Letters To The Editor For November 3rd
Letters will return next week.
Content Mills – Still Not a Great Deal for Writers!
What do you think about Demand Studios?
Pumpkin Harvest!
Awhile back, I was posting weekly pictures of our pumpkins, Monster, Half-Pint, Tiny and Punk. Last Sunday, with tears, Max harvested three of his four pumpkins. Surprisingly, Punk (the orange wart pumpkin) is still on a live vine. The three white pumpkins were on dried vines, and starting to attract slugs.
The four pumpkins are the biggest we’ve ever grown and they are now being proudly displayed by Max in our living room. He does NOT want to carve them, however. He wants to go to a local farm and buy pumpkins for carving. He can’t bear to cut into his babies. Isn’t that sweet? 🙂
Here’s Max with three of his babies. Below that is a picture of Punk.
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This week’s Maxism:
“That pumpkin is growing fast! And, I’m growing fast, too!!”
Hugs to all!
Angela
Topic, Common Themes, and Winners of the WritersWeekly.com Fall 2010 24-Hour Short Story Contest!
For the past six weeks, we’ve spent every spare moment judging the hundreds of entries submitted for the Fall 2010 24-Hour Short Story Contest. In case you’re not familiar with our quarterly contest, this is how it works. On the date of the contest, at start-time, we send out the topic for that specific contest to all registered entrants. We also post it online. Entrants then have 24 hours to write and submit their stories. The stories “must deal with the topic in some way to qualify” and they must not exceed the pre-assigned word count.
After reading the entries for each contest, we can see how difficult it is to come up with a unique plot when working with an assigned topic. But, inevitably, a few writers do manage to successfully break away from the pack.
So, sit back, relax, and take a break from your busy day to indulge in the sights and smells of a brisk Fall evening…
Letters To The Editor For October 27th
This week:
- HOW TO REMEMBER, WRITE AND PUBLISH YOUR LIFE STORY
- DOES FACEBOOK TRUMP EZINES FOR BOOK PROMOTION? NO!
17 Paying Christian Markets for Writers By Laura Yeager
Spread the good news! Write for a Christian market…
HOW MUCH SHOULD I CHARGE FOR REPRINTS?
How much should I charge as a reprint rate? I received $175.00 from the original zine for each published article, so is a reprint rate a certain percentage of what I had received originally?
GETTING TO THE “NO” By Sarah Vance
During a recent interview for a copywriting job with a retail fashion website I learned a valuable lesson about rejection…
Halloween Count Down!
Max and Mason are giddy with excitement, counting down the days until Halloween. Max has his own horror dolls and other creepy characters displayed on his desk. Mason (age 4) gives the desk a wide berth when he passes by…
Does Facebook Trump Ezines for Book Promotion? No!
I’ve received dozens of queries from writers on using social networking to promote books and we’ve run articles on this topic before. What we haven’t touched on is NOT having Facebook, or another social networking site, be your sole online presence…