The Writers Network News, April 21, 2005 http://ezezine.com
April 21, 2005
Welcome to this free issue of The Writers Network News. I hope you love it and forward it to all your writing friends, but if you don’t love it, then follow the simple instructions at the bottom to remove your address from the mailing list.
In This Issue:
One: Kudos: Bobbie Christmas, Joyce Bone
Two: From the editor’s desk: I am a writer!
Three: Ask the Book Doctor: reference books, query letters, descriptions, and synopses
Four: Subjects of interest to writers
Five: Jobs, contests, grants, agents and markets
Six: Writing Assignment: Demons and …
Seven: Looking for Critique Circles
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Next Roswell meeting date: Friday, May 6, 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 us. See directions at the end of the e-zine.
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Writer’s quote of the day:
"Whatever your mind can conceive and believe it can achieve." –Napoleon Hill
(See more on this subject in From the Editor’s Desk)
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One: Kudos
[Kudos: noun: praise or honor: praise, credit, or glory for an achievement]
(Did you know kudos is singular? There’s no such word as kudo.)
Kudos to your editor! My poem, “Wind in My Hair,” tied for second place in the Georgia Writers Association monthly contest in March. Also, A Cup of Comfort for Mothers & Sons is being released nationally this month with my story in it titled “Roses and Rodents and Moms, Oh, Yeah!” The release is the latest in a long string of bestsellers in the series published by Adams Media Corporation, and it is a Book-of-the-Month selection. I hope you’ll come to the book signing April 22 at 7:00 at Borders Books in Kennesaw. See elsewhere in this e-zine for more details on how to get a free seminar on tape if you come to the signing.
Joyce Bone writes, “I'm not sure this counts as a writing kudos, but I am currently published with a photo in MONEY magazine (April edition) in an article called "Flippers" (p. 86). It’s about how I rehab properties. I am going to be in Kiplinger's magazine in June discussing commercial real estate pro's/con's. I am going to use these exposures to promote my nonfiction book and speaking engagements.”
Your editor says take credit for anything good that comes your way. Way to go, Joyce!
Please send in your accomplishments for our kudos section!
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Two: From the editor’s desk: I am a writer!
Dear Fellow Writers:
First, let me invite you to a book signing at Borders Books in Kennesaw, Georgia, Friday evening April 22, at 7:00. You’ll have an opportunity to get a free copy of my “Rev Up Your Writing and Win” seminar on tape worth $14.95. For more information, see the announcement under “Subjects of Interest to Writers.”
Denise McAllister, a member who attended one of our meetings recently wrote and said, “Thank you for the meeting at Wok & Chops on Friday. I'm glad I came and will make every effort to attend again.
“I appreciated the name tags and your prompt for our introductions [Ed. note: I make each attendee say his or her name, followed by “I am a writer.”], affirming that we ARE writers. Sometimes I need to repeat that to myself and to believe it. Thank you for the reminder!
“I came away from the meeting with renewed hope. Bobbie, it was a pleasure to meet you, and I enjoyed the nice group of writers.”
Her comment made me remember why I make attendees say, “I am a writer." I created the prompt because of my own experience back in the 1970s. I had already been a journalist for many years and had seen hundreds of my articles in print. I had written dozens of brochures as a freelancer. By the late 1970s I moved into radio and wrote thousands of commercials and heard them on the station where I worked.
One day, though, my life took on new meaning. I heard one of my commercials on a rival radio station, produced by rival DJs, not the ones I worked with every day. For the first time, realization and self-confirmation finally struck me, and I let out a whoop and said out loud, “I AM a writer!”
Why does it take us so long to believe we are writers? We are writers because we write, not because we sell articles or hear our commercials or ever even finish a novel. I want all writers to acknowledge their gift, no matter what they do with it.
Napoleon Hill, writer of the classic book, “Think and Grow Rich,” said, "Whatever your mind can conceive and believe it can achieve." His book sold more than seven million copies and continues to sell, long after his death in 1970. Hill promoted the idea that whatever you can visualize, see yourself being or doing, you can be or do. After I read his book, I created goals for myself and wrote them down, and to this date I have achieved every one of my written goals. I have to keep writing more goals, because when I can see them, I can believe them and achieve them.
You are a writer. Remember it. Say it. Believe it. That part of your goal is complete. Now you merely have to decide what you want to do with your writing. Write down your goals, say them out loud, believe them, and watch them come true.
In this e-zine you are given an opportunity to take a free telephone seminar with Elsom Eldridge and me, so please look for that information and join in on April 27. The seminar on CD will be for sale at a later date, but you can take it live for free April 27, if you follow the instructions in this e-zine.
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: Ask the Book Doctor
Q: Years ago (probably sixty) I had a wonderful text on the use of figurative language. I lost it a few years ago. It was written by Thrawl and Hibbard, I think. It carried definitions of essentially all figurative language uses such as simile, metaphor, hyperbole and many, many more.
I can't locate the book on the Internet, probably because I have insufficient information to provide. Have you, by any chance, any idea what I am referring to? If so, do you know how I might acquire the book? It may well be a discarded relic.
A: I found something close enough for you, used, for only $1.75, through Amazon.com. It’s called A Handbook to Literature: Based on the Original Edition by William Flint Thrall and Addison Hibbard by C. Hugh Holman. To order it, click here or copy and paste into your browser: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0672614413/qid=1111098719/sr=1-7/ref=sr_1_7/104-1723515-9701555?v=glance&s=books
Q: I just received an encouraging response from an agent I queried regarding my manuscript of fiction. The agent is requesting, among other things, a “Description” (approximately one-page summary) and a “Synopsis” (approximately two-to five-page summary).
I don’t want to blow it now. What do you think the agent is looking for in the “Description?” Do you think it's supposed to be just a more condensed
version of the “Synopsis?”
A: Congratulations on getting an encouraging response from an agent—a rarity!
As I understand the difference, a description describes the book and can include teasers. It talks about the book, rather than just the story in the book. It might start out this way:
“What happens when a forty-seven-year-old woman finds herself divorced, alone, penniless, and about to be homeless in Chicago? In 1962, Mary Devine found herself in such a position, and rather than become penniless, she became an entrepreneur, and rather than being without a house, she turned her abode into a house of ill repute. The Escapades of Madam Devine covers her adventures and challenges. In a series of hilarious twists, turns, setbacks, and triumphs, Mary Devine learns how to find and train employees and how to find clients, while she manages to keep the IRS off her back and elude the local police. The 80,000-word novel begins in the 1960s amid political turmoil and concludes in the relative calm of the 1990s, when Devine continues to entertain folks, but only by regaling them with stories of her past, and only the folks who reside in her assisted-living home. With the humor and quirkiness of a John Irving novel, The Escapades of Madam Devine… ”
As you probably already know, a synopsis covers the entire plot from beginning to end, whereas the description does not have to be a complete synopsis of the plot. The synopsis never talks about the book, only about the story. It never asks questions, compares the book to other books, or teases the reader the way a description can. The synopsis for the same imaginary book above might start this way: Mary Devine, forty-seven, divorced, and penniless, fights poverty by turning her abode into a house of ill repute. She soon runs into trouble with the police, but she manages to …”
Q: I've published in trade magazines, but I want to break into the consumer magazine market. I need feedback on query letters. Having sent only one to Family Circle and been duly rejected, I'm skittish about firing off the next one without some advice from an insider.
A: One rejection from such a topnotch magazine could possibly mean only that you shot too high too soon. Until you have clips from lesser consumer magazines, you may not get assignments from the top-level periodicals. You’re right to look for an insider, and I hope you find one who is willing to mentor you. To find one, attend local meetings for writers and ask around. Lacking direct feedback from a fellow writer, go to the library or bookstore and find a book like Gordon Burgett’s The Writer’s Guide to Query Letters & Cover Letters (Prima Publishing). You can find many books on the best ways to write query letters. Read one or two and follow the advice in them. Also check out elsewhere in this e-zine, where I’ll list several good Web sites that cover the subject of query letters.
Do you have a question? Send it today to Bobbie@zebraeditor.com.
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Four: Subjects of interest to writers
Attend a Book Signing; Get a Free Writing Seminar on Tape!
Bobbie Christmas and Ellen Ward will appear at 7:00 p.m. in Borders Books on Barrett Parkway in Kennesaw, Georgia, Friday, April 22, 2005, not only to sign “A Cup of Comfort for Mothers and Son,” but also Bobbie Christmas will sign her book for writers, “Write In Style” and give away free taped seminars (“Rev Up Your Writing and Win”) to the first 15 people who buy both books.
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Free Telephone Seminar
Write It and Reap! The Easy Way to Write the Book that’s Inside You
Wednesday, April 27, 2005 at 9:15 p.m. Eastern Time
Take a free live seminar in the comfort of your home. This seminar is designed for speakers and consultants who should write a book to enhance their credentials, but it is for anyone with a book inside who does not know where to start or how to stay on track. Elsom Eldridge, Jr., founder of the International Guild for Professional Consultants and www.obvious-expert.com, will interview Bobbie Christmas, book editor and author of “Write In Style.” She offers simple ways to get started, stay on track, and stay in the zone. Elsom and Bobbie will also discuss the advantages and disadvantages of self-publishing, to help you decide what to do after you complete your book. The price is right (free!), so don’t miss this one. To join in, at 9:15 p.m. Eastern time, Wednesday, April 27, call the conference line phone number below, then use the access code and press the pound (#) key. If you miss the seminar, it will be made available on CD later, probably at a cost of $14.95.
Obvious Expert Conference Center
Phone 435-871-6059
Access Code: 790900#
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Silly Titles
When you’re a writer, people send you writing-related information. Here are some book titles that someone sent me that will only make you groan, but what the heck. We need a smile, now and then.
- "Irish Heart Surgery" by Angie O'Plasty
- "School Truancy" by Marcus Absent
- "I Was a Cloakroom Attendant" by Mahatma Coate
- "I Lost My Balance" by Eileen Dover and Phil Down
- "Positive Reinforcement" by Wade Ago
- "Shhh!" by Danielle Soloud
- "Things to Do at a Party" by Bob Frapples
- "Stop Arguing" by Xavier Breath
- "Mountain Climbing" by Hugo First
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“Ask the Book Doctor: How to Beat the Competition and Sell Your Writing” e-book at last available
“Ask the Book Doctor: How to Beat the Competition and Sell Your Writing” tells you everything you ever wanted to know about writing and submitting your work, but did not know who to ask. This 122-page e-book quickly answers all the questions you wish you could ask a writing and editing expert. It has bookmarks that allow you to go directly to your preferred subject and features many clickable links that take you to resources that give you additional information on how to write, edit, and sell your work, whether you write books, short stories, articles, reports, or anything else. To order and download, go to http://www.booklocker.com/books/1906.html
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Member Jack Smith tells readers about www.dropload.com. He says, “This website is a great way to send large files that are too big as email attachments. It’s easy to use. I have been using it to send large work documents. I have better overall results, even with small files that could also go as an attachment to an email. Formatting was better.” He sent me a graphics file to show how it worked, and it was easy. I clicked on a link, and there was the artwork.
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Publicity Tip
Member Barbara Collins, program coordinator for the Brush Creek Writers' Cooperative, sent along this excerpt from the Erma Bombeck Writer’s Workshop Newsletter:
Every author would like to get mentioned in USA Today or The New York Times. That type of publicity can really drive book sales. But sometimes smaller media outlets can be effective, too. Take Mikey's Funnies e-newsletter, for example -- http://www.mikeysfunnies.com
Mike Atkinson's clean humor e-newsletter has 30,000 subscribers -- not near the circulation of the top newspapers. But Mike recently published one of my columns and drove my book, In The Beginning...There Were No Diapers, to no. 6 on Amazon.com's parenting humor best-seller list -- 2,700 overall on Amazon. The kicker is that Mike contacted me about using my column. The New York Times has yet to call me.
So, when you're promoting a book, column or other writing, remember that there are smaller venues that provide great bang for the buck. It may not be like getting in The New York Times but hitting no. 6 on Amazon still feels pretty good.
--Tim Bete, Humor columnist (http://www.TimBete.com) and director, Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop (http://www.HumorWriters.org)
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Encourage your children to write
Member Mark Diamond, known as Mr. D to thousands of students in the Atlanta area, wrote to tell members about the summer writing and web-building workshops he will present at Pace Academy this summer. They're open to all current third through sixth grade students. See http://www.anyonecanwrite.com/webshop.html
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Words for writers (from A.Word.A.Day)
feuilleton (FOI-i-ton) noun
1. The part of a European newspaper devoted to light literature, criticism, and the like; also something printed in this section.
2. A novel published in installments.
3. A short literary piece
[From French, from feuillet (sheet of paper), diminutive of feuille (leaf), from Old French foille, from Latin folium (leaf). Ultimately from Indo-European root bhel- (to thrive or bloom) that gave us other descendants as flower, bleed, bless, foliage, blossom, and blade.]
"Finally, the Sueddeutsche Zeitung offers tongue-in-cheek reading of the situation on the front page of its feuilleton section, saying, 'Germany is a world champion -- at least in exporting goods. We even offer up our students to study abroad, especially when they are talented.'" Germans Stew Over Joblessness; Der Spiegel (Hamburg, Germany) Mar 15, 2005.
"And for more than a decade now, in a supreme triumph of feuilleton journalism, The New Republic has left its readers in weekly agonies of suspense over whether next week's episode will recount precisely such a leap, finally and irrevocably, to the monarchist cause." Paul Berman; Canned Heat; The New Republic (Washington, DC); Nov 23, 1992.
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roman a clef (ro-mahn ah KLAY) noun, plural romans a clef
A novel that depicts (usually famous) real people and events under the guise of fiction.
[From French roman à clef, literally, a novel with a key.]
All fiction has a grain of truth, but a roman a clef has it by the bushel. Roman a clef dates back to seventeenth century France. In the beginning, a roman a clef really did have a key that was published separately. In these times, you can simply go on the Internet and search using Google. An example of roman a clef is Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises.
These days the term can apply to any work of fiction, for example, a movie, not just a novel. A blend term "faction" has also been used, after "fact" presented as "fiction".
Share the magic of words. Send a gift subscription of A.Word.A.Day:
http://wordsmith.org/awad/gift.html
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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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How to Write a Good Query Letter
See these Websites for some great assistance: http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/freelance/11340
http://www.fictionfactor.com/children/query.html
http://www.poewar.com/archives/2004/10/24/how-to-write-a-query-letter/
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Sad statistic: Out of every 10,000 children’s books written, three get published. That means yours has to be spectacular, if you want to sell it.
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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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New, positive titles
In the Scottsdale, Ariz., Unified School District office, the receptionist used to be called a receptionist. Now she is "director of first impressions." The happy director says, "Everyone wants to be important." Scottsdale school bus drivers now are "transporters of learners." A school official says such terminological readjustment is "a positive affirmation," which beats a negative affirmation.
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Snippets from Southern Review of Books, an online newsletter for publishers and booksellers
Most major bookstore chains report improved profit
After several years of complaining about shrinking markets, a bad economy and eroding profits, major publishers and bookstore chains have been reporting improved results for 2004.
Courthouse murders in Atlanta boost sales of book
A metro Atlanta woman’s seven-hour encounter that calmed the homicidal rage of Brian Nichols during the early morning hours of March 12 not only led to book offers for her, but a boost in sales for the book portions of which she read to the fugitive holding her hostage. Level-headed heroine Ashley Smith, who has a record of criminal misdemeanors, and whose husband was killed in a knife fight and died in her arms, read to Nichols from Rick Warren’s Christian inspirational best-seller “The Purpose-Driver Life,” which sold 22 million copies before beginning to decline in sales.
Smith told reporters about how she had read portions of the book to Nichols. Within three days, propelled by a new wave of publicity, the book had climbed back up from 54th place on Amazon.com and 67th place at Barnes & Noble’s Web site to No. 2 at both sites, behind only advance sales for the next Harry Potter novel.
Explosion in book titles
Twenty years ago, notes Ingram Book Group President Jim Chandler, bookstores stocked about 25,000 titles and special orders took six weeks. In 2005, superstores stock over 100,000 titles and millions of new and used books are available online.
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DISTRIBUTION TIP
One of the most important things a publisher can do to ensure smooth distribution of a title is to remember to register their ISBN with Bowker¹s Books-in-Print. Not only does it provide booksellers who wish to buy the title with the contact information they need, it also facilitates much of the fact checking involved on the wholesalers end. Start by visiting www.bowkerlink.com. If you have not yet registered, you will need to do so. Once you are registered, you can sign in and enter your title information under the ³Add/Update in Books in Print² link. --Clint Greenleaf, CEO of Greenleaf Book Group, LP www.greenleafbookgroup.com or 512-891-6100
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No charge for the searchable database of more than 1,300 writer's guidelines of paying markets: www.writingfordollars.com
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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 words and phrases you can delete, upgrade or rewrite to power up your prose. Bobbie Christmas 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 and Internet retailers. To order at Amazon.com DISCOUNT prices, go to http://zebraeditor.com/bookstore.shtml
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Five: Jobs, Contests, Grants, Agents and Markets
National Public Radio invites your essays
Make a great contribution: nothing less than a statement of your personal beliefs, of the values which rule your thought and action. Your essay should be about three minutes in length when read loud, written in a style as you yourself speak, and total no more than 500 words. For all guidelines see http://www.npr.org/thisibelieve/guide.html.
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Writing and Editing Staffer Upgrades Web site—Find Contract Work Here
ProEdit, the largest staffing firm in the writing and editing industry has made some exciting changes to its Web site. It recently implemented a Web-based resume submission and job application tool and other features. See http://employment.topechelon.com/web65600/jobseeker/sSetup.asp?
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Writer's Digest International Self-Published Book Awards!
http://www.writersdigest.com/specialoffers.asp?DMself040605
Writer's Digest is searching for the best self-published books of the past few years. Entry deadline, May 2, 2005. Grand prize $3,000, promotion in Writer's Digest and Publishers Weekly, and marketing advice from self-publishing guru Dan Poynter. And, we'll endorse and submit 10 copies of the grand prize-winning book to major reviewers, including The New York Times and The Washington Post. First-place winners in each of nine categories receive $500 in cash, promotion in Writer's Digest and a review in Midwest Book Review.
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Writing Your Memoirs?
The WritersMarket.com newsletter recently listed the following agencies that handle memoirs:
Sanford J. Greenburger Associates, Inc.
55 Fifth Ave.
New York, NY 10003
Phone: (212)206-5600
Fax: (212)463-8718
Website: www.greenburger.com
Represents 500 clients. This agency responds to submissions in 2 months. They prefer an initial query by traditional mail or fax. This agency sold 200 titles in the last year.
John Hawkins & Associates, Inc.
71 W. 23rd St.
Suite 1600
New York, NY 10010 Phone: (212)807-7040
Fax: (212)807-9555
E-Mail: jha@jhalit.com
Website: jhaliterary.com
Represents over 100 clients. This agency responds in one month to queries via e-mail or by post. Established in 1893, this agency obtains most new clients through recommendations from others.
JCA Literary Agency
174 Sullivan St.
New York, NY 10012
Phone: (212)807-0888
E-Mail: tom@jcalit.com
Website: www.jcalit.com
Represents 100 clients. This agency responds in two weeks to queries and 10 weeks to manuscripts (through traditional mail only). Established in 1978, this agency obtains most new clients through recommendations from others, submissions, and writers' conferences.
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Hourglass Books
We publish anthologies of short stories assembled around a common theme. We are interested only in literary fiction. The category of literary fiction excludes genre works, such as science fiction, mystery, romance, westerns, etc., since these works already have many other outlets available to them.
We currently are reading for our third short story anthology, Peculiar Pilgrims, a collection of stories about spiritual journey and encounter. If you have a wonderful short story on this theme, we are interested in seeing it now. You also may join our mailing list to learn about our themes for future books. Payment is on royalty basis.
Read the entire guidelines:
http://www.hourglassbooks.org/submissions.html
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BLESSINGS IN ADVERSITY
Are you one of those people who can pick out the good in any bad situation? We are seeking story submissions for our new e-book titled "Blessings in Adversity," which will be included as part of our second annual Blessings in Adversity fundraiser for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
This e-Book may eventually run in print as well, so if you would like to share your story, please tell it in 1,300 words or less and paste it into the body of an email to tim@stackthelog s.com. Please do not send attachments, they will not be opened. You will be contacted by a member of our staff if we will be publishing your story. See www.blessingsinadversity.com.
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Paul Zindel First Novel Award
http://hyperionbooksforchildren.com/contests.asp
Submissions for Hyperion Books for Children's Paul Zindel First Novel Award are due April 30, 2005. The contest is open to unpublished U.S. writers who have written a work of contemporary middle-grade or young adult fiction between 100 and 240 pages. The prize is a contract with us, a $7,500 advance and a $1500 cash prize.
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CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SOUL
Entrepreneurs have been inspiring millions for decades. Now we invite you to contribute a true story, article, or anecdote that will bring hope and inspiration to those who long to join the ranks of entrepreneurs. We’re looking for inspirational, true stories, 1000 words or less, that will make readers laugh, cry, or sigh. Stories should be positive, universal, and non-controversial. The "point" or "message" should be evident without preaching. No essays, commentaries, tributes, philosophical or biographical pieces will be accepted.
For each story selected in the book, a 50-word biography will be included about the author and a permission fee of $200 will be paid. The submission deadline is July 1, 2005. Send stories or request more information from Terri, at tolsen@eagleinstitute.
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They Lied! True Tales of Weddings and Honeymoons
Viva Voce Press Inc.
Halyna M. Parypa
Last year we sent out a call for submissions for our next book, They Lied! True Tales of Weddings and Honeymoons, and the response we received was fantastic. It was so good, in fact, that we’ve expanded the call for submissions to October 15, 2005, to get even more of those funny, unexpected, knee-slapping stories. You know the kind of story we mean–the ones that sound a little hard to believe and may not have seemed all that funny at the time, but when you look back on them now, you can’t stop laughing–that’s what we want! From off-beat engagements, to ceremony catastrophes; from dueling in-laws and reception disasters to honeymoon hijinks, we want to hear it all. If your story is selected, you will be paid a one-time fee of $100.00 US. See www.theyliedtruetales.com for submission guidelines.
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Six: Writing Assignment: Demons and …
First, a correction from the last assignment. Here’s what I wrote: Go to Tools, pull down Find, and type in the letters ing and hit the space bar. Hit Return, and see how many -ing words you find in your manuscript. Here’s what I should have written: Go to Edit (not Tools). Under Edit, you'll see Find.
The assignment this time is based on the following story, which spoke to me while I prepared this newsletter:
During the training of Tibetan monks, one by one they are taken to a door by their teacher and told, “On the other side of this door is the Room of a Thousand Demons. You must pass through this room and face your demons, to become enlightened. I can tell you only two things. The first is that none of the demons are real; they are in your mind, but you will forget this truth from time to time, for the demons appear real. When you forget, you must remember the second thing: Keep your feet moving. If you keep your feet moving, you will get to the other side. If you do not, you will remain trapped with your demons forever.”
What does the story say to you? Think about yourself and your demons and how you overcame them by keeping your feet moving. How can you use the same story to show a character trapped by personal demons or overcoming personal demons? Think about demons, facing them and moving forward, and write whatever comes to mind, in any form that comes to you. It could be a poem, the middle of a story, a letter to a friend or anything else.
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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.
1.I'd like to join a critique circle on line. If you’re interested, please contact me. Thank you! --Susan Kay Asher: susankasher@yahoo.com
2. I live in The Fairways of Woodstock, Georgia, zip 30189. I'd like to find a critique circle for exchanging feedback on novel manuscripts. --Dorse DuBois: dorse.dubois@comcast.net
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 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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