September 01, 2010
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09/01/2010 - FALL 24-HOUR SHORT STORY CONTEST IS ONLY 10 DAYS AWAY!
POD PRICE COMPARISON
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Publisher's Desk
Publisher's Desk For September 1st
**ONLY 10 DAYS AWAY, ALREADY 46% FULL!** - FALL 24-HOUR SHORT STORY CONTEST
The Fall 24-Hour Short Story Contest is our most popular and it's only 10 days away! There's always a fun, crispy Fall theme and occasionally something Halloweenish to boot because the winners are always announced the week before Halloween. We're now accepting entrants for the Fall 2010 24-Hour Short Story Contest. Contests usually fill up before start-time. Each contest is limited to 500 entrants so don't delay if you want to participate.
1st Place: $300
2nd Place: $250
3rd Place: $200
Entry fee is $5. You can see the complete list of 85 prizes and sign up here: http://www.writersweekly.com/misc/contest.html
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See what Michael Keller (author of Life In A Week; Book Two - What Is Spirituality?) created here: http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/7020117
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WRITERSWEEKLY.COM'S CURRENT BEST SELLERS
1. 24-HOUR SHORT STORY CONTEST ENTRY FEE - $5
Entry fee and contest guidelines ebook.
2. TRAVEL WRITING 2.0
Earning money from your travels in the new media landscape.
3. JOEL'S BookProgram: The Simple Secret To Writing A Non-Fiction Book In 30 Days, At 1 Hour A Day! - SECOND EDITION
If you are a solo professional, having your own book is one of the best investments of time and money you can make, to promote your business and gain more clients...
4. QUIT YOUR JOB OR DIE
Discover why most people sacrifice their dreams and potential for a false sense of security. Having control over your income and your life is not nearly as hard as we have been led to believe...
5. QUERY LETTERS THAT WORKED!
Angela Hoy shares real query letters from a variety of writers that landed these contracts: Woman's Day - $2,800; Redbook - $3,500; Ladies Home Journal - $3,000; DiscoveryHealth.com - $2,000; Lifetime Magazine - $3,000; Life Extension Magazine - $6,480; Natural Remedies - $11,300; and many more!
6. GET THAT GRANT! The Quick-Start Guide to Successful Proposals
Concise, comprehensive guide to writing professional, successful grant proposals.
7. IT'S A DIRTY JOB...Writing P*RN FOR FUN AND PROFIT! Includes Paying Markets!
Katy Terrega provides the only resource you need to learn how to write and sell erotica.
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BOOKLOCKER.COM'S BEST SELLERS!
1. CANCER-FREE -- Your Guide to Gentle, Non-toxic Healing (Third Edition)
Healing cancer requires knowledge of alternative treatments. Here it is.
2. FREE LIKE A BIRD
Tale of Jewish survival and betrayal during the Bolshevik Revolution.
3. THE WORLD'S CHEAPEST DESTINATIONS
21 Countries Where Your Money is Worth a Fortune - Third Edition
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A violent prison society where one man changes everything.
5. FIRE BOMBER INTO HELL
A pilot's story of survival in a deadly occupation.
6. REMEMBERING YOUR SOUL PURPOSE
An ascension book/workbook for excavating your soul's unique contribution.
7. TO BE A FROG
Is it fun to be a frog? A life lesson.
8. TRAVEL WRITING 2.0
Earning money from your travels in the new media landscape.
9. BIRDS, BEES AND CHURCH TRAILER THIEVES
Fate does not have the last word: we can choose.
10. SUNNY BOY AND LITTLE SUNNY
Photographic story of a mustang family's adventure in northern Wyoming.
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News From the Home Office
Another Dent in the RV (Oops....)
In the past week, we:
Went swimming (twice).
Saw a HUGE personal Star Wars collection.
Visited a dinosaur museum.
Ate Kelly's homemade stuffed hamburgers and gluten-free fruit pizza.
Ate Cindy's homemade pork loin sandwiches and cherry pie.
Ate the Garbage Plate at Frank's Diner in Kenosha, WI, which has been profiled on Diners, Drive-ins and Dives.
Dented the rear slide on the RV (now, whose fault was that?!)
And were shocked to discover the large electric plug on the RV had started to melt!
Read all the details (and see pictures!) here:
http://www.wirelesstrips.com/days-5-8-we-are-not-acclimated
This week's Maxism:
Conversation overheard in the back of the RV between Max (8) and Mason (4). Mason refuses to try eggs, and now probably never will.
"Mason, do you know what eggs are?"
"No."
"They're big, squishy balls that come out of chicken's butts...and we eat 'em!"
Hugs to all!
Angela
P.S. WANT TO REMEMBER YOUR PAST, AND WRITE ABOUT IT?
HOW TO REMEMBER, WRITE AND PUBLISH YOUR LIFE STORY
Using Angela's MEMORY TRIGGERS, recall memories that have been dormant for years, and record those memories in chronological order in your memory notebook. Using the memory notebook as your outline, write your autobiography! **Also works for biographies and memoirs.**
http://writersweekly.com/books/4764.html
The Latest From AngelaHoy.com
The Latest From Angelahoy.Com For September 1st
We are visiting the children's godfathers this week, which includes swimming, canoeing in a bay, and much more. Of course, that hurricane bearing down on the East Coast may make our visit MUCH more interesting!
My column will return next week.
Letters To The Editor
Letters To The Editor For September 1st
This week:
This Week's Article
Set the Stage for Success By Shirley Raye Redmond
If you've recently sold or purchased a home, you may be familiar with the hottest trend in moving real estate. It's called "staging" and involves demonstrating creative combinations to attract potential buyers. Many real estate agents even hire professional "stagers" to make properties-for-sale more attractive to potential buyers. They rearrange furniture to create flow and energy. They de-clutter dens and bathrooms. They might brighten a black coffee table with a vase of white roses to make the living room "pop."
Why go to all this trouble? To make a sale, of course, and to help clients see the potential in a particular property. Staging works! By modifying the techniques, I've sold children's book manuscripts on topics that have already been covered pretty thoroughly-including one about fairies (yes, another book on fairies!) to Random House...
Ask The Expert
Can Your Put My Ebook in the Apple iBookstore? Yes!
Hi Angela,
I want my ebook listed in Apple's iBookstore but the ePub file conversion and submission process looks really confusing. Is anyone offering a service to help people with the process?
Janet
Success Stories
Tweet, Tweet: Using Social Media to Increase Sales By Lisa Tiffin
I've always wanted to write a column, but it wasn't until Twitter intervened that it became a reality for me. The funny thing is I didn't even have a Twitter account when it happened. Luckily, I have a few good people looking out for me.
Whispers And Warnings
Whispers And Warnings For September 1st
COMPLAINT about Ultimate MMA magazine / ultimatemmamag.com / Doug Jeffrey / Beckett Media LLC / beckett.com - Writer finally gets her payment.
Markets And Jobs
Paying Markets And Jobs For September 1st
These markets are NOT recycled guidelines. WritersWeekly.com only features original market listings, received from and approved by the editors at each publication.
Progressive Populist
CURRENT NEEDS: "We are not much interested in 'sound-off' articles about state or national politics, although we accept letters to the editor. We prefer to see more 'journalistic' pieces, in which the writer does enough footwork to advance a story beyond the easy realm of opinion. The ideal length for these is 700 to 800 words for columns and 1,200 words for news features. We also use book reviews. We review books of interest to our audience, generally having to do with politics or economics." Pays $15-$50.
Rack
CURRENT NEEDS: "Any story (animal) that meets our requirements." Pays $100-$325 for 1000 words.
Rock & Gem
CURRENT NEEDS: "Field trips, step-by-step project articles." Pays $275 for 2000-3000 words.
Taxi News
CURRENT NEEDS: Queries. "We have a full stable of contributors now, but if someone has a good idea and can back it up with good journalism, we're delighted. Don't expect zillions of bucks - we simply do not have the resources to compete even with daily newspapers - think small community newspaper." Pays flat fee up to $150 (CDN) for articles of 50-800 words.
Times of the Islands, Bonita Living, Gulf & Main and RSW Living
CURRENT NEEDS: "New pitches/ideas." Pays $175-$250 for 800-2000 words. Submit query with bio by email.
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Freelance California State Certified Teacher - for distance learning work. Pays $15/hour.
KC Distance Learning
Freelance Video Game Writers
website
Freelance Legal Writer
Marin Estate Planning/Family Law Attorney
Freelance English to Chinese Translators - near Vancouver. Pays $15/hour.
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Freelance Web Content Copywriter / Blogger
Seattle web design/development company
Freelance Automotive Blogger
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Freelance Graphic Designer - Pays $40/hour.
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Freelance Blogger
software company
Freelance Freelance Transcriptionists
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Project Content Coordinator
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Freelance Creative Writer
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Freelance Investing Writer
StreetAuthority
Freelance Writers - Pays $25-$100/post.
metaefficient.com
Freelance Writer - Pays $10/hour.
Pampered Passions Fine Lingerie
Freelance Norwegian Web Writer
Brafton
Freelance News Editor
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Freelance Scientific / Science Fiction Writer / Editor
publisher
Freelance Researchers / Fact Checkers
IMG Publications: The Daily & Cesar's Way
FreeBookExcerpts.com
FreeBookExcerpts.com For September 1st
FreeBookExcerpts.com: where authors post excerpts and readers post comments.
Here's a peek at what was added this week!
Bright Light by Stephen Perry
Top Secret, Black Operations of MACV-SOG during the Vietnam War.
The Mobius Striptease by Carolyn Haley
To stop invisible forces from harming her sister, then rippling out to damage the world, Madeline LaRue must use physics and metaphysics to learn the secrets of psychic power.
We Have Seen The Lord by Charlie Brackett
Brief, non-denominational Bible messages presenting the practical essence of John's Gospel. Ideal for daily devotions focusing on the evidence that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
POST YOUR OWN BOOK EXCERPT, AT: http://www.FreeBookExcerpts.com
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NON-FICTION
SCRAPED KNEES AND MAC N' CHEESE: One Woman's Journey of a Thousand Miles on the Vermont Long Trail
Join author and outdoor enthusiast Sandi Pierson as she brings you over the beautiful Green Mountains of Vermont. Following the historic Long Trail, the first long-distance hiking trail in America, discover the splendor of this diverse and rugged landscape and the joys and tribulations of attempting to walk it carrying everything you need on one's back.
BRIGHT LIGHT
The true story of the author's training as a green beret medical specialist and his service with the top secret MACV SOG. The book reveals, for the first time, the author's firsthand accounts of dangerous black operations behind enemy lines. These dangerous missions took the author and his team within miles of Hanoi, looking for Navy pilots who were shot down over North Vietnam...
FICTION
Dogboy
There is a prison for violent criminals where the prisoners do not remember their lives prior to incarceration. They cannot remember their crimes. They cannot remember their names. They all have a seemingly programmed fear of the perimeter wall and the land beyond it; this fear grows within them as time passes....
CHRISTMAS GUEST
It's Christmas, and fate is forcing Scott Morgan to rethink his successful executive life. First, an encounter with a curly-headed foster child seems to have thrown his efficient, logical psyche out of balance. Then, a phone call in the middle of the night drags him back to his grandparents' farm, a place of old memories he has avoided for twelve years.
WHEN DREAMS END
Isolated in solitude on the Big Island of Hawaii on the frozen earth, Gabriel Martin struggles from an inability to hide from loneliness and memories of his past. His only escape is found by entering a dream chamber, which allows him to forget his identity and live countless lifetimes in his mind...
NONESUCH BOOM
Nonesuch, Texas hopes for oil boom but it isn't what they expected...
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