The Writers Network News June 2012 http://ezezine.com
The Writers Network News, June 2012 Issue
In This Issue
One: From the editor's desk--Starting Over
Two: Ask the Book Doctor--About Ghostwriters and Patience
Three: This Month's Easy Editing Tip from Bobbie Christmas--Blonde or
Blond?
Four: Subjects of Interest to Writers
Five: Contests, Agents, and Markets
Six: Got Muse?--The Clock is Ticking
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Editor: Bobbie Christmas
Contents copyright 2012, Bobbie Christmas
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When asked about his technique for writing, P.G. Wodehouse said, "I
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One: From the editor's desk--Starting Over
Dear Readers:
Last month I mentioned that I had agreed to step in and take over the
editing service for the Florida Writers Association. It's been an
intense month while we created a new name for the service (Editors
Helping Writers), new rules and regulations, a code of ethics, and all
new literature. The service launched a few weeks ago, and FWA members
immediately jumped on board for the opportunity to try out an editor
for a discount.
No matter how many loopholes I tried to catch or how many questions I
thought I had answered in our literature, we kept uncovering more
issues that needed addressing. It's amazing how many ways such a
service can be misinterpreted or even abused by those who do not
understand. I take the blame for all the glitches. Nevertheless, the
president of FWA, Chrissy Jackson, and I have been doing our best to
create a service that is a benefit to members of FWA as well as to the
editors who join the service. I think we're there. Whew!
If you'd like to learn more about the Editors Helping Writers service,
go http://www.floridawriters.net/, scroll down to the section on the
service, and click the links. If you want to participate in the service
as an author seeking an editor or an editor assisting authors, contact
me. You will have to be a member of FWA, but the membership fee is low,
the advantages of membership are many, and you don't have to live in
the state or even in the country, to qualify.
Starting over isn't easy, but I trust we have finally ironed out all
the kinks and have created a valuable benefit to authors, editors, and
the Florida Writers Association, and I've done it all in honor of my
dear friend, Kaye Coppersmith, who envisioned and coordinated the
original service until her unexpected passing. Love you, Kaye!
Yours in writing,
Bobbie Christmas (Bobbie@zebraeditor.com or bzebra@aol.com )
Author of Write In Style (Union Square Publishing), owner of Zebra
Communications, and director of The Writers Network
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Two: Ask the Book Doctor: About Ghostwriters and Patience
By Bobbie Christmas
Q: I am a first-time writer. I have great ideas, great storylines, and
strong endings. My problem is dialogue. Is it possible to get good
ghostwriters from countries such as India, since they are much cheaper
than US ghostwriters? If so, where do I begin looking?
A: Writers in India do charge less, but you’re not going to like my
answer. If you want to write for an American audience, hiring someone
for whom English is a second language is probably not going to result
in believable, convincing dialogue. In addition, most ghostwriters
write nonfiction, not fiction, because fiction is a literary art, and
artists do their own work, which is what makes them an artist.
If you want to write good fiction, learn to write good dialogue. Like
anything else you want to conquer, it takes time, study, and practice,
but if you have good story ideas, you, and only you, can create the
characters and dialogue that fulfills your vision.
Read a book on how to write good dialogue. Listen in on conversations.
Pay attention to how people talk. Read books that have good dialogue in
them and see how other popular authors handle dialogue. Don’t hold
yourself back as a writer by refusing to learn how to write good
dialogue.
After you have given it your best effort, a good editor can point out
any weaknesses in the dialogue, so you will know which parts to improve
even more.
Last of all, know this fact: good contemporary fiction is seventy
percent dialogue. Do you really want a ghostwriter to produce seventy
percent of your book? I don’t think so.
If after all this advice you are still determined to find someone in
India to write your book for you, you can use almost any search engine
and type in words such as “ghostwriter” and “India,” and see what you
can find. You can also look for international freelance writers
associations; you’ll almost always find writers based in India.
Q: I had been sending manuscripts out for eons, only to have them fly
back so quickly it felt as if no one could have even looked at them.
Finally, after some correspondence with you, I learned to format my
manuscript using Courier as the font. What a dummy I've been!
My first submission in Courier was to an editor at the children's
division at [a major, top-notch publisher] and it was liked well enough
for them to assign me an editor who sent a five-page letter of
recommendations, the first sixty pages of my manuscript partially
edited, and follow-up e-mails with encouragement, along with a "Let's
see what you can do."
Finally, right around the time I was finishing up my rewrite, an e-mail
came wondering if I might be getting close and asking if I needed her
to look at it. I sent in the completed rewrite shortly afterward. She
wrote that she wouldn't be able to get back to me for at least three
months. In the meantime, I'm losing my mind.
Should I be using this time to try to get an agent? Can I nudge the
editors? Ask questions? Submit other writing to them? How long does
this decision process take? What are they doing with my book? What is
the process?
A: Here are my suggestions:
The best time to find an agent is after you have received an offer. At
that time, you have the best bargaining position to find the best agent
for you and for your book. If you receive an offer by phone, thank the
publishers, say you are considering it, and that you will get back to
them. If you receive an offer by e-mail, do the same. The purpose of an
agent is to negotiate a better deal and scrutinize the contract to
ensure it is in your best interest. If the offer is within the range of
the amount and conditions that you want, you may not need an agent.
I would not nudge the editors. They will take the time they need to
make a decision. Obviously they have been helpful and extremely
interested in your work. Be patient; you’ve been warned they would take
a while.
Never, ever submit other writing while one piece is under
consideration. It muddies the waters. The editors may decide they like
the second piece better and not buy the first. Right now you have the
opportunity to sell the first piece and then sell them the second piece
as well. Be patient.
The decision process takes as long as it takes. In some publishing
houses it can take up to six months or more. Be patient.
What are they doing with your book? First it has to rise to the top of
the reading pile. Someone then reads it, and if it is good enough, that
person approves it to go to the next reader. It often ends up going to
a committee that mulls over all the books under consideration for the
season. Eventually someone chooses the submissions the company will
make an offer on. The process takes time. Be patient.
I think you get my drift. Once you have submitted your work, patience
is a key ingredient to getting published. You have gotten the attention
of a major publisher. Relax. Be happy. Keep writing more books, but
don't submit them yet. You don’t have to do anything until you get an
acceptance or rejection from this publisher. Put your energy into other
writing projects so you won’t lose your mind trying to think of all the
possibilities of what’s going on. Patience is vital to every writer’s
life.
When I was in my teens, one of my creative writing teachers had on his
blackboard for the whole year: "Writing is long patience." Some fifty
years later, I look back on all the fits, starts, successes, and
failures of my life as a professional writer
Bobbie Christmas, book editor, author of Write In Style (Union Square
Publishing), and owner of Zebra Communications, will answer your
questions, too. Send them to Bobbie@zebraeditor.com. Read more "Ask the
Book Doctor" questions and answers at www.zebraeditor.com.
Bobbie Christmas will answer your questions, too. Send them to
Bobbie@zebraeditor.com. Read more "Ask the Book Doctor" questions and
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Would you like to read, save, or share the Ask the Book Doctor column
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Three: This Month's Easy Editing Tip from Bobbie Christmas--Blond or
Blonde?
Many confuse the words blond and blonde, but blond, without the e, is
an adjective that can refer to a female or a male ("Look at that blond
woman in heels!" or "The blond guy shook his fist."). Blonde, with the
e, is a noun that describes a female who has blond hair ("Look at that
blonde in heels!").
Let me say it again. Blonde with the e is a noun that means a woman
with hair that is blond. Blond without the e can be an adjective that
refers to either a male or a female, or, it can be a noun that refers
to a male with blond hair.
Use my trademarked Find and Refine Method to locate uses of the word
blonde, to be sure you’ve used it to mean a female who has blond hair.
Go to the Find function on your computer (Control + F on a PC or
Command + F on a Mac), and under Find What, type “blonde.” Click on
Find. When the word “blonde” appears, read the sentence carefully to
determine whether it is a noun that refers to a woman who is blond. If
it is used as an adjective, however, delete the "e." Hit Find Next and
continue to the end of the manuscript to find and address each
potentially misuses of the word.
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Four: Subjects of interest to writers
I received a note from member Kathie Freeman, regarding something I
said in the "Ask the Book Doctor" column last month. She wrote: I hate
to be the grammar police, but I have to take issue with your response
to the question about beginning a sentence with a gerund. The examples
you cited were present participles, not gerunds. A gerund is a noun
made from a verb, and while it is spelled the same as the present
participle, its usage is quite different.
I answered: You're right. I'm right, too, though.
Your response is exactly why I hate to quote grammar. It's far too
confusing for most, and even for me, sometimes. I was schooled in
journalism and was never an English teacher. I know good grammar, but I
don't have all the terminology committed to memory. I usually refer to
both participles and gerunds only as -ing words, which simplifies the
issue. Most of my clients are as confused about the differences between
participles and gerunds as I am. Even more confusing, participles and
gerunds have come to be known as the same thing. From Wikipedia (not
that it's the best source in the world, but at least the information is
easy to copy and paste):
Participle
Called variously the present, active, imperfect, or progressive
participle, it is identical in form to the gerund; the term present
participle is sometimes used to include the gerund. The term
gerund-participle is also used.
Be assured that I have great admiration for fellow members of the
grammar police, so I thanked Kathie for contacting me. I'm always open
to comment, correction, and explanations.
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Amelia Waters (writing as Jade Kerrion) just learned that her science
fiction thriller titled Perfection Unleashed was named a finalist in
the Next Generation Indie Book Awards 2012.
As editor of the book, I'm bursting with pride for Amelia. It's an
intriguing book with a unique concept. Excellent work, Amelia!
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Member Marsha Maurer announced that her book, Whatever is Lovely, is
now available in hard copy and in e-book formats online at Barnes &
Noble and Amazon, where you may also find the book description and
reviews.
Whatever is Lovely: Design for an Elegant Spirit provides a total
make-over within any woman's reach. Stories, Scripture, quotes,
suggestions, and stunning photographs offer transformation within and
without. Principles of home, garden, and wardrobe design inspire
readers to cultivate spiritual virtues to enhance living and
relationships.
http://tinyurl.com/6vdqvet (Barnes & Noble) or
http://tinyurl.com/7ych4lo (Amazon(
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Write In Style Soon to be Unavailable, But Do NOT pay $157 for a copy!
Write In Style by Bobbie Christmas is the first book to teach you how
to write tighter, stronger, and more creatively, PLUS you will learn
how to speed through your editing phase. Write In Style won the Royal
Palm Literary Award for education, Best in Division (Georgia Author of
the Year Awards), and was a finalist in USABookNews Best Books 2005.
Hurry! I have only a few copies left of Write In Style. After I sell
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From The Chicago Manual of Style Website Q & A This Month
Q: I'm a production editor working on a novel and can’t figure out the
best way to present the epigraph source. The epigraph is "What I am is
what I am," and the author wants the source to be "Lauryn Hill, 'A Rose
Is Still a Rose.'" But in reality, the lyric is from the song "What I
Am" by Edie Brickell & New Bohemians; Lauryn Hill sang that line in
Aretha Franklin’s song "A Rose Is Still a Rose." My first instinct is
to just credit the epigraph as Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, but the
book is urban fiction, and so referencing Lauryn Hill is important for
the author. And I don’t want to make it too complicated, since this is
a novel and the epigraph should evoke a feeling in the reader, not make
them ponder the finer points of music sampling. Any suggestions?
A: It would be sloppy and misleading to attribute the quote to Lauryn
Hill. If Lauryn Hill sang the national anthem, would you attribute
"O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave" to her? If the
author is determined to quote Lauryn Hill, she should use a line from a
Lauryn Hill song. Otherwise, she must credit whoever actually wrote
that lyric, adding "as sung by Lauryn Hill" if she likes.
Q: We use CMOS 14 and can find no solution to the following problem.
"When we first met, he had done the unforgivable, and it had come out
so naturally I’d been pleased rather than offended." It seems the comma
before and is unnecessary. Our author disagrees. Can you help?
A: I'm sorry I can’t check the 14th edition for you; I sold my copy to
an antique collector after I tried to donate it to a home for retired
copyeditors and nobody wanted it (they all had the 16th). CMOS 16
(6.28) is very helpful on the subject, however, recommending a comma in
that position.
The Chicago Manual of Style is the reference that book editors use. For
more CMOS Q & A, see http://tinyurl.com/2xscwn.
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Terminology Writers Should Know
Opinion Essay (or Personal Opinion Essay)
An opinion essay is a short article, usually fewer than 1,000 words, in
which the author offers a personal commentary on some event, condition,
or situation. Newspapers publish this type of article on op-ed pages. A
variety of magazines use such articles as well. Publications that seek
opinion essays from writers are listed in Writer's Market under Essay;
Op-Ed Page.
The above information comes from Writer's Encyclopedia, Third Edition,
from the editors of Writer's Digest.
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Five: Contests, Agents, and Markets
Wisdom of Woodstock Anthology
Call for Personal Experience Essays
Were you living at the time the world came together in peace, love, and
harmony for the infamous Woodstock concert? If so, you have spent
enough years on earth to have learned some valuable lessons and
experienced unique, pleasant, or even unpleasant events that resulted
in wisdom. It is time to share that wisdom in the Wisdom of Woodstock
anthology. We are looking for original personal experience essays that
reveal an incident that resulted in wisdom, revelation, or comfort. For
details, see http://zebraeditor.com/writing_competition.shtml.
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World Hum Magazine
World Hum is dedicated to publishing travel stories, videos and
slideshows of the highest quality. Since World Hum's inception in 2001,
stories from the site have appeared in "The Best American Travel
Writing" anthologies and Travelers' Tales anthologies, and they have
won Lowell Thomas Awards from the Society of American Travel Writers.
We post several types of features:
Travel Stories are first-person travel narratives.
Speaker's Corner essays feature rants or raves about any travel-related
subject.
Travel Interviews are interviews with travelers, writers,
artists--anyone with something interesting to say about travel.
Lists explore a wide range of travel-related topics.
Audio slideshows explore travel through photographs, sound, and
narration.
If you would like to contribute to any of these sections, please paste
your completed essay or article as well as a brief bio into the body of
an e-mail--we will not open attachments--and send it to
dispatches@worldhum.com
Writing submissions should be no more than 1,500 words. Do not send
multiple submissions, and do not send queries. We review only completed
posts and essays.
Include the section of the site you want to contribute to in the
subject line of your e-mail. If your submission is time sensitive,
please say so in the subject line as well. We try to read every e-mail
as soon as possible, but due to the high volume of submissions we may
be unable to respond to everyone.
If your submission is accepted by World Hum, the editors will contact
you as soon as possible with more information, including payment
details
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Glass Page Books
P.O. Box 333
Signal Mt., TN 37377
Glass Page Books is an independent press. Established in 2010, GPB
focuses primarily on works of fiction, including YA and adult
literature. Accepts simultaneous submissions and unagented submissions.
Query first at glasspage@comcast.net. Include synopsis, first two
chapters, and information about the author.
Fiction: Youth Adventure, Mainstream Literature, Adult
Situation/Revelation of Character, Sci-Fi, Paranormal, Fantasy, Legal
Situation, Espionage, Historical Fiction
Nonfiction: Personal Testimony, Reflections on
Society/Gov./Race/Politics
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Aesthetica Creative Writing Competition
The Aesthetica Creative Writing Competition is now open for entries!
The competition celebrates and champions creative writing, nurturing
talent and bringing work to international attention. Aesthetica is
inviting all writers and poets to submit to the Aesthetica Creative
Writing Competition 2012. There are two categories for entry, Poetry
and Short Fiction, and a selection of fantastic prizes including:
500 pounds prize money -- Poetry winner
500 pounds prize money -- Short Fiction winner
Publication in the Aesthetica Creative Writing Annual
Complimentary copy of the Aesthetica Creative Writing Annual
A selection of books from our competition partners
For more information and to enter visit:
http://www.aestheticamagazine.com/submission_guide.htm
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The Sun
107 North Roberson Street
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
We publish essays, interviews, fiction, and poetry. We tend to favor
personal writing, but we're also looking for thoughtful, well-written
essays on political, cultural, and philosophical themes. Please, no
journalistic features, academic works, or opinion pieces. Other than
that, we're open to just about anything. Surprise us; we often don't
know what we'll like until we read it.
We pay from $300 to $2,000 for essays and interviews, $300 to $1,500
for fiction, and $100 to $500 for poetry, the amount being determined
by length and quality. We may pay less for very short works. We also
give contributors a complimentary one-year subscription to The Sun. We
purchase one-time rights. All other rights revert to the author upon
publication.
We're willing to read previously published works, though for reprints
we pay only half our usual fee. We discourage simultaneous submissions.
We rarely run anything longer than seven thousand words; there's no
minimum word length. Don't bother with a query letter, except perhaps
on interviews; the subject matter isn't as important to us as what you
do with it.
We try to respond within three to six months. With nearly a thousand
submissions a month, however, our backlog of unread manuscripts is
often substantial. Don't let a longer wait surprise you.
Submissions should be typed, double-spaced, and accompanied by a
self-addressed, stamped envelope. (Poems may be single-spaced.) Your
work will not be returned without sufficient postage, and we cannot
respond unless a return envelope is provided. Do not send your only
copy. Do not submit work or queries by e-mail or fax. Submissions
received this way will not be acknowledged.
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Six: Got Muse?--The Clock is Ticking
What if you felt perfectly fine, but your doctor discovered that you
had an illness that would end your life within six months? How would
you live for those six months? What would you do? What have you been
dreaming of doing, but have put off, for financial reasons or time
constraints? What if all those restraints no longer mattered, because
you knew with complete certainty that you had only six months to live?
Think about these questions. Ponder your life as you are living it, and
then write an essay about how you would conduct the final six months of
your life, if you knew the end was near. You may prefer to write in
fiction, and if so, create a character who learns he or she has six
months to live and then write from that viewpoint.
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