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Member News Week Ending October 9, 2010

Sandra Staas has had a poem published at Bella Online and a short story has been accepted at Weeders Digest.

FIRST Magazine has chosen Ilie Ruby's debut novel The Language of Trees for its Editor's Picks page. The issue will go on sale December 20.

Leigh K.… Continue

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Member News Week Ending October 2, 2010

Patricia Anne McGoldrick had a guest post on Women on Writing's The Muffin titled Friday Speak Out!: Bookmaking--Commonplace!. In addition, her poem, Before Petroleum has been accepted for an upcoming anthology about Oil and Water.

An agent has asked to see… Continue

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What's In A Title? Everything. Tell Us Yours!

Titles matter. A lot. Every writer knows this, and so does every publisher, producer and reader. Titles draw us in or turn us off; titles are clear or disastrously muddled; titles stick with us or slide off our brains without leaving a trace.

Last night, I had the pleasure of sitting in on a mini-writing workshop, of sorts, with the editor, author and agent Betsy Lerner, in conversation… Continue

Added by The Salonniere on October 7, 2010 at 8:00am — 45 Comments

Connecting Authors (You!) with Book Bloggers--It's Easier Thank You Think

There are some book bloggers out there who have made it their business - literally - to bring authors and bloggers together. Florinda Pendley Vasquez (of The 3 R's Blog) introduces She Writers to a few of them.

I met She Writes' co-founder Kamy Wicoff when we both spoke on the… Continue

Added by How She Does It on October 7, 2010 at 6:30am — No Comments

Countdown to Publication 1 day in: The Time Has Come--Will You Help Spread the Message?

The time has come...No Excuses launches at Barnes and Noble Lincoln Triangle in New York. Pictured left, three of the women I interviewed for the book share their stories of how they used the 9 Ways Power Tools.

Kathryn Bigelow, the first woman to win an Academy Award for best director—for The Hurt Locker which also won best picture of 2009—stood holding… Continue

Added by GloriaFeldt on October 6, 2010 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Editor's Picks--Week of October 6

This week's highlights from The Community Blog.

Thanks to SheWrites, my little ole' blog is about to hit a milestone by Jessica Keenan Smith

Last year, I dipped my toe in the bloggosphere when I created… Continue

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Three Steps to a Successful Marketing Plan

Sarah Wilson, October's “Consultant of the Month” for Monique, tackles the marketing challenge with some common ground.

When I first spoke with Monique, we discovered that we are both in the throes of parenting young children. Monique keeps a blog that profiles a smiling mom and her two lovely daughters, and details the trials and triumphs of parenting. In this case, life is experienced through… Continue

Added by Passion Project on October 5, 2010 at 9:34am — 4 Comments

The Writer's Life is Best When It's Boring

Tayari Jones says a productive life is often a snooze, but that's okay.

I’ve been taking good care of myself for the last couple of weeks. I can’t decide if I am taking care of myself because the writing is going well or vice versa. Did I tidy up my writing area to get myself to write, or did… Continue

Added by Surviving the Draft on October 5, 2010 at 8:58am — 14 Comments

Five Questions for...Hilary Davidson

Susan Shapiro--Manhattan writing professor and author of the comic novels Overexposed and Speedshrinking--asks her protégé Hilary Davidson--a long-time travel writer whose debut… Continue

Added by Five Questions on October 4, 2010 at 5:03am — 2 Comments

Quote Drive: What’s Your Favorite Quote by a Woman?

Deborah Siegel harnesses the wisdom of the She Writes quote borg. Got quote? Post it here!

You’ve heard of a coat drive, right? Well today here on She Writes, Kamy and I would like to introduce The Quote Drive (Kamy's ingenious phrase). Just as coats provide warmth in wind and gale, words from women—and in particular, women writers—can both comfort and heat up our soul. But I’m quitting with… Continue

Added by She Writes Fridays on October 1, 2010 at 1:00pm — 136 Comments

Allison Hoover Bartlett: Literary Obsessions

The advice from this week's 1st Books guest author, Allison Hoover Bartlett - find interesting characters! - applies for writers of nonfiction and fiction alike, says Meg Waite Clayton, who asked Allison to share her experience with She Writes.…

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Added by 1st Books on September 30, 2010 at 8:00am — 3 Comments

A Book About Writing That Will Change Your Life

Erin Hosier endorses Betsy Lerner and the She Writes Live event October 6th.

It's no secret that Betsy Lerner is to me what Emerson was to Thoreau, de Kooning was to Rauschenberg, and what Rabbi Shmuley was to Michael Jackson. (Okay, maybe what Madonna is to Lady Gaga might be a more apt example.) I have often told the story of… Continue

Added by The Agent on September 30, 2010 at 9:00am — 3 Comments

Risking It All for Her Book: A Journey Through a Generation

Courtney Martin, author of Do It Anyway: The New Generation of Activists, shares her dynamic journey with young activists.

I woke up on the morning of my new book’s publication feeling like I was marking the end of a wild and surprising journey. Which is strange, of course, since the day a book officially comes out is the day it’s… Continue

Added by How She Does It on September 30, 2010 at 8:00am — 3 Comments

What He's Reading Now: Kyle Lukoff Explores Mockingjay

Kyle Lukoff delves into the dystopian world of Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games.

I used to work in the kid’s section of Barnes and Noble, and borrowed a copy of Suzanne Collins’ the Hunger Games right after it first came out. It looked pretty good—post-apocalyptic future America, governmental oppression, and a girl who saves the day.

I got home and cracked it open, expecting to read a… Continue

Added by What She's Reading on September 29, 2010 at 5:30am — 1 Comment

Editor's Picks--Week of September 28

This week's highlights from The Community Blog.

Banned Books Week by Jodi McIsaac Martins

“I disagree with what you say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it.” – Voltaire

Banned Books Week is back! The annual event, held the last week of… Continue

Added by Editors Picks on September 29, 2010 at 5:29am — No Comments

Countdown to Publication 7 days out: Greyhounds and Prelaunch Strategies

What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever done to sell your books?

I hadn’t ridden a Greyhound bus since I was 14, traveling across Texas with my friend Elsie to visit my grandmother. But there i was last Sunday, rolling along from Burlington VT to Boston because it was impossible to get to my meeting in Boston any other way today.

I'd squeezed in an appearance at the Burlington Book Festival. I didn’t quite “move a mountain of books” as Ric, the Fair’s ebullient organizer,… Continue

Added by GloriaFeldt on September 29, 2010 at 4:30am — 3 Comments

It's Gonna Hurt, But In A Good Way

Tayari Jones on how to take criticism from an editor.

I’ve just finished a new novel, The Silver Girl. For this post, I am going to share with you something I wrote when I received my editorial letter. It’s is a long document-- about five pages, single spaced, telling the writer what to do to make the book stronger. Some of it is praise, but most of it is criticism. No matter how much you know that… Continue

Added by Surviving the Draft on September 28, 2010 at 7:30am — 2 Comments

Just the Boost She Needed

Passion Project winner Monique Fields is off to a running start with Christina Baker Kline--one of many to giver her a boost--and is one step closer to her dream.

First, I should say how excited, overwhelmed and even a bit scared I am to be the first-ever Passion Project winner.… Continue

Added by Passion Project on September 28, 2010 at 7:30am — 2 Comments

Five Questions for...Maria Ross

This week, Rebecca Rodskog--founder of Rodskog Change Consulting--asks Maria Ross, author of Branding Basics for Small Business and founder of Red Slice--five questions… Continue

Added by Five Questions on September 27, 2010 at 5:40am — 1 Comment

Member News Week Ending September 25, 2010

Lois Roelofs' career memoir Caring Lessons: A Nursing Professor's Journey of Faith and Self was released last week.

Mona Washington's play The Mason Jar will be read October 4th at 8 pm, as part of the Bleecker Street Theatre's new play development series.

After 3 years and 74 rejections from editors and agents,… Continue

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