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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: POETRY IN A CHILD??™S WORLD by Dawn Colclasure 4. CONTEST CORNER 5. ADVERTISEMENTS 6. GUEST ARTICLE: REVIEW OF THE RITE OF PASSAGE BY JOSEPH MCCULLOUGH by Liana Metal 7. BOOK EXCERPT: 8. MARKETS 9. INDUSTRY INTERVIEW 10. BOOK GIVEAWAY Special this month: Win TWO books!! 11. WHAT??™S UP WITH THE BOOK??™S WRITERS 12. BOOK NEWS 13. SPECIAL FOR APRIL: POETRY SECTION 14. SITES SITED 15. FREEBIE CORNER 16. WRITING PARENT TIPS FOR APRIL 17. FORUM NEWS 18. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES 19. UNSUBSCRIBE INSTRUCTIONS ******************************************************************* Welcome Notes Hello, Everyone! Welcome to another issue of the Burning the Midnight Oil Book Zine! As always, feel free to E-mail me anytime at BurningMidnightOil@hotmail.com with comments, suggestions or just to plain chat. Happy Poetry Month! April, 2005 marks the tenth anniversary of National Poetry Month, inaugurated by the Academy of American Poets (read all about it here: http://www.poets.org/npm/ ). In honor of this special month, I??™ve devoted nearly this entire issue to all things poetry, including a special poetry section! You??™ll also find some great poetry-related links and sites, as well as the chance to win TWO books in the monthly book giveaway! How cool is that?? I recently asked my sister if her 8-year-old daughter was interested in writing some poetry. As her daughter vigorously nodded, my sister shook her head and said, ???She has to learn how to write poetry first.??? My first thought was: Writing poetry isn??™t rocket science! Then it was my second thought that got me really thinking. My second thought was: But she??™s already been exposed to so much poetry all around her; it can??™t be that hard to write. Now this is true. Even though my niece has only been living and breathing for nearly nine years, she??™s read, seen and heard poetry on TV programs, in her classrooms, in her storybooks and from the many nursery rhymes read to her at bedtime. She recited poetry every time she played ???patty cake??? or participated in one of those jump rope songs with her friends. Whether this little girl realizes it or not, poetry has been all around her in many different forms and some of that exposure is bound to rub off on her. It??™s not so hard for a child to write a poem and my article below offers some examples in how simple it can be for children to write their very first poems. Those first poems may not be anything worthy of a Pulitzer (even MY first poetry was god-awful) but, with practice and persistence, a child can soon become a budding poet capable of composing verses worthy of a Hallmark card. You will also find a book review from Liana Metal, who is interviewed in Volume One of BURNING THE MIDNIGHT OIL: How We Survive as Writing Parents (http://www.booklocker.com/books/1743.html). Her review of the poetry book, A RITE OF PASSAGE by Joseph McCullough, makes for a great read and offers readers glimpses of what kind of poetry can be found in this book. Enjoy this issue! Hugs, Dawn Colclasure Editor and Publisher http://dmcwriter.tripod.com/ ******************************************************************* Quotes for the Month ???Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.?????”Robert Frost ???Wrong thoughts make poor poems.?????”Elizabeth Barrett Browning ???Always be a poet, even in prose.?????”Charles Baudelaire ???There is poetry as soon as we realize that we possess nothing.?????”John Cage ???The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.?????”Jean Cocteau ???Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.?????”Leonard Cohen ???A poet must leave traces of his passage, not proof.?????”Rene Char ???A prose writer gets tired of writing prose, and wants to be a poet. So he begins every line with a capital letter, and keeps on writing prose.?????”Samuel McChord Crothers ???Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful.?????”Rita Dove ???Poetry is ordinary language raised to the Nth power. Poetry is boned with ideas, nerved and blooded with emotions, all held together by the delicate, tough skin of words.?????”Paul Engle ???Poetry is plucking at the heartstrings, and making music with them.?????”Dennis Gabor ???Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.?????”Thomas Gray ???Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.?????”William Hazlitt ???Poets are soldiers that liberate words from the steadfast possession of definition.?????”Eli Khamarov ???Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.?????”Novalis ???Science is for those who learn; poetry, for those who know.?????”Joseph Roux ???Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.?????”Edgar Allan Poe ******************************************************************* EDITOR??™S ARTICLE Poetry in a Child??™s World Copyright 2005 by: Dawn Colclasure From the minute we are born, poetry exists. A mother rocking her newborn child to sleep recites poetry as she sings a lullaby, a child playing games such as ???ring-around-the-rosies??? hears poetry, and the child who reads nursery rhymes reads poetry. Poetry is everywhere throughout a child??™s growing years and, whether they realize it or not, a child is reciting a poem every time he or she sings a song. This exposure to poetry may entertain a child on one level, but on another, it is teaching them how to work with words. Through rhyming, a child develops strategies of forming appropriately rhymed sentences that, put together in verse, make sense. By working with syntax, a child learns the mechanics of proper language dictum and cadence. Poetry also teaches children new figures of speech such as metaphor and simile, as well as alliteration, assonance and onomatopoeia. Through the writing and learning of poetry, children find new ways to express themselves and understand the world around them. For the most part, though, poetry can be just as fun for children as it can be educational. Children can use poetry during the course of playing games, to make up silly songs and to pass away the boredom on a rainy day with the help of forming verses with poetry magnets on a refrigerator door. Poetry shouldn??™t be ???dumb??? or ???boring??? as some children may perceive it to be; it can actually serve as a fun escape into the world of make believe when nothing else will do the trick. Not only is poetry fun and educational, but very easy to write. A child doesn??™t need to possess an extensive vocabulary to form a poem, nor does he or she need to be well acquainted with the mechanics of poetry writing to pen a few lines of verse. Different types of poetic rhyme exist ??“ sight rhyme, sound rhyme, free verse, etc. ??“ and the writing of a poem can be as simple as putting thoughts down onto paper. If a child wants to write a rhyming poetry (although a poem doesn??™t need to rhyme) and runs out of suitable words to use, he or she can turn to a rhyming dictionary or go through the alphabet with the sound they need to remember words. Children can read poetry in a book of nursery rhymes to get ideas of what kind of poetry to write. Parents can encourage their kids to ask the child to pick something they like, such as pizza, and write a few lines or two stanzas about it. A child can write about why they like pizza, their favorite kind of pizza and why they like it so much, if they could have nothing but pizza to eat every day or what they think should go on a pizza if they were in charge of making it. Another way for children to get ideas for something to write a poem about is to suggest they write a letter to a grandparent, aunt or friend with every two sets of lines rhyming. Some simple forms of poetry exist to introduce children to the world of writing poetry. These forms are: HAIKU A set stanza of 3 lines, each one following the 5-7-5 pattern. Haikus can be fun diversions for kids: They are short and simple. A haiku can be something such as: It??™s raining outside The dog will not stop barking I hear the rain fall. LIMERICK Limericks are fun and can be especially entertaining if used in a silly song. Although limericks involve a story about someone or something, what they??™re about can depend on a child??™s extensive imagination. An example of a limerick can be the following: There once was a man named Ned Who always slept on his head It made his head sore But it won??™t hurt anymore Because he turned upside down his big bed. CINQUAIN A stanza of five lines, starting with a two-syllable word and consecutively doubling the number of syllables and words with each following line until, at the fifth line, a single, two-syllable word is used. The first line is the title, the second line describes the title, the third line expresses action, the forth line expresses a feeling and the fifth line is another word for the title. An example of a cinquain is: Writing Living visions Making stories alive Inspiration rises, escape. Create. Whether writing just a paragraph with rhyming words or penning a haiku, poetry is a concept easily understood to a child and just as easy to use. Children are exposed to a world of poetry and this exposure will help them to grasp how to write a poem of their own. Through writing and learning poetry, children will master their language, incorporate new ways to communicate and find a way to express themselves creatively. *** 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 is also a poetry editor for Skyline E-Magazine, contributing writer to the newspaper SIGNews and a staff writer for the Web site, The Shadowlands. She??™s been published both on and off the Web, in magazines such as Mothering and American Fitness, and Web sites such as Absolute Write, Writing Etc. and Writing World. Visit her on the Web at http://dmcwriter.tripod.com/ . ******************************************************************* CONTEST CORNER OnceWritten.com Spring Fiction Contest OnceWritten.com is looking for exciting new voices in the world of short fiction. Grand Prize: $1,000 and publication on the website; reading fee: $15; Deadline: April 30, 2005. Details: http://www.oncewritten.com/Contests/FictionContest.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRYSIDE ARTICLE COMPETITION To write an article of not more than 1500 words with a countryside theme. Closing Date: May 1st 2005 Entry fee: ??3.00. (cheques to Park Publications) Prize ??50.00 plus publication in Countryside Tales magazine. Entries to Park Publications, 14 The Park, Stow on the Wold, Glos. GL54 1DX. For further information please see www.parkpublications.co.uk COUNTRY GHOST STORY COMPETITION. To write a ghost story of not more than 2000 words. Stories should have a rural setting. Closing date: August 31st 2005. Prizes: ??75.00. ??25.00. ??15.00 Entry fee: ??3.00 (cheques to Park Publications) The winning story will appear in the autumn issue of Countryside Tales. Entries to Park Publications, 14 The Park, Stow on the Wold, Glos, GL54 1DX. www.parkpublications.co.uk for further info. OPEN SHORT STORY COMPETITION Theme; 'FEAR'. Prizes: ??100.00 ??50.00 ??25.00 Max. length: 3000 words. Closing date: November 15th 2005 Entry fee: ??4.00 (cheques to Park Publications) The winning story will appear in the winter edition of Scribble. Entries to: Park Publications, 14 The Park, Stow on the Wold, Glos. GL54 1DX. Further info: www.parkpublcations.co.uk ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd ANNUAL BROWN COUNTY TALL TALE TELL-OFF June 18, 2005 In Nashville, Indiana First prize $500, 2nd $250, 3rd $100, 4th & 5th $75 each $5.00 Entry donation Open to all benign creative liars For guidelines & entry form: browncounty.org/talltales Link: http://www.browncounty.org/talltales/ Or: Brown County Chamber of Commerce 37 West Main P.O. Box 164 Nashville, IN. 47448 Phone 812-988-6647 May 10, 2005 deadline Notify: May 20, 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------- e-clips Flash Fiction/Fiction Contests e-clips is pleased to announce its ongoing, quarterly Flash Fiction/Fiction Contests, as outlined below. The deadline for our first contest is August 1, 2005, with the winners being announced and published in our Autumn 2005 Issue, which will be available online October 1, 2005. CATEGORIES/WORD COUNT: Flash Fiction - Up to 500 words including title, which must not exceed 4 words Fiction 1,000 - 3,000 words including title, which must not exceed 7 words PRIZES: 1ST prize in each category is $100.00 U.S. and publication in e-clips 2nd prize in each category is $50.00 U.S. and publication in e-clips CONTEST DEADLINES: e-clips is published seasonally and issue release dates are January 1st, April 1st, July 1st, and October 1st. The deadline for each contest is two months prior, i.e. the deadline for the Autumn issue is August 1st. Any entries received after the deadline will automatically be entered in the next contest. READING FEE: A $5.00 U.S. reading fee must accompany all contest entries. Forward payment through PayPal - https://www.paypal.com/ to the account of contests@eclips.us or, mail a check or money order payable to Starglow Publications at the following address: STARGLOW PUBLICATIONS 14 - 4218 Lawrence Ave. E. #275 Toronto, ON M1E 4X9 CANADA You may enter as often as you want. However, no more than two entries may be submitted in one email session. If two entries are submitted in the same email, the reading fee will be $8.00 U.S. in total. Entries submitted separately will be subject to $5.00 U.S. per entry. OFFICIAL RULES: 1. There is a reading fee of $5 for the first entry; $3 for an additional entry submitted in the same online session. You may enter as often as you want, however, no more than two entries may be submitted in a single email session. All rights remain the property of the author. 2. All entries must be original, previously unpublished, works submitted in the English language. Do not include any material for which you do not own the copyright. 3. Eligible entries must be works of fiction 3,000 words in length or less, or flash fiction 500 words in length or less. Entries that contain racism, sexual exploitation, unnecessary violence, or excessive profanity will be immediately disqualified, in which case the reading fee will not be returned. 4. Entries must be submitted by email as an attachment saved with a .doc or .txt extension only. No other attachments will be opened. In the subject line indicate which category the entry is for, the title and word count. In the body of the email include the author's name, address and telephone number, email address, and pen name if applicable. 5. There will be four cash prizes in each quarter. Each category will have a 1st Prize of $100.00 and a 2nd Prize of $50.00 in U.S. dollars or the recipient's locally equivalent amount, which shall be calculated at time of payment. 6. The Contest will continue annually with the following quarterly deadlines: August 1 November 1 February 1 May 1 To be eligible for the quarterly judging, an entry must be received no later than midnight on the deadline date. Any entries received after the deadline will be entered in the next contest. 7. All entries received are final; revisions will not be accepted. 8. The decisions of the judges are final. 9. Winners in each quarter will be individually notified by e-mail prior to publication. This contest is void where prohibited by law. Send your entry to: contests@eclips.us Editor??™s Note: This is from their E-mail: ???Our first contest deadline is August 1st, winners will be announced and published in our Autumn 2005 Issue, which will be available online October 1, 2005.??? ------------------------------------------------------------------- "Winter 2005 Revelation Contest"! To All Aspiring Authors: Smart Publishing announces its last call for entries into their Winter 2005 Revelation Contest! We are currently seeking unpublished manuscripts for fiction; novels, novellas, short stories, and poetry compilations of all reading levels. At the end of this Contest, Smart Publishing, a traditional publishing company, will not accept unsolicited manuscripts again until the year 2007! Winning manuscript receives a publishing contract through Smart Publishing, inclusive of cover design, editorial services, printing and marketing services! SP is a new traditional publishing company with 15 upcoming titles in 2005/2006! Visit our website at: http://www.smartpublishing01.com for further details! ******************************************************************* ADVERTISEMENTS My good friend Peter Bowerman, author of The Well-Fed Writer and TWFW: Back For Seconds (http://www.wellfedwriter.com/books.shtml), is staying busy. He's put out a CD teleconference entitled, "COLD CALLS WITHOUT FEAR!" which promises to take the fright out of phone prospecting (how Peter built his successful commercial freelancing biz...). For details AND 5 Bucks Off, visit this link: http://www.wellfedwriter.com/5CDbucks.shtml. Also, Peter will be doing a few seminars later in the spring: New York City (May 31), Toronto (June 16), both Learning Annex courses (http://www.learningannex.com), and Buffalo (June 15). Info will appear at his "Seminars" link (www.wellfedwriter.com) as the events approach. ****************************** This comes from Pat Farenga: ???I've been working on a special event for this summer that will give you new hope and support for learning with your children. I call it the Learning In Our Own Way Conference and among the many speakers, activities for children and teens, and workshops you will enjoy are: THOMAS ARMSTRONG, author of Awakening Your Child's Natural Genius, In Their Own Way, The Myth of the A.D.D. Child, and many other important books. Tom is a generous and dynamic speaker and in addition to the opening keynote address for the conference, "Eight Kinds of Smart," he will present a workshop on "The Myth of the A.D.D. Child" and be a discussant on a panel about issues professionals struggle with regarding learning disabilities. JOHN TAYLOR GATTO, author of Dumbing Us Down and The Underground History of American Education. John has received the NY City and NY State Public School Teacher of the Year awards and is a popular speaker at education and homeschooling conferences around the world. In addition to John's closing keynote address to the conference, "Weapons of Mass Instruction," he will be previewing and discussing the movie he and Roland Legiardi-Laura are making about compulsory education, The Fourth Purpose. MATT HERN, author of Field Day: Getting Society Out of School and the editor of the book Deschooling Our Lives. Matt is on the faculty at the Institute for Social Ecology in VT, and writes and lectures widely. He is also the founder of the Purple Thistle Center, a teen learning center in East Vancouver, BC. Matt will be talking about "Risk and Security: where and why do we draw the line when we play and learn with children?" and conducting other workshops. Please visit my website to learn more about this event. I'm adding more speakers and presentations so be sure to check it regularly: www.learninginourownway.com The event will be held on August 12 - 14, 2005 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Woburn, MA. Best wishes, Pat Farenga ******************************************************************* GUEST ARTICLE A Review of The Rite of Passage by Joseph McCullough Have you ever wondered about life? About the meaning of your existence on earth? In this poem, Joseph McCullough tries to analyze our existence on earth using a deluge of imageries and poetic devices that will entice readers and keep them hooked from the first page to the very last. Reviewed by Liana Metal http://lianametal.tripod.com THE RITE OF PASSAGE By Joseph McCullough Six Gallery Press, www.sixgallerypress.com 2004,ISBN 0-9746033-5-X,paperback,pp.95,Very Highly Recommended Poetry ---------------- Joseph McCullough, a teacher of handicapped and English, and a graduate of Girard College, Philadelphia Community College and Temple University, lives in New Jersey with his two children. THE RITE OF PASSAGE is his fourth book. THE RITE OF PASSAGE is a rhapsody on life, eternal life, life on earth, but includes parts of the author??™s own life as well. The readers can learn about the author??™s life on page 13: ???I venture to add to my generation but remain within my own life,/one began at nine months before birth and by the same time after/left fatherless, raised in infancy by the concept of post world/war housing projects, removed by the state of law to be reared/??¦ .??? Joseph deals with the concept of Religion on page 12: ???Religion must retreat from its words that condemn persons/if the lifestyle of its leaders exceeds those of its followers,/especially those hard pressed to have a place to breathe;/??¦??? He talks about his country, America, on page 56: ???America, land of one continent abridged by the oceans,/rifted by the spirographic turn of a galaxy in its universe/??¦??? The concept of being alive is on page 65: ???Ever the present is there, the appearance of being in life,/ever the present, the sensation of being alive, the speed/??¦??? He then addresses the issue of women on page 66: ???Hidden by the years and the slow decline of facades,/the woman looked about the earth, not that it mattered??¦ .??? There is an inspirational part on page 72: ???See for yourself the day, not from inside your memories/but as new thoughts in life, without fear in being, with light /of darkness and clear of shadows??¦??? The issue of Religion is addressed once more on page 73: ???Religion, the speaking of the mind to a creator of its origins,/the voice of being, life formed of the universal elements,/the spirit before conception??¦??? On page 75, Joseph writes about his work and himself: ???Now this poem, a poet??™s analogue of thoughts, abbreviated/from master scrolls of purist taste, saturate in repetition/??¦??? Next, on page 77 the author exhorts readers to self-inquiry to discover themselves: ?????¦look at your own selves and see in silence your true vision.??? On page 88 the writer tries to find the purpose in life: ???Me, who I am, a person of self recognized when requested/of life, chosen as a being of time rendering all associations/of humanity??¦??? His love for being alive is displayed on page 91 while the last part of his poem tells the readers that life goes on. At the epilogue, on pp. 93-94, the author exhorts readers that their ???emotional passage of life??™s journeys, are not in vain solitaire rides.??? To sum up, Joseph??™s work is amazing. The title is oblique and intriguing. The ???rite of passage,??™ the way we live our life, has both a literal and a metaphoric meaning. Focusing on the ???rite??™ we understand that ???traveling??™ is the important element in our life??™s journey. The impulse and emotion behind the poem seem true and the author leads us to a journey of discovery. The poem is written in ???free verse,??? that is, he uses none of the established metrical patterns. It mainly relies on alliteration and assonance. In this way, the author succeeds in giving readers vivid detail for our imagination to work with. This Rhapsody on the meaning of life is exciting in every aspect. It is a wonderful poem that will satisfy all the poetry lovers and not only them. Prose lovers can read this poem too, as the ???free-verse??? is appealing to a wider audience. Rich vocabulary selection and rich images comprise a poem that will speak to the readers??™ hearts and make them question their existence on earth. The book is available from: www.booksurge.com and www.Amazon.com. *** Liana Metal is a teacher, artist and freelance writer based in Europe. Visit her web site and become a contributor! http://lianametal.tripod.com Contact her at liamet900@hotmail.com ******************************************************************* BOOK EXCERPT From the book: TAKE MY HAND By: Dawn Colclasure American Literary Press, November, 1993 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1561671290/qid=1113602647/sr=1-5/ref=sr_1_5/102-3609808-4952907?v=glance&s=books Ladder In The Sky Oh, gosh! Oh, my! There??™s a ladder in the sky! Wonder how, wonder why There??™s a ladder in the sky. It looks endless, very high, That golden ladder in the sky. Could it lead to Heaven? Could it lead to sea? Something tells me that I better Climb that ladder and have a see. It stands so straight, very high, That golden ladder in the sky. Is it there for you or me? Maybe we should climb it and see. Hard to believe, but I tell you it??™s true: There??™s a golden ladder standing in the blue. Gonna struggle, gonna try To climb that ladder in the sky. Hospital Gowns Hospital gowns can be such a pain, Even though they give doctors less strain. At least they don??™t leave us bare, Revealing only our underwear! Follow That Dream Follow that dream. Troubles occur, that may seem. But in the dark you??™ll see the light gleam. So, go on, and follow that dream. Follow that dream, You don??™t need a team. Just be yourself crossing the beam. So, go on, and follow that dream. Follow that dream. Your pride is what you redeem. You??™ll win over your fear like eating ice cream. So, go on, and follow that dream. It??™s Friday Night It??™s Friday night And I??™m stuck at home. My friends are all out, And I??™m bored to the bone. It??™s Friday night And I??™m having my ???fun???; Sitting alone watching movies While my parents are getting things done. I??™ve called every buddy, every pal, every friend. Haven??™t got a car, so to speak. I really wish this night would end, But it only comes once in a week. I??™m missing the concerts, the ball games, The stay-overs, too. Missing the hang-outs, the getting-in-trouble. I??™m missing the bike races, the beach walks, And the drive-thru. I swear I would die if this boredom was double. It??™s Friday night??¦ I??™m sitting here alone??¦ Drinking a Coke as I watch the minutes go by??¦ And??¦ Hey! I think I hear the phone! The Sea The sea is something beautiful, All wide and blue. The sea is someplace you can find Your heart inside of you. The sea never means any harm, It??™s always kind and true. The sea will help you seek some Special things to do. The sea will always help you discover Things bright and new. ******************************************************************* MARKETS The following are market information for PAYING MARKETS. Name: Dragons, Knights, and Angels: The Magazine of Christian Fantasy and Science Fiction Address: www.dkamagazine.com Print or Electronic?: electronic only Web Site: www.dkamagazine.com Guidelines online?: yes, at www.dkamagazine.com Description: A family friendly magazine of Christian fantasy and science fiction. Audience: Anyone looking for good wholesome SF&F Types of material published: Christian SF &F Current needs: short stories and poems Departments easiest for new writers to break into: poetry, short story Rates: $5 short stories, $1 poems Rights: One time electronic rights Tips for Querying Writers: Send full manuscript, but be sure to read the guidelines on our website before submitting. We have specific reading periods and will not accept submissions at other times. Contact (name of editor and E-mail and/or address info): Editor Rebecca Shelley, dkamagazine@quixnet.net ****************************** Name: The Writers Publishing Address: Box 1110, Tofino, B.C. V0R 2Z0 Print or Electronic?: both Web Site: www.writerspublishing.ca Guidelines online?: yes, pretty flexible Description: yearly glossy ad free magazine with artwork Audience: international Types of material published: fiction and artwork, some non-fiction Current needs: poetry & short stories Departments easiest for new writers to break into: poetry Rates: $25. paid per writer printed Rights: one time print rights only Tips for Querying Writers: just send it in, pasted in an email or mailed. Contact (name of editor and E-mail and/or address info): Rebecca Tuck wpublish@shaw.ca ****************************** Name: AGNI Address: 236 Bay State Road, Boston, MA 02215 Print or Electronic?: both (~ 1/3 of each print issue posted on our website + new Web-only work posted weekly) Web Site:www.agnimagazine.org Guidelines online?: yes (click on About at the bottom of the homepage) Description: AGNI prints the best of contemporary writing Audience: Writers, agents, editors, and devoted literary readers Types of material published: literary fiction, poetry, and nonfiction Rates: $10/page; $150 maximum Rights: first North American serial Tips for Querying Writers: Keep your cover letter simple and professional Contact (name of editor and E-mail and/or address info): Sven Birkerts, editor (we do not accept emailed submissions) ****************************** Name: Ancient Paths Address: PO Box 7505 Fairfax Station, VA 22039 Print or Electronic?: Print Web Site: www.editorskylar.com Guidelines online?: Yes Description: This literary magazine explores Christian themes in subtle ways, through poetry, art, and fiction. Audience: Literate Christians and non-Christians interested in traditional themes and values Types of material published: Poetry, short fiction, art, photography Current needs: Submission period ends April 30 and re-opens in October. Currently accepting submission of poetry, art work, and fiction. Departments easiest for new writers to break into: Any Rates: $1 per poem, $2 per story, $2 per photo, $2 per drawing, plus one contributor's copy Rights: First rights or one-time rights Tips for Querying Writers: No queries necessary. Send complete ms. by regular mail, with SASE. Name, address, and e-mail on each submission Contact (name of editor and E-mail and/or address info): Skylar H. Burris, editor ****************************** HORIZON MAGAZINE Saley Publications Box 585, Rimbey, Alberta T0C 2J0 ??? Phone/Fax (Toll Free):1-866-824-8287 ??? Email: henry@saleypublications.com Submission Guidelines HORIZON Our Publication: The Horizon is a digest of knowledge, humour and storytelling that is published monthly and distributed free to 10,000 households. Our publication contains a wide variety of topics that educate, inspire and entertain our readers. Our content includes fiction, personal experiences, opinions, poetry, humour and informative pieces. Submission Tips ???Bite-sized??? articles/stories of about 600-800 words are preferred. That is the ideal length but we encourage you to send in longer pieces that may be divided and published as a series. Submissions that are shorter than 600 words are fine since we regularly scatter a variety of humour, poetry and other bits throughout the publication. (e.g. we??™ll pay $10 for two 300 word items). Photos We look for eye-catching photos that are humorous, touching or provide an intriguing angle of the people and places of your region. At minimum, a description of who, what, when, where, why of the photo is desirable. A story accompanying the photo is also welcome (we pay additionally). Photos should be a minimum of 200 dpi. Inside photos are generally printed at no more than a 4???x4??? size. Cover photos are printed at 7???x5??? size. Save photos in TIFF, JPEG, EPS or PDF format. Rights Submitted items may appear (or have appeared) in other publications. We encourage you to publish your material as widely as possible as long as those publications do not overlap in distribution with our magazine. Our distribution: Central Alberta (Canada) in the communities of Rimbey, Bentley, Bluffton, Westerose, Winfield, Alder Flats, Buck Lake, Eckville, Ponoka, Wetaskiwin, Mulhurst, Ma-Me-O Beach, Falun, Bittern Lake, Gwynne, New Norway, Ferintosh & Bashaw. Payment Payment is $10 for each full-length item published (approx. 600 words). Photos are also welcome and paid $10 when published ($15 for cover photo). If we publish your story or photo, we will send a complimentary copy of that issue with your payment. Method of Submission Submission by email is preferred. You can paste into the mail message box or attach as a file. We can open most word processing documents. You may also mail submissions. Please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope for any items you wish returned. We look forward to reading your material. ??” Henry Saley, Publisher Alberta Contact Information: Saley Publications, Box 585, Rimbey, Alberta T0C2J0 ??? Ph/Fax (Toll Free): 1-866-824-8287 ??? henry@saleypublications.com Ontario Contact Information: Saley Publications, RR#1, Brechin, Ontario L0K1B0 ??? Ph/Fax (Toll Free): 1-866-824-8287 ??? henry@saleypublications.com ******************************************************************* INDUSTRY INTERVIEW This section will return next month. ******************************************************************* BOOK GIVEAWAY Wanna score a FREE BOOK?? How about TWO BOOKS?? This month, to celebrate National Poetry Month, I am offering the fifth reader who contacts me with a quote from this E-zine two books, the 2005 POET??™S MARKET, published by Writer??™s Digest Books, and RUNNY BABBIT, the last collection of poetry for children by the late famous children??™s poet, Shel Silverstein (read about this book here: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060284048/qid=1113591889/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-3609808-4952907 ). How to win? Simple! Be the fifth reader to E-mail me will with any quote from this E-zine! E-mail me at: BurningMidnightOil@hotmail.com Good luck! ******************************************************************* 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: LINDA OATMAN HIGH (www.lindaoatmanhigh.com) has a new book coming in September: "The Cemetery Tenders of Gettysburg: 1863." Linda will also be teaching a writing workshop in Italy this summer. Please see this link for further info: http://members.aol.com/upcoevents/differentdrummerhomepage.html Linda is available for school presentations, writing workshops, group visits, and presentations at any kind of event! The author may be reached at 717-445-8246. ****************************** Award-winning humor columnist and bestselling author BOB SCHWARTZ takes you on a hilarious ride through the wacky world of family life in Would Somebody Please Send ME To MY Room! A Hilarious Look at Family Life (Glenbridge Publishing Ltd, ISBN 0-944-43557-2, $22.95, hardcover, June 8, 2005). Sometimes you have just got to laugh, and this book will have parents in stitches with 49 humorous chapters, all comically illustrated by award-winning artist BK Taylor. Bob??™s amusing essays deftly capture the hysterical nature of parenthood and remind us of the necessity, no matter how harried things are, to appreciate the humor in the day-to-day nature of family life. This book gives parents a reason to laugh as Bob humorously examines the unexpected twists and turns of parenthood. All author proceeds will be donated to the Make-A-Wish Foundation and the book can be pre-ordered now on Amazon and will be in bookstores on June 8. http://www.schwartzhumor.com/ ****************************** Editor??™s note: Got this from SARA CALDWELL (http://www.amphionpro.com/): My new book, Jumpstart Your Awesome Film Production Company (Allworth Press), just came out. (I've included some info below.) I've also just been contracted to co-author another book on how to make independent horror films with veteran horror filmmaker Brad Sykes of Nightfall Pictures, Los Angeles. Jumpstart Your Awesome Film Production Company covers the challenges facing makers of corporate, documentary, feature, short, and animated films. With real-life stories from a score of filmmakers??”like Rob Hardy, who started Rainforest Films as an engineering student and had never taken a film class, or Bill Plympton, who sold belts on the streets before his Oscar-nominated explosion into the world of animation. Chapters cover: ???The pros and cons of starting a production company ???How to create and follow a financial plan ???Working with investors ???Developing a personal style ???Making contacts in the industry ???Forming a marketing strategy ???Getting a film distributed ???Promoting the company ???Surviving slow times ???Growing with a successful company Whether dreaming about, forming, or promoting one??™s film production company, this is one jumpstart no film entrepreneur will want to miss. Jumpstart Your Awesome Film Production Company can be found in better bookstores, or it can be ordered directly from the publisher by calling 1-800-491-2808, or by going online to www.allworth.com where you will find a full description, a table of contents, and reviews. Distributed to the trade by Watson-Guptill Publications: 1-800-451-1741. ****************************** BRENDA NIXON (http://www.brendanixon.com/), author of PARENTING POWER IN THE EARLY YEARS and speaker on parenting, is giving a presentation to parents, "Raising a Reader: How to Read Aloud so Kids Love Books" and signing at the Midwest Book Fest, September 17, Belleview, Ohio. Details are on her website. Her article "Summer Safety" will be published in the May/June issue of Washington Families magazine and Brenda just learned that her story "Faith, Not Fear" will be published in the new book SOUL MATTERS FOR THE HEART to be released this June. ****************************** In THE WACKY WORLD OF WOMANHOOD, Vicky DeCoster shares her humorous personal essays on childhood crises, dating dilemmas, marriage mishaps, parenthood pitfalls, and mid-life mayhem. She entertains readers with such hilarious anecdotes as choosing her first pair of glasses, mending a broken heart, nursing a sick husband back to health, having an affair with her carpet cleaner, suffering through a mid-life crisis, and reviewing the contents of her unmentionables drawer. Vicky DeCoster??™s laugh out loud stories are true and heartwarming, and offer an inside look at the wacky world of womanhood. Vicky DeCoster has written humorous essays and articles for Atlanta Singles, Metro Parents, Omaha Magazine, Her magazine, Omaha World-Herald, and Single Life. Her essay, ???How to Just Say No to a Date??? was featured on a morning radio show, and won the award ???Best Creative Story??? from the Omaha Magazine. She has written humorous columns for Her magazine, based in Omaha, Nebraska, and currently writes a humor column for Still Moments magazine in Nova Scotia. Vicky is the author of THE WACKY WORLD OF WOMANHOOD: Essays on Girlhood, Dating, Motherhood, and the Loss of Matching Underwear (iUniverse, October 2003). Her book was the recipient of both the Editor's Choice and Reader's Choice awards from iUniverse, and in 2004, Vicky signed copies of her book at several locations and bookstores throughout the Midwestern United States. She is currently working on her second book of humorous essays which should be completed in the summer of 2006. Vicky??™s inspirational essays have been published in the Don??™t Sweat Stories with a foreword by Richard Carlson, Ph.D. (author of Don??™t Sweat the Small Stuff), the book Real Stories of Spirit Communication by Angela Hoy (Booklocker-2004) and Christian Single magazine. DeCoster is a featured writer in the book Book Marketing A-Z by Francine Silverman and in the recently compiled book Boomer Women Speak. You can reach her at http://www.wackywomanhood.com/. ****************************** ???I'll be on a Writing the First Novel panel at ArtsdayLa, a free annual event held on the UCLA campus, this year on Saturday, May 21. My essay, "I Hate Everyone" will be featured along with the likes of Jane Smiley in the Fall 2005 anthology Ending the Catfight (name could change) about the battle between working moms and stay at home moms. I'm also just finishing up a new novel, with a potential 2006 pub date. For info on my other books, please visit http://www.lesliespirson.com/ Thanks!?????”LESLIE LEHR SPIRSON ****************************** The Hostel : Life-style historical romance for young adults http://lianametal.tripod.com/thehostel March 2005 Liana Metal tells the story of Nina, a girl in her late teenage years, whose chance meeting with a man in Chiswick Park signposts the beginning of a unique love story in British London in the 70s. Her staying at a nuns??™ hostel is a new experience for her, as well as her falling in love with a man double her age. The latter perplexes her life and soon leads to a serious dilemma she stubbornly strives to ignore. Will her friends hassle her about the relationship? What about her parents? But love is more powerful than Nina??™s will, no matter if the man she is keen on is her best friend??™s dad. The Hostel is a lighthearted story outlining the 70s lifestyle in London as well as highlighting relationship issues that may still be thought of as a taboo. Liana Metal has been writing short fiction for many years but The Hostel is her first novel for young adults. She invites readers to confront their own prejudices and explore ???love??™ through a new dimension. Readers??™ comments on The Hostel: ?????¦a fresh story full of unpredictable turns that will entertain all ages.??? Bill Savanis, MBA student, reviewer, Seniority.co.uk, Midwest Book Review. ???The Hostel combines romance and facts in an attractive and lively way. The dialogue is realistic and vivid.??? H.Green, parent, reviewer of romance. ??? This book can attract a wider readership, not only young people in their late teens??¦??? Peter Ray, reader, London. ???Also, people from other countries and cultures will certainly find it interesting. The story is told from the point of view of a young girl who comes from Greece.??? Maria E. Gabrelidis, avid reader, reviewer, MA student. Title: The Hostel Author: Liana Metal ISBN: 0016 Retail Price: $5.99 Format: e book, PDF Pages: 119 Audience: Young adults/adults Information: http://lianametal.tripod.com/thehostel Publisher contact: http://liamet.tripod.com ****************************** Writer SARA WEBB QUEST, contributor for ???BURNING THE MIDNIGHT OIL??™s??™ first book, held a hot interview with Meg Cabot, author of The Princess Diaries and mega-hits! The interview is readable at Sara??™s Professional Writing Hub where other famous authors have appeared. Read ???Pop-Princess Meg Cabot Shares the Good Life??™ at http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/professional_writing/114839 and freely subscribe to the hub at http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/professional_writing Also, Sara has a ???Mother-Daughter Skip Day??™ true article appearing in Woman??™s World -- in grocery-store check-out lines May 17th (on page three)! Freely subscribe to Sara??™s writing-life newsletter at http://www.authorsden.com/sarawebbquest ??? ****************************** ???I'm currently promoting these books: Crewing Aboard a Superyacht - a guide to working afloat It is available by order worldwide through www.Adlardcoles.com - It is also available as a downloadable eBook at http://www.extraordinary-jobs.com/crewing.htm. Living on the Edge - Jobs in Adventure Travel, currently only available as a downloadable eBook at http://www.extraordinary-jobs.com/edge.htm In addition, my newsletter, Extraordinary Jobs for Ordinary People is going strong at http://www.extraordinary-jobs.com And that's all the WRITING I can talk about! Mostly I've been doing web design through http://www.sublime-design-studio.com. My writer's bio is available at http://www.kpdavis.com/bio.htm All the best, KIM DAVIS www.KPDavis.com | www.Yachtie.net | www.Sublime-Design-Studio.com | www.Extraordinary-Jobs.com | www.Mexico-Beaches.net e-mail: kpdavis@usa.net ??“ 936-348-5397 ****************************** This comes from CHRISTINE HOHLBAUM (http://diaryofamother.com/, http://www.sahmiam.net/): ???Here's the story of how I'm living my dream. Are you living yours? Tell me! I would love to know. http://www.comfortqueen.com/results.html?497 By the way, I will be in New York April 21-24 to meet with a few magazine editors and to attend the opening of a library at the National Arts Club. It will be nice to be back in the US of A, if only for a little while.??? ******************************************************************* 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. ******************************************************************* SPECIAL FOR APRIL: Poetry Section Colors Of My Life by: Suzan L. Wiener You make my world a bright bouquet. You make it filled with roses; lilacs; and daffodils. You pull me into your dreams as easily as a star stays in the velvet-black sky. You are my heart... as easily as a bee pollinates a flower. You are the aroma of my soul. I see you in a kaleidoscope of heavenly love. Come to me always and know I will always be there for you. Bio: Suzan L. Wiener has had numerous poems, stories, articles and shorter pieces published in major publications such as Canadian Writer's Journal, Verses, Poetry Press (first prize), NEB Publishing (first prize), Mocha Memoirs, T-Zero, Saturday Evening Post, Reader's Digest, Mature Living, etc. She is also in the process of submitting her love poetry collection to publishers. ****************************** Teaching Ellie About Bubbles by: Carolyn Howard-Johnson I blow bubbles for Ellie each a shared miracle. Thousands ride on thin mountain air, cool as the concrete step we sit on, some as big as bouncing balls, some silvery dimes. Before each volley disappears, Ellie claps and squeals for more. I breathe airy sequins into the clear Rocky light, again and again, until it is too dark or too cold or until the bubble bottle is drained. Long ago I found slick froth in a plastic cylinder, a chartreuse Polystyrene loop propped against its side, left on a ledge above a waterfall, an invitation to share the joy some absent benefactor had felt pushing wishes through a hole. Searching, I take up the wand, pucker my lips into a kiss and blow. Unsubstantial prisms burst, color spent, their promise nothing but a void. Now Ellie and I are older. We chase bubbles; the bottle empties by only half before she flits away. I worry that I, or the nature of bubbles, taught her too well. Bio: Carolyn Howard-Johnson's first novel, This is the Place, and her second book, Harkening: A Collection of Stories Remembered are both award-winners. Her fiction, nonfiction and poems have appeared in national magazines, anthologies and review journals. She speaks on Utah's culture, tolerance and other subjects and has appeared on TV and hundreds of radio stations nationwide. She is an instructor for UCLA Extension's Writers' Program and has shared her expertise on publishing and writing at venues like San Diego State's world renowned Writers' Conference and Call to Arts! EXPO. She was recently awarded Woman of the Year in Arts and Entertainment by the California Legislature and her nitty gritty how-to book, THE FRUGAL BOOK PROMOTER won USA Book News' "Best Professional Book 2004." She loves to travel and has studied writing at Cambridge University in the United Kingdom, UK: Herzen University in St. Petersburg, RU; and Charles University in Prague. Her website is: http://carolynhowardjohnson.com. ****************************** They Should??™ve Sent a Poet by: Dawn Colclasure They should??™ve sent a poet Because only a poet can say Everything that needs to be said With words in such a way. For only poets truly understand How language can be used As a tool for description, emotion and truth That??™s so often neglected and abused. Poets have a way with words. Better: A way of understanding. They use this skill to write with With a power so commanding. No matter how it??™s read or spoken, A poem will prevail. And when you send a poet, A poet will never fail. Bio: 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 is also a poetry editor for Skyline E-Magazine, contributing writer to the newspaper SIGNews and a staff writer for the Web site, The Shadowlands. She??™s been published both on and off the Web, in magazines such as Mothering and American Fitness, and Web sites such as Absolute Write, Writing Etc. and Writing World. Visit her on the Web at http://dmcwriter.tripod.com/ . ******************************************************************* FREEBIE CORNER Exclusively Yours from Skyline: Poetry Lane Magazine http://poetrylane.net/poetrylanespring.htm Free poetry E-books from PoemHunter.com: http://www.poemhunter.com/eBooks/ Check out another free poetry zine, MUGround (warning! Contains erotic poetry): http://www.mallasch.com/mug/ Free poetry E-cards from 123greetings.com: http://www.123greetings.com/arts/poetry/ Free subscription to Digital Passions Poetry Magazine: http://www.netpoets.com/cgi/dp.cgi Free poetry workshop with Mary Donnelly: http://www.writingclasses.com/CommunityEvents/event.php/EventID/183 Free online poetry workshop at Kalliope: http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/8028/index.htm ******************************************************************* SITES SITED The following are interesting, helpful sites that I??™d like to pass on. Poetry Daily: http://www.poems.com/ Giggle Poetry: http://www.gigglepoetry.com/ Poetry Archives at eMule.com: http://www.emule.com/poetry/ The Academy of American Poets: http://www.poets.org/index.cfm Poetry 4 Kids: http://www.poetry4kids.com/ Poetry Portal: http://www.poetry-portal.com/ FindPoetry.com: http://www.findpoetry.com/ The Poetry Society of America: http://www.poetrysociety.org/ The Poetry society: http://www.poetrysoc.com/ Shadow Poetry: http://www.shadowpoetry.com/ Poetry Express: http://www.poetryexpress.org/ Desktop Poetry: http://www.desktoppoetry.com/ ******************************************************************* WRITING PARENT TIPS FOR APRIL: Tip: Celebrate National Poetry Month! Have a ???poetry picnic??? with your children, read work by your favorite poets, hold ???family poetry workshops??? or write some poetry. Tip: Use any one of the above ideas and poetic forms in the above article on poetry for children and ask your child to write some poetry during a set amount of time. Tip: Your child a published poet? Why not? Get your kids to put together a little booklet of poems they??™ve written, complete with drawings. ******************************************************************* FORUM NEWS The Absolute Write Water Cooler, where we have a private room for readers (and writers!) of the book and subscribers has changed location. You can find our new digs at: http://absolutewrite.com/forums/index.php? You will need to register to join in on the fun. The password to our private room is: multitask ???I have made the decision not to do a third volume of this series. The reason why is because I have way too many other books going on PLUS the E-zine PLUS a business writing service PLUS getting a part-time job so it's just too much for me to continue. However, I'm not against someone else taking up any further books, as long as the format of the first two volumes continues (interviews, essays, chat). I have been forced to find a new publisher for the second volume. I don't know if I'll use Booklocker again. I'm seriously entertaining the idea of self-publishing the second book.??? Check out the forum here: http://absolutewrite.com/forums/index.php? ******************************************************************* 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! I prefer to use free reprinted articles whenever possible but I do offer payment, as well. Payment is only allotted to article submissions. You may choose any one of the following for compensation: --$5, paid in the form of a money order, on publication, for articles of 200-500 words. --$10, on publication, for articles 501-2000 words. --A complimentary copy of the book, BURNING THE MIDNIGHT OIL: How We Survive as Writing Parents (available in September, 2004). Book will be sent once your article is published. ******************************************************************* 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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