The Writer's Chatroom  www.writerschatroom.com   As a shy writer you feel like you have to choose the lesser of two evils – marketing your words to hoards of people ogling at you, or putting your writing on the shelf and seeking other employment. Wrong!  The Shy Writer gives you options – lots of options about meshing your personality with your dream of being a writer. You don’t have to sell your soul to sell your words. Forget those people who tell you to change, to put on a dog-and-pony show, or to stand on your head to sell a book. Hope Clark gives you the support you need to be the person you are – The Shy Writer.   FFW CHAT WITH C. HOPE CLARK   http://writerschatroom.com  This Monday, October 30, 2006, The Writer's Chatroom is pleased to present our bi-monthly questions and answer session with C. Hope Clark, FundsForWriters founder and author of "The Shy Writer". We will be taking questions from the room for Hope regarding Funds For Writers, The Shy Writer and any other writing topics. To find out more about Hope, see her bio below. Please feel free to pass this announcement on to anyone or any groups that you think may be interested.  Thank you.  WHEN? Monday, October 30, at 10PM US Eastern Time. Not sure what time that is for you? http://worldtimeserver.com/ WHERE? The Writers Chatroom at:  http://writerschatroom.com  Click on "Enter Chatroom" and choose a log-in name for yourself. Monday's case-sensitive password is:                   fundsforwriters It will take a moment to load. If you can not see entire screen, click on the "Float" button to maximize or minimize your screen as needed. CHAT GUEST C. HOPE CLARK C. Hope Clark is founder of FundsforWriters http://www.fundsforwriters.com and author of "The Shy Writer" http://www.theshywriter.com. FundsforWriters, or FFW for short, provides many opportunities for writers including grants in many markets and genres. The FFW website has been selected as one of Writers Digest's 101 Best Websites for Writers in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, AND 2005, among several other awards and commendations. What FFW is primarily known for is their newsletters that currently reach 15,000+ writers. For more information on the newsletters: http://www.fundsforwriters.com/FFWnewsletters.htm Hope is also the author of numerous e-books. http://www.fundsforwriters.com/ebooks.htm  Hope freelances articles on the topics of business, funds, motivational material, earning a living writing, and teens. Some of her specialty topics include applying for individual grants through arts commissions, partnering with nonprofits for larger grants for writing projects, finding sponsors for your book, as well as the diligence of writing while working instead of taking that famous leap everyone claims to want. For more info on Hope check here: http://www.fundsforwriters.com/hope.htm Hope's trade paperback is: "THE SHY WRITER - An Introvert's Guide to Writing Success." http://www.theshywriter.com . Writers are writers only when writing. After "the end" they don business hats and start the sales pitches to agents, editors, audiences, bookstores, etc. Public appearance is stressful enough to shut down some writers from ever publishing, and a few just quit writing altogether. This book teaches writers how to sell their words without selling their souls. This book aims to teach writers how to live their writing dream without total sacrifice of their sanity and peace-of-mind. Wednesday evening chats are usually guest chats or theme chats. Our guests are published writers or experts in a field pertaining to writing. Theme chats cover topics pertaining to writing, marketing, networking, getting published and getting paid to write. Please check the Chatroom Schedule for information on upcoming guests and writing-related chat topics. If you'd like to rent the chatroom, suggest a guest, topics for a theme chat, offer yourself as a chat guest, or give feedback about a chat you've attended, contact Audrey Shaffer at: audrey@writerschatroom.com Visit our Previous Guests page to catch up on what you've missed. On the Products page  you will find some great recommendations. Please use our links to buy, and help support the chatroom! (Note: Hope's books are listed on this page!) Our mission is to:  Support and encourage writers at all levels of their careers.  Help our fellow writers achieve the level of success that is important to them.  Educate writers on the business of writing. We look forward to chatting with you! Audrey Shaffer      Linda Hutchinson      Renee Barnes      Glenn Walker