17th St.
Third Floor
New York, NY 10011 USA
Registered Rep., a monthly magazine aimed at financial advisors, is seeking a few good freelance writers. Pay starts at $1 per word, but can move upwards for superstars. Please send a resume, two clips and a story idea to Editor-in-Chief David Geracioti. No phone calls, please. Mr. David Geracioti, dgeracioti@primediabusiness.com
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DiversityInc
317 George St.
Suite 420
New Brunswick, NJ 08902 USA
Fax: 732-509-5225
Barbara Frankel
bfrankel@diversityinc.com
Experienced business writer needed to write advertorial copy for DiversityInc magazine. At least five years writing business copy required. DiversityInc publishes both DiversityInc, the magazine and DiversityInc.com. We are the premier source of original, managerial-level information on the business benefits of diversity. We publish original content every business day. DiversityInc.com was founded in 1998, has no outside investors, is profitable and has audited books. The parent company, Allegiant Media, was founded in 1993. Please send resume via email. Please don't send attachments. Duties: Research, report, and write short, daily news items about the independent film industry for IFCTV.com.
Qualifications: Minimum 3 years of experience writing for newspapers, Web sites, and/or magazines; a demonstrated interest in independent film; contacts within the independent film industry. Ideal candidate is highly motivated, a self-starter, and a quick, accurate reporter/writer.
This is a freelance position and does not include benefits. Candidate must be an incorporated independent contractor.
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Freelancer needed for Independent Film Channel
IFC Digital Media
job102862@yahoo.com
Fax: 917.542.6396
Elizabeth Nix
Submit the following by email or fax: cover letter, resume, and two relevant writing samples. No phone calls, please!
Launched in September 1994, The Independent Film Channel is the first channel entirely dedicated to presenting independent film, unedited and commercially uninterrupted 24 hours a day. Committed to work struck from the creative vision of cinema's most compelling filmmakers, IFC also offers alternative films from today's new and up-and-coming artists. IFC's exclusive live coverage of special events, including the Independent Spirit Awards and Cannes Film Festival, creative on-air festivals and one-of-a-kind original series and specials, secures the company's role as the leader in independent film. IFC Television is one of the fastest growing digital cable networks nationwide.
IFC Films releases 10-12 films per year.
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Food & Dining Magazine
publisher@foodanddiningmagazine.com
(502) 493-5511 ext. 501
John Carlos White
Food & Dining Magazine is looking for freelance writers for feature stories, segments and recurring columns. We are looking for seasoned, published writers with extensive knowledge of food, cooking or spirits. Please respond with sample work and subject relative job information.
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Tots to Teens
We are currently looking for articles for our August edition. Tots To Teens is a family magazine for parents and our current circulation is 100,000 per issue. Payment for articles is $25-$40 and reprints are accepted. We are open to ideas re: subject matter as long as it loosely relates to the topic of family. Ideally looking for articles between 300 - 800 words. Please submit articles or ideas to 982 Press at: totsarticles@yahoo.com for review. (This e-mail is used for articles only).
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Opinion Magazine Wants YOU
If you think you have what it takes to be a writer, let our professional staff take a look at your work. You can share your Opinions and show off your talents with the most popular Magazine on the Net. http://www.theopinionmagazine.com/submission_info.htm
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YM
www.ym.com
15 E. 26th Street, New York, NY 10010
Jana Siegal Banin, Senior Features Editor
YM is a magazine for young girls between the ages 13-24. Articles focus on dating and teen girl issues. Articles should help them, always giving great advice. Magazine pays .09 per word and pays on acceptance. Offers 25% kill fee and byline is given. Buys all rights. For nonfiction, magazine desires personal experience, and "how-to" articles. YM also accepts fiction. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Send query with published clips - 2,000 words max. Articles open to freelancers are 1,200 word relationship articles, and 800-word quizzes.
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Coauthor wanted on contingency basis
I am an American living and working in Iraq as a civilian contractor. I travel the country regularly and have many Iraqi friends & acquaintances; therefore, I have a perspective on our situation unlike what you’ll see elsewhere.
I have been sharing my insights with family & friends in informative and often comical e-mails. My intent is to share my new education, but my work in Iraq is too demanding to allow me to focus on this as a project, so I’m seeking ghost writing and publishing-assistance services from someone who would like to share the credit or royalties, if it came to that. I would also entertain other arrangements that would benefit us mutually. I envision the final work to be mostly lighthearted and informally written, anecdotal, shifting styles with my mood each day or on different subjects, with peeks into Iraqi culture. I would need guidance regarding additional topics or greater depth on those I’ve written, to make smoother transitions and a more complete work. The news media tends to focus only on the one% headline-grabbing violence, but my work would offer different, more human perspectives that might be well-accepted by the public. Contact me if interested. jack.hensley@gscsgulf.com
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JoNa Books, Traditional Publisher
P.O. Box 336
Bedford, IN 47421, US
Phone: (812) 278-9512
Fax: (812) 278-9518
JoNaBook@kiva.net
Submit introductory letter, two sample chapters and synopsis for the rest of the book. All manuscripts should be on white paper and double spaced. Allow two months for a reply. Queries/book proposals, allow two weeks for a reply. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable. Publishes 12-18 months after acceptance.
Nonfiction Areas of Interest:
Biography
Native American history
Old West
True crime
Military history
Fiction Areas of Interest:
Alternate history
Science fiction
Military science fiction
Humor
Payment: Negotiated on an individual basis with writer. No advance offered at this time.
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Random Acts of Kindness
“I have a magazine assignment to compile an idea list of small acts of kindness people can do to create a more positive atmosphere around them. Care to contribute? It could be something surprising like paying for the order of the car behind you in the drive-thru. Or slipping a few coins in a meter that’s about to expire, offering to take a group photo of tourists, or keeping a cranky baby amused for a tired mom in the checkout line. If there's something you’ve done, or have thought of, or heard of, or perhaps even had done for you, please e-mail me at vicky@writesense.com. Deadline July 7th. Thank you!”
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Along the same lines:
“I am writing an article for First for Women magazine about how women discovered that goodness has a "boomerang effect," how the good we give out comes back to us in unexpected ways.” If you have such a story, contact Lisa Maxbauer at lmaxbauer@bauerpublishing.com.
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The restaurant is in King’s Market on Holcomb Bridge, Roswell, Georgia, one block from Hwy. 400. If on 400, take Exit 7 toward Norcross (7A if going north, exit 7 and turn left, if going south). If on Holcomb Bridge already, turn into King’s Market onto Market Boulevard beside SouthTrust Bank, turn left behind the bank, and you’ll see the restaurant in the hollow on the right. Restaurant phone: 770-552-8981.
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