The Writers Network News, January 28, 2005 http://ezezine.com
January 28, 2005
The Writers Network News
“No Rules; Just Write!”
Editor: Bobbie Christmas (Bobbie@zebraeditor.com or bzebra@aol.com)
Next Roswell meeting date: Friday, February 4, 2005
12:00 noon at Wok & Chops Chinese Restaurant
If you happen to be in Atlanta on the first Friday of the month, bring questions and business cards and network with the best of us. See directions at the end of the e-zine.
In This Issue:
One: Kudos: Reneé Irvin, Danny M. O’Dell
Two: From the editor’s desk: Learn Something New
Three: Q and A: Software, getting updates from interested publishers, fiction proposals (?), what to do next, thoughts, binding, blogging, how do you know if you’re published?
Four: Subjects of interest to writers
Five: Jobs, contests, grants, agents and markets
Six: Writing Assignment: Step Into Character
Seven: Looking for Critique Circles
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Writer’s quote of the day:
“Rewriting is the whole secret to writing.”—Mario Puzo
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One: Kudos
[Kudos: noun: praise or honor: praise, credit, or glory for an achievement]
“One of my articles, ‘Gas Station Attendants an American Icon,’ was published on the Southern Humorists.com site” --Reneé Irvin
Fantastic, Reneé. Reneé is also a member of the prestigious Harriette Austin Writers Group.
Member Danny M. O’Dell, MA. CSCS-D (http://explosivelyfit.com/) contributed a chapter called “The Warm-up Phase: Back-Sparing Moves to Get Started” to a book just released for strength trainers. See more information on the book (and ordering information) below.
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Two: From the editor’s desk: Learn Something New
Dear Fellow Writers:
I’m excited. I have been filling my brain with new information, lately, and I’m practically breathless, waiting to put the information to work. Here’s what’s happening: I am not only a writer and editor, but I also give workshops, seminars, keynote speeches, and such, to help other writers become the writers they would like to be. Because I know so much information, I have plenty to talk about and teach, but I have never worked on upgrading my presentation techniques.
Last week I bought a series of taped classes from Tom Antion, a past president of the National Speakers Association and a great speaker himself, and I’m learning all sorts of things I had never considered. I’m sure to be even more effective in my future presentations, such as the one planned at The Knowledge Shop on February 19.
The point is this: When we stop learning, we stop growing. I still read information on how to write better, but lately I keep thinking, “I could have written that.” Nothing is original. When I listen to tapes on how to improve my presentations about writing, though, it’s all new to me. I love feeling my mind stretch and wrap around fresh information.
I challenge you to buy a book that teaches you something innovative. Do it this weekend.
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 award-winning Write In Style (Union Square Publishing, an imprint of Cardoza Publishing) and director of The Writers Network
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Three: Questions and Answers
Software, getting updates from interested publishers, fiction proposals (?), what to do next, thoughts, binding, blogging, how do you know if you’re published?
Q: Is there a software program that assists with grammar and punctuation?
A: I am not a software guru, really, just another writer and editor trying to get along. In my opinion an up-to-date version of any good word-processing program such as Microsoft Word or Word Perfect gives as much help with grammar and punctuation as any separate program might. Turn off the automatic feature while you are in the writing phase, though; otherwise things will be underlined and questioned as you work. Addressing errors while you work could interrupt your creative flow.
Write first; edit later.
Q: A small independent publisher called me to say she "loved" my YA novel. She asked for some minor changes and cover illustration ideas, which I sent. Three months later I sent an e-mail to her asking for an update. Now it has been five months since our phone conversation. What should I do? Phone her? Advise her I am submitting elsewhere? No contract was mentioned. I was hesitant to ask. It is my first novel, and I am just learning the ropes.
A: Tough call, because no one wants to deal with a “pushy author,” but five months is a long time. Still, publishers sometimes move slowly, and most have to present their picks to a committee for final approval. Each step takes time.
Because of my belief that “discretion is the better part of everything,” you might call with a friendly request for an update, saying perhaps she did not get the e-mail you sent a few months ago. If she doesn’t give you an answer or return your call, it’s time to submit it elsewhere, but I do not advise you to use that information in an attempt to leverage an answer from her. It could sound like a threat, even though you don’t mean it that way, and you could get put into the “pushy author” category.
Q: I am in the process of writing my first book. My book is fiction and is about the paranormal. I would really appreciate it if you could show me exactly how my proposal should look and is it best to send snail mail or E-mail?
A: Everyone started somewhere, and I can tell from your questions that you have much to learn, more than I can answer in one simple e-mail. First, you do not need to write a book proposal for a book of fiction. Book proposals are necessary only for nonfiction books. Perhaps you really want to know how your query letter or cover letter should look. You’ll need to know much more than how it should be formatted. You also need to know how to write strong query letters and cover letters. Find a good book on the subject. I recommend a book titled “Secrets of Getting Your Book Published” by Elise Vachon. Buy it in your bookstore or order it from the publisher at http://tinyurl.com/5vvfj.
As to your question regarding snail mail or e-mail, the answer depends upon the preference of the publisher you approach. If you do your research correctly, you’ll find the answer in each publisher’s guidelines. One good place to find publishers’ guidelines is www.writersmarket.com. There is a monthly fee to use the service, but it’s reasonably priced at under $5 a month and it is updated often. You could potentially do all the research you need, print the results, and end your service agreement within a month.
Meanwhile, network with other writers to get feedback on your work and your query letters. You might get leads to publishers from others, too.
Q: How can I get publishers to look at my children’s books?
A: I’m going to sound like a broken record, but you need the same book on how to get published. See http://tinyurl.com/5vvfj. It’s a great book worth the investment.
Q: I have just finished my nonfiction book. Could you direct me to the next step; agents publishers, etc.?
A: The next step depends upon your personal goals. Decide your goals first. Do you want to get the book published at any cost, and are you willing to promote it, distribute it, and financially back it yourself? If so, you might self publish. If you want to get recognition for your subject matter, but making a great deal of money isn't of primary importance to you, you may want to submit the manuscript to small publishing houses. If you want to sell it to a large house, it's difficult and will probably require an agent. The last two options usually require a detailed book proposal, too. For a proposal, you’ll need to read and follow a book such as “How To Write a Book Proposal” by Michael Larsen.
No matter what, you have to know what you want, before you know the next step. The submission process is complicated, too. I suggest you also buy the book mentioned above, “Secrets of Getting Your Book Published,” and follow its advice and formula. I wish you success.
Before you do anything, your manuscript will have to be well written and highly polished and edited. Zebra Communications offers editing services as well as research and submissions services that can help. I am not here primarily to promote my services, though. I'm here to help you and writers like you who don't know where to turn. I hope the advice I've given you is helpful. I'm sorry I cannot help in more detail at this time, but when you see all the information in the books I've recommended, you'll see why one Q & A cannot cover it all.
Q: When a character thinks, should it be formatted in italics or enclosed in quotation marks?
A: The Chicago Manual of Style indicates that interior monologue, except when it may be classified as stream of consciousness, is often, but not always, enclosed in quotation marks. Huh? What it means is that the author can decide how to handle thoughts, sometimes called interior monologue.
Writers may put thoughts in quotation marks, italicize them, or simply show them through attribution, such as this example: What is going on, he wondered.
Remember, though, to be consistent throughout the manuscript and be sure thoughts are clearly distinguished from spoken dialogue, possibly with attributions such as “she thought.” Be careful: Do not use “thought to himself” or” thought to herself,” because “to himself” and “to herself” are redundant in that case.
Most publishers prefer to avoid overuse of italics, yet enclosing thoughts in quotation marks could confuse readers into thinking it is spoken dialogue. The author is allowed to decide how best to handle thoughts.
Q: What do the following manuscript guidelines mean? "Manuscripts should not be bound or in a folder; they must be binder-clipped or rubber-banded together."
A: Manuscripts should not be stapled, bound, three-hole-punched, put in a three-ring binder, bound by spirals, or held together in any type of permanent or semi permanent fashion. All the pages should be loose, and that’s why they must be numbered. The only acceptable methods of holding a manuscript together include a metal Bulldog-type clip of the appropriate size or rubber bands around the whole manuscript. Those items are easily removed by the agent or publisher who can then read the loose pages easily.
Q: Bobbie, can you offer some helpful insight into blogging? I have created a blog; I have posted to my blog. What happens next? Will people who read my blog and contact me via my email address? Via my Website? Is there some place or some procedure wherein I log in to view activity on my blog? I believe I am missing some steps in here somewhere. Could you explain the steps, or the "A, B, C's" of blogging?
A: When it comes to blogging (blog stands for Web logs), I’m partially at a loss myself. I started my own blog because of a writers conference where I spoke. I kept hearing the younger authors talking about the value of having a blog for promoting a book.
My service provider, AOL, offers free blogs, so I started one. It has on it a counter that tells me how many people have read my blog. The numbers haven’t impressed me, fewer than 300 in six months, and only one person ever responded to it. The response was attached to the blog, and AOL notified me that someone had responded.
I started the blog when my book came out, as a journal of my experiences, but now I use the blog to archive more and more Q & A items, because they help writers, and because I can send people to the blog to get answers to questions I’ve already addressed. I have no idea if I’m blogging “correctly” or not. Perhaps our readers can answer some of your questions in an e-mail to me, and I’ll put them in a future issue. That’s what networking is about, right?
Q: If I send in the poem and a magazine publishes my poem, how would I know?
A: No one can legally publish your work without your permission. You would, of course, submit the poem according to the magazine guidelines and include all your contact information in the correct format. Always include a self-addressed, stamped envelope, when you submit by snail mail. The magazine would then be able to contact you if it wants to use your poem, and at that time it would let you know the poem was scheduled for a specific publication. Do not send poetry to Poetry.com or any other scam poetry publisher that asks you to buy the book in which your poem appears. Legitimate publishers pay you in free copies of the magazine or book at the very least.
Do you have a question? Send it today to Bobbie@zebraeditor.com.
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Four: Subjects of interest to writers
As a follow-up to a Q&A in our last newsletter, Rick Speir of Loganville, Georgia, reported the following astute and intriguing observation:
I just finished reading the January 17 edition of the newsletter. In Three: Questions and Answers, the author's questions about writing in the present tense and your response were timely, and as far as I'm concerned, right on the mark. I'm reading Patricia Cornwell's newest, Trace. Read just the first two paragraphs of Trace. Cornwell mixes present, then past, tense in these two paragraphs and elsewhere throughout the book.
The criticism that use of the present tense was "jolting" is particularly accurate in Trace. I found Cornwell's use of it exactly that--not "nice" reading. When I thought about why a best-selling, skilled author would do this (just for variety?), Cornwell's skill becomes apparent. The book opens as her character inadvertently happens upon a scene that can be described only as jolting. Very clever. The author makes you feel the character's discomfort by presenting it in a jolting manner (present tense). Because it is not "nice" to read, Cornwell quickly reverts to good old smooth, familiar past tense, and the book "settles down" and reads smoothly as a good (popular) novel should. I'm about 2/3 through the book now, but I distinctly remember when I started reading the book, I was definitely discomforted by use of the present tense in the first paragraph. I'd just not thought about why.
Any reader of Cornwell knows her books have many opportunities for jolting the reader, but this is the first time I've noticed her using the device of present tense to involve the reader a bit more in her character's discomfort. Very cool. And very timely of you!
--Rick Speir
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Author Darlene Pitts has written a new book, Discover Your Intuition, A Practical Guide to Help You Identify and Understand How Your Intuition Communicates Intuitive Messages to You.
Do You Experience … Prophetic Dreams? Flash Visions? Hunches? Gut Feelings? Angelic Voices? Sudden Knowings? Medical Tastes? Warning Scents? Wise Sayings? There’s Much More! Everyone has intuition—an inherent ability to gain extended information about people, places, things and situations, without using logic, five physical senses or prior knowledge. Your intuition daily communicates intuitive messages to you. These messages provide guidance and protection for various areas of your life, including career, education, finances, health, personal relationships and spiritual growth. This book includes practical guidelines, useful tips and real life examples to help you identify and understand how your intuition communicates intuitive messages to you, through seven intuitive senses. Order a copy at www.iuniverse.com or call 1-800-288-4677.
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Dynamic Training Methods
A book for strength coaches
http://explosivelyfit.com/Resources-literature.html
Member Danny M. O’Dell, MA. CSCS*D (http://explosivelyfit.com/) contributed The Warm-up Phase: Back-Sparing Moves to Get Started to the above book that was written for strength trainers.
Lavishly illustrated exercise photos were taken directly from eight of the nation’s leading strength coaches in their training facilities. Each exercise is accurately described, which leaves you with no question as to how to do them. Learn how these trainers use dynamic warm ups for their athletes and make use of their partner’s bodyweight to develop strength and power. With a minimal investment in equipment trainers instill athleticism and functional movements into their students and athletes alike. If you are not 100% satisfied with the E-manual, simply let us know and you will be refunded-no questions asked!
Danny adds, “I have several manuals on the site I have written on my own. One was picked up by a group out of England and upgraded into its special format, so we have a co-copyright on the material. Now the group sells with 600,000 hits a month to its Web site and sends me the check each quarter. I am tickled pink about it.”
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Secrets from “Write In Style” Revealed
The Find and Refine Method™ assists writers in being objective about their work. To learn much more about Bobbie Christmas’s trademarked method, see http://tinyurl.com/5vabr
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Chris Madden: decorator magazine launches
With a launch date of May 2005, "Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. plans to launch a new magazine centered on stylemaker Chris Madden, who sells a line of home merchandise at J.C. Penney."
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Saturday, February 19, 2005
Write In Style – 9:00 – 12:00
The Knowledge Shop
Cobb Parkway
Marietta, Georgia
Learn how to power up your prose and add marketability to your manuscripts. Bobbie Christmas, author of Write In Style: Using Your Word Processor and Other Techniques to Improve Your Writing (Union Square Publishing, ISBN 1-58042-134-2) explains her trademarked Find and Refine Method™ and many other tips to make revisions easier and your writing more powerful. This seminar is not about grammar! It's about what Bobbie Christmas calls "missed opportunities for improvement," the tendencies of all writers to fall into weak, unstylish writing. Her methods focus on what to eliminate from your writing to make it tight, persuasive and marketable. Sponsored by $39 for nonmembers, $34 for members. Call 678-766-6666 for information or to register.
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Are You A Writing Parent?
I need 20 writing parents for the second volume of my book, BURNING THE MIDNIGHT OIL: How We Survive as Writing Parents. This is a collection of interviews with 30 of today's most successful writing parents from anywhere in the world. A parent must have actual children, please; no "parents" to cats, dogs or other animals. I am looking for a successful writing parent who has either made strides in a chosen writing field (such as commercial writing), had a script turned into a movie (small or big screen), has had at least one book published and/or is a freelance writer with several articles published. Please contact Dawn Colclasure at BurningMidnightOil@mail2world.com http://dmcwriter.tripod.com/
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Save $7! Rev Up Your Writing and Win Seminar on Tape Reduced!
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. Was $14.95 plus $4 shipping (total $18.95). Sale priced this week: $11.95, and we pay the shipping. To order, send your check today. Zebra Communications, 230 Deerchase Drive, Woodstock, Georgia 30188. Credit cards accepted through PayPal.
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Write In Style: Using Your Word Processor and Other Techniques to Improve Your Writing teaches the Find and Refine Method ™ to locate specific letters, words and phrases you can delete, upgrade or rewrite to give power to your prose. Bobbie Christmas, professional book editor, reveals secrets only a book doctor could know. First Place winner of the Royal Palm Award for education! Union Square Publishing, publisher; Simon and Schuster, distributor. Available in bookstores as well as from most major Internet retailers, including Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, SimonSays.com, Walmart.com and Forbes.com. Can also be ordered at http://zebraeditor.com/bookstore.shtml
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Five: Jobs, Contests, Grants, Agents and Markets
Children’s Short Fiction Contest
Highlights for Children 2005 Fiction Contest
Highlights for Children
Editorial Department
803 Church Street
Honesdale, PA 18431
(570) 253-1080
http://tinyurl.com/2lpcc
Wants funny stories that have fewer than 500 words. Three prizes of $1,000 each. All entries must be postmarked between January 1 and February 28, 2005. We prefer not to receive submissions electronically.
“We are seeking stories for children from 2 to 12. Stories should have fewer than 500 words. Indicate the word count in the upper right-hand corner of the first page of your manuscript.” Manuscripts or envelopes should be clearly marked for Fiction Contest. Those not so marked will be considered as regular submissions to Highlights. Enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope with each entry. No entry form or fee is required. Work from both published and unpublished authors is welcome. All submissions must be previously unpublished. Entrants must be at least sixteen years old. The three winning entries will be announced in June 2005. These stories will become the property of Highlights for Children and will be published by Highlights. All other submissions will be considered for purchase by Highlights. Manuscripts not purchased will be returned in June with a list of the winners.
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BOOKMARKS
Phillips & Nelson Media Inc.
1818 Airport Road, No 181
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Phone: (888) 356-8107
Fax: (888) 356-8107
www.bookmarksmagazine.com
Jon Phillips, Editor
jon@bookmarksmagazine.com
This magazine strives to provide readers with a guide to great books, new and old. It is "created for readers as a guide to the best in books. Each issue contains our Book by Book profiles of classic authors; suggested reading from authors, booksellers, and readers; and our comprehensive New Books Guide." Pays 5 to 10 cents a word. For guidelines see www.bookmarksmagazine.com/wguidelines.html
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Reminisce
5927 Memory Lane
Greendale WI 53129
editors@reminisce.com
http://www.reminisce.com/guidelines.asp
Got memoirs? Reminisce helps readers “bring back the good times” through true stories and vintage photographs. Any appropriate photo or memory is welcome, as long as it originates from 1900 through the 1960s. Article length varies. Query via standard mail or e-mail. E-mail is preferred. Pays $50 on publication--
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Designing HQ
E-zine
editor@designinghq.com
Submission form: http://www.designinghq.com/release.html
Guidelines: http://www.designinghq.com/writers.html
Designing HQ is a Web site filled with ideas for interior decorators or home decorating enthusiasts. Articles include how-to pieces, tips, ideas, industry pieces, and artist’s profiles. Average length is 1,000 words. Contact editor by e-mail with a brief synopsis/proposal. Pays up to $25.
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GOT A GREAT POST-IT IDEA?
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Post-It Notes, Weldon Owen is publishing a book full of amazingly useful things people do with Post-It Notes to help solve everyday problems. Do you have a practical tip that makes some aspect of life--work, travel, family, cooking, organizing, finances--run a bit smoother? A hot "who'd a thunk it?" idea that saves time, money, or energy? Email us at PostItNotes@weldonowen.com today. Send a picture if that helps illustrate your idea. If it's published, your name will be acknowledged in the book and you will receive a free copy.
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Short Sci-Fi Story Market Needs New Writers
Analog Science Fiction & Fact
Stanley Schmidt, Editor
475 Park Ave. South, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10016
E-mail: analog@dellmagazines.com
http://www.analogsf.com/information/submissions.shtml
“Analog will consider material submitted by any writer, and consider it solely on the basis of merit. We are definitely eager to find and develop new, capable writers.” Analog Science Fiction & Fact is eager to work with new and unpublished writers. The editor says, "I want the best work I can get, regardless of who wrote it--and I need new writers. Analog pays 6-8 cents per word for short stories up to 7,500 words, $450-600 for stories between 7,500 and 10,000 words, and 5-6 cents per word for longer material. We prefer lengths between 2,000 and 7,000 words for shorts, 10,000-20,000 words for novelettes, and 40,000-80,000 for serials. Fact articles are paid for at the rate of 6 cents per word. Please query first on serials only. A complete manuscript is strongly preferred for all shorter lengths.” Payment is on acceptance.
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Cabin Life
1001 E. 9th Street
Duluth, MN 55805
Editor@cabinlife.com
http://www.cabinlife.com/info/writer.html
We mostly use articles by freelance writers working on assignment. We are interested in working with qualified writers with expertise in these areas:
Boating
Fishing
Home maintenance
Home repairs
Home design
Outdoor entertaining
Cooking
Outdoor activities
We welcome your queries and story ideas. Initial contact by e-mail is fine, but we will want to see published clips before the query turns into a story assignment. Query should go beyond the story topic and should outline the scope of the story as well as resources to be used. Please do not call: we will contact you if we like your writing samples.
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Poetry Wanted
2River View Chapbook Series
http://www.2river.org
The 2River View is published four times a year. The reading period for each issue is as follows:
June 1 - August 31 Fall Issue
September 1 - November 30 Winter Issue
December 1 - February 28 Spring Issue
March 1 - May 31 Summer Issue
“Strong poems submitted early in the reading period will obviously be held for possible publication. If you are uncomfortable with a waiting period of three months, please consider submitting toward the end of any given reading period.
“Before submitting, read several issues of The 2River View. The poems there best indicate the 2River standard. Each issue of 2RV consists of 10 poets only, and usually there are two to three hundred submissions during the reading period prior to each issue.
“Submit poems to The 2River View by pasting three or four, along with a brief bio, in email addressed to submit@2River.org. If the poems use sophisticated layout, please attach them as Word or RTF files to the email. 2River accepts unpublished and uncommitted poems only.
“Submit no more than once during any reading period.
“2River is also looking for essays on poetic influence, the landscape of contemporary poetry, and poetic theory.
“2River occasionally publishes chapbooks by individual authors in the 2River Chapbook Series. If you would like to have your chapbook considered, please submit it as an email attachment to submit@2River.org”
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Horticulture Magazine
Gardening at Its Best
F+W Publications, Inc.
98 N. Washington St.
Boston MA 02114
Phone: (617)742-5600
Fax: (617)367-6364
E-Mail: sara.begg@hortmag.com
Website: www.hortmag.comSara Begg, senior editor
"Horticulture, the country's oldest gardening magazine, is designed for active amateur gardeners. Our goal is to offer a blend of text, photographs and illustrations that will both instruct and inspire readers." This bimonthly magazine pays $600-1,500 for features. "Every article must offer ideas or illustrate principles our readers might apply to their own gardens."
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African American Review
Saint Louis University
Shannon Hall 119
220 N. Grand Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63103-2007
“African American Review publishes essays on African American literature, theater, film, art, and culture generally; interviews; poetry; fiction; bibliographies; and book reviews.” Fiction limits should be within 2,500-5,000 words. Do not submit by e-mail. Submit hard copy with SASE, unless inquiring about a book-review assignment, which you can send to Professor Yoshinobu Hakutani, book review editor, at yhakutan@kent.edu.
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EARLY CHILDHOOD NEWS
Excelligence Learning Corporation
2 Lower Ragsdale Drive, Suite 125
Monterey, CA 93940
Phone: (831) 333-5501
Fax: (831) 333-5510
www.earlychildhood.com
Megan Shaw, Editor
This publication is for teachers and parents of young children from birth through age eight. "Early Childhood News publishes longer, research based professional development articles, shorter, experience-based feature articles, articles that focus on developmentally appropriate ideas and activities, and articles for the parent audience. Topics include child development, curriculum, family relationships, health and safety, nutrition, behavior management, and much more." Pays 10 to 35 cents a word.
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NEA Wants Military Writers
www.arts.gov/national/homecoming/index.html
The National Endowment for the Arts wants submissions from military personnel, reservists, National Guard members, and Coalition Authority members who served after September 11, 2001, as well as their immediate families. Items may include essays, letters, short stories, poems, and other writings related to recent military service. All submissions will be preserved in an appropriate federal archive, and an Operation Homecoming anthology will feature the best writings submitted to the program. The anthology will be distributed free to military installations, schools, and libraries. Submissions will be accepted through March 31, 2005.
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Purple Sage Press is looking for poems about pets, strays, rescues, etc., for an anthology to help benefit Loving Touch Animal Rescue. For information and complete guidelines email Yolanda@ELLAFANTOM@cs.com
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Six: Writing Assignment: Step Into Character
Do you have any old hats lying around the house? If not, do you have a Goodwill Store or other thrift shop nearby? Your task is to find an old, used hat that you would never normally wear. Put it on, walk around the house wearing it a few minutes, and feel how the person must have felt who wore that hat. What thoughts did that person have? What did that person do? What were the interests of the person who wore that hat? Keep wearing the hat while you write down the details and information that comes to you. Use your revelations to develop a character in a future short story or novel.
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Seven: Looking for Critique Circles
Do you want to join or form a critique circle in your area or online? In the body of an e-mail send me your name, general location, contact information, and your preferences (fiction, nonfiction, short stories, books, poetry, etc.). I’ll list your information here, to help you find or form a group that allows you to get feedback.
Remember to ask me for Free Report #101 on forming and maintaining a successful critique circle. Send your request to me at Bobbie@zebraeditor.com.
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Directions to meetings:
Directions to monthly meetings held the first Friday of each month at Wok & Chops Chinese Restaurant, Roswell, Georgia.
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 by turning 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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230 Deerchase Drive, Suite B
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770/924-0528
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Directions to meetings:
Directions to monthly meetings held the first Friday of each month at Wok & Chops Chinese Restaurant, Roswell, Georgia.
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 by turning 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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