Tag: writers
group name: writespeak
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September 15, 2007 03:47 PM EDT --
The muse and I have struggled mightily this summer. In the spring, things were looking great! I wrote up a synopsis to a new novel and sent it around to a few friends. All agreed (as friends . . . more
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August 15, 2007 05:23 PM EDT --
We are very pleased to announce that the winner in the Gather.com “Express Yourself” Poetry Contest is Arlene H., for her poem “The Lagoon.” She has won $100 from Gather, and of . . . more
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June 20, 2007 09:00 PM EDT --
Just wanted to say something about Writer's Conferences.
I happen to like them, and go to as many as I can afford. I think the benefit of networking with other writers, setting up smaller writers . . . more
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October 18, 2007 02:57 PM EDT --
The OP is apparently marketing some sort of service to writers, where the writers pay for the right to submit work to participating publishers. Now as a small publisher, the potential of a service . . . more
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May 02, 2008 05:08 AM EDT --
Neither editor nor expert, the reader reviewer occupies an ambiguous position in the food chain of the creative process. Uncertain of their own qualifications and abilities, the temptation exists . . . more
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June 20, 2007 08:48 PM EDT --
Who knows self-promotion better than this group?
A good book jacket helps promote a book. So please consider clicking on the attached link and voting for #8. It happens to be for my new book, . . . more
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August 13, 2007 11:52 AM EDT --
Last month, I wrote an article regarding why it is not in the best interest of readers or writers to always support bookstores. Now there is more fuel to put on that fire.
It seems a . . . more
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July 31, 2007 03:01 PM EDT --
According to the American Heritage Dictionary, the word "publish" is defined as follows: To prepare and issue (printed material) for public distribution or sale. By this definition, printing . . . more
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June 23, 2007 12:13 PM EDT --
I have collections and collections of family geneology papers. My grandmother was very proud of belonging to one of the oldest families in what is now Taylor County, Georgia. There are boxes of photographs . . . more
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August 31, 2007 01:28 PM EDT --
I frequent a lot of writing communities. Some I participate in as a writer. Others I participate in as a mentor. Some I just sit back and shake my head at the car wrecks that pass for . . . more
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June 23, 2007 12:39 PM EDT --
I have a silver hand mirror. That in itself isn't unusual, it was the expected birthday gift to all sixteen year old daughters in our family. What makes mine unusual is the name engraved . . . more
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December 16, 2007 08:34 PM EST --
Came across this one today. Someone in the Lulu.com forum was asking for publishing advice. A "stealth spam" was posted to the thread as follows:
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... Lulu is . . . more
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March 24, 2008 02:42 PM EDT --
Complete Article Can be Found Here :
"Kathryn in Creswell reasonably asks: "What is the point of writing more correctly than many of us speak?"
How should an aging editor . . . more
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January 07, 2008 10:18 AM EST --
So I have this tiny little publishing company that I operate, Bards and Sages . We publish a handful of print titles a year. It isn't my full-time job, but it allows me to create projects . . . more
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March 25, 2008 04:59 PM EDT --
One of the banes of most writers is the notorious "Writer's Block." We just can't seem to get our ideas on paper, or can't get motivated to write what we are thinking. . . . more
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August 26, 2007 02:57 PM EDT --
It’s happened to many of us or to a colleague in the business. If you’re a writer, you know someone whose career took a stutter step when their publisher went out of business. Perhaps it was . . . more
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August 21, 2008 12:53 PM EDT --
By Saralee Rosenberg
www.saraleerosenberg.com
I 'm not rich, famous, young or drop dead gorgeous. But the minute people learn that I'm an author, you'd think I was all of the . . . more
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September 18, 2007 01:34 PM EDT --
Ted, it is amazing, as I read this piece, how much emotion this brings back to me. It reminded me of how everyone around me always thinking that everything is okay, fine and that all is well, including . . . more
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July 28, 2008 03:03 PM EDT --
I have watched with dismay over the years as the once trustworthy and noble Writer's Digest has become a thin shell of what it used to be. WD seems to have completely shunned . . . more
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September 24, 2007 03:54 PM EDT --
Q: i want to get my blog out there more. I do it on gather but I think they aren't really my core age group... I have a bunch of addicts and followers which is cute but I need more advir... any . . . more
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