August 2, 2005 The Writers Network News http://ezezine.com
August 2, 2005
Welcome to this 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, follow the simple instructions at the bottom to remove your address from the mailing list.
In This Issue:
One: Kudos: Vonda Skelton, Buzz Bernard
Two: From the editor’s desk: Why Writers Conferences?
Three: Ask the Book Doctor: About trademarks, commas, ISBN numbers and more
Four: Subjects of interest to writers
Five: Jobs, contests, grants, agents and markets
Six: Writing Assignment: Boy, Was My Face Red!
Seven: Looking for Critique Circles
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LOOK! Next Roswell meeting date: Friday, August 5, 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:
"Words, of course, are the most powerful drug used by man." --Rudyard Kipling
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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.)
My new book, Bitsy and the Mystery at Amelia Island, is my second in a series of mysteries for kids 8-14 published by Silver Dagger Mysteries. --Vonda Skinner Skelton www.vondaskelton.com
Short pieces I authored won three first prizes and one second prize in the Atlanta Writers Club spring competition, and two first prizes and one second prize at the Southeastern Writers Association conference in June. My short story “Oregon Grinder” received one of fifteen honorable mentions (685 entries) in this year’s Lorian Hemingway short fiction competition. --H. W. (Buzz) Bernard
Please send in your accomplishments for our kudos section.
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Two: From the editor’s desk: Why Writers Conferences?
Dear Fellow Writers:
Why should writers go to conferences? For many reasons. Conferences are great places to meet editors and agents. At every conference you attend, you will learn something new or be reminded of a point you should have remembered. You will meet new people, and you will get inspired to write even more. No matter the size or prestige of any conference I’ve ever been to, either as attendee or speaker, I always come away filled with new enthusiasm and fresh ideas.
Now’s your chance to sign up for The Writers Boot Camp coming up August 20 in Marietta, Georgia. Call The Knowledge Shop to get numbers for nearby motels. The speakers cover a wide range of subjects, and the price is right. Don’t miss this one! See the information under the “Subjects of Interest for Writers” section.
Thank you for reading my e-zine. I hope you will forward it to all your writing friends.
If someone forwarded this newsletter to you, please sign up to get your own copy. Simply go to my Website, www.zebraeditor.com, and click on “Free Newsletter.”
--Bobbie Christmas
Author of double-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: About trademarks, commas, ISBN numbers and more
Q: I wrote a science fiction short story that uses fictitious drugs. I know of two science fiction stories that have done same. One is “Vurt,” by Jeff Noon. The other is “The Pickup Artist,” by Terry Bisson. Bisson puts a TM by his drug names; Noon does not. I'm wondering if the TM is solely a style thing, or if it offers some type of protection against derivative work.
A: I am not an attorney, but I think the author used the trademark symbol to give the name an air of authenticity. I doubt any author would go to the trouble to legally trademark a name of a fictitious product. As you may know, you do not have to legally file a trademark application to use the TM symbol.
As an editor, here’s my opinion: The use of TM in a work of fiction gets in the way of the story. I would not add it, anymore than I would use asterisks or footnotes or anything else that jumps out at readers and detracts them from the mood and illusion of the story.
Q: Which of the two following sentences are properly punctuated?
Jim walked over and said, "Hi."
or
Jim walked over, and said, "Hi."
A: The first sentence is the correct one: Jim walked over and said, "Hi." It's not a compound sentence, so it does not need the other comma. If it went like this, it would have another comma: Jim walked over, put his hands on his hips, and said, "Hi."
Q: It’s time for me to order my ISBN number and bar code for my self-published book. Do I simply go to https://commerce.bowker.com/isbnsan/standards/cgi-bin/isbn.asp to order them? Any suggestions before I do it?
A: Have you set yourself up as a publisher? Do you have a name of your business, even if it is just a DBA? Do you keep separate accounting records for it, so you can deduct these costs? If not, shop around at various banks. Most charge monthly fees for a business account, but I know of at least one that doesn’t.
It will be essential to have a separate business account, if you plan to deduct expenses on your taxes. For IRS purposes you don't have to make money; you just have to show that you intended to make money.
After you have your business in place, then you can order your ISBN and bar code from the Bowker Website with confidence.
Q: Do you have a marketing/publicity link or advice?
A: I don’t have a direct marketing link, although I do know that Amazon.com will list almost any book, even self-published ones.
As far as publicity and marketing tactics, for my book, Write In Style, I used many of the ideas in a book called Jump Start Your Book Sales. It had hundreds of ideas, and I followed many but not all of them. The best idea had to do with broadening the appeal of the book by adding a chapter geared toward a separate audience. I added a chapter specifically for nonfiction and business writers, and that chapter has gained my book more national publicity than the rest of the entire book. I strongly advise writers to read marketing books before they finish their own books, to glean information to make their book even better before looking for a publisher or agent.
Do you have a question? Send it today to Bobbie@zebraeditor.com.
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Four: Subjects of interest to writers
Saturday, August 20, 2005
10:00 – 5:30
Writers Boot Camp
The Knowledge Shop
Cobb Parkway
Marietta, Georgia
678-766-6666
$129 (bring a friend, and he or she gets in for $99)
Turn Your Writing Dreams Into Reality!
Doors open at 9:00 a.m. Sessions begin at 10:00 a.m. Books and other items of interest to writers will also be available, so bring your checkbook or credit card!
10 – 11:50 Susan Graham – Top Ten Reasons Why Agents Reject Manuscripts—and How to Avoid Them
10 – 10:50 Bobbie Christmas—How to Beat the Competition and Sell Your Writing
11 – 11:50 Carl Danbury, Jr. – Sell Your Work to Magazines
11:55 – 1:00 – lunch break
1:00 – 1:50 – Mark Diamond - Secrets to Student Writing Success
1:00 – 1:50 – Geri Taran - Everyone has a Story: How to Organize and Write Memoirs
2:00 – 2:50 – Walter Lawrence – Writing the Books; then Doing the Books
2:00 – 2:50 – Peter Bowerman – Good-bye, “Starving Writer;” Hello, “Well-Fed Writer”
3:00 – 3:50 – Barbara Jacoby – Hold the Presses: Just the Facts about Writing for Newspapers
3:00 – 3:50 – Dr. Joe Teal - How to Write a Book in a Week
4:00 – 4:50 Bobbie Christmas – Sell More Work When You Write in Style
4:00 – 4:50 Vally Sharpe – Getting into Print: Know Your Options
About the Faculty:
Peter Bowerman (www.wellfedwriter.com) is the author of the award-winning Book-of-the-Month Club selection, The Well Fed Writer and its companion volume, The Well-Fed Writer: Back for Seconds, both commercial freelancing standards. He is a veteran commercial freelancer in Atlanta, with clients like included Cola-Cola, IBM, UPS, American Express, DuPont, Mercedes-Benz Credit Corp., and many others.
Goodbye, “Starving Writer;” Hello, “Well-Fed Writer”
Learn:
• How to price your work
• How to sell your work
• How to find new clients
Bobbie Christmas, editor and owner of Zebra Communications (www.zebraeditor.com) is also known as The Book Doctor, for the column, “Ask the Book Doctor,” which she writes for a dozen periodicals and Web sites. She addresses the top questions answered in her upcoming book, Ask the Book Doctor: How to Beat the Competition and Sell Your Writing.
How to Beat the Competition and Sell Your Writing
Learn:
• The first thing agents and acquisitions editors look for in a submission
• What to do to make your submission stand out (It’s not what you think!)
• How to make money writing
Sell More Work When You Write In Style
Learn:
• The difference between style and style
• The secret of her trademarked Find and Refine Method that helps you edit your work objectively
• What to avoid to make your writing more marketable
Carl Danbury, Jr., is publisher of Points North Magazine, a lifestyle magazine for residents of north Atlanta. He's a graduate of the University of Alabama, and since 1987, he has been involved in all facets of magazine publishing, from advertising sales and marketing to writing feature articles and planning editorial calendars.
Carl Danbury, Jr., is publisher of Points North Magazine, a lifestyle magazine for residents of north Atlanta. He’s a graduate of the University of Alabama, and since 1987, he has been involved in all facets of magazine publishing, from advertising sales and marketing to writing feature articles and planning editorial calendars.
Sell Your Work to Magazines
Learn:
• How freelance writers should "Sell Unique," when presenting article ideas to editors and publishers
• How to approach a publisher
• Other vital information for aspiring writers of magazine articles
Mark Diamond (Mr. D) is considered Georgia’s foremost children’s writing specialist. A Creative Writing and Gifted Ed specialist with DeKalb County for more than eight years, he left the classroom in 1999 to start his own educational consulting business, Writing to Command Attention! Workshops. Mark currently presents more than 250 student, faculty and parent workshops each year, and is credited with raising Georgia Writing Assessment scores at numerous Atlanta-area schools. His first credited book, 6 Tricks to Student Story Writing Success, will be published in August.
Secrets to Student Writing Success
Learn:
• Innovative tips, tricks, secrets and shortcuts to inspire creativity
• Methods for motivating young writers (and yourself!)
• Motivational writer’s origami models
Susan Graham, owner of About Words Agency, a literary agency in metro Atlanta, reveals the top ten reasons why agents return manuscripts to writers.
Top Ten Reasons Why Agents Reject Manuscripts—and How to Avoid Them
Learn:
• How agents work
• How to please an agent
• When you may not need an agent
Barbara P. Jacoby is the editor of the Cherokee Tribune, a daily newspaper covering Cherokee County. For the last five years, the Tribune has been named one of the top three newspapers of its size in the state by the Georgia Press Association. A graduate of Florida State University, Mrs. Jacoby is an American Press Institute and GPA fellowship winner. She is married to photojournalist Mike Jacoby.
Hold the presses: Just the facts about writing for a newspaper.
Learn:
• What to do if you want to work as a reporter
• What editors are looking for in a local columnist
• How to get your news into the newspaper
Walter Lawrence, CPA, has spent 20 years in finance and accounting and specializes in small business. His short stories and poetry have won him awards, and he will receive his Master of Arts in Professional Writing from Kennesaw State University this December.
Writing the Books; then Doing the Books
Learn:
• How to determine whether you have a writing business or a hobby
• Which expenses are legitimate deductions for writers
• How to keep that pesky IRS off your back
Vally Sharpe, a published author, is co-owner of United Writers Press, Inc., a hybrid publishing firm that educates aspiring authors in the myriad options available to get “into print” and offers fee-based a la carte services. Vally is the current president of the Georgia Writers Association.
Getting into Print: Know Your Options
Learn:
• What’s involved in publishing a book
• Available options
• The matrix of decision making
Geri Taran is co-founder and executive director of Georgia Writers Association and is the senior editor and publisher of Georgia Writers News/Mag, a publication of GWA. A published writer and an artist, she created Everyone Has a Story, a memoir-writing system for all ages.
Everyone has a Story: How to Organize and Write Memoirs
Learn how to:
• Review the stages of life (so far)
• Use trigger phrases to simulate your writing
• Collect memorabilia to support your writing
Dr. Joe Teale, assistant faculty advisor to the Dean of Behavioral Sciences at S. Florida Bible College, U.S. Department Coordinator for the Philosophy Department at Central University of Ecuador, and Curriculum Advisor for Coaching Education and International Sports at Kennesaw State University.
How to Write a Book in a Week
Learn how to:
• Take a one-page tip sheet and create a 32-page, profitable book
• Market yourself with easy-to-follow instructions
• Get published
To register, call The Knowledge Shop at 678-766-6666
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English, medical, legal, financial, and computer dictionaries, thesaurus, acronyms, encyclopedia, a literature reference library, and a search engine all in one! See www.thefreedictionary.com.
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What’s Selling?
Yes, it’s probably true that of all manuscripts written each year only one percent gets traditionally published, but don’t give up hope! In 2004 195,000 new titles hit the market. Although the largest POD self-publishers accounted for approximately 20,000 new titles, people are selling manuscripts.
The market share for science fiction is less than eight percent of the $6.5 billion consumer book market, according to R.R. Bowker. In the combined science fiction and fantasy category, 3,197 new titles were published in 2004, accounting for $484.8 million in sales. In comparison, romance novels sold $1.6 billion last year, and mystery writers accounted for 4,181 new titles in 2004. The Romance Writers of America report that romances accounted for one-third of total popular fiction sales in 2003 and generated $1.63 billion in sales in 2002.
In its annual forecast for the publishing industry, the Book Industry Study Group predicts that growth for the entire market will increase 5.3 percent in 2005, to $30.1 billion. The religious book market is expected to grow nine percent. BISG predicted a 7.8 percent increase in sales in the children's hardcover segment. Adult hardcover and trade paperback are both predicted to have sales gains of about three percent. Sales of mass market paperbacks are expected to increase four percent. Overall unit gains for trade publishing are forecast at only 1.4 percent.
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In the “No Surprise” category:
Runaway bride Jennifer Wilbanks of Duluth, Georgia, has struck a deal for a TV project about her misadventures. ReganMedia said on June 16 that it has acquired all media rights to the stories of Wilbanks and her fiancé, John Mason. Regan did not say whether any money changed hands
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The Obvious Expert: The Easy Way to Write the Book That’s Inside You
Many people have a nonfiction book inside them but do not know where to start or how to keep going. This two-CD seminar lays out simple steps for anyone writing a nonfiction book. For this information-filled seminar Elsom Eldridge, Jr., founder of the International Guild for Professional Consultants and www.obvious-expert.com, interviews Bobbie Christmas, book editor, author of “Write In Style” and publisher of “The Writers Network News.”
The two-CD seminar is only $14.95 plus $4 shipping and handling. It will be mailed as soon as it is available. To order, call in or mail your credit card information and mailing address to Bobbie@zebraeditor.com or 770-924-0528 or mail a check for $18.95 to Bobbie Christmas at 230 Deerchase Drive, Suite B, Woodstock, GA 30188, and ask for the “The Obvious Expert” CD set.
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The average age of writers in the year that their novels topped the hardback fiction section of the New York Times Bestseller List during the half-century from 1955-2004 was 50.5 years, according to a study conducted by Lulu.com.
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“Ask the Book Doctor: How to Beat the Competition and Sell Your Writing” e-book answers hundreds of writers’ questions
“Ask the Book Doctor: How to Beat the Competition and Sell Your Writing” is a 122-page e-book that answers all the questions you wish you could ask a writing and editing expert. It has electronic bookmarks that allow you to go directly to your preferred subject and features clickable links that take you to Internet resources for additional information. Learn more on how to write, edit, and sell your work, whether you write books, short stories, articles, reports, or anything else. To order go to http://www.booklocker.com/books/1906.html
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F.ree Information for Writers from Bobbie Christmas and Zebra Communications
Order e-mailed reports on correct manuscript format, how to form and run a critique circle, how to identify weak writing and repair it, self-publishing vs. traditional publishing, and much more. Twelve reports are available, and the list keeps growing. Go to www.zebraeditor.com and click on “Tools for Writers.”
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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
Daddy’s Girl – Call for Submissions
(This is a repeat, with a few refinements from the editor of the collection)
7 Adinkras Media Productions seeks insightful, compelling accounts of how women’s adult relationships have been impacted by their father-daughter childhood experience. Poetry and prose welcomed from women in the Southeast for anthology and companion documentary. Work will be selected based on potency of the writers' stories, especially as they pertain to the father-daughter dynamics that have been carried into adult relationships. Diversity encouraged. Deadline: September 15, 2005. Length: 2,500 words or less. For full details and online entry, visit www.7adinkras.com/daddysgirl.htm.
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Stories Needed for Motivational Book
Special to The Writers Network News! Published author and speaker is looking for stories of individuals, companies and organizations that exemplify the attributes listed below. The stories should go beyond theories and philosophical beliefs and give compelling examples of how those beliefs were put into practice in a dramatic way – how people overcame challenges by exhibiting specific behaviors. We are looking for an emotional connection, stories that touch the heart.
• Individuals and organizations that successfully embraced change: How were they transformed from an attitude of resisting to embracing change?
• How someone’s effective listening and communication skills contributed to success.
• The role that self-respect and respect for others played in effective leadership or teamwork – personally and professionally.
• How a keen level of self-awareness contributed to successful interaction with others and accomplishment of a goal.
• How someone’s awareness of the needs of others contributed to successfully achieving personal or professional goals.
• People or companies that have learned to identify and master the proper attitudes and behaviors needed for effective leadership, diversity and teamwork and how they did it.
• People who have achieved work-life balance and how they did it.
• People who employ vision, time management and organization to achieve goals.
• People and organizations that have succeeded by holding to strong ethics and integrity and how doing what’s right led to success.
• The role of accountability in garnering commitment across an organization and how its application led to a success.
• How accountability and responsibility helped a team to win, whether a sales team, a sports team or a family.
• Individuals and organizations that have gone above and beyond to make a difference in the lives of others. People who live (or have lived) lives of significance and will leave or have left legacies.
The stories should be about 200 words in length. Will pay $100 per story selected and used in the book. Deadline is September 15, 2005. If interested, contact Marsha Cansler at marshacansler@comcast.net.
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Inkwater Press is accepting submissions for collection of poetry, short fiction and short non-fiction called, Inkwater Ink: Selected Works in Short Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry.
Our mission is to put together a showcase of shorter works that you as a writer can be proud being part of. We put all entries through a rigorous juried process. Once we have received your story or poem and your application/reading fee, our jury of readers will scrutinize your work before deciding on whether or not it will appear in our anthology. We would love to accommodate every writer who submits, but since this is our maiden voyage, we felt it vital to put together a collection of only the very best submissions.
All of those selected will become published authors and can use that accomplishment as a stepping stone to boost their writing careers. Your work will be edited by a professional editor, who will add that final layer of polish to your hard work. You will receive a copy of the book. As a selected author you will also be able to purchase copies of the book in time for the holidays. The price for submission is posted on our website: http://www.inkwaterpress.com/anthology.asp.
John Gorman
Inkwater Press
A division of First Books®
6750 SW Franklin, Suite A
Portland, OR 97223
503-968-6777 Voice
503-968-6779 Fax
john@inkwaterpress.com
http://www.inkwaterpress.com/
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Allen Klein, author of The Healing Power of Humor, is seeking short humorous anecdotes for a series of books to be published next year by a division of Random House. One title will be focused on HUMOR and TEACHING, the other on HUMOR and PARENTING. Full credit will be given to authors selected along with a complimentary signed copy of the book. --Allen Klein, humor@allenklein.com
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The Paris Review
62 White Street
New York, NY 10013
Phone: (212)861-0016
Fax: (212)861-4504
E-Mail: queries@theparisreview.org
Website: www.theparisreview.com
The Paris Review pays $500-1,000 for fiction--no word length requirements. They also accept poetry. While they've got an e-mail address, the editors only accept submissions through traditional mail (cover letter unnecessary). The editors are looking for "fiction and poetry of superlative quality, whatever the genre, style or mode. Our contributors include prominent, as well as lesser well-known and previously unpublished writers."
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Tin House
McCormack Communications
Box 10500
Portland, OR 97210
Phone: (503)274-4393
Fax: (503)222-1154
Website: www.tinhouse.com
Tin House pays $50-800 for fiction, poetry and nonfiction. Three of four issues are regularly themed (summer is usually open to everything)--check their Web site for details of current themes. The editors say, "Our audience includes people interested in literature in all its aspects, from the mundane to the exalted."
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I Am Complete Publishing is preparing for its next eZine. "NEW THOUGHT"
Authors are invited to contribute. This month's topic and contact information can be found at, www.iamcomplete.com Click-on "Contribute Article" for details.
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Starlog
475 Park Avenue South
New York, NY 10016
Allan.dart@starloggroup.com
http://www.starlog.com
Starlog covers the science fiction industry, and includes profiles and interviews with the people involved in making science fiction films, television programs, videos and literature. Articles run up to 4000 words in length and include topics like entertainment, nostalgia, writing, science fiction, fantasy, and animation. Query by standard mail or e-mail and include published clips. Pays starts at about $175 and goes higher, depending on experience, length and content.
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Viz Comic
Fulchester Industries
PO Box 1PT
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE99 1PT
http://www.viz.co.uk/
viz@viz.co.uk
Fax: 0191 241 4244
Viz is a British humor magazine. Web site says, “Viz offers a unique mix of rude comic strips, tasteless crap gags, and muscular use of sex.ual swear words.” Contact page for submission form: http://www.maxim-magazine.co.uk/contact_us_viz/index.php
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EDITORS ARE EVIL. My web site, www.writesideout.com (gear that shows the world you’re a writer) is accepting entries in its first annual NO FEE but LOTS OF FUN writing contest. The contest theme is “Editors Are Evil.” Writers are invited to send 600 words in the form of a story, report, poem, even a ransom note, so long as it addresses the all-in-good-fun theme. Prizes are limited-edition, custom, full-color T-shirts with an evil editor on the front and each winner’s entry printed in full on the back, as well as publication on the Web site for one year. The contest closes Sept.15, 2005. Full information and the entry form are available by clicking on the CONTEST LINK on the front page of www.writesideout.com. --Bonnie Boots
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Six: Writing Assignment: Boy, Was My Face Red!
Have you ever noticed the odd phenomenon that your most embarrassing moments later become some of the best stories you have to tell?
For this assignment, think of your most embarrassing moment, write it as a story, and chances are you have a piece that makes people laugh. Not only is it good humor, but it is also marketable. Many publications look for “embarrassing moments” stories, so when you finish yours, go looking for markets.
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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.
Wants On-Line Critique Partners
“I would love to join an online critique circle. I live in Sydney, Australia, and I write children's books. I am also putting together a Web site that provides creative writing activities for middle to upper primary students called KidsWrite.com.au.” --Nora Panossian, nora292@ozemail.com.au
Remember to ask me for Report #101 on forming and maintaining a successful critique circle. Send your request to me at Bobbie@zebraeditor.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 by turning onto Market Boulevard beside Wachovia 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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