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------------------------------------------------------------- The Writer Buddy Gazette March 1, 2005 Issue #7 ------------------------------------------------------------- IN THIS ISSUE => News From the Top => Featured Article: How to Jumpstart your Next Writing Session => Featured Article: Pacing: Five-Speed Storytelling => Featured Article: A Writing Exercise That Increases Awareness And Description Skills => Featured Article: Build Healthy Writing Habits => Writer Buddy Community News => Contest Corner => Writing Markets => The Gazette Writers' Submission Guidelines => Support My Writer Buddy => Classified Ads => Subscribe/Unsubscribe Information ------------------------------------------------------------ NEWS FROM THE TOP ------------------------------------------------------------ Welcome to the seventh issue of the WB Gazette. In the past several months, we have brought you WB news, articles on writing, writing markets and more. Now it's your time to tell us what you think? What feature(s) has been most helpful to you? What features would you like to see added (or removed)? Beginning with the April issue, the WB Gazette will feature a reader's mailbag. Ask your questions, make your comments and we'll do our best to answer. Happy Writing! Denise ------------------------------------------------------------ FEATURED ARTICLE: How to Jumpstart your Next Writing Session ------------------------------------------------------------ by David Parton I have always enjoyed writing. Sometimes it??™s a problem for me to just sit down and write something. There are days when I choose ???procrastinating??? over ???proactive.??? Putting things off is common with everyone. I am very gifted in this area. ;) Here are 4 areas to focus on to jumpstart your next writing session. Read on: http://www.writerbuddy.com/wbhome/articles/jumpstart.html ------------------------------------------------------------ FEATURED ARTICLE: Pacing: Five-Speed Storytelling ------------------------------------------------------------ by Susan J. Letham When we talk about time in fiction, we talk about it in two ways: as story duration (or story time,) which is the time period covered by the story, and as discourse time (the time it takes to actually tell the story). The relationship between story time and discourse time is where pacing enters the process. There are five ways in which story time and discourse time relate to one another--five story "speeds," if you like. The five speeds translate into a set of pacing tools that let you accelerate or slow the speed of your story, as required. Read on: http://www.writerbuddy.com/wbhome/articles/pacing.html ------------------------------------------------------------ FEATURED ARTICLE: A Writing Exercise That Increases Awareness And Description Skills ------------------------------------------------------------ by Catherine Franz Practice attaching words to feelings requires time to do. Without a system that helps you monitor that time, the minutes or hours could feel unproductive. With the right exercise, you can then use that time wisely, as well as save you time and frustration. Learning to apply the right words to our six senses is a top ingredient to the mixture of writing. Its language brings the reader into the story. All of us easily know how we feel, or what we're seeing (okay, most of the time), what we're hearing, smelling, tasting, and sensing, and can usually explain it in 50 words if pushed to do it. But, how do you describe it in one or two words without the pushing? Also, by beginning with good material, the remaining part of the writing process becomes easier. This exercise will help you improve your beginning. Read on: http://www.writerbuddy.com/wbhome/articles/increase_awareness. html ------------------------------------------------------------ FEATURED ARTICLE: Build Healthy Writing Habits ------------------------------------------------------------ by Diana Barnum Do you have good writing habits? Are you meeting or exceeding your own expectations? Consider this gentleman below: A 19th century British Postal clerk decided to start writing 3,000 words each day so that he could author his very own first novel. He placed his watch on the table and wrote before leaving the house every morning. This new habit paid off, and later Anthony Trollope published not one, but many novels; among them, "The Macdermots of Ballycloran" (1847), "Phineas Finn" and "He Knew He Was Right" (both 1869). What do you think? Maybe it??™s time to think about changing or starting some of your own writing habits. If you want more out of your nonfiction plans, here are five tips, the FIVE A??™S, to build healthier habits: Read on: http://www.writerbuddy.com/wbhome/articles/ healthy_writing_habits.html ------------------------------------------------------------ WRITER BUDDY MEMBER & COMMUNITY NEWS ------------------------------------------------------------ WB Members Published!! Our very own L.R. Farley (bfdc) continues to rack up publication credits. His flash fiction slice-of-life story was selected for publication in the Feb. 15 issue of Chick Flicks (http://ee.1asphost.com/fwbw/ezine_index.html). GentleMae overcame her fear and submitted a memoir piece about her father and Vietnam. She recently received her first letter of acceptance. Her memoir will appear in the spring edition of Runes - the online magazine (www.runesmag.com). We're sure this is the first of more to come. Kalorvoe's short story "One for the Robed" was recently printed in the Infinitas newsletter. To check it out, visit www.infinitas.com.au and click on newsletters Axeman had his fourth article, titled "Never Learned Grammar?" published in Fiction Factor. To read it, visit www.fictionfactor.com/guests/grammar2.html Congrats to all our recently published members. Keep those queries and submissions going. --------------- Member Birthdays Be sure to send your best wishes to the following WB members celebrating birthdays this month: March 3 - Alleycat March 4 - Novelwriter If you would like to have your birthday recognized in the WB Gazette and receive tons of birthday wishes from your Writer Buddies, be sure to add your news to our events calendar by visiting: http://writerbuddy.com/wbhome/modules.php?name=Calendar --------------- Mew Members Our WB family grew by leaps and bounds this past month. In fact, in February, our family increased by 96 new members. Join me in welcoming: Andy_37_M_UK, kb, angela513, Zumanty, DougUnit12, Mchaos, Twink, tkwriter, brokenwings, sartresprodigy, pigeye, Polly, txmolly, shezu, Gochoa, Touch_the_stars, Jred, crossbladez, pslarue, writeheart, TraceyH, IrishJoe, Carphi, Jardin, Kitty, Blackchild, Wootang, LaurelBP, rinkjustice, Baba, BladeX, Nita, Pamella, SkywalkerScribe, jviren, Beretbefore, aj_bell, rf012358, Odile, Mariah, Nugan, budsimmons, daddymac, Christina, laurellyon, Siege, readerwr, ammacac, blithespirit, user123, Delta_R, allenbell, rene63845, Kingdom_Hearts, Ivy, dryden, texgal, melody23, Dramatix, teacup, SilentSteve, PatL, mostmysteriousgirl, Spook, LyleHarris, JacyOnTheFly, WickedWordCraft, jennvandal, dannie18, Silvertomb, Auna, Mlou, Laurynn3535, zully83, Lor, lostandgone, Dreamer1980, Brinvar, hooked, CaptainB, dj52, geeky_writer, naiomiya, zapp, LadyHeather, Live2Dive, kboda, Tracy, patriciaj, chanpheng, janice, jdrew21564, Fallenrain22, Debangel, Katero and writinc. Thanks for joining and welcome home. --------------- Do you have news you'd like to share with your fellow Writer Buddy members? Have you recently been published? Do you have something to crow about? This is the spot. Send your news items to: thegazette@writerbuddy.com ------------------------------------------------------------ CONTEST CORNER ------------------------------------------------------------ The 2005 Writer Buddy/ArcheBooks Novel Writing Contest on the 15th of this month. At that point, submissions will be accepted in three genres: Mystery-Suspense, Science-Fiction/Fantasy/Horror, and Women's Fiction. All participants must be previously unpublished (i.e. novels only, it's OK if they've published a short story, magazine article, or poems). The submission deadline is June 30, 2005. Ten semi-finalists in each category will be announced July 15, 2005 and the three finalists in each category will be announced July 30, 2005. One winner will be selected in each category. Winners will be announced during the last week of August 2005. The winners' books will be published and released in late Fall 2005. For complete details, visit: http:\\www.archebooks.com\Contest2005.htm --------------- March 2005 Monthly Writing Contest The phrase for March is: It seemed like a good idea at the time. This entire phrase must appear at some point in your story. Deadline for entries is March 15, 2005. Voting will take place March 16-23 and the winner will be announced Friday, April 1. The winning story will be published in the Winner's Circle and the winner writer will receive a one-year subscription to Buddy Tales, WB's new electronic magazine (a $12 value). For more information, visit the WB Contest Corner at: http://www.writerbuddy.com/wbhome/contest_corner/index.html E-mail your entry to: thegazette@writerbuddy.com Make sure to put the words Contest Entry in the subject line of your E-mail. The entire story should be typed in the body of the E-mail. No attachments will be opened. That's it folks. Gets those pencils and pens moving and those keyboard keys clicking. --------------- February 2005 Monthly Contest Winner We only had a single submission for the February contest, "Time Wasted" by Andrea Allison. ------------------------------------------------------------ WRITING MARKETS ------------------------------------------------------------ GENREations Magazine Seeks a wide variety of genre fiction, but their main focuses are Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, and just plain unusual "Twilight Zone" type material. Western and Mystery stories will also be considered. Also looking for Pulp, "Doc Savage"-like heroic fiction. No Romance, unless it is a blend with another genre (e.g., Horror-Romance, etc.). Blending genres is acceptable and favored. Serial stories may be considered if the concept is interesting enough. Pays: Not a paying market Guidelines: http://genreations.8m.com/guidelines.htm Lost in the Dark Quarterly horror and dark fantasy ezine seeks new, unpublished and up-and-coming writers. Pays: Fiction: $10, Reviews/Articles: $5, Poetry: $2 Guidelines: http://www.lostinthedark.net/submissions.htm Realms of Fantasy Professional market seeking stories no longer than 10,000 words addressing any area in the realms of fantasy: heroic, contemporary, traditional, feminist, dark, light, and the ever- popular "unclassifiable." What we do not want to see is standard SF. Does not want alien worlds, hard-edged technology, FTL drives, etc. Pays: For new writers, the pay is 5 cents per word for stories under 7,500 words. Pays 3 cents per word for stories over 7,500 words. Guidelines: http://www.rofmagazine.com/guidelines.html Tales of the Talisman Quarterly literary journal published by Hadrosaur Productions and LBF Books. Seeks science Fiction, fantasy, and horror short stories to 6000 words and poems to 50 lines. Pays: $6 per published story and $2 per published poem or the equivalent. Contributors also receive one copy of the issue in which their work appears. Guidelines: http://www.zianet.com/hadrosaur/gl.html VerbSap A new online literary magazine for concise, eclectic prose, seeks fiction and nonfiction submissions. Make us laugh, weep, or howl at the moon in 3,000 words or less. Pays: Currently not a paying market Guidelines: http://www.verbsap.com/submissions.html ------------------------------------------------------------ THE GAZETTE WRITERS' SUBMISSION GUIDELINES ------------------------------------------------------------ The Writer Buddy Gazette needs writers. We need regular monthly features of interest to all writers and news of interest specifically to Writer Buddy members. Of special interest are how-to articles on all aspects of writing. We are also always looking for interviews with published authors or publishers. Book reviews of published fiction or books on writing are also needed. All articles should be 500-1,500 words. The WB Gazette is unable to pay for articles/stories at this time. In lieu of payment, all contributors and regular columnists will have a short bio with a link to their email address and Web site listed at the end of the story or article. The Gazette seeks non-exclusive rights to reprint articles in this newsletter and in the reference section of the My Writer Buddy site: http://writerbuddy.com/wbhome/modules.php?name=NukeWrap&page=articles/index.html To suggest an idea for a regular column or to query an article, book review or author interview, send an email to: thegazette@writerbuddy.com ------------------------------------------------------------ SUPPORT MY WRITER BUDDY ------------------------------------------------------------ Since its inception in 1999, My Writer Buddy has been committed to the ideal of writers helping writers. In that time many of our members have achieved the elusive goal of publication. 2005 will bring other publication opportunities for WB members, including our very own paying e-zine - Buddy Tales. How can you help? Donations of any amount will be greatly appreciated. All members who donate at least $5 will receive a "three-star Community Sponsor" designation under their names. They will also receive a note of gratitude in The Writer Buddy Gazette newsletter. Our most recent three-star Community Sponsor is Inkling. To make a donation, visit the Writer Buddy site and click on the Donate button. All donations are handled through PayPal. If you do not have a PayPal account or prefer to send your donation via snail mail, write to: thegazette@writerbuddy.com for address information. ------------------------------------------------------------ CLASSIFIED ADS ------------------------------------------------------------ A Writer's Workbook is Caroline Sharp's ingenious collection of exercises to inspire, encourage, warm up, and jump-start anyone who writes. The result of years of blood, sweat, and story writing--along with an MFA, some published stories, an optioned screenplay, and a million cups of coffee. 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For more information, click on: http://payloadz.com/go/jump?id=72251&a=editor@buddytales.com Do you have a product or service of interest to writers? Put your classified ad in front of nearly 1,900 WB members. For more information, write to: thegazette@writerbuddy.com ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBER MANAGEMENT / CONTACT INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------------ Copyright 2005 - Denise Williams All Rights reserved http://www.writerbuddy.com To Subscribe: http://www.zinester.com/mpb/ml_fs.cgi?topic=91205 To Unsubscribe: & 40809/ ns 40809/ .cgi?91205 Archived issues of this newsletter can be found at http://archives.zinester.com/91205 Denise Williams, Editor The Writer Buddy Gazette email: thegazette@writerbuddy.com |
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