Here is what you might have missed around She Writes this past week
Top Content
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How To Turn Wishes Into Words -- What's Your Plan? Added by Kamy Wicoff on July 14, 2011 |
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Blurb is a Verb: In Which I am Saved by Cookies. And a Publicist. Added by Sarah Pinneo on July 14, 2011 |
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Getting Book Reviews - Like trying to pull hen's teeth? Posted by Zetta Brown on July 14, 2011 |
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Ch-ch-ch-changes! Tweaking and Geeking Out About the new SheWrites.com Site Design Added by Julia Barry on June 28, 2011 |
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Women Doing Literary Things: "Pink Hearts and Motoboards" by Rosy Thornton Added by Niranjana Iyer on July 13, 2011 |
Groups - Most Active
- http://www.shewrites.com/group/motherwriter
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- http://www.shewrites.com/group/theshortstorywriter
Events
June 7
June 7, 2011 at 6pm to September 29, 2011 at 7pm – Virtual Event
June 10, 2011 to September 15, 2011 – Online submissions only--see guidelines
June 12, 2011 at 6pm to July 26, 2012 at 7pm – http://lovelettertovsnaipaul.wordpress.com/
On Writing
The Submission Mission: IDEA #2 FOR SUMMER
IDEA #2 FOR SUMMER: Define Submission Widely
When I sit down, choose a few poems or a story to submit, and double-check the guidelines for a few literary journals, I’m in the process of submitting. Each envelope that goes out and each attachment to the online form or email counts as a submission. I’m sure we can all agree on that.
Added by Anna Leahy on July 15, 2011 at 10:50am
Managing Websites and blogs
The digital highway of websites and blogs how intriguing and yet how overwhelming and time consuming! Its the means to which we gain new friendships and lose track of time. As a writer, reader, and internet user I am constantly trying to keep up with my twitter, email, shewrites, goodreads and wordpress blog accounts. So for all of us who think how will we keep up and keep our sanity at the same time I say have faith that you will. To keep track of my posts I have a plan. Mondays and…Continue
Added by Colleen Green on July 16, 2011 at 10:30am
Productivity Tips For Writers: 15 tasks you can get done in 10 minutes or less
“Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.” ~ William Penn
Ever heard the theory that time is wasted in minutes, not hours? It's true. How often do you find yourself at home, in the car or out in your community waiting for something to happen in ten minutes? Do you ever wish you could spend that time writing, or at least doing something productive that would further your writing career?
In ten minutes you’ll be leaving for the school run, going to your day job,…Continue
Added by Karen Banes on July 16, 2011 at 5:07am
Noteworthy News
The Skill of Adaptation: Your She Writes Interns on the Final Harry Potter Film
Posted by Margaret Traylor on July 14, 2011 at 10:00am We don’t know what your plans are for tonight, but Isabel and I (the two She Writes interns) have had the tickets booked for a month- we’re both going to say goodbye to Harry Potter, and more symbolically, to the period in our lives in which we can still read children’s fiction as children. Okay, so that time has probably passed for both of us; but we’re willing to extend the fantasy a little longer and savor this final glimmer of childhood.
Despite our enthusiasm, we aren’t going to hold back our criticism of the film and neither will thousands of fans. “How could they include X?” “Why would they leave out Y?” Some scenes will be met with universal ire, and a certain caliber of fan will go crazy over the slightest change of Rowling’s original details. “How dare they leave out…
Opportunties
The Written Wardrobe Returns! Submissions wanted.
Hello writers!
ModCloth.com, an e-retailer of vintage-inspired fashion by small, independent designers, is seeking submissions for its second issue of The Written Wardrobe.
Please see our current issue for inspiration before submitting your piece: http://www.modcloth.com/the-written-wardrobe
Submission guidelines: Continue
Added by Angela on July 15, 2011 at 2:30pm
MYSTERY WRITERS: Malice Domestic Grants—$1,500 for unpublished fiction or nonfiction mystery writers. Grants are for travel to a writers convention, registration, lodging, research. Deadline: Nov. 15. http://www.malicedomestic.org/grants.html
Added by Betsy Robinson on July 15, 2011 at 4:39am
New Play Contest
NEW—Yale Drama Series Competition for unproduced, unpublished full-length plays written in English. Prize: $10,000. Deadline: Aug. 15. Go for it! This is a good one. http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/drama.asp
Added by Betsy Robinson on July 16, 2011 at 4:34am
Reviews, Interviews and Giveaways
Looking for bloggers to review Mary's Story and/or Mary's Holiday Story
Dear Readers,
My newest book, Mary's Holiday Story is now on sale along with the first book in the Mary series Mary's Story. I am currently looking for bloggers to review the book(s) and help get the word out.
Both books are geared towards children 6 and up and focus on Henry VIII of England’s younger sister Mary.
The Mary series is part of Medieval Maidens – a book/doll company, much like American Girl, that teaches young girls Renaissance and…Continue
Added by Tiffany Jansen on July 15, 2011 at 12:46am
Review: My Ruby Slippers: The Road Back to Kansas by Tracy Seeley
"I felt suspended above place, nowhere, a stranger whose memories had no place to settle."
How important it the place we were born in the grand…Continue
Added by Jennifer O. on July 15, 2011 at 10:02pm
Review in The French Review (2011)
Review of Situating the Feminist Gaze and Spectatorship in Postwar Cinema:
“This diverse collection of fourteen essays engages scholars in reflecting upon and (re)viewing cinema’s increasingly complex and far-reaching relationship with contemporary culture.”
“…allows for inclusion of bracing readings of films and auteurs…Continue
Added by Marcelline Block on July 15, 2011 at 4:00pm
Author interview/review/giveaway & tribute to Lillian Jackson Braun
New issue of Kings River Life Magazine is up today and we have an interview with mystery author Beth Anderson, a review of her latest book and a chance to win a copy of the book http://kingsriverlife.com/07/16/interview-beth-anderson/ We also have an article about Lillian Jackson Braun and her Cat Who books …
Added by Lorie Ham on July 16, 2011 at 3:44pm
A fantastic interview on Drinking Diaries, with Jill Talbot, author of LOADED
http://www.drinkingdiaries.com/2011/07/13/interview-with-jill-talbot/
Added by Leah Odze Epstein on July 19, 2011 at 5:42pm
Win A Copy of the Silver Sparrow Audiobook!
**To enter, leave a comment on the post on my home blog**.
Added by Tayari Jones on July 19, 2011 at 5:49am
My mystery novel, Blood on the Feather, will be published
Just had to share that Blood on the Feather is being published Release date Sept 15
Here is the cover Continue
Added by Melinda Elmore on July 18, 2011 at 8:25pm
"Settling" Blog Tour and GIVEAWAY!
They say that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. Well, I say,… Continue
Added by Shelley Workinger on July 18, 2011 at 5:05pm
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