June 27, 2007

Publisher's Desk For June 26th
printable version

Author Of New Comics How-To Book Has Sold To Marvel Comics And More!
Steven Philip Jones has sold comic book scripts to Marvel Comics/Malibu Graphics, Caliber Comics, and Sundragon Comics. His new book, Comics Writing (A Guide to Communicating with Comic Books), is now available at WritersWeekly! See: http://writersweekly.com/books/2961.html

Integrity: Responsibilities Of An Author
Excellent post by author Dennis AuBuchon
http://myqualitywriting.blogspot.com/2006/09/integrity-responsibilities-of-author.html

ALREADY 46% FULL! Summer 24-Hour Short Story Contest
The WritersWeekly.com Summer 2007 24-Hour Short Story Contest will be held on Saturday, July 28th, and is limited to 500 entrants. Contests usually fill up, so don't delay if you want to participate. The contest is tons of fun! You can see the list of 85 prizes (first prize is $300, second is $250 and third is $200 - plus 82 other prizes!), and sign up here: http://www.writersweekly.com/misc/contest.html

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ARE YOU MISSING THE PARTY?
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http://www.writersweekly.com/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=15

DON'T FORGET OUR SOLDIERS!
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WRITER'S GUIDELINES DATABASE
http://forums.writersweekly.com/viewforum.php?f=12

New guidelines added since last week:
The Willows - Pays $5-$25
http://forums.writersweekly.com/viewtopic.php?t=7557

Vicious Magazine - Pays $0.07-$0.08/word
http://forums.writersweekly.com/viewtopic.php?t=7560

WHAT ARE THE CURRENT BEST SELLING ITEMS AT WRITERSWEEKLY?

FREE EXCERPTS OF ALL BOOKS available at the links below.

1. 24-Hour Short Story Contest - Summer 2007
http://writersweekly.com/books/678.html
Entry fee and contest guidelines ebook.

2. Nine Steps to Successful Nonfiction Magazine Writing
http://writersweekly.com/books/2880.html
Workbook provides everything needed for success in nonfiction magazine writing.

3. QUERY LETTERS THAT WORKED! Real Queries That Landed $2K+ Writing Assignments
http://writersweekly.com/books/1409.html
Copies of real query letters that resulted in writing assignments worth $2K and much more!

4. Wow Them With Your Grant Proposal
http://writersweekly.com/books/2865.html
Common grant proposal and grant resources for a grant writer. Also features an Internet resource list of 37 grant opportunities, divided into three categories for your convenience: government, corporations and foundations.

5. Selling Your Screenplay
http://writersweekly.com/books/2888.html
Learn how to sell your screenplay from produced screenwriter Ashley Scott Meyers.

FREE EXCERPTS OF ALL BOOKS available at the links above.