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My new Thriller's website - Made it myself - Is it okay, OR?

LynnP — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:15:09 GMT

Hi All - I would so very much appreciate your feedback on my new thriller's website (the novel is kind of like "The Da Vinci Code" meets "A Course in Miracles")- I built the website myself (it took me ton of long hours) and would love your thoughts re: if it is laid out okay, if you can read the excerpt okay, etc - (I posted the first chapter for readers' review) and what I could improve about the site as well.

This is my first novel and is already selling in smaller daily amounts in an advance release version from this website as a result of articles I've written for newsletters, etc and some of the enthusiastic reviews I've been grateful to receive that are posted there. Please check out my book's website at http://www.thegreatawakeningsaga.com/ The "official publish date" for my first novel in this series will be March 2010 and per publishing rules, I can only sell it from my website before then if I want to get reviews from the big reviewers. So I want to make certain that this website is the best it can be. Thanks again for taking a look at it for me and telling me what you think - your's is invaluable feedback to me!

Exciting News about a New Blog

JimNC — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:14:01 GMT

Announcing Six Questions For . . ., a new project to enlighten writers.

In response to a post on my personal blog about rejection, a reader suggested I publish a series of interviews in which editors "list, in excruciating details, all that each editor desires in his/her stories." Wow. What a great idea. Not only does this provide authors with specific information about what editors are looking for in the submissions they receive, it offers editors a venue for advertising their publications and getting the word out about what, in their opinion, constitutes "good writing."

To support this effort, I created the Six Questions For . . . blog. You can learn more about this project by reading the Welcome message at http://sixquestionsfor.blogspot.com/,and mark your calendar to return on December 1st when Six Questions For Nathaniel Tower, Founder and Editor, Bartleby Snopes goes live! A new set of responses will be posted every Monday and Thursday (except 12/3, 12/24, and 12/31).

A sampling of other participants includes: Anderbo, Apollo’s Lyre, Black Velvet Seductions (publisher of romance novels), Boston Literary Magazine, Camroc Press Review, dcomP, Dew on the Kudzu, Flash Me Magazine, Grey Sparrow Journal, and Toasted Cheese.

If you're involved with a magazine, publisher, or literary agency and would like to participate; or if you have a question or would like to suggest a publication, publisher, or agent for me to include, please contact me at sixquestionsfor@gmail.com/.

Please consider sharing this news with your writing friends. I’ve learned a lot from reading the responses received so far. I’m certain other writers will too.

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New Deadline & Judge for SCN's Novel Pitch Contest

JWD — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 20:26:38 GMT

Please pass on to your writing community the update on this low-fee contest.

NOVEL PITCH & 1^st FIVE PAGES of a NOVEL CONTEST
Sponsored by Smoke City Narrators

DEADLINE EXTENDED to: Postmarked by Saturday 10/17/09
$8 ENTRY FEE
AWARDS: 1^st - $150 | 2^nd - $75 | 3^rd - $40 | 6 Honorable Mentions.
http://www.janicewiley-dorn.com/smokecitynarrators/pitch1st5contest.html

*Novel Does Not Have to be Complete.*

We're pleased to announce our 2009 Contest Judge: Cindy Dyson, author of THE LAST QUERY: A New Approach to Crafting a Novel Query Letter. Dyson shows how-to hone in on the most intriguing qualities of your novel and your life, even if you lack writing credits, and shape them into a unique query.

Her query letter hooked Agent Marly Rusoff, who sold Dyson's first novel, AND SHE WAS, to Harper Collins.

The contest is open to residents of the USA. Entries must be original & unpublished (includes Internet).

Multiple entries OK but only 1 prize awarded to any winner. Submit 2 copies of the first 5 pages of a novel, 1,500 words max. & a one-sentence pitch (mini-synopsis), 20 words max.

Optional: The 9 finalists will have their pitch and website link posted on SCN's website & blog.

Novel pages not published. Authors retain all rights.

Please see website for complete rules and to learn more about Dyson's writing process.

Thanks,
Janice Wiley-Dorn
Smoke City Narrators Contest Director
scnarrators@janicewiley-dorn.com
http://www.janicewiley-dorn.com
http://www.southernartistry.org/Janice_WileyDorn

My story is on Flashshot

JimNC — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:16:53 GMT

My 55-word flash story, "The Butcher," is up at Flashshot.

Alameda Writers Group Presents Writing Horror-ifically

AWG — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:41:45 GMT

ALAMEDA WRITERS GROUP - LOS ANGELES PRESENTS: WRITING HORROR-IFICALLY - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3^RD

Please join Alameda Writers Group Saturday, October 3^rd, for a panel discussion on writing horror, how to make your work stand out in a crowded marketplace, and why everyone loves vampires. On the panel will be Raelle Tucker, writer on HBO's True Blood and CW's Supernatural, Del Howison, owner of Dark Delicacies bookstore, editor of the Dark Delicacies horror anthologies, and author himself, and Lara Parker, actress in the original Dark Shadows TV show and author of novels based on that show's mythology.

Raelle Tucker writes television. And movie and plays. She's currently a writer/producer for HBO'S series "True Blood". In 2003, a screenplay she co-wrote: "Cheeks" made the top 3 finals of HBO's "Project Greenlight". She didn't win, but the exposure eventually led to her first television job - as a staff writer on the critically acclaimed but short-lived ABC private detective drama "Eyes". Raelle followed that with 2 seasons of the CW's "Supernatural", which she quit to work with one of her heroes, Alan Ball (American Beauty, Six Feet Under) on his HBO vampire show, "True Blood". Last year "True Blood" was nominated for both Golden Globe and WGA awards. Season 3 is currently in production and is scheduled to premiere summer 2010.

Besides owning America's only all-horror book and gift store for the last 15 years, Dark Delicacies, the 3rd book in the Bram Stoker Award-winning anthology series that Del Howison edits, Dark Delicacies III: Haunted has just come out, featuring stories by Heather Graham, Chuck Palahniuk, David Morrell and others. He also has a short story in the new anthology Forrest J Ackerman presents The Anthology of the Living Dead. Del has been in seventeen "D" movies and his books have been nominated for Bram Stoker Awards (three times - won once), a Shirley Jackson Award, and a Black Quill Award among others. I have just signed a contract with Ulysses Press to write two books for them

Lara Parker was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, and grew up in Memphis. The summer she was writing her thesis, she acted at the Millbrook Playhouse in Loch Haven, Pennsylvania, where she played five leads in six weeks. She decided to try her luck in New York City, and the second week she was there she was cast as Angelique on Dark Shadows, a show which has become a cult classic. Lara turned some of her creative energies toward writing and now has written two novels, a collection of short stories, several screenplays, and has contributed to several non-fiction books.

Alameda Writers Group - Los Angeles is a non-profit group for writers of all genres in all stages of development. AWG hosts meetings on the first Saturday of every month at the Glendale Central Library, 222 E. Harvard St, Glendale, CA 91205. There is free parking for up to three hours at the garage across the street on Harvard. For more information please visit alamedawritersgroup.org.

My personal reflection on why some things in life should not wait.

FReagle — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:51:12 GMT

We all have things to do that need our attention, but sometimes these seem to dominate and get in the way of what really matters. This article tells of a few examples in my recent life of things I have done that I will not regret and things that I have not done and can only regret not doing them. I hope you enjoy reading my reflection.

http://hubpages.com/hub/Reasons-to-not-procrastinate-when-it-comes-to-visiting-people

Can a story on meters be like poems?

M.A.RAJABY — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:08:45 GMT

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A new theory in the story

Can a story on meters be like poems?

Introduction

Written by: M.A.RAJABY

Proving that stories follow certain structures, just like poetry meters in Arabic, was my biggest dream, this feeling lurked deep down in my being, just as a belief that was built on insufficient information, but now the time has come for this dream to become a reality.

This book holds within its folds a new theory about stories; it contains a comprehensive methodology that seeks to prove beyond doubt that stories move according to specific structures that amount to thirteen.

When I first embarked on this theory, I collected a large number of children’s books, and started analyzing them according to a questionnaire (which I named the structural gist questionnaire). The questionnaire’s vocabulary was based on the fact that every story is made up of a problem and a solution. And as I progressed further in my task, and through the use of analytical methods I found out that there are other elements that should be taken into consideration, these are closer to reality and give a much more accurate answers from a practical point of view, till the questionnaire reached its final form in this book.

Then I started to analyze hundreds of stories, which I divided into the cause of the problem or prerogative (look at the definition of these two terms inside the book), which led me to find out that these can be listed under thirteen groups, every group has certain characteristics that are linked together by one element; I called these groups (the structure), I used this term, because it points to the existence of a fixed structure that has clear and specific characteristics, and we can use it as a base for other models.

Afterwards I moved to stories that target adults; admittedly, working with bigger stories was much harder for many reasons; unlike children’s books that have clear elements, simple structure, and stay away from using symbols, adults books are the exact opposite. I must admit I had some difficulty in analyzing some of the stories especially those enveloped with mystery and suspense, but I got over this particular obstacle at the end.

Despite this hard and tiring work, I must say I was alleviated every time I read a new story because it came to prove the correctness of my theory, and every time I suspected the existence of a new structure, I found out that this was not true.

I then defined each of these structures, sited some examples, and to avoid getting back to the model stories, I summarized them, put forward the place of publication, so that those who interested can get back to them at any time.

I derived the names of these structures from their Arabic roots, relying on four Arabic rhythms which are (Afoula, Tafael, faola, fawal and Afael). In this theory I invented a number of new phrases and put them in an index, in addition to an English introduction at the end of the book.

Even though the research material in this book uses short stories, it can still be applied to novels, for no matter how the novel varies in its space and characters, it strives to achieve a basic need that can use the articles of this theory, indeed I have done just in this book, and put forward tow models for Nagib Mahfouz and Marcaize.

Through this theory I believe that I am trying to serve literature in general, and promise writers and critics alike to introduce a large critical proposal that depends in part on this theory, and with one goal in mind, which is to bring literature into the active and popular domain. I do not pretend under any circumstances that I will be the one to implement this huge dream, but I will try to put the cornerstone for it, and I wish it will grow to thousands upon thousands of stones.

I do not assume that this theory has destroyed every other theory before it either, but I can say that it is a serious attempt to study literature closely, and away from critical terrorism, and the extreme comments of some critics who made literature and its art into gibberish that could only be comprehended by those who love literature.

This piece is taken from the book was published in Arabic, and soon will be published in English, and it written by Jordanian writer (Mahmoud Alrajaby) who has a pen name in English (M.A.RAJABY).

Looking for an agent?

Karen Dionne — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 18:53:52 GMT

If so, check out the Backspace Agent-Author Seminar, November 5 & 6, in New York City - two days of panels, workshops, and small-group meetings with ONLY literary agents on the program - Janet Reid, Colleen Lindsay, Paige Wheeler, Scott Hoffman, Jeff Kleinman, Holly Root, Miriam Kriss, and many more - over 20 in all.

Registration is limited to 120. Early registration discount through September 15. More information on the conference website: http://www.backspacewritersconference.com

Questions can be directed to me, Karen Dionne, at karendionne@bksp.org, or you can telephone Christopher Graham at 732-267-6449

Writers needed-it pays good!

Sondrafast — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:24:06 GMT

An online publication urgently needs writers, many topics to choose from. It pays real good with lots of extras that pay too.

Visit this site to put in your application:

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Be sure to click the "Find my Examiner" link at the bottom of the application and put in my ID: which is 1580 so I can get credit.

You can't miss this opportunity if you're a writer.

New Online Magazine looking for submissions!

Quillhound — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:20:34 GMT

Quillhound.com is a new online magazine featuring poetry, short-shories, fiction and non-fiction, plays and screenplays by previously unknown authors.

Our debut issue will be up on the first of September, so there's only a few weeks left to submit your previously unpublished work. Just go to quillhound.com and check out the submissions information. It really is easy, and I can't wait to read all of the submissions.

Kresta "The Quillhound" Train

author fest in colorado

survivor — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:48:27 GMT

We in Colorado are getting ready for the 4th annual Author Fest of the Rockies in Manitou SPrings. This event benefits the Manitou Public Library. I am especially excited about the concept of such events in view of our tough economic climate. Library funding is much needed and this is a fun way to make money. It helps authors with publicity also.

My New Twitter Novel: Undeliverables

RPulfer — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:55:16 GMT

I'm trying my hand at a Twitter novel to promote the first issue of my comic book Bat & Wolf. The Undeliverables is a coming-of-age prequel to the horror-comedy, set twenty years prior and concerning three young monster hunters working out of the Dead Letter Branch of the US Post Office.

The novel updates usually five times every weekday (Twitter fans rejoice), but I am working on a non-Twitter webpage which will incorporate all the updates into a more easy-to-read prose format, for those of you who don't like Twitter (and you know who you are.)

http://twitter.com/undeliverables