The Writers Network News, October 18, 2005 http://ezezine.com
October 18, 2005
The Writers Network News
No Rules; Just Write!
Editor: Bobbie Christmas
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: Roy Lantz, Kathleen Walker
Two: From the editor’s desk: Electronic clips: If I can do it, anyone can
Three: Ask the Book Doctor: All About Outlines
Four: Subjects of interest to writers
Five: Jobs, contests, grants, agents and markets
Six: Writing Assignment: Wrapping it all up
Seven: Looking for Critique Circles
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LOOK! Next Roswell meeting date: Friday, November 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 us. See directions at the end of the e-zine.
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Writer’s quote of the day:
“Desire is the starting point of all achievement.” --Napoleon Hill
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One: Kudos to Roy Lantz, Kathleen Walker
[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.)
Roy Lantz from Marietta, Georgia, is at it again. I hope his next book tells us how he gets all the publicity for his current book, Never Beat the Boss at Horseshoes—102 Ways to Pitch Ringer After Ringer in the Game of Life. This time his photo appears on the front page of the September 21 Marietta Daily Journal, with a notation that leads readers to an article about his book on an inside front page (Page 1D) that takes up three-fourths of the page. I’m impressed, Roy!
Kathleen Walker has reasons to crow. She writes, “I've received two pieces of good writing news lately. At the Georgia Romance Writers Moonlight & Magnolias Conference, Claudia Cross of Sterling Lord Literistic asked to see the partial for my manuscript, and I have been accepted into the Master of Arts in Professional Writing program at Kennesaw State University.”
Congratulations to these folks. Please send in your accomplishments for our kudos section.
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Two: From the editor’s desk: Electronic clips: If I can do it, anyone can
Dear Fellow Writers:
This Saturday I am giving one of my most popular presentations of all time: "I've Finished Writing My Book; Now What Should I Do?" It was one of the best-attended sessions at the Georgia Writers Spring Festival of Workshops in May, so I expanded it to several hours to include even more vital information. It’s for fiction and nonfiction writers of books, whether you have finished yours, are still writing, or have not even started. Don’t miss the opportunity to take the seminar Saturday, October 22. Call The Knowledge Shop in Marietta for more information and to register. 678-766-6666.
Now, about freelance writing: More and more periodicals these days want electronic clips, rather than hard copies, to accompany article queries. For far too long, I allowed technology to daunt me. I could provide only black-and-white Xerox copies. I’m delighted to announce, however, that with just about an hour’s work, I managed to scan four articles and turn them into PDF files that can be e-mailed easily. I picked out one technology article, one travel article, one business article, and one personality profile. As a result, I am sure to get even more freelance assignments, now that I am able to submit clips the way periodicals prefer to receive them.
If you have not yet created electronic clips you can send with electronic queries, I challenge you to do it, too. If I can do it, you can, too.
Enjoy this newsletter, and let me hear from you when you have questions, kudos, markets or any other information to share with your writers network. 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 (Bobbie@zebraeditor.com)
Author of triple-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: All About Outlines
Q: How important is an outline of your book?
A: Let me separate the answer into two parts. The first addresses whether to create an outline before you write your book. The second answers the question of the importance of an outline when submitting your book to agents or publishers.
Before you write your book
The importance of having an outline before you write the book depends on your style of writing. For me, I like a general outline so I know where the book is going and can start in at any point, writing whatever chapter I want, because I have an outline. I write nonfiction primarily, though.
In nonfiction, an outline saves an author time and trouble by clearly setting out goals for each chapter. It keeps you from rambling off in unplanned directions.
Some fiction writers prefer to have an idea in mind, but to allow the story and the characters take off on their own. That type of writer does not like to be constricted by outlines.
If writing an outline before you write your novel is off-putting for you, don’t write one and see if you can get from point A to point Z in a reasonable way and in a suitable number of words.
When you make an outline for yourself, a nonfiction outline can be as simple as one word that reminds you of the point you intend to cover in that chapter. For nonfiction, write one sentence that sums up how the plot is moved forward in that chapter.
Here’s a simple personal outline (not to be used for submitting the book, but only to keep you on track) for an imaginary book of nonfiction. Let’s say it’s about how to make your backyard a habitat for wildlife:
1. Introduction
2. ground preparation
3. vegetation
4. water supply
5. food supplies
6. attracting song birds
7. squirrels
8. raccoons
9. coyotes, wolves, etc.
10. Avoiding pitfalls
11. Getting yard registered as official habitat for wildlife
Here’s a simple personal outline for an imaginary book of fiction. Again, it is not to be used for submitting the book; only to keep you on track.
1. Prologue: Unknown person locks a compartment
2. Five years later, Mary finds a key
3. Mary enlists Jim’s help to find lock it fits
4. Mary and Jim interview people
5. Mary and Jim get captured
6. Mary escapes
7. Mary tries to get help
8. Jim tries to outwit captor
9. Mary figures out the mystery of the key
10. Mary goes to authorities
11. Mary and authorities find Jim and capture the perpetrator
12. Twelve years later
After you write the book
In nonfiction, an outline is an essential element of a book proposal if you want to find an agent or to sell your book to a publisher.
In fiction, you do not need an outline to submit your book, you need a synopsis that tells the story from beginning to end, and it must accompany any submission you make. If the agent’s or publisher’s guidelines ask for an outline for fiction, too, then you must have one, but in my experience, most agents and publishers prefer a synopsis for fiction and an outline for nonfiction.
Do you have a question? Send it today to Bobbie@zebraeditor.com.
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Four: Subjects of interest to writers
Saturday, October 22, 2005 – Last chance to sign up!
10:00 – 1:00
"I've Finished Writing My Book; Now What Should I Do?"
The Knowledge Shop
Marietta, GA
$39 plus $6 registration fee = $45 total
Call 678-766-6666 for more information and to register
Book Doctor Bobbie Christmas tackles the question most asked of her: "I've Finished Writing My Book; Now What Should I Do?"
The answer is not simple. This event allows you to clarify the direction you want or need to take. Whether you write fiction, nonfiction, poetry collections or short-story collections, come ready to listen, think, plan and make deep decisions about your direction and your future while you learn about:
• When and how to find a literary agent
• What to cover in a query letter and what to leave out
• How to write a professional cover letter
• How to write a proper synopsis
• When and how to write a book proposal
• When and how to submit work without an agent
• When and why to use a traditional publisher
• When and why you may want to self publish
• Options available to self-publishers
• What to expect from traditional publishers
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I Love To Write Day Gaining Momentum
November 15 has become an internationally celebrated day. The goal is for everyone to write something on or near that date. It could be as simple as a poem, a thank-you note, a letter to the editor, or you could start or finish your novel.
Authors, writers, teachers, and others interested in writing are urged to speak to schools, senior citizens’ centers, and libraries, encouraging the preservation of writing.
Last year more than 15,000 schools participated in I Love to Write Day. Registration is easy for schools or individuals. Go to www.ilovetowriteday.org and sign up. Students and teachers can let us know how they’re going to celebrate writing and their school could win free books!
The governors of seven states have officially proclaimed I Love to Write Day.
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Kate Epstein is leaving Adams Media, where she has been an editor, to start the Epstein Literary Agency, focusing on nonfiction, "especially down-market nonfiction in the categories of parenting, pets, inspiration, crafts, and self-help." Epstein notes, "I'll have my PublishersMarketplace page up soon."
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Advances: Publishers Market Place sets categories for deals
Here’s an interesting tidbit from Publishers Market Place’s newsletter, Publishers Lunch. It categorizes deals made between publishers and authors based on the following advances:
"nice deal" $1 - $49,000
"very nice deal" $50,000 - $99,000
"good deal" $100,000 - $250,000
"significant deal" $251,000 - $499,000
"major deal" $500,000 and up
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Tips on ways to write your book faster
I've discovered a Web site that is designed to help you write your book faster than you thought possible. There's information here that claims to lead you to write your book in 14 days. It’s worth a look if you feel bogged down about writing your book.
Mark Victor Hansen (co-author of Chicken Soup for the Soul and dozens of other books) said it was some of the best stuff he'd ever used, and Mark is using the information to crank out still more books.
There's even a free email course that gets you started fast, so if writing a book is your goal, your dream, your desire, or even your need (as consultants and entrepreneurs, for example), go to http://www.mcssl.com/app/aftrack.asp?afid=290962
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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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Interesting word and explanation from A.Word.A.Day
lipogram (LIP-uh-gram) noun
A piece of writing that avoids one or more letters of the alphabet.
[From Greek lipo- (lacking) + gram (something written).]
Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=lipogram
In spite of what it sounds like, a lipogram is not a message with a kiss. Lipogram is a work written with a constraint.
Imagine you've just started your great epic novel and one of the keys on your keyboard is broken. It would be trivial to manage without a Q, X, or Z, but writing without a single E -- ah, that'd be some challenge. If it sounds undoable, consider that whole books have been written without an E, the most used letter in the English language. Without an E, one has to give up some of the most common pronouns such as he, she, we, me, and so on. What's more, even the article "the" is barred.
Coming back to books written without Es (I'm sure writing them is not something everyone can do with ease), Ernest Vincent Wright's 1939 novel Gadsby is written without the second vowel. One of the best known E-less works is Georges Perec's lipogrammatic French novel, La Disparition (The Disappearance). Its plot is full of wordplay, puzzles, and other word-fun. For example, a character is missing eggs, or is unable to remember his name because it needs E in the spelling.
Though it may be hard to believe considering the restriction under which it is written, the novel is said to be quite engrossing. Apparently, many reviewers were not even aware that a special constraint was used in writing it. After writing the novel, Perec faced a protest from the A, I, O, and U keys on his keyboard that they had to do all the work and E was leading an e'sy life. So Perec had no choice but to write a short work called Les Revenentes, where he put to work all those idle Es: the only vowel used was E.
If that doesn't sound incredible enough, here is more. La Disparition has been translated into English as "A Void" by Gilbert Adair. Of course, the translation also doesn't have any E in it. In case you have not already noticed, both the phrases "La Disparition" and "A Void" have only vowels A, I, and O in them, same as in the word "lipogram". And Void's protagonist is named Anton Vowl. http://wordsmith.org/words/lipogram.html
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Free 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. Fourteen reports are available, and the list keeps growing. Go to www.zebraeditor.com and click on “Tools for Writers.”
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Hunting for a Literary Agent:
Which to Keep and Which to Shoot
by Chuck Rothman
Great, all-inclusive Website about literary agents. See: http://www.sff.net/people/rothman/agents.htp
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How to write, publish and promote your book: Monthly E-zine
Tips, resources and articles for authors by bookcoach Judy Cullins, judy@bookcoaching.com. Subscribe at http://bookcoaching.com/opt-in.shtml
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How do we know if a magazine will pay us, an agent is honest, or a publisher is on the up and up?
The internet makes it easier to check. Here’s a warning list: http://www.nwu.org/alerts/alrthome.htm. Another source of unreliable payers for freelance writers is www.writersweekly.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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BookConnector
BookConnector.com is a book promotion portal used by authors and publishers to match their published manuscripts with a large database of book promotion resources. The new Connect to Newsletter service is similar to its flagship Connect to Book Review Sites service in that it customizes search results based on the user’s needs. BookConnector is on the net at http://www.bookconnector.com.
For authors, publishers and book promoters interested in tapping into the plethora of free publicity on the Internet, using BookConnector’s smart matching services appears to be a smart move. BookConnector is on the net at http://www.bookconnector.com.
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Authors Guild sues Google
On September 20, the Authors Guild and authors Herbert Mitganga, Betty Miles, and Daniel Hoffman filed a class action suit in federal court in Manhattan against Google over its unauthorized scanning and copying of books through its Google Library program. The suit alleges that the $90 billion search engine and advertising juggernaut is engaging in massive copyright infringement at the expense of the rights of individual writers. Through its Library program, Google is reproducing works still under the protection of copyright as well as public domain works from the collection of the University of Michigan's library. "This is a plain and brazen violation of copyright law," said Authors Guild president Nick Taylor. "It's not up to Google or anyone other than the authors, the rightful owners of these copyrights, to decide whether and how their works will be copied." Google has agreements with four academic libraries -- Stanford, Harvard, Oxford, the University of Michigan -- and with the New York Public Library to create digital copies of substantial parts of their collections and to make those collections available for searching online. Google has not sought the approval of the authors of these works for this program. The complaint seeks damages and an injunction to halt further infringements. For more information: http://www.authorsguild.org
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Show, rather than tell: New Report Available!
Statistics show that authors who SHOW outsell authors who TELL by more than 100 to one. Yes, narrated books sell, but books filled with action and dialogue (or in the case of nonfiction, books filled with anecdotes and examples) sell best of all. Want to know how to tell when you’re telling? E-mail me (Bobbie@zebraeditor.com) and order my brand-new report #115: Show, rather than Tell.
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Women's Health: health magazine launches
After a successful test issue launch, Rodale International has announced it will launch a women's version of Men's Health magazine called Women's Health.
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Tell it like it is: Writing Class --Tuesdays 11/1/05 - 12/6/05
Asheville, North Carolina
Focus: Fiction and Nonfiction
ClarityWorks Writing Retreats and Writers Workshops
http://writing.shawguides.com/ClarityWorks
Inspire your writing, enrich your life. Peggy Tabor Millin’s Writing Retreats in the Carolinas support women in freeing their creative voices and developing fearless writing. For more information: http://www.clarityworksonline/calendar.com
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Five: Jobs, Contests, Grants, Agents and Markets
The City of Miami Beach is seeking freelance TV writer/producers to write/produce product to run on the City's government access cable TV station. Please respond ASAP via e-mail to Jay Moore, jaymoore@miamibeachfl.gov, or call at 305-216-9462 or 305-673-7730. Jay Moore, Development Coordinator, City of Miami Beach, Florida, 2100 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33139. Phone: 05.673.7730; Fax: 305.673.7725; Cell: 305.216.9462.
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ANNUAL AWARDS FOR SHORT FICTION
E. M. Koeppel $1,100 Short Fiction Award
Editor’s Choice $100 Awards
Mail submission with check or money order (no cash) to:
KOEPPEL CONTEST
P.O. Box 140310
Gainesville, FL 32614
For more information and full guidelines: http://www.writecorner.com/award.html MAXIMUM LENGTH: 3,000 WORDS. Stories must be unpublished.
Submit between OCT. 1 AND APRIL 30.
The winning short story and editors’ choices will be published on www.writecorner.com and are eligible for inclusion in the permanent Website writecorner.com anthology.
If the winning short story is by a student attending school when the story is submitted, the winner will receive, in addition to the $1,100 award, the $500 P. L. Titus Scholarship (Proof of attendance is required.)
E.M. Koeppel (Emma Marx Koeppel), Em to her friends, always craved the life of a writer, but the Depression and World War II stopped her education at the university. She turned to teaching, writing for the local newspaper, and raising a family. Courageously, in the 1960s (and in her 50s) E. M. Koeppel broke tradition by returning to the University of Wisconsin to live in a dorm and finish her degree. This award honors Em Koeppel's love of writing and her desire to assist and reward fine writers.
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True Story Magazine
The Sterling/Macfadden Partnership
333 Seventh Avenue, 11th Floor
http://www2.truestorymail.com/index.asp
http://www2.truestorymail.com/true_guides.asp
New York, NY 10001 - 5004
Print magazine and online publication of women’s' stories that sizzle from romantic tryst to tearjerkers. Tina Pappalardo
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sNew publisher looking for books!
submissions@oceanviewpub.com
Oceanview Publishing is accepting submissions of adult fiction and nonfiction books from new and established authors. We are not accepting children's or young adult literature, poetry, cookbooks, technical manuals or short stories.
Submissions should be by e-mail and should follow these guidelines:
Within the body of the e-mail include:
Author's name and brief biography (Indicate if this is an agent submission)
Manuscript title and word count
Author's mailing address, phone number and e-mail address.
Attached to the e-mail should be the following:
A synopsis of 750 words or less
The first 30 pages of the manuscript
Please note that we accept only WORD documents as attachments to the submission e-mail. Do not send query letters or proposals. The review process takes about 90 days. Do not contact Oceanview Publishing during the review process. Submissions not conforming to these guidelines will not be considered for publication by Oceanview Publishing.
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The WD Popular Fiction Awards
http://www.writersdigest.com/specialoffers.asp?DMpopfiction101105
for guidelines and to enter
It's a new short story competition from Writer's Digest! We want your best writing in five categories: Romance, Mystery/Crime, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Thriller/Suspense and Horror. You can compete and win in every category--just make sure your entries are 4,000 words or fewer and we receive them by the November 1, 2005 deadline.
Your fantastic fiction could bring home these big prizes:
GRAND PRIZE:$2,500 cash, $100 worth of Writer's Digest Books, plus a manuscript critique and marketing advice from a Writer's Digest editor or advisory board member.
FIRST PRIZE: The First-Place Winner in each category receives $500 cash, $100 worth of Writer's Digest Books, plus a manuscript critique and marketing advice from a Writer's Digest editor or advisory board member.
HONORABLE MENTION: All Honorable Mentions will receive promotion in Writer's Digest and the 2006 Novel & Short Story Writer's Market.
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HarperCollins Publishers looking for editorial assistant in New York City
Wow! What an opportunity! See http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/cgi-bin/displayJob.pl?job_no=1029 for all information. If interested in this position, apply at http://www.harpercollinscareers.com/careers/apply/ap_index.html with the job code LS-EADB.
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Brady Magazine's 2005 Open Theme Poetry Contest
Online Submission Deadline: December 15. First prize: $100 plus publication in firstwriter.magazine (prize includes access to all firstwriter.com databases for one year); Second prize: $60 plus admission to Updraft , an online poetry course to ignite your imagination; Third prize: $20, a CoolStuff4Writers gift pack and copies of 2006 Poet's Market (Writer's Digest) and NewPages Guide to Literary & Alternative Magazines.
Entry fee is $5 and includes a critique of each poem entered. Critiques will be sent to each entrant between December 16 - December 31. Winners will be announced January 2. See Website for details and entry form: http://www.bradymagazine.com/contest.html
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Leisure Books
Imprint of Dorchester Publishing Co.
200 Madison Ave.
Suite 2000
New York NY 10016
Phone: (212)725-8811
Fax: (212)532-1054
Website: www.dorchesterpub.com
Leisure Books publishes 240 titles per year. In addition to horror, they also publish romances, westerns, young adult, chick lit and thrillers. The editors say, "Horrors and westerns are growing." They like manuscripts in the 45,000-word range. Horror titles include The Backwoods, by Edward Lee, and The Reckoning, by Sarah Pinborough.
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Grant Writer Wanted
NORTH GEORGIA RECYCLING, a nonprofit organization promoting environmental responsibility in our communities, is seeking a skilled grant writer. “To achieve our goals and pursue our vision, we are in need of financial assistance available through private and public organizations. We encourage anyone who knows of a grant writer or may be a grant writer themselves to contact us and discuss availability. Thanks for your support.”
Paul Peterson
NORTH GEORGIA RECYCLING
770)235-0923
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Fantasy & Science Fiction
Gordon Van Gelder
Fantasy & Science Fiction
P.O. Box 3447
Hoboken, NJ 07030
http://www.sfsite.com/fsf/
http://www.sfsite.com/fsf/glines.htm
Looking for stories that appeal to science fiction and fantasy readers. The SF element may be slight, but it should be present. Prefers character-oriented stories. Receives a lot of fantasy fiction, but never enough science fiction or humor.
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New Thought Authors Wanted
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 Articless for details.
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Capper's
http://www.cappers.com
Pays $2.50 per printed inch ($5.00 more if printed on web site.)
CAPPER'S uses historical, inspirational, nostalgic, family- oriented, travel and human-interest stories; unusual accomplishments, collections, occupations, hobbies, etc." See guidelines: http://www.cappers.com/contributors-guidelines
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Six: Writing Assignment: Wrapping it all up
I have based this assignment on an actual incident that happened to me one morning this week. Halfway up the driveway to my house, I found a cardboard carton designed to hold twelve long-neck bottles of beer. It still held three or four unopened bottles, and someone had thrown bottle caps and empty bottles under the trees beside my drive.
I dismissed the jumble at first as underage drinkers hiding from the street to drink their illicitly gained alcohol. I set about cleaning up the mess, when I spotted a well-worn roll of duct tape, too. Chills ran down my spine when I put the images together. Someone or several people had walked halfway up to my house, stopped, drunk a few beers, and left the rest. Why did the person or people carry duct tape? What made them leave so suddenly that they left everything behind?
Write a story that explains all those “clues” left behind, or think of other objects that might be found at a scene and unravel what they mean and what happened to the people who left them.
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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.
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I'd like to start a critique group in Franklin, North Carolina. I write mystery novels, short stories, poetry, nonfiction humor, and so on. I prefer to be contacted by email. Please put "Critique group" in the subject line so I don't delete the email. Thanks. --Linda Rue Quinn
laquinn916@aol.com
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S.C.B.W.I. online critique group, The Wordslingers, is looking for two new members. Older middle grade or young adult material only. Horror, suspense, or good old-fashioned chick-lit preferred. Please no sci-fi or fantasy, as we already have two fantasy writers in our group. We are looking for people with dedication to critiquing other work, as well as actively writing their own. Someone in tune to the children's writer's market, and a sense of humor is always appreciated.
If interested, send an email with a sample first chapter pasted in the body. Don't send attachments.
Trish trishjeff@qwest.net
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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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