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Burning the Midnight Oil Book Zine - a FR*E*E monthly ezine for writing parents. ************************************************************** You are receiving this e-zine because you subscribed through e-mail. Unsubscribe information is below. ************************************************************** TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. WELCOME NOTES 2. QUOTES FOR THE MONTH 3. EDITOR'S ARTICLE: IDEAS FOR A WRITER’S DAILY WRITING GOALS By DAWN COLCLASURE 4. CONTEST CORNER 5. ADVERTISEMENTS 6. GUEST ARTICLE: TRAVEL WRITING: ARE READERS INTERESTED IN MY GLOBE-TROTTING EXPERIENCES? By ROY A. BARNES 7. BOOK EXCERPT: What Got You Here Won’t Get You There by Marshall Goldsmith (with Mark Reiter) 8. BOOK GIVEAWAY 9. WHAT’S UP WITH THE BOOK’S WRITERS 10. BOOK NEWS 11. SITES SITED 12. FREEBIE CORNER 13. WRITING PARENT TIPS FOR MARCH 14. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES 15. UNSUBSCRIBE INSTRUCTIONS ************************************************************** WELCOME NOTES Hello, Everyone! Welcome to another issue of the Burning the Midnight Oil Book Zine! As always, feel free to send me any email at BurningMidnightOil@myway.com with comments, suggestions or just to plain chat. In this issue, you’ll find that my article is a reminder of the popular idea of using a daily goal (or daily “to do” list) to get important work done. I myself have implemented such a habit, but I have found that a difference lies between a normal “daily goal” and a PRODUCTIVE “daily goal” in getting just one more step ahead in the writing world. Check out a list of “productive daily goals” I put together in my article and see just where it leads YOU as a writer! This month’s guest article, by seasoned travel writer Roy A. Barnes, also deals with another common truth we all cope with at some point or another: The little negative gremlins trying to talk us out of writing or submitting our work. “Who cares about THAT?” they preach. “Everybody else has already written the same thing.” Be that as it may, Roy’s article will show you just WHY your work is actually still important to the reading public. How YOUR ideas and YOUR experiences are still “good enough’ to send out there – and get into print! Enjoy this issue! Hugs, Dawn Colclasure Editor and Publisher http://dmcwriter.tripod.com/ ************************************************************** QUOTES FOR THE MONTH "I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions.”—James Michener "Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted."—Jules Renard "There are thousands of thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up the pen and writes."—William Makepeace Thackeray "While thought exists, words are alive and literature becomes an escape, not from, but into living."—Cyril Connolly "All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story or tell a story about them."—Isak Dinesen "To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the music the words make."—Truman Capote "You always find things you didn't know you were going to say, and that is the adventure of writing."—John Updike "Writers write, and they write, and they go on writing long after wisdom and even common sense have told them to quit. There are always plenty of reasons--good, compelling reasons, too--for quitting, or for not writing very much or very seriously. (Writing is trouble, make no mistake, for everyone involved, and who needs trouble?) But once in a great while lightning strikes, and occasionally it strikes early in the writer's life. Sometimes it comes later, after years of work. And sometimes, most often of course, it never happens at all...it happens, lightning, or it doesn't happen. But it will never, never happen to those who don't work hard at it and who don't consider the act of writing as very nearly the most important thing in their lives, right up there next to breath, and food, and shelter, and love, and God."—Raymond Carver "In nine out of ten cases the original wish to write is the wish to make oneself felt ... the non-essential writer never gets past that wish."—Elizabeth Bowen "No writing is a waste of time,—no creative work where the feelings, the imagination, the intelligence must work."—Brenda Ueland "Oh, I long to prove myself by writing! The best seems to die in me when I give it up."—Ruth Benedict ************************************************************** EDITOR’S ARTICLE Ideas for a Writer’s Daily Writing Goals By: Dawn Colclasure You can’t start a long car trip without some planning. Likewise, you can’t start your “work day” as a writer without one goal (or two?) in mind. It’s not enough to wake up one morning and say to yourself, “Today I will write!” You’ve got to have some kind of a “writing goal” in mind. But before you start selecting from a mental list of goals, keep in mind that the goals you choose for the day must contribute to your writing career. For example, a goal such as “brainstorming new article ideas” won’t get you anywhere. But a goal such as “working on article revisions” will get you moving along your path just a bit. Why even bother with having a daily goal? Because writers everywhere know that it’s up to only one person to succeed as a writer – or to keep that success: Themselves. Nobody else is going to do the work for them, unless they pay a team to write their books or market their work for them. To keep your success and your career going strong, something productive should be done every day. The following are a list of such productive goals a writer can select from for their daily task: ·Research markets and make a list to query the next day. ·Finish any incomplete work or turn ideas into actual work. ·Touch base with old contacts to see if they are still open to submissions from you. ·Submit material. ·Organize your work area and/or your files. ·Update your submission/acceptance records. ·Work on current works-in-progress. ·Try some writing exercises to keep your muse in action. ·Find markets to resell work to and make a list to query the next day. ·Research current projects. ·Back up all files on your computer and run an anti-virus scan. ·Organize your contact list. Use any one (or more!) of the above productive tasks every day to ensure your writing career keeps going strong! *** Dawn Colclasure edits and publishes the Burning the Midnight Oil Book Zine, which is a product of her book: BURNING THE MIDNIGHT OIL: How We Survive as Writing Parents (Booklocker). She also writes for the newspaper SIGNews and the Web site, The Shadowlands. She’s been published both on and off the Web, in magazines such as Mothering, American Fitness, Home Education Magazine and HOMEspirations, and Web sites such as Absolute Write, Writing Etc. and Writing World. Visit her on the Web at http://dmcwriter.tripod.com/. ************************************************************** CONTEST CORNER Hi, I'm writing to tell you that due to popular demand, Memoirs Ink has decided to host another contest each year. We're calling it the Half-Yearly contest (not to be confused with the Nordstrom sale--different deadline). The deadline is February 15, 2007 and in keeping with the 1/2 theme, we are requesting half the word count. That's right--1500 words max. The prize money remains the same (proving once again that less is more). First place: $1000; Second: $500; and, Third: $250. Please visit our website www.memoirsink.com for the full guidelines and our new mailing address. The entry fee is $15, but as a previous contest entrant you only pay $10 (just mention this email.) Also, if you know any young writers, pass this along: For the last three years Memoirs Ink has hosted a yearly contest open to writers of any age, and every year we receive some amazing entries from writers as young as 12 years old. It took as while to catch on, but we finally did. Next year we will host our first ever Young Writers Personal Essay Contest for writers under 18 year old. The grand prize is $700, Second place is $400, and Third place is $200. We won't tell you what to spend it on, but if you win the contest, college might be in your future. The deadline is April 30, 2007. Please log on to www.memoirsink.com for the full contest guidelines. We're looking forward to what you all have to say. Sincerely, Jill Evans Memoirs, Ink. www.memoirsink.com *** J. D. Vine Publications The Creative Writer Fiction and Poetry Competitions: http://www.jdvine.com/index.html Trellis Magazine Poetry Contest: http://www.trellismagazine.com/contest.html ReadingWriters Flash Fiction Contest: http://www.readingwriters.com/contest.htm St. Louis Short Story Contest: http://stlshortstory.com/ ************************************************************** ADVERTISEMENTS New Message Board for Writers, Writing Parents and Booklovers!!! The Write Stuff is a new message board created by Dawn Colclasure, a disabled writing parent who loves books! The board offers anyone of similar situations a chance to discuss being a disabled writer, a writing parent or a booklover! The write Stuff offers registered members a chance to swap books, talk shop or discuss Dawn’s books, as well! All writers and booklovers of any age or stage are welcome to participate! Check the new board out here: http://p105.ezboard.com/bthewritestuff66370 *** Check out the FREE Ebook for writing parents EVERYWHERE! From one writing parent to another, “Survival Strategies for Writing Parents” by Dawn Colclasure gives the lowdown on finding time to write, strategies for writing the “skeleton” article and tips and ideas for your home office! Details: http://dmcwriter.tripod.com/id31.html *** Pop artist BRANDON is back! Brandon who gave us the Top 100 Billboard HITS like “Kisses in the night”, “Destiny” and the classic dance tune “Moves” is ready to do it again! Bal Harbour Records Inc. is proud to present our featured artist Brandon with his new single "Don't Go Away". Available now for purchase at our website at: http://www.balharbourrecords.com Go ahead and surf into our website and listen before you buy. Let Brandon take you on a freestyle journey into a whole new dimension. A Portion of the proceeds from the sale of this CD will go to the Special Operations Warrior Foundation (SOWF) The foundation provides college scholarship grants, along with financial aid and educational counseling, to the children of Special Operations personnel who were killed in an operational mission or training accident. www.specialops.org Thank you for all your support Now lets get this party started! Bal Harbour Record Staff *** In Husbands, Hot Flashes, and All That Hullabaloo!, award-winning humor writer Vicky DeCoster takes you on a hilarious hormonal journey from bikinis to granny panties and control top pantyhose to knee-highs as she teaches you not to take yourself too seriously. Any woman tackling the second act of her life will relate to DeCoster’s humorous personal essays as she makes fun of matrimony malfunctions, female fervor, corporate craziness, parenting pandemonium, and aging anatomies. This new-age Erma Bombeck entertains readers with her comical anecdotes on dieting with her husband, the roller coaster of emotions that accompany trying on swimming suits in your forties and beyond, and the unwelcome neuroses that often occur during parenthood. DeCoster amuses with outrageous tips on how to knit without catching the yarn on fire and her witty spin on the story of a mall Easter Bunny gone wild. It’s safe to say that you’ll never suffer through a hot flash the same way again after you experience one through her eyes! Husbands, Hot Flashes, and All That Hullabaloo! will have you laughing out loud at the realities of life as a middle-aged woman, ultimately leaving you with the comforting secret that life is too funny to take seriously. Visit her web site at www.wackywomanhood.com for more details on how to order the book! *** Learn More about Promoting! To promote better, authors need to know the ups and downs, ins and outs of contests, not just the same old, same old. Here's everything a writer needs to know from sponsoring a contest of her own to how to use contests to improve her writing. Yep, they can be used for that and more! Contest Facts: How to Add Award-winning to Your Name Instructors/producers and moderators are: Allyn Evans Joyce Faulkner Kathe Gogolewski Carolyn Howard-Johnson Published by Double Dragon Press: Our Price: $9.99 USD SALE PRICE: $8.49 ISBN: DDPAUDIO00002 Genre: Self Help - Non-Fiction Audio Duration: 60 Minutes Published: November 2006 Imprint: DDP POD RADIO Go to: http://double-dragon-ebooks.com/single.asp?ISBN=DDPAUDIO00002 *** What's Momfidence? It means believing Oreos make a fine snack...TV won't rot kids' brains...Locks are for doors, not toilets...Hollering happens...Toy guns are harmless fun...And Saturday mornings are for sleep, not tiny-tots soccer. Worry less, wing it more. MOMFIDENCE! An Oreo Never Killed Anybody and Other Secrets of Happier Parenting by Paula Spencer "Bold, true, and a hoot." —Jacquelyn Mitchard, The Deep End of the Ocean, mom of seven "If I weren't dead, I'd give 'Momfidence' Five Stars!" --Erma Bombeck Based the popular "Momfidence!" column in Woman's Day and Paula's features in Parenting and Baby Talk Crown/Three Rivers Press To pre-order: http://tinyurl.com/rty64 http://www.momfidence.com http://www.paulaspencer.com/work1.htm *** Got a book inside you? Having trouble landing a publisher? Like the idea of actually making a living off your book? If you haven't checked out my latest, here's the scoop... The Well-Fed Self-Publisher: How to Turn One Book into a Full-Time Living http://www.wellfedsp.com As most of you know, I self-published both The Well-Fed Writer and TWFW: Back For Seconds, and together, these two books - over 50,000 copies in print - have provided me with a full-time living for over five years (and counting…). This latest work explains, in step-by-step detail, exactly how I did it… But that's not all. To truly simplify your marketing efforts, I assembled virtually every piece of marketing material I created in the course of my successful book promotion campaigns in one phenomenal 100-page ebook resource called… The Well-Fed SP Biz-in-a-Box To quote one of my first buyers: "I took a quick look at the Biz-in-a-Box. You're drastically undercharging." You said it, my friend. You have to see this beauty to believe it. The cost? Ridiculously low. About what an evening at the movies (okay, with popcorn and drinks…) would cost: $29.95. But, it gets better… Purchase the Biz-in-a-Box along with the book, and it's only $19.95! Check it all out at http://www.wellfedsp.com. And may all your writing - and now your books, too! - be "well-fed"! Peter Bowerman Know anyone who dreams of making a GOOD living as a writer? Steer them to www.wellfedwriter.com for a FREE report, “Why Commercial Writing?” by Peter Bowerman, author of the award winning Well-Fed Writer titles - how-to standards in the field of lucrative commercial freelancing. Subscribe to THE WELL-FED E-PUB, the critically acclaimed FREE monthly ezine and companion to The Well-Fed Writer series: www.wellfedwriter.com/ezine.shtml. Just Released! The Well-Fed Self-Publisher: How to Turn One Book Into a Full-Time Living. For full details and FREE report, visit www.wellfedsp.com.. www.copywriter.pro - Freelance Copywriting Services *** My newest e-book is here!!! Whether you're a first time home buyer or already living in a great house, "Home is where the Heart/Money Is" will build your financial future. This 135-page e-book is filled with savvy tips and designer secrets to turn your house into a haven for your family and friends. Buy "Home is where the Heart/Money Is" for only 19.99 and download it instantly. From realizing your dreams of home ownership, to living a thankful life, "Home is where the Heart/Money Is" will help you build wealth and give you a great foundation for your financial future. Buy it today! --SHAUNNA PRIVRATSKY http://www.vonage.com/startsavingnow/ *** Hello Fellow Writers, In celebration of the successful release of my new novel, Pressed Pennies, my publisher has proposed the following: Although the book can be found on B&N.com, Amazon.com (please see posted reviews) and in your local bookstore, you can now purchase the book directly from the publisher at www.SunpiperBooks.com for $10.00, a $5.95 discount (just click on the *Book Clubs Only button)! The publisher's hope is that you will enjoy the book and spread the word to other avid readers. Early Reviews: “Steve Manchester has a gift for expressing through his writing the complicated and transcendent beauty of the human experience with poignant clarity.” – Yolanda King (eldest daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King) Higher Ground "Pressed Pennies is priceless! Steve Manchester has an obvious love of words and an amazing ability to use those words to create lasting images in the reader’s mind. His detail-oriented, richly drawn characters and descriptions make this story leap off the pages." - Joyce Handzo, In the Library Reviews "Pressed Pennies is a tale of love and second chances and affirms that love can come at any stage of life if we are just open. This is a book that is sure to warm your heart." - Roberta Austin, The Compulsive Reader Sincere thanks for your time and consideration. Best, Steve www.StevenManchester.com ************************************************************** GUEST ARTICLE Travel Writing: Are Readers Interested In My Globe-Trotting Experiences? By Roy A. Barnes Writers wishing for their very own published travel article for pay often won’t take the first step to realizing this goal. They defeat themselves right off the bat by answering “NO” to their own question, “Will anyone be interested in the places or experiences I’ve had while away from home?” Such negative mind talk couldn’t be further from the truth. Why do I say this with such assuredness? Because I would estimate that at least 99 per cent of the published travel articles which are in existence today have been crafted by those who initially witnessed another’s travel experience via a print publication, online, or by television/film. Those documented experiences broke the ground or continued to till the literary earth for future travel-themed subject matter. As a result, the domino effect continues in generating further interest by people who desire to experience what they read about and/or saw. It isn’t necessarily a destination piece from the Sunday travel section of a newspaper about an escape from the daily humdrum of routine life that hooks the reader into wanting to experience the adventure of travel. Think about the buzz Marco Polo stirred up in Europe over the Orient by way of his written and spoken-about adventures. Sometimes, it could be a less famous, but just as entertaining account of the grandparents’ mis-adventures with their grandkids in their restored Winnebago while traversing across the United States. Reading a novel like THE DA VINCI CODE or the HARRY POTTER series, both of which are full of travel hotspots, may inspire some readers to experience the same venues of a novel’s protagonist(s)in as realistic a way as possible, and then write about it. I want to share some samples of the travel article ideas and titles I’ve had, along with the ensuing nay-saying thoughts (in quotes) which came to my mind when I considered writing, and then submitting the following travel-themed works: -The Angels of Cape Town: Cape Town Tourist Police whisk na?ve traveler to the safety of the city’s harbor front. (“Aren’t there enough angel stories on tv or in religious magazines so the travel industry will not touch this?”) -Volunteers Wanted For Spanish Experience: Volunteer work in remote areas of Spain where the participants basically talk, talk, and talk some more. English only all week. (“too one-dimensional for any real interest”) -Running in Airports: Don't Waste Your Pre-Departure or Layover Time! (“Don’t travelers think that exercising at Los Angeles International Airport is reserved just for those who run because they are about to miss their flights?”) -My Travelin’ Roots: About a child’s travels in a semi-truck when school was out. (“Isn’t this the kind of subject matter kids submitted to their 5th grade teachers for an English essay – that “What I Did on My Summer Vacation” fare?”) My will was stronger than my negative self-talk, and I submitted all the above works. Rejections and re-tweaking the articles followed. But the end result was publication for pay for each of them, including as reprints. Sometimes the accepting editors did change the titles and content a bit, but nonetheless, my writings did create interest in other people outside my social, work, and family sphere. To reiterate, the roots of these successes stem from the works of other writers, who, in their pioneer-like fashion, got me interested in their places of interest: I was captivated. I experienced them in my own way, then wrote about them with my own interpretation and style (plus facts where required), pitched them, had them rejected, but through persistence, finally found homes for all of the above works. Don’t let negative self-talk convince you that your globe-trotting experiences aren’t of interest to a wider audience! Biography: Roy A. Barnes writes from the windy plains of southeastern Wyoming. Besides Burning The Midnight Oil, his writing-themed works have been featured at The Willamette Writer, The Busy Freelancer, Writing for DOLLARS, The Fabulist Flash, The Dabbling Mum, and Absolute Write. Before devoting more time to travel writing, Roy A. Barnes worked in the travel agent and airline industries, and has traveled on four continents in his lifetime, including Europe, Africa, and Asia. ************************************************************** BOOK EXCERPT Excerpt from: What Got You Here Won't Get You There By: Marshall Goldsmith (with Mark Reiter) ISBN-10: 1401301304 ISBN-13: 978-1401301309 Publisher: Hyperion - January, 2007 http://tinyurl.com/34wh88 At the new year, we all make resolutions. We'll shed those extra pounds, spend more time with the family, lower our handicap, call our Mom more often, read War and Peace. The list of resolutions is as endless as the imperfections we see in the mirror. We ask ourselves: How can we be better, more successful? Funny thing is, in striving to be better human beings, we rarely resolve to do better in our interpersonal relationships--at least not in any specific way to stop doing things that annoy other people. And yet, in almost two decades as an executive coach, I've learned that changing one or two interpersonal habits can have a make-or-break impact on someone's ability to lead, and to get ahead. My book identifies 20 habits that rub people the wrong way and tells how to break them. Here are two: ANNOYING HABIT NO. 1: CLINGING TO THE PAST There is a school of thought among psychologists that we can understand our errant behavior by delving into our past, particularly our family dynamics. This school believes "when it's hysterical, it's historical." If you're a perfectionist, it's because your parents never said you were good enough. If you operate above the rules, it's because your parents doted on you and inflated your importance. If you freeze around authority figures, it's because you had a controlling mother. And so on. I refuse to attend any school that clings to the past--because going backward is not about creating change. It's about understanding. One of my earliest clients spent hours telling me, "Marshall, you don't understand. Let me explain why I have these issues. Let me explain my mother and father." It was one long unendurable whine. Finally, I reached into my pocket for a coin and said, "Here's a quarter. Call someone who cares." Don't get me wrong. There's nothing wrong with understanding. Understanding the past is perfectly admissible if your issue is accepting the past. But if your issue is changing the future, understanding won't take you there. My experience tells me that the only effective approach is looking people in the eye and saying, "If you want to change, do this." It takes me a long time to convince clients that they can't change the past, or make excuses for it. All they can do is accept it and move on. But for some reason, many people enjoy living in the past, especially if going back there lets them blame someone else for anything that's gone wrong in their lives. That's when clinging to the past becomes an interpersonal problem. We use the past as a weapon against others. I learned this from my daughter Kelly. She was 7 years old. We were living in a nice house in San Diego (still my home). One day, annoyed over a professional setback, I came home and took out my annoyance on Kelly. I trotted out the speech that begins, "When I was your age..." I started yammering about growing up in Kentucky and how we didn't have money and how hard I had to work to become the first person in my family to graduate from college. Contrasting this, of course, with all the wonderful things Kelly had. She listened to my diatribe, instinctively letting me vent. When I was finished, she said: "Daddy, it's not my fault you make money." That stopped me in my tracks. She was right. How could I expect her to know what it's like to be poor--when I was damn sure she never would be? I chose to work hard and make money. She didn't. In effect, I was bragging about how clever I was to have triumphed over adversity--and masking that boasting by dumping my frustrations on her. She called me on it. Stop blaming others for the choices you made. ANNOYING HABIT NO. 2: REFUSING TO EXPRESS REGRET Expressing regret, or apologizing, is a cleansing ritual, like confession at church. You say "I'm sorry"--and feel better. That's the theory at least. But it's hard for many of us to do. We think apologizing means we have lost a contest. It feels humiliating to seek forgiveness, because we think it suggests subservience. We believe that apologizing forces us to cede power when, in reality, it's a great control tactic. Whatever the reasons, refusing to apologize causes as much ill will in the workplace, and at home, as any other interpersonal flaw. Just think how bitter you have felt when a friend failed to apologize for hurting you or letting you down--and think of how long that bitterness festered. If you look back at the tattered relationships in your life, I suspect many began to fray at the moment when one person couldn't summon the emotional intelligence to say: "I'm sorry." People who can't apologize at work may as well be wearing a T-shirt that says: "I don't care about you." The irony, of course, is that apologizing turns adversaries into allies, even servants. It is one of the most powerful and resonant gestures in the human arsenal--almost as powerful as a declaration of love. If love means, "I care about you, and I'm happy about it," then an apology means, "I hurt you, and I'm sorry about it." It compels people to move forward into something new and, perhaps, wonderful together. The best thing about apologizing is that it forces everyone to let go of the past. In effect, you are saying: "I can't change the past. All I can say is I'm sorry for what I did wrong. I'm sorry it hurt you. There's no excuse and I will try to do better in the future." That's tough for even the most cold-hearted to resist. My client Beth was the highest-ranking woman at a Fortune 100 company. Her bosses loved her. So did her direct reports. By contrast, she was loathed by some of her peers. When I surveyed her co-workers I learned that she had a particularly toxic relationship with a hard-boiled division chief named Harvey. (Both of these names have been changed.) Beth was a smart, know-it-all young hotshot brought in by the CEO to stir things up. Harvey, however, saw her as arrogant and felt she didn't respect the company's history and traditions. The two were in a perpetual turf war, and it brought out the worst side of her personality: a mean, vindictive streak. We agreed that this was a fault we had to fix. The first thing I made Beth do was apologize--to Harvey. I could see her bristle at the suggestion, but argued that she had to do this to improve the situation. The thought of yielding to Harvey was so distasteful to her that I actually scripted the apology. I didn't want misgivings to creep in and pollute the apology, which would destroy the effect. To Beth's credit, she followed the script. She said: "You know, Harvey, I've got a lot of feedback here, and the first thing I want to say is that I'm positive about a lot of it. The next thing I want to say is that there are some things at which I want to be better. I've been disrespectful to you, the company, and its traditions. Please accept my apologies. There is no excuse for this behavior and..." Harvey cut her off. She looked at him with alarm, poised for another fight, until she noticed tears in his eyes. "Beth, it's not just you," he said. "It's me. I have not been a gentleman in the way I've treated you. I know that it was hard for you to tell me these things, and they are not all your problems. This is my problem, too. We can get better together." That's the magic in this process. When you declare your dependence on others, they usually agree to help you. And in the course of making you a better person, they inevitably try to become better people themselves. This is how individuals change, teams improve, and companies become world-beaters. If you want to become even more successful in 2007, start by letting go of the past and learning to say: "I'm sorry." COPYRIGHT 2007 BY MARSHALL GOLDSMITH AND MARK REITER. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. NO PART MAY BE USED WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM THE AUTHOR. REPRINTED HERE WITH PERMISSION. ************************************************************** BOOK GIVEAWAY No book giveaway this month. ************************************************************** WHAT'S UP WITH THE BOOK'S WRITERS? The following is news of writers you can read interviews with in Volume One of the MIDNIGHT OIL book. Jim Vines, interviewed in Volume One, has a new blog! Check it out here: http://theworkingscreenwriter.blogspot.com/index.html ************************************************************** BOOK NEWS What's the latest with the first volume of BURNING THE MIDNIGHT OIL: How We Survive as Writing Parents? No book news this month. ************************************************************** FREEBIE CORNER Free Writing Prompt Graph for Bloogers and Webmasters: http://www.oncewritten.com/FreeContent/PromptGraph.php An assortment of Free e-books: http://www.llumina.com/ebooks.htm Free party plans, party favors and cake decorating ideas: http://thepartyworks.com/index.php?osCsid=64516a8402e4ed8e5fd5e58d384bb15e ************************************************************** SITES SITED The following are interesting, helpful sites that I’d like to pass on. PsychCentral: http://psychcentral.com/ Your Divorce Story: http://www.yourdivorcestory.com/ Edit Red Writing Community: http://www.editred.com/ Dreamentia Creative Laboratories: http://www.dreamentia.com/ Nina’s Art Page: http://www.artbyninaziggy.com/ Friends of Peace Pilgrim: http://peacepilgrim.org/FoPP/index.html Stories by Meme: http://www.storiesbymeme.com/ Brave New Traveler: http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/ ************************************************************** WRITING PARENT TIPS FOR MARCH: No tips this month. ************************************************************** WANNA SUBMIT TO THIS E-ZINE?? I am always open to submissions for the E-zine!! Feel free to submit any of the following: 1. An article. Any style and length. Articles must relate to writing, being a writing parent or successful business/marketing ideas. If the article is a reprint, you must own the reprint rights. 2. Tips for writing parents. 3. Advertising info, a freebie link, fan mail or, if you are included in the book, news and updates on what’s going on in your writing life! PLEASE NOTE: Payment for submissions has been restored to $5 per article, payable on publication. And, please, be sure to include your bio with submissions. It gets everything moving a little faster. :) ************************************************************** You are subscribed to this E-zine because you requested a subscription or signed yourself up on your own. To unsubscribe, send a blank e-mail to: 59308-unsubscribe@zinester.com |
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