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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: Out With the Old, In With the New By DAWN COLCLASURE 4. CONTEST CORNER 5. ADVERTISEMENTS 6. GUEST ARTICLE: SILENT BATTLEFIELDS, A Book Review by LIANA METAL 7. BOOK EXCERPT 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 JANUARY 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 E-mail me anytime at BurningMidnightOil@mail2world.com with comments, suggestions or just to plain chat. A belated Happy New Year to all of you! I hope you had a wonderful New Year??™s and here??™s hoping 2006 has been going smoothly for you and your writing career so far. Please accept my apologies for yet another missed issue last month. After turning out a whopper of an issue in November, I had concerns about publishing yet another LONG issue. I am working on ways to resolve this problem; hopefully, that will happen soon. I have thought about publishing this issue in two parts but, because of formatting problems, that can??™t happen for me. In this issue, I offer readers ideas on how to make the same old writing NEW again! Read my tips on how to breathe life into the same writing you??™ve been doing all this time to make it stand out and look brand-spanking-new again! You??™ll also get to read an excellent book review by Liana Metal, who is interviewed in Volume One. I enjoyed reading her review and hope you find the book interesting! Enjoy this issue! Hugs, Dawn Colclasure Editor and Publisher http://dmcwriter.tripod.com/ ************************************************************** Quotes for the Month ???There are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt.?????”Audre Lorde ???All things must change to something new, to something strange.?????”Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ???With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.???-Eleanor Roosevelt ???From the end spring new beginnings.?????”Pliny the Elder ???A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.?????”Mark Twain ???Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.?????”Samuel Johnson ???You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.?????”C. S. Lewis ************************************************************** EDITOR??™S ARTICLE Out With the Old, In With the New Copyright 2006 By: Dawn Colclasure The thing that attracts readers to your work is something fresh and invigorating. When you??™re a writer new to the scene, your fresh voice will grab readers??™ attention. Old favorites will still get read, but any writer who continues to turn out something new instead of the same old thing will not only keep readers but gain more. This is why any writer must keep one thing in mind: You can??™t keep doing the same thing day after day, week after week. If you want to keep readers interested, keep your writing interesting. The solution? Get rid of the same old repertoire and hit the ground running with new material. To do this, try the following: Start writing new stuff. Take up poetry, short fiction, business writing or greeting card writing. Whatever your interest, the new writing will add spark to your creativity and get your loyal readers tempted to check out this new side of you. Change your style. If you??™re known for looooong pieces of work, try writing shorter material. Change the way you write; get rid of those sleep-inducing, long-winded phrases and pump your prose with new phrases, catchy sayings and active words. Get a facelift. No, I??™m not suggesting you actually pay for plastic surgery. The idea is to give your site AND your writing a new look. If you publish an E-zine, change your publishing software, go to HTML or add graphics. If you write articles, start including bulleted lists, resource boxes, links or accompanying photos/graphics. Write about new topics. If up until this point your writing has been about parenting or gardening, try branching out into new subjects. Start churning out articles on writing, Web site design/marketing, cultural issues or break into the humor market. This shows a whole new side of yourself to your readers, something that will snap them to attention. It just may lead to bigger and better writing projects, as well. Branch out. If you do a majority of writing for the Internet, downshift to newspapers and magazines for a while. Or if newspapers have been your gig, try nabbing a regular spot with a magazine or E-zine. The point is to get yourself into a media you haven??™t really played a role in for a while, or at all. Once you start popping up there, your loyal readers will not only have your usual E-zine to enjoy but they??™ll also be delighted to read all about your infamous housecleaning mishap or social faux pas in your regular magazine column. The last thing writers want to see happen is becoming old news. Readers tire easily of all the material they plod through both on- and offline, so the need for something fresh, invigorating and ???new??? remains high. Use the above methods to keep your fresh voice in high demand and your writing career running 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 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 SouthWest Writers, home base in Albuquerque, NM, but nationwide membership, requests to have our annual contest listed on your contest webpage. www.southwestwriter.org. We certainly appreciate it if you could post this through April? Thanking you in advance, Sandy Schairer, SWW Secretary of the Board Joanne Bodin, 2006 Contest Chair ______________________________________________________ SOUTHWEST WRITERS ANNUAL CONTEST -- May 1, 2006 deadline. Open to adults and students. National organization based in New Mexico. Annual contest established 1982. Modest entry fees and generous prizes -- 19 categories. New this year: Spanish category. Purpose of contest: To encourage writers of all genres writing fiction and non-fiction for adults and children, including poetry and screenplays. See website for quidelines, entry blanks, formatting tips, fees, categories, etc. Website: www.southwestwriters.org or write for info: E-Mail: SWWriters@juno.com SWW, 3721 Morris, NE, Albuquerque NM 87111. Office: (505) 265-9485 (M-F 9AM to noon MST) ************************************************************** 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 *** New Writer's Ezine - Inkwell Newswatch (IN) http://www.fwointl.com/in.html *** http://www.creativityseminars.net Creativity Courses in Europe and New York: Spring / Summer 06 Hello, My name is Vivian Glusman and I am the administrative associate of the Creativity Workshop. I wanted to let you know about our summer workshops in Europe (Crete, Provence, Florence, Barcelona, Prague, Dublin and Bruges) and our New York workshops in the spring. Founded in 1993, the Creativity Workshop is dedicated to teaching people about their creativity and how to use it in all aspects of life, work, and creative expression. The Creativity Workshop helps people believe in and develop their imagination through using a unique series of exercises in memoir, creative writing, visual arts, sense perception, brainstorming, and storytelling. In a non-competitive, nurturing atmosphere, our workshops help participants develop creative skills, expanded sense perception, innovative problem solving, inspired brainstorming, and new ways of looking at life as exciting and transformative. The price of the New York workshop is $650, tuition only. Our European workshop prices start at $1,650, including tuition and 9 nights accommodations. The only requirements for the Creativity Workshop are curiosity about the creative process and a sense of playfulness. See below our calendar for the New York and Europe workshops: EUROPE SUMMER CALENDAR 2006 Crete: June 19 - 28 Provence: June 29 - July 8 Florence: July 9 - 18 Barcelona: July 19 - 28 Prague: July 28 - August 6 Dublin: August 6 - 15 Bruges: August 15 - 24 From $1,650 including tuition and 9 night accommodations. NEW YORK CALENDAR 2006 March 24 - 27 April 21 - 24 May 19 - 22 Tuition: $650 You can read more about the workshop below or go directly to our extensive informational site: http://www.creativityseminars.net Regards, Vivian Glusman Administrative Associate 1-866-217-1980 (Toll-Free) 1-212-922-1555 contact@creativityseminars.net http://www.creativityseminars.net What people say about the Creativity Workshop: "The new millennium needs bold, creative men and women who can turn their dreams into reality... Shelley Berc and Alejandro Fogel show how you can do this through their challenging and inspiring creativity workshops...even a simple first contact will prove what these two talented teachers can do for your own gifts." Dr. Kirpal Singh, Writer, Professor Singapore Management University. "I have attended at least 10 creative seminars and this creativity workshop is far above the others in its inspiration, positive spirit and techniques for nurturing creativity. The Creativity Workshop changed me forever and moved me forward in managing my creative companies, but more importantly in my personal determination, commitment and creativity in my own projects. This workshop is important for anyone who wants to better understand, develop and celebrate their creativity in their personal or business life." Barbara Roberts, President and CEO Acoustiguides, New York City More comments from former workshop participants at: http://www.creativityseminars.net/whatpeoplesay.html Founded and directed by Shelley Berc and Alejandro Fogel in 1993, the Creativity Workshop has been taught by them at educational, corporate, cultural and governmental institutions throughout the world. Corporate and Business Johnson&Johnson " JPMorgan " Chase Bank " Bayer - Oracle - Procter & Gamble - Sloan Kettering Hospital - Sprint PCS - The Walt Disney Company - The Connection for Women and Families - The Nature Conservancy For more companies go to: http://www.creativityseminars.net/wherewetaught.html#corporate Education and Arts Institutions Atlanta International School - Atlanta Symphony Orchestra ??“ Australian National Playwright Conference - Baruch College - Bennington College - Brown University - NYC Department of Education - Cincinnati Public Schools - Columbia University - Concord Academy - Exeter Academy - Canadian Academy - Indiana University - International School of Bangkok - International School of Beijing - Princeton Country Day School For more institutions go to: http://www.creativityseminars.net/wherewetaught#education Government US State Department Cultural Ambassadors Program. http://www.creativityseminars.net/wherewetaught.html#goverment All the Creativity Workshops are taught by its founders and directors, Shelley Berc and Alejandro Fogel. For more information on their backgrounds please go to: http://www.creativityseminars.net/whoweare.html *** Dear Dawn, My friends in New York are doing a conference that should be of interest to you. Please tell your friends in the area about this incredible ??“ and inexpensive - opportunity to hear: DR. THOMAS ARMSTRONG and JOHN TAYLOR GATTO NYCHEA [New York City Home Educators Alliance] have invited two nationally and internationally known authors and speakers to address ways that can help strengthen and facilitate your child's learning and deepen your understanding of their intelligences. FEBRUARY 4TH AND 5TH, 2006 JOHN TAYLOR GATTO Sat. 9:30 to 12:30 DR. THOMAS ARMSTRONG Saturday 1:30 to 5:30 Eight Kinds of Smart: Using Multiple Intelligences in Homeschooling SUNDAY 10:00 to 12:00 Awakening the Genius in Every Child: Discovering and Reviving the Natural Motivation that Exists in All Children at Birth through Homeschooling NOTE: There will be time at the end of the talks for the speakers to address some of your questions. LOCATION: West Park Presbyterian Church, 86th Street and Amsterdam. NE corner of the street, entrance on 86th. COST: Saturday $22.00 Sunday $12:00 Sat. and Sund. $30 TO SIGN UP: please email Wallace Mohlenbrok at mohlenbrok@yahoo.com or call her: 718-447-2167. 216 Oakwood Ave. Staten Island, NY 10301 NOTE: This event is for adults only and interested teens. To hear and see samples of these extraordinary speakers, visit my website: http://www.learninginourownway.com Best wishes, Pat Farenga Host of The Learning In Our Own Way Conference Co-author TEACH YOUR OWN: The John Holt Book of Homeschooling *** M E D I A R E L E A S E CONTACT: Carolyn Howard-Johnson E-mail: HoJoNews@aol.com Phone: 818-790-0502 For Immediate Release Compulsive Reader Names Poetry Chapbook Tops Glendale, CA--Magdalena Ball, editor of The Compulsive Reader, named Carolyn Howard-Johnson's new chapbook of poetry to that magazine's list of "Top Ten Reads of 2005." Howard-Johnson is the author of the acclaimed novel This is the Place, a collection of creative nonfiction, Harkening, and her newly released chapbook, Tracings. Nostalgic, accessible and personal, Tracings, explores the corrosive nature of subtle intolerance. Here is a quote: The woman--abundant bones--ties a washed apron so thin that threaded grates expose faded pansies on her housecoat tells my father she don??™t care what religion his kids are, she likes 'em anyway. Howard-Johnson is also the author of USA Book News' Best Professional Book 2004, The Frugal Book Promoter: How to Do What Your Publisher Won't. Members of the California Legislature named the author Woman of the Year in Arts and Entertainment, the Book Publicists of Southern California honored her with their Irwin Award and her community with a Character and Ethics Award for her efforts to promote tolerance with her writing. She is also an instructor for UCLA Extension's renowned Writers' Program. The Compulsive Reader includes reviews and interviews of some of the hottest writers working today. It covers literary news, criticism, offers a free e-zine, and more. To learn more about this journal go to http://www.compulsivereader.com/html. For more information about Howard-Johnson go to http://carolynhowardjohnson.com. *** THANKS TO EMPISH THOMAS FOR FORWARDING THIS TO ME. IT IS A WORKSHOP FOR THE BLIND BUT THEY ARE WILLING TO ACCOMODATE DEAF WRITERS, AS WELL. Disabilities Task Force Chairman, Sanford Rosenthal of the National Writers Union At-Large Chapter, will launch a telephone workshop conference, beginning in mid March. This conference will be for aspiring writers who may profit from a live presentation with other writers already in the field. Discussions on writing and publishing in a one hour weekly telephone conference will connect participants across the nation. If you have writing experience or just your stories to tell, this could be your chance to further develop your skills. Ideas about what would be helpful in a workshop will also be welcomed. For more information, e-mail sanfordrosenthal@nwuatlarge.org *** Hi: Here's the latest on my new novel, THE TOWN THAT FORGOT HOW TO BREATHE, which concerns what happens when the art of storytelling begins to die out in a small, coastal community. I hope it might be of interest to you. With all good wishes, Kenneth J. Harvey THE TOWN THAT FORGOT HOW TO BREATHE by Kenneth J. Harvey (St. Martin's Press, November, 2005) * starred review, Publisher's Weekly "Comparisons with Stephen King's commercial power and Annie Proulx's literary warmth are apt but glib. Harvey is an author whose storytelling prowess can speak for itself." -- Publisher's Weekly "An eerie and gripping story, the work of an extravagantly haunted imagination." -- J.M. Coetzee, Nobel Prize winning author of Disgrace "Both a contemporary and an historical novel, The Town that Forgot How to Breathe is a tour de force! It speaks of the sea: of those who are upon it, beside it, beneath it. Kenneth J. Harvey, a writer like no other, is as knowledgeable as he is adventurous. A very exceptional novel, extraordinary in its power." -- Alistair MacLeod, author of No Great Mischief "A novel of dazzling ambition and strange, haunting loveliness. Grippingly entertaining and bursting with life, it is an absolute triumph of the storyteller's art. Many books are hyped as 'unputdownable'. This one really is." -- Joseph O'Connor, author of Star of the Sea "This is a massive book in every sense. Long, with a huge cast of strongly-drawn, idiosyncratic characters, eerie and haunting, poetic, funny, moving, it takes on the big themes-- the meaning of life, our relationship to the dead, man??™s place in the rapidly changing modern world-- and carries everything off with a surging confidence that leaves the reader, well, breathless." --John Harding, Daily Mail (London) "A masterful work" -- Vancouver Sun "A triumph" -- National Post "As compelling as it is unique" -- Amazon.ca "The Town That Forgot How to Breathe is brilliant. Here comes overnight success. -- January Magazine "A tightly woven fabulation" -- Globe & Mail "Harvey paints it (Bareneed) as beautifully as any picture postcard -- Montreal Gazette "Bang-on dialogue... spring-from-the-pages characters" -- Georgia Straight "His best novel yet... a near-epic scale" -- The Telegram (St. John's) ________________________________________________ Foreign rights sold in: Germany, England, Italy, Russia, Denmark, Canada, France and Sweden. Recently optioned for a motion picture by: Catherine Gourdier (Some Things That Stay) and Don Carmody (Good Will Hunting, Chicago) For more information, please click on the Amazon.com link below: http://tinyurl.com/99ohw *** Dear Dawn, Do you want to hear and see how you can help children learn anything in eight different ways? Dr. Thomas Armstrong engagingly describes the theory and practice of multiple intelligences to the audience of the Learning In Our Own Way Conference and now you can be part of the audience too! What can you do to work with children who wriggle and move instead of sitting still while they learn? Dr. Armstrong gives you a multitude of ideas and resources in his workshop, The Myth of the ADD Child. Complete with Dr. Armstrong's handouts, these two DVDs present all his slides, group activities, and off-the-cuff remarks. For more information visit: http://learninginourownway.com/descriptionofrec.html John Taylor Gatto is a former New York City and State Public School Teacher of the Year, but he is also one of the sharpest critics of compulsory education alive today. See and hear Gatto deliver his speech, Weapons of Mass Instruction, and learn why so many parents, teachers, and children are excited by his words. The Learning In Our Own Way Conference was packed with information and thoughtful presentations on a wide variety of subjects. Buy them to share with your family, friends, library collection, and homeschooling groups. To view the recordings grouped by theme, click here: http://learninginourownway.com/groupsofrecordin.html Visit http://www.learninginourownway.com to view video clips and read all the details about the many recordings that are available, including a special offer on the Armstrong and Gatto DVDs. Best wishes, Pat Farenga Host of The Learning In Our Own Way Conference Co-author TEACH YOUR OWN: The John Holt Book of Homeschooling ************************************************************** GUEST ARTICLE Book Review SILENT BATTLEFIELDS Hugh Rosen iUniverse, Inc., www.iuniverse.com 2021 Pine Lake Rd., Suite 100, Lincoln, Nebraska 68512 ISBN: ISBN 0-595-34773-8 paperback; Price $16.95; 240 pages ISBN 0-595-67153-5 hardback; Price $26.95; 240 pages July 2005 Very Highly Recommended Reviewed by Liana Metal http://lianametal.tripod.com Hugh Rosen, the author of three books and the co-editor of three other books about cognitive development, moral reasoning, constructivism, and psychotherapy entered the Creative Writing Program of the English Department at Temple University and earned an M.A. degree at age seventy. In 2005 at the age of seventy-four, Hugh is pleased to present Silent Battlefields: A Novel. Silent Battlefields: A Novel is a story of the impact of the Holocaust and its aftermath almost three decades later on a Polish Jewish family and a gentile German family. When members of both families begin meeting and interacting, unexpected relationships emerge and startling revelations come to light. The story is about Selig Kruger who, after being a member of the Hitler Youth, becomes a German soldier during the Second World War. While on a mission to find and kill Jews who are being hidden by a Christian family in a small Polish village, he spares the life of Eva, an adolescent girl, at the risk of his own life. Yet he bears responsibility for leading her parents to their death. But what is going to happen to their families many years later? How are they going to react when new developments in the plot introduce twists and turns for which members of the family are unprepared? Silent Battlefields: A Novel is a story of cruelty, and yet it is a testimony to the grandeur of the human spirit and an inspirational narrative of hope. It will appeal to fiction readers of all kinds. It involves romance and mystery, adventure and philosophy, all embedded in an historical context. It will make the readers think of their life and the priorities they have got. The language is emotionally evocative, and the writing style is plain enough to be read by people from all walks of life. Get the book from http://www.hughrosen.com and from www.Amazon.com. Visit http://www.authorstalk.com/ to hear voice message and read personal interview with author. Contact the author at: seanplato@aol.com ************************************************************** BOOK EXCERPT This section will return next month. ************************************************************** BOOK GIVEAWAY Wanna score a FREE BOOK?? In this issue, one reader gets the chance to win a hardcover copy of the book BLACK ICE: The Invisible Threat of Cyber-Terrorism by Dan Verton. Read about this book here: http://tinyurl.com/dflll How to win? Simple! The first reader to E-mail me with any quote from this E-zine will win! It??™s THAT simple! E-mail me at: BurningMidnightOil@mail2world.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: This comes from CHRISTINE LOUISE HOHLBAUM, interviewed in Volume One: Dear Dawn, Happy 2006! The Boston Herald's Parents and Kids columnist, Meredith O'Brien, and I exchanged ideas about writing and motherhood on the Boston Mommy Blog. http://www.townonline.com/blogs/bostonMommy/?p=302 Enjoy! Warm regards, Christine Louise Hohlbaum http://www.diaryofamother.com *** Note: ALISON LAKE is interviewed under the name ALISON BURKE in Volume One. Here is the link to my book: http://www.ohiou.edu/oupress/LAKE_COLONIAL.HTM It's coming out hopefully in June. Keep checking back for order info! Alison Lake ************************************************************** 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 Get FREE public speaking tips here: http://www.schrift.com/executive/tips.htm ************************************************************** SITES SITED The following are interesting, helpful sites that I??™d like to pass on. The Betty Wood Breast Cancer Foundation: http://www.rememberbetty.org/ Read an E-Book Week: http://www.thebullybook.com/readebookweek.html National Speakers Association: http://www.nsaspeaker.org/ Ebrary: http://www.ebrary.com/corp/index.htm Bookselling Online blog: http://booksellingonline.blogspot.com/ Artcyclopedia: http://www.artcyclopedia.com/ WritingWorld (Note: Not to be confused with Moira K. Allen??™s Writing-World): http://www.writingworld.org/ ************************************************************** WRITING PARENT TIPS FOR JANUARY: Tip: No matter the deadlines or the projects, nothing can replace the value of being there for your child. Take a break from the writing every so often to be with your little one (and even your BIG one!). Tip: Take a cue from making things new! Find out ways you and your children can team up on writing projects to do for fun. Tip: If your children are keeping you away from your desk and you can??™t find time to write, use what free time you DO have to jot down ideas, organize your workspace and try writing exercises together. ************************************************************** 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. ************************************************************** You are subscribed to this E-zine because you requested a subscription or signed yourself up on your own. 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