First-time author nets $1.5 million in publishing deal

by Admin 1/9/2008 5:12:00 PM
Did the title catch your eye? Those words certainly caught my attention when I flipped through the pages of the February issue of Writers Digest. The article goes on to relate the story of how Jack Kerley "went from part-time copywriter to millionaire in a matter of weeks." I once hea... [More]

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Author's Guild spices up membership offer

by Admin 1/9/2008 5:11:00 PM
"Kafka toiled in obscurity and died penniless. If only he'd had a website." So begins the latest ad for the Authors Guild. Since 1919 the Authors Guild (AG) has worked on behalf of its members for free speech, copyright protection and other concerns of published authors. The Gui... [More]

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Another literary discovery

by Admin 1/9/2008 5:11:00 PM
During a recent visit to Barnes and Noble, I raided the writing and lit magazine section and stumbled across the latest copy of the Mars Hill Review (MHR). MHR "reveals Christ within the various texts of our contemporary culture. We commission full-length essays from provocative thinkers, ... [More]

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Houston Writer's League puts on Writer's Retreat in March

by Admin 1/9/2008 5:10:00 PM
Well, I'm going to succumb to a little BSP here. The Houston Writers League is presenting a Writer's Retreat at the end of March from Friday, March 26 -- Sunday, March 28, 2004. Here's an opporunity to "escape from the distraction of phones and television, emails and family&quo... [More]

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Houston hosts CLMP's Lit Mag Fair

by Admin 1/9/2008 5:10:00 PM
If you're in the Houston area this is an easy event to make. (This information is culled from a Houston email announcement list (HCW-L).) CLMP Southern Lit Mag and Small Press Fair, February 7, 2004, 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM Brazos Bookstore Gallery, 2425 Bissonnet Street, Houston, TX "The m... [More]

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First paragraphs tell the tale of the writer

by Admin 1/9/2008 5:09:00 PM
In a fall 2003 issue of The Writer's Chronicle, I read What We Talk About When We Talk About Flow by David Jauss. He recounted the tale--one I hadn't heard before--of the surprising discovery in 1909 by Ford Madox Ford (editor, English Review) of a new writer merely from reading the fir... [More]

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Cautionary tales on taking the self-published route

by Admin 1/9/2008 5:04:00 PM
A recent thread on an email list for writers discussed the various problems and decisions authors have regarding even things like size and binding. One poster noted that “Bookshops much prefer hardbacks or perfect bound paperbacks. Something where you can read the title on the spine whil... [More]

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A contest and $10,000? Mystery writers, on your mark...

by Admin 1/9/2008 5:04:00 PM
Okay all you fledgling mystery writers who have desks full of completed manuscripts, opportunity knocks for the best of the best. Time Warner/Mysterious Press (TW/MP) announces their first Sarah Anne Freed Memorial Award for a First Mystery. Straight, noir, police procedural or historical myster... [More]

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The Passion of The Purpose-Driven Life: A marketing maven's dream come true

by Admin 1/9/2008 5:03:00 PM
Although I spent the last several days compiling a final edit on my young adult novel, Divided Loyalties, scheduled for an August 2004 release by Awe-Struck, it's clear the recent media hype of The Passion of the Christ managed to seep into my grey matter. This morning I thought it time to ... [More]

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Deadline mania, guest authors and a quick update

by Admin 1/9/2008 5:02:00 PM
For some reason every possible thing that could happen in my life, particularly those associated with deadlines, have converged and I've been trying to scrape out an extra four and twenty hours to add to each day. Needless to say, I have not succeeded, but I did want to provide a couple of... [More]

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