This in from our friends at LAwritersgroup.comLooking for a Proofreader:Proofreading of typset version of book manuscript. Book has already been copy edited, need proofreading for submission to printer. References and prior experience required.Company: Funny Path PublishingContact: Deborah rummelhartEmail: deborah@funnypath.comTo Email Click HereNotes: Please contact Ms. Rummelhart directly if interested and let her know you found the ad through LAwritersgroup.com!
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Help for Remembering Your Dreams
Monday, February 26, 2007
You may remember there was a call to share what inspires you to write for our Inspiration column, for our upcoming issue. Carrie sent us a couple of sources that work for her. We will print one as part of Inspiration.The other we've decided to post here because many say dreams are a source of ideas for creative writing. But not everyone has dreams they remember, they're not much good to the writer that way. We thought Carrie had some ideas that might reduce frustration and turn up the...
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New Math Adds Up To FREE Publicity
Sunday, February 18, 2007
By Carolyn Howard-JohnsonAn excerpt from THE FRUGAL BOOK PROMOTER:HOW TO DO WHAT YOUR PUBLISHER WON'TThe new math for free publicity is: E-book + E-gift = Promotion. Oops. Error. Make the answer FREE promotion!There are three magical concepts to this e-book formula: 1. Accidental2. Free 3. E-book.My best promotion ever, a free e-book called COOKING BY THE BOOK, accidentally fell into my lap and it...
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EMAIL WORKING!
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Ladies,Our e-mails have been restored. We apologize for this inconvenience. If you recently tried to send us an e-mail and it came back to you with an error, please resend that e-mail and we will get it. This goes for all contest entries today February 16, and any other e-mails sent to any @wow-womenonwriting.com accounts.
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THIEF! BOOK SIGNING: SAT FEBRUARY 17
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Check Out THIEF! in lights on the marquee at Mandalay Bay! Now that's amazing! Both Cherie Rohn and William 'Slick' Hanner deserve all the recognition for their hard work in making THIEF! a success.If you are anywhere in the area, please take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to meet the guy behind the crazy true-life-story, and get to know the kind and colorful character he really is. What...
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Interview with Andrea Uptmor - Runner Up in the WOW! Flash Fiction Contest
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Andrea Uptmor's story, 500 Words About Sally Rincker, was such a fast-paced adrenaline rush of words and images, we had to get to know the woman behind the story. Here's what Andrea had to say:WOW: We loved your experimental story -- I say experimental, because it was all one sentence! What inspired you to write this story?Andrea: The prompt, of course! The image of the lost pom-pom, all faded and...
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Call for a Ghostwriter: Celebrity Biography
Saturday, February 10, 2007
Just in, from LAwritersgroup.com:"I am looking for a ghost writer. I have a book about my brother the actor Jeremy Applegate. His life and sudden tragic death forom sucide in March 2000. I have some photo's I would like to use from when Jeremy was a child.Please let me know.thank youMargaret Gomez"NOTE FROM LA WRITERS GROUP: We have corresponded with this person and she is aware that cost / price needs to be worked out and she is primarliy interested in maintaining the copyright of the...
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Gival Press Writing Contests
Saturday, February 10, 2007
This just in from Gival Press. Three writing contests!2007 Gival Press Novel Award for best original previously unpublished literary novel in English, approximately 30,000 to 100,000 words. Prize $3,000, copies and publication.Reading fee $50 per novel submitted. Deadline May 30th.Email givalpress@yahoo.com or visit websitewww.givalpress.com for complete details. Gival Press,PO Box 3812, Arlington, VA 22203.------------2007 Gival Press Oscar Willde Award for best previously unpublished...
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Creative Stories Break Down Writer's Block
Thursday, February 08, 2007
By Annette FixLet’s face it…some days, it’s just not happening. There you sit, staring at your computer screen with the blinding white of a completely empty page and that blinking cursor mocking you, but nothing comes out.Sometimes, all it takes is a little skip down a creative path to get your muse back on track with the work that needs to be done. All work and no play can leave your creative child pouting in a corner. However, there is a way to coax her back to the page.Read through...
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Interview with Jeri Rafter - Runner up in the WOW! Fall 2006 Flash Fiction Contest
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
Jeri Rafter is an amazing woman with a wonderful vision for creating imaginary worlds. Just read her story, Death By PomPom, and you'll see why. Her writing is raw, edgy, and in tune with the underground scene. It's no wonder that her guilty pleasure is 'indulging in dirty gossip rags' because she writes with a fashion-vibe (to coin a term), and I could easily see her creating the next girl-version...
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Call for Submissions: Cup of Comfort
Monday, February 05, 2007
SINGLE MOMS: LET YOUR VOICES & PRAISES BE HEARD! As Oprah Winfrey has often said, parenting is the most difficult and important job in the world -- even more so for single mothers, who single-handedly face all the usual parenting challenges, plus a whole set of unique ones. While being a single mom can be tough at times, it also brings many joys and rewards. And those blessings, along with the achievements and other positive aspects of single motherhood, too often go unrecognized....
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Event Announcement: Patricia Fry Luncheon
Saturday, February 03, 2007
Come meet Patricia Fry and the Editors of WOW! at this special O.C. event!When: Saturday, February 10, 2007, 11:30 AMWhere: Town and Country Manor555 E. Memory LaneSanta Ana, CA 92706 **in their Garden RoomWho: Patricia Fry, Author, Editor, President of SPAWN (Small Publishers, Artist, and Writers Network)What: Luncheon with Patricia FryWhy: To learn about promoting fiction, self publishing, and...
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Interview with Sarah Jane Stratford - Runner up in the WOW! Fall 2006 Flash Fiction Contest
Thursday, February 01, 2007
Sarah Jane Stratford had such a unique take on our prompt, we just had to find out her motivation behind it. Join us in a discussion with this very talented writer and find out just what she's up to!WOW: What inspired you to write, The Cat Toy?SJ: In thinking about a lost pom-pom, I remembered a house I used to pass on my way to school that had an elaborate English garden, even though it was surrounded...
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