The Writers Network News November 2013 issue http://ezezine.com
The Writers Network News, November 2012
In This Issue
One: From the editor's desk - The Spice of Life
Two: Ask the Book Doctor - About Writers Conferences, Finding Agents,
and Getting Published
Three: This Month's Easy Editing Tip from Bobbie Christmas - Dampening
Words
Four: Subjects of Interest to Writers
Five: Contests, Agents, and Markets
Six: Got Muse? - National Bullying Prevention Month
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The Writers Network News
No Rules; Just Write!
Editor: Bobbie Christmas
Contents copyright 2012, Bobbie Christmas
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"Easy reading is damn hard writing." --Nathaniel Hawthorne
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One: From the editor's desk - The Spice of Life
Dear Readers:
I've heard it said that we don't stop learning because we grow old; we
grow old if we stop learning. No matter what your age, if you want to
be a writer, you must keep an agile mind, which means exercising it
with new challenges, experiences, and information.
For two years in a row, my sister and I have gone to Tallahassee,
Florida, to visit with her daughter Ruth, who is also my niece. Ruth, a
nurse, is the health and wellness coordinator at the Tallahassee Senior
Center and is instrumental in putting together a weeklong learning
event for seniors. I returned a few days ago overflowing with things
that stretched my mind. Sis and I learned how to play a ukulele and
even participated in playing some simple songs. We learned to play an
African drum and other percussion instruments and joined a drumming
circle under the new moon. One evening we heard jazz music, and
another, Latin music. We spent a day at a wildlife refuge and a
biologist showed us slides and taught us all about alligators,
including their habitat and how they take care of their babies. We
received tips on wildlife photography and saw some splendid wildlife
photos, and we then walked with a biology teacher who pointed out
various native plants and told us of their unique features. We ambled
along a historic trail that linked many of the properties owned by the
first black doctor in Tallahassee who owned his own hospital. Along the
way, we learned all about his life, his offspring, and his downfall,
which involved allegations that he performed abortions at a time when
women could not legally find a safe place to end an unwanted pregnancy.
We took tours of an art museum and the Museum of Florida History and
went behind the scenes to see how exhibits are put together and how art
is stored safely. We reveled in a trip around Tallahassee viewing
dozens of outdoor sculptures and murals. We listened to an accomplished
author speak of his journey to getting published, and of course we
bought his book.
I returned home exhausted, of course, but happy to have acquired a
great deal of knowledge I would not have gained without that immersion
in art, nature, culture, and history. I'm sure that some of my
experiences will flavor my future writing. Ah, yes, knowledge is the
spice of life.
Yours in writing,
Bobbie Christmas (Bobbie@zebraeditor.com or bzebra@aol.com )
Author of Write In Style, owner of Zebra Communications, director of
The Writers Network, and coordinator of the Florida Writers Association
Editors Helping Writers service.
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Two: Ask the Book Doctor: About Writers Conferences, Finding Agents,
and Getting Published
By Bobbie Christmas
Q: Do you think it's worth $375 to attend the [name deleted]
conference?
A: Almost every conference is worth the fee. I attended my first
conference in the early 1980s and walked away informed, educated, and
inspired. Today I mostly attend conferences where I am booked to speak,
but I still slip into other classrooms and hear other presenters during
my free time, and I learn something new or am reminded of something I
had forgotten, every time.
Many conferences also offer the opportunity to meet with agents, and
that face-to-face meeting and manuscript evaluation could jumpstart
your career. Quite a few agent-writer connections are made at
conferences.
If you hope to make money at writing, you must invest in yourself. Your
computer is not the only investment you have to make. If a conference
offers speakers and subjects that speak to your areas of interest or
weakness, invest in your education. Go to conferences, mingle, enjoy,
learn, and be inspired.
Q: Hi. Im [sic] fifteen and i [sic] just finished writing a short
story. I really have no experience whatsoever in the publishing
business, and i'm [sic] wondering what the best way is to get myself
out there, [sic] and find a publisher, [sic] and all that.
A: This question is broad, but I will do my best to answer in it. The
first thing good writers learn, though, is to edit their work
consistently, whether it's a book-length manuscript, a short story, or
an e-mail. I saw many errors in the e-mail I received, and I can only
hope the short story has been more carefully edited.
Next, to learn how to sell a short story, please go to a library or
bookstore and find a book on how to sell short stories. Some books and
websites even list markets for short stories.
A few publishers may think fifteen-year-olds do not yet have enough
experience to be publishable writers, because most writers practice and
polish their craft for many years before they are able to sell their
work. Do not let such statistics stop you, though. First of all, once
you have polished your work and follow the advice in a book on getting
published, you can focus on finding publishers that specialize in the
writings of young adults. Second, if your writing is excellent, your
age won't matter. If you do want to sell to an adult market, therefore,
do not reveal your age to potential publishers.
Here are other valuable things you can do to increase your knowledge
about writing and publishing:
Join a writers association and attend regular meetings. Network with
fellow writers and learn how they found publishers for their writing
(there are many ways).
Join a critique circle, where you will get feedback on your work and
give feedback to others. You will not only learn much more about
writing and possibly get help editing your work, but you will also help
other writers.
Go to writers conferences and seminars. Again, talk to the people there
and learn their methods for successful publishing.
Subscribe to magazines about writing, such as Writer's Digest. Sign up
for my free newsletter, The Writers Network News, by going to my
website. Read books on writing, such as The Elements of Style by Strunk
and White, Stein on Writing by Sol Stein, On Writing by Stephen King,
and my book, Write In Style.
Never stop honing your writing skills. Keeping writing and reading
about writing and reading writing that you like.
Q: Do you have any leads you could share, any agents that would be
interested in looking at a piece of young-adult historical fiction?
A: Entire books have been written on how to find an agent, but don't
count on an editor to supply leads or become your agent, because it
could result in a sticky situation. Instead, attend a conference where
an agent who handles YA historical fiction is meeting with attendees
and evaluating manuscripts and sign up for an appointment with that
agent. If you can't get to a conference, to find agents to query,
search the usual databases for appropriate agents or go to a bookstore,
check the acknowledgments in books in your category, and see who
agented the book.
Q: Which form is correct, writer's conference, writers' conference, or
writers conference? My spell checker accepts the first two, but not the
last, but the last seems correct to me.
A: You touched on a point that disturbs me whenever I see it. I spot
the term "writer's conference" all the time, and that form means that
writers own the conference. The same applies to writers' conference,
which means that more than one writer owns the conference. The correct
form, regardless of what a spell-check program may say, should be
"writers conference," which means it is a conference for writers; it is
not owned by writers. My monthly e-zine is called The Writers Network
News for exactly that reason. It is for writers. It is not owned by
writers, although you could say it is owned by one writer--me.
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.
Would you like to read, save, or share the Ask the Book Doctor column
as a PDF file? At http://zebraeditor.com/files/ask_the_book_doctor.pdf,
the newest column is posted around the first of each month.
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Three: This Month's Easy Editing Tip from Bobbie Christmas - Dampening
Words
Tight writing avoids dampening words such as somehow, somewhat, rather,
seem, and sort of, all of which soften meaning, add verbiage, and
detract from the action or message. When you delete those words, your
writing grows in strength. Try it and see.
Use my trademarked Find and Refine Method to locate each of the words
mentioned above (somehow, somewhat, rather, seem, and sort of). In most
Word programs, you can use Control + H to bring up the Find and Replace
function. Under Find, type the word you seek, and if you wish, in the
Replace window, type in the correct usage. Tell the computer to Find
Next and study each use to determine if you can eliminate it without
changing the meaning of your sentence.
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Four: Subjects of interest to writers
Member Patty Cyr, whose book I edited, got a great review from Kirkus
for her latest book, A Patient's Perspective: Tips for Your Doctor
Visits and More. In brief it called her book "thorough and timely" and
concluded, "The author's hard-won wisdom is well suited for anyone who
ends up spending time in a waiting room, on an examination table, or
undergoing medical procedures." Congratulations, Patty!
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Longtime member George Weinstein reports, "My historical novel
Hardscrabble Road will be traditionally published by Deeds Publishing
(http://deedspublishing.com/) in October, with a book launch party at
Peerless Book Store (8465 Holcomb Bridge Road, Alpharetta, Georgia /
http://www.peerlessbookstore.com/) October 20 at 6:30 p.m. Hardscrabble
Road has also been nominated for the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in Letters.
I know George, and I know how hard he works to help fellow writers. He
is a past president of the Atlanta Writers Club and runs critique
circles for writers. His own fame is long overdue. Way to go, George!
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Patricia Fry's latest book, Talk Up Your Book (Allworth Press) is yet
another of her great books intended to help fellow writers. Talk Up
Your Book teaches writers how to sell their books through public
speaking, interviews, signings, festivals, conferences, and more. She
interviewed many experienced writers (including me!) to gather the best
information and advice for writers. Fry is the executive director of
the Small Publishers, Artists, and Writers Network (SPAWN) and the
author of more than thirty-five books and hundreds of articles. Talk Up
Your Book is available on Amazon.com at http://tinyurl.com/9p57cl6.
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November is National Novel Writing Month
Go ahead, take the challenge. Write 50,000 words by the end of
November. It's a great exercise, and you can revise, edit, and improve
the book in the months that follow. See http://www.nanowrimo.org for
more information.
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The Oxford English Dictionary has launched OED Appeals, a major online
initiative that involves the public in tracing the history of English
words. Editors are soliciting help in unearthing new information about
the history and usage of English, including the earliest examples of
particular words. The website enables the public to post evidence in
direct response to OED editors online, fostering a collective effort to
record the English language and find the true roots of our vocabulary.
To assist, see
http://public.oed.com/the-oed-needs-you-announcing-the-new-oed-appeals/
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Interested in Screenwriting? You might consider using one of the
screenwriting software programs listed at
http://www.writersstore.com/. You can even get a free trial download at
http://www.writersstore.com/final-draft-screenwriting-software/
(Thank you, member Albemoi Faire for sharing this information with
readers.)
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Write In Style Soon to be Unavailable, but Do NOT pay $999 for a copy!
A few weeks ago a writer in another city called to warn me, "I
recommended Write In Style to a friend, and he went on Amazon to get
it. Did you know that Amazon is selling your book for $75? Can they do
that?"
"Yes," I answered. "Because my book is officially out of print and no
more copies will be produced by the publisher, Amazon and anyone else
who owns copies of Write In Style can sell it at any price they can
get." For that reason, every week I see higher and higher prices for
new and used copies of my book. I'm in awe myself, when I checked today
and learned the highest price is now $999.00 for a copy of my book.
Meanwhile, smart folks can go still to my website and buy a new copy at
the original cover price of $12.95, but I must warn you that my stock
is dangerously low. Once I'm out, you'll have to pay the Amazon prices,
and they are going up, not down.
Write In Style is the first book to teach you how to write tighter,
stronger, and more creatively, PLUS how to speed through your editing
phase using tricks available in the software you're already using.
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
all my copies, you will have to pay the prices on Amazon, up to $999.
To pay the high prices, see http://tinyurl.com/4hc2bxu, but to pay only
the original cover price of $12.95, go to
http://zebraeditor.com/book_write_in_style.shtml. If you buy the book
from me, I will even autograph it.
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From The Chicago Manual of Style Website Q & A This Month
Q: In the sentence "The times, they are a changin'" does the period
come before or after the apostrophe? Logic would dictate after, but it
does not look right aesthetically.
A: Logic wins in this case: the apostrophe is part of the word, not
part of the sentence, and therefore it must cleave to the word, ugly or
not: changin'.
Q: I would like to ask about negation. If I would like to say "Neither
A, B, nor C is D," is it also grammatically correct to write "A, B, and
C are not D"?
A: Both are grammatically correct (though sticklers may insist that
either-or and neither-nor can be used only with pairs), but the second
version is slightly ambiguous, since it may be taken to mean either "A
is not D; B is not D; and C is not D" or "A + B + C does not equal D."
It's good to remember that even nonsense can be grammatically correct.
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
Backstory
Backstory refers to biographical information about a fictional
character and reveals the motivations and goals of that character.
Rather than in narrative, backstory comes out best either in dialogue
with another character (such as when one character tells another about
a life-changing event in his or her childhood) or in flashbacks
revealed through action and dialogue.
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Free Tools for Writers from Bobbie Christmas and Zebra Communications
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Slippery Subject Essential to Fiction: Learn about genre fiction
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One Way to Find a Qualified Editor for Your Book
The Florida Writers Association offers a unique service to members
through its Editors Helping Writers service, plus you have the
reassurance that you are dealing with fully vetted professional editors
who are overseen by a coordinator of the service as well as the strong
Florida Writers Association itself.
To learn all the rules and regulations for the Editors Helping Writers,
go to http://tinyurl.com/96eklu5. To participate in the service, 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.
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Ask the Book Doctor: How to Beat the Competition and Sell Your Writing
answers many of the questions you wish you could ask an editing expert.
Whether you write books, short stories, articles, reports, or anything
else, learn more about how to write, edit, and sell your work.
Paperback: $14.95 plus $4.99 S & H (total: $19.94 US) E-book: $8.95, no
S & H, with almost instant delivery. You'll save almost $10 by buying
the e-book! To order either, go to http://tinyurl.com/lexp7n.
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Simon & Schuster Consolidates
Facing flat sales, the publisher said it will move roughly a dozen
imprints into four publishing groups. Read more:
http://tinyurl.com/9h4eb2s
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Five: Contests, Agents, and Markets
Wisdom of Woodstock Anthology
Call for Personal Experience Essays
Hurry! Deadline December 31, 2012
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 any incident that took place anywhere, at any time, that
resulted in wisdom, revelation, or comfort. The deadline is
approaching! For details, see
http://zebraeditor.com/writing_competition.shtml.
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Frederic C. Beil, Publisher
609 Whitaker Street
Savannah, Ga. 31401
Frederic C. Beil Publisher is an independent publishing company in
Savannah, Georgia, producing ten to twelve titles a year. Beil
publishes general trade books in the fields of history, biography, and
fiction.
The company has remained on course by offering to the reading public
carefully selected texts of lasting value, adhering to high standards
in bookmaking craftsmanship, and producing books that exemplify good
taste in format and design.
Beil does not accept unsolicited manuscripts. We reply to e-mail
queries, but prefer that authors submit their queries—with a
self-addressed, stamped envelope—by postal mail to the address above.
If we request to review an author's completed work, upon receiving the
manuscript we will give the author a further indication of our interest
within a week's time. If we decide to pursue the publication of the
author's work, we then will send the author our "Guidelines for
Authors."
Beil is not responsible for unsolicited material. We do not reprint
previously issued e-books.
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Divertir Publishing
Divertir Publishing is an independent publisher located in Salem, New
Hampshire. Our goal is to provide interesting and entertaining books to
the world, as well as to offer new and exciting voices in the writing
community the opportunity to publish their work. We seek to combine the
knowledge of the established publishing houses with a unique
understanding of the desires of the modern market.
We use a combination of digital printing (print-on-demand) and
distribution in electronic formats for the majority of our books. We
understand that relying solely on digital printing and eBooks will
limit our access to some distribution channels (such as
brick-and-mortar bookstores). We believe the cost savings resulting
from the use of these technologies will allow us to publish in niche
areas which are not currently served by larger publishers – such as
publishing short story collections and poetry. We will limit the number
of books published each year in order to guarantee that each book
receives the individual attention required to assure the highest
quality product.
Short Stories: The most effective way to introduce up and coming
authors to our readership is through the use of short story
collections. To this end, we will be publishing several short story
collections each year. Each collection will have a common theme.
This publisher accepts short stories for its collections as well as
book manuscripts.
Please note that queries and submissions that do not follow our
guidelines or that are sent to the wrong e-mail address will
automatically be rejected. For submission guidelines, see
http://www.divertirpublishing.com/submissions.html
Divertir Publishing is currently open for queries from authors. While
we consider manuscripts in most genres, we are particularly interested
in the following:
Fiction: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Alternate History, Contemporary
Mythology, Mystery and Suspense, Paranormal, and Urban Fantasy.
Nonfiction: Political/Social Commentary, Current Events, History, Humor
and Satire, Crafts and Hobbies, and Metaphysics.
Please note we currently do not accept submissions in the following
areas: Erotica and graphic novels, Textbooks (any topic), Novellas,
Memoirs, and Single-Author short story or poetry collections.
Do not send your manuscript without first sending a query – unsolicited
manuscripts will automatically be rejected. Also, we do not accept
queries for incomplete manuscripts. We currently do not accept queries
for novellas. We accept submissions for short stories or poetry only if
they are targeted toward an upcoming collection and do not accept
queries for single-author short story or poetry collections. The topics
for upcoming collections are listed here. Finally, we do not accept
submissions for erotica or graphic novels.
We currently accept simultaneous submissions from authors – we request
that authors disclose the fact that multiple publishers are reviewing
the work at the time of submission.
Please send all queries to query@divertirpublishing.com. We accept only
electronic queries and submissions. Please do not send queries to
info@divertirpublishing.com. Queries sent to this e-mail address or
directly to an editor will be rejected.
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Crazyhorse
Department of English
College of Charleston
66 George Street
Charleston, SC 29424
Founded by the poet Tom McGrath in Los Angeles in 1960 but now based at
the College of Charleston, Crazyhorse continues to be one of the
finest, most influential literary journals published today. In January,
Crazyhorse is accepting submissions for the following:
The Crazyhorse Fiction Prize
The Crazyhorse Nonfiction Prize
and the Lynda Hull Memorial Poetry Prize
Winners receive $2000 each and publication in Crazyhorse. Submit online
during the month of January. Deadline: January 31, 2013.
All manuscripts entered must be original and previously unpublished.
All entries are considered for publication in Crazyhorse. Entries are
accepted online only from January 1, 2013 to January 31, 2013. Contest
submissions sent by mail or e-mail, or outside of the submission
period, will not be read. Winners will be announced on our website by
June 1, 2013. The winning manuscripts will be awarded $2000 and will be
published in Crazyhorse Number 84, Fall 2013.
For each manuscript entered, include a reading fee of $20 per
manuscript, which includes a one-year/two-issue subscription to
Crazyhorse. More than one manuscript may be entered. For each
additional fiction or poetry manuscript entered and entry fee paid,
your subscription to Crazyhorse will extend by one year/two issues.
Subscriptions begin with Crazyhorse Number 84, Fall 2013.
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Six: Got Muse?
National Bullying Prevention Month
At some time in our lives, almost everyone has either bullied someone
or been bullied. In the past, we were told to deal with bullying on our
own, but educators and parents now recognize that bullying is hurtful,
dangerous, and even deadly. As a result, students are being taught to
report bullying, so the practice can be stopped. October has now been
named National Bullying Prevention Month.
In honor of National Bullying Prevention Month, think back to some time
when you were bullied, when you saw someone being bullied, or even when
you may have bullied someone. Write a story about one of the bullying
incidents you experienced in some capacity. Be sure to let readers know
how you felt when you were bullied, when you saw someone being bullied,
or when you bullied someone. Rewrite the ending of the story to show
what you wish you had done or would do in the future to prevent such
incidents.
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