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 First June Issue



Greetings and welcome to the third issue of  The Fiction Forum Review! 


I must apologize to the subscribers since this issue is late for two 
reasons.  First, I had to put The Review aside in order to complete 
the new site design which was uploaded last Tuesday, June 10th!  
Feedback on the new look has been great!  Thank you!  Secondly, the 
same day that the new look premiered, I received a phone call about a 
family health crisis.  I won't write about it here since I haven't 
decided how I feel about ezine editors sharing their personal lives 
in introductions to issues.  Sometimes I don't mind, but other times I
do.  If this were a personal journaling zine then, I would probably 
support it.  


What I will share with you about my personal experience of the last 
ten days is this:  The possibility of loss can make you more aware of 
what is present in your life.  So often I feel caught in a blur of 
nameless days.  Months appear to sneak by.  You see, I'm one of those 
people who loses track of the daily aspects of living while trying to
focus on the manufactured ones:  projects and writing.  As the 
official start of Summer approaches, mark its entrance on June 21st 
and take some time to enjoy those quiet moments when all you here is 
your heart beating or the leaves turning in the wind.  Make new 
connections or simply walk on a beach and enjoy that moment for the 
touch the sand under foot and the scent of natural surroundings.  Be
aware of those moments you might otherwise pass.  Truly 
BE in the PRESENT--even if it's only for five minutes.  In the simpler
details of life, you might find something more profound.


How do you feel about online editors writing about their personal 
lives in their writing ezines?  Email me at editor@fictionforum.net 
and include "editor's desk" in the subject line and I may print your 
response in the next issue.


In this issue you will find "An Interview with Megan Hart" by Jennifer
Booth.  Julie Wilson and John Caruso have new installments for both of
their columns. Julie writes about "Reading Aloud" and a recent public 
reading she experienced.  John shares some tips on naming in his 
"Nomenclature A Go-Go" column.  Jennifer's Corner has a new 
installment with "It's a Wonderful, Magical, Life."  In this column, 
Jennifer recommends books for children that will make each day seem a 
little more special.


I've decided to open the Voices of The Forum to the public.  If you're
interested in writing a response to any of the topics, please be 
certain to send them to voices@fictionforum.net. 


The Fiction Forum Event Calendar has been updated!  Some of the 
entries in our Bragging Writes feature have more details on the Events page, 
so be sure to check it out:

http://www.fictionforum.net/interact/events/index.html


Our Guestbook is up and running.  I may change the interface in the near future 
but for now, please feel free to sign it!  You can leave a message here: 

http://www.fictionforum.net/interact/guestbook/index.html

The Fiction Forum web site is now accepting banner advertising.  Be sure to 
look at our rates.  If you purchase a banner ad, you'll get free advertising in 
The Fiction Forum Review for the term of your ad. {This is a limited time offer.}  

We have a new sponsor this month, Customline Wordware is now advertising 
their services through The Fiction Forum.  If you're writing a book and are in need 
of editing services, please check out their ad in this issue:  Customline Wordware. 

Also new for June, is a donation page to help support publication of The Fiction 
Forum Review and The Fiction Forum.  If you're interested in making a donation,
 there will soon be a benefactors page listed on the site.  Benefactor names and web 
site addresses may be listed as a thank you for all donations. 
Donations may be made to payments@fictionforum.net via PayPal.


You will be able to read a copy of The Review in total on the following
page:   www.fictionforum.net/ffreview/index.html.




Comments:

If you have any comments or suggestions, please feel free to
email me at editor@fictionforum.net.


Renee Faucher
Owner, The Fiction Forum
The Fiction Forum Review,  Copyright 2003
Published by The Fiction Forum-Where Fiction Lovers Come to Play!
www.fictionforum.net                   
                   

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Getting It Down

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"Reading Aloud" by Julie Wilson

I used to think that public readings alienated the writer from the audience because
it infused too much performance into what should naturally leap from the page.
Chances are, though, you're going to end up reading your stuff out loud. And while
as writers we may inhabit our characters, we're not necessarily actors. Nonetheless,
we should prepare as if we are.

I just gave my first public reading. More than the unconditional approval I so
desperately crave, I was worried about my performance. Reading your own work
is a luxury, and, when delivered well, a triumph. The last thing a writer wants to do is
suggest anything less than they know what they're doing; that they believe what they're
saying; that so should you, too. So I got into the practice of reading aloud while
composing. The simple act of breathing, for instance, becomes...

To read this column in full, click here:
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Copyright 2003. Julie Wilson.

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Jennifer's Corner
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"It's A Wonderful, Magical, Life" by Jennifer LB Leese

Every child deserves to dream. When they daydream, read, or even watch a television
show, they are learning and discovering new and enchanting places. Every child should
let their imagination run wild thinking about magical far away lands ...

To read this column in full, click here:
http://www.fictionforum.net/kids/column/jc-june03a.html

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Word Alchemy
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"Nomenclature A Go-Go" by John Caruso

Even though "that which we call a rose by any other word would smell as sweet," it is
difficult to deny a name can carry it's own significance. You have an idea for a character.
This character has certain traits, has his own resonance. If you give him a name that
doesn't fit that resonance, you will create dissonance. Of course, dissonance may be
just what you're after, and so the name is significant in the way it DOESN'T fit. If I may
paint with broad, stereotypical, yet illustrative strokes for a moment, consider the salty
sea captain who hates weakness in his crew. He probably wouldn't be named
Fauntleroy Fluffyton. A reader who is introduced to a character named Fauntleroy
Fluffyton is going to expect...

To read this column in full, click here:
http://www.fictionforum.net/writers/columns/wordalc06-03.html

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**Scarlett Dean took part in the Printer's Row Book Fair
on June 7-8, 2003. in Chicago.

This is an annual event. Over 80,000 booklovers attend this great
opportunity to buy books in every genre and meet the authors!

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**Betty Dobson is pleased to announce that her short story "Simply
Irresistible" won 1st prize in Donard Publishing's first short story
competition of 2003.

This contest marks a departure from Donard's usual competition
process. Winners were determined by reader votes. Details are
available at http://www.donardpublishing.com, which includes a link to
her winning story.

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**Bernadette Geyer and Laura Brylawski-Miller have a poetry reading--

July 15, 2003 -- 7:30 p.m. -- Bernadette Geyer and Laura Brylawski-
Miller will read at the Joaquin Miller Cabin Poetry Series, Rock Creek
Park, Picnic Area #6, Beach Drive at Military Road Overpass,
Washington, DC. The poetry reading is sponsored by The Word Works, an
independent publisher of poetry books.

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**Michael Thal annouces that eight authors will be signing their books
at Dark Delicacies in Burbank, CA on Saturday, July 26, 2003 starting
at 2:00 P.M.

For more details on this event, please see our Events Calendar:
http://www.fictionforum.net/interact/events/index.html#july

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**Peggy Tibbetts has a new online writing course: Picture Book
Workshop at Writing-World.com

"How to Make Your Picture Book 'Sparkle'"
Sign up for Peggy Tibbetts' 8-week email course beginning August 4,
2003.

For more details on this event, please see our Events Calendar:
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**George Wickham has a new web site:

http://www.storiesbygeorge.com

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**Billie A Williams signed a contract with Filbert Publishing to
publish a new non-fiction book "Writing Wide, Exercises in Creative
Writing." "Writing Wide" is essays, quotes, and excercises in writing
novel wide, as opposed to short story tight. Expected release date is
September 15, 2003.

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**Stephen Yulish would like to announce that his book, "The Great
Harpazo Deception: The Real Story of UFOs" is now available as an e-
book and may be purchased through Publish America:
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"Unfinished Business"  by Scarlett Dean, http://www.scarlettdean.com
 (Book 1 in the Possessions Series)
Genre:  Horror
Release Date:  May 2003
Publisher:  Amber Quill Press, http://www.amberquill.com
Available through:  http://www.booksurge.com

Used furniture salesman, Doug Patterson, learns the hard way--it isn't the house that's
haunted, but the furnishings inside. When he starts a business de-haunting customer's
possessions, he also learns the dark secrets of his past can be deadly. Thrown into a
race against time in order to save lives, Doug must battle paranormal forces that have
unfinished business.

__________________________________________________________
"Left For Dead" by Sal Greco
Genre: True crime
Release Date: May 2003
Publisher: AVANTI ASSOCIATES, avanti@nauticom.net

From mobster to minister - Joe Bellante’s amazing story. In his first book, Sal Greco -
author, offers a rare inside glimpse of life in organized crime, as it really exists, not the
glamorous view from the top, but a grittier view from the underbelly. LEFT FOR DEAD,
a true story, is sometimes funny, sometimes tragic, but always real. At age ten, Bellante
saw a bookie’s dining room table stacked with cash and said to his dad, "I want to do
what he does." At twenty, Joe was an enforcer for organized crime in Pittsburgh. His
job description, in his own words: "I did things to people." In 1972, at thirty- two, Joe
lay in a hospital bed, fighting for his life after taking gunshots to the face from a fellow
mobster and being "left for dead"...
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"Obsessive Behavior" by Melody Ravert
Genre: Thriller/Suspense
Release Date: June 2003
Publisher: Kingfisherbooks UK, http://www.kingfisherbooks.com
ISBN: 1-904653-01-4

A modern day story revealing the would be hero's obsession with the heroine and how
he proceeds in stalking and terrorizing her. Daniel Moraco, a close friend of the Woods
family shows up at their home about the same time their daughter, Rachel comes home
for spring break. No one interprets Danny's infatuation with Rachel as strange behavior
until the day her brother Mike agrees to drive her back to college and discovers she has
been abducted.
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"The Shivered Sky" by Matt Dinniman, Matt@MattDinniman.com
http://www.mattdinniman.com
Genre: Fantasy
Release date: June 28, 2003
Genre: Fantasy
Publisher: Silver Lake Publishing, http://www.silverlakepublishing.com
ISBN: 1-931095-51-5 Available through Barnes & Noble, Amazon.com

After five young strangers from around the world die, they find
themselves on the outskirts of Heaven. But something is wrong,
terribly so. Smoke fills the crimson sky, and the five are faced with
a shattered landscape. One crawling with demons and angels and a war
beyond the scope any of them can even begin to fathom.

__________________________________________________________
"Silver Creek" by A. H. Holt, http://www.ahholt.com
Genre: Western
Release date: June 28, 2003
Publisher: Avalon Books, Thomas Bouregy & Co, NY, http://www.avalonbooks.com
ISBN: 0803496001
Purchase through http://www.avalonbooks.com AND
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Silver Creek is an old fashioned western offering a little mystery, a little romance, lots
of fast-paced action and a handsome cowboy.

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*Another Article installment of our series on Inspirational Fiction by Kathryn Lively
*Short fiction Critique Group--we're still looking for a moderator!
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*More New Releases
*Voices from The Forum
*Book Reviews including:  "Dance of the Misbegotten"
*An Interview with Jonathan Ames by Mark Schofield
*Columns:  Jennifer's Corner  // Path Toward Prose
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