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"DREAM PICTURES"
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WRITING
ROAD NEWSLETTER
Sunday, June 17,
2007
Hi all;
We all dread editing.
And we all know the dangers of relying on our spell and grammar check program. Well, Carolyn Howard-Johnson, has a new book
coming out in her Fugal Series for author's "The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure
Success," to help you tame that beastly program and make it work for you. Read our review in this newsletter and check out
our site of the week to learn about Carolyn, her new book for authors, and where and when you can get your copy.
Keep Writing!
Char
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ANNOUNCEMENTS:
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Henderson Third
Thursday Book Signing Carrie Lynn Lyons will be at the Book Boutique 19 W Pacific Avenue, Henderson Nevada to sign copies
of "Dream Pictures" Thursday, August 16th, from 6 to 8 P.M.
Want one of those great book trailers on YouTube but don't have a clue how
to go about it? Julie D'Arcy book trailers. Prices starting
at $33.00. Samples at: http://juliedarcy.com.au/Videopage.htm" >http://juliedarcy.com.au/Videopage.htm"
http://juliedarcy.com.au/Videopage.htm
Do you have a new release, scheduled signing or event,a new story or poem accepted. Share it in our newsletter.
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SITE OF
THE WEEK:
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MEMBERS SITE OF THE WEEK
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Jenna
K. Francis
http://www.jennakayfrancis.com
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Exercise: "After All"
Write a story, poem, paragraph, essay, or song using the words or theme "After All."
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Reminder
You
are encouraged to participate in the exercises, but never required to do so. If your muse takes you on another path, please
share whatever it inspires this week.
Join
the Friday workshop chat. Post your exercises or an excerpt from your WIP and receive critique and comments. Click on the
link below Friday 9 P.M. pacific time.
http://www.angelfire.com/poetry/celebrindal/Chat_page_1.html
Saturday
and Sunday morning writers chat at www.writingroad.com
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Discussion: Contract Rights
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First,
serial, world, all. What are they? What do we own? What should we negociate and retain?
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CELEBRINDAL'S
WRITERS MARKET AND RESOURCE LINKS
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Information and Canadian Copyright Law
Agent listings
Links to freeware tracking programs.
Word Of Mouse
http://rumorsofwar.net
http://rumorsofwar.net/wom_main.htm
A well written guide to using
the power and
breathe of the internet to get your word out
and it is absolutely free. Let a qualified voice
of experience show you how to make the Word
of
Mouse work for you. Download Peggy's book
Word of Mouse free at her website.
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Write On!
C'alista
© 2000-2007 Calista Cates
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QUOTE
OF THE WEEK
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"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity."
Darrell Royal
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Review
of: The Frugal Editor
Put
Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation
and Ensure Success.
by:
Carolyn Howard-Johnson
publisher@RedEnginePress.com
ISBN:
978-0-9785158-7-4
Now available for presales at:http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0978515870/
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Carolyn Howard-Johnson, author of "The Frugal Book Promoter: How to do What Your Publisher Won't," adds another
generous offering to the Frugal series, a professionals guide to professional manuscript presentation in her new
book "The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success."
No matter how much we study
and learn, no matter how proficient, knowledgeable, and skilled we become with language, grammar, punctuation, and spelling,
Carolyn tells us little gremlins are always chipping away at our work. And they are sneaky. They hide the little chips and
holes and errors from our creative sight so we see only the intended message on the page.
With simple words and easy
step-by-step sidebar instruction boxes "The Frugal Editor" zooms in on all those tricky little problems "gremlins"
that haunt every writer, and teaches you the tools and steps to to hunt down and eradicate them. You'll discover
you can tame that risky, frisky spell and grammar check word editor on your computer, so it actually works for you,
and how to effectively use your word program's tools to ensure proper formatting. And more. Beginner or master will
find helpful tips and information for professional presentation in "The Frugal Editor."
Every writer, no matter
their skill level dreads that four letter word: Edit. Every writer is haunted by gremlins. Arm yourself with Carolyn Howard-Johnson's
"The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success." for a frugal, successful hunt and
an acceptance feast when editors and publishers feast their eyes on your polished work.
Charlene Austin
www.writersandreadersnetwork.com
Charlene writes fiction
under the pen name Carrie Lynn Lyons She is the author of several short stories and book one of the Carnival Soul Trilogy:
"Dream Pictures" is now available from Mundania Press. Visit
her at www.carrielynnlyons.com
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WEBSITES,
BOOKS AND ARTICLES BY WRITING ROAD
MEMBERS
AND FRIENDS:
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WRITING
ROAD
www.writingroad.com
Charlene
Austin
Writing as: Carrie
Lynn Lyons
Author of Dream
Pictures
www.carrielynnlyons.com
www.writersandreadersnetwork.com
Emma
Rose Nero
http://www.emmarosenero.com
Andy
Davie/Raven's homepage
http://www.thejays.nildram.co.uk
Cyndia
Depre, author of Amanda's Rib
www.cyndiadepre.com
Craig
MacLachlan
http://www.geocities.com/therlot/CMac.html
Novels, short stories, and screenplays.
http://www.geocities.com/shanzyra/
The works of Lanie Shanzyra Rebancos
Dr.
Bob Rich
bobr-@bobswriting.com
an
award-winning writer and editor.
For
both information and entertainment go to:
http://bobswriting.com/
http://mudsmith.net/
http://anxietyanddepression-help.com/
THE
START OF MAGIC is available as a paperback from
http://www.zumayapublishing.com/, sold in the USA through Booksurge
http://www.booksurge.com/author.php3?accountID=ZUMA00013
Electronic
versions are available from
http://bobswriting.com/magic.html
Robin
M. Buehler
http://www.authorsden.com/robinmariebuehler
CE
Barrett, Author of "Angels Among Us", a romantic SF novel available from
www.WordWrangler.com/cebarrett.html as a trade paperback. Read the first
three
chapters at http://www.cebarrett.com/angels1.htm
Muriel
Vieux
http://www.murielvieux.com/
Writing
and photos
Peggy
Tibbetts
Author
of THE ROAD TO WEIRD and RUMORS OF WAR
http://www.peggytibbetts.net
Blogging
at: http://fromthestyx.wordpress.com
Brian
Rouff Author of "DICE ANGEL"
and
"Money Shot"
www.brianrouff.com
Robyn
Jackson author of LAKOTA MOON
www.robynjackson.com
Nicolas/Hamlet
http://www.geocities.com/hamlets_ghost23/
Are
you a story writer or a story teller?
Stop
by Hamlet's website, interact and
share.
Biff
Mitchell's War Bug is now available
from
Double Dragon Publishing
Visit
Biff at: http://www.biffmitchell.com/
The
writing of Connie Phillips
www.butterflyfiction.com
Music
and Writings of Jayson Jackson
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jayson.jackson
Douglas
Arnold
Author
of "Secret Tide"
http://www.authorsden.com/douglasarnold
http://writenotes.co.uk
Warheart
(Darrel)
Chess
Master Novel
http://warheart.topcities.com/stories/chess/cm.html
My
Story Archives on Topcities.com
http://warheart.topcities.com/stories/index.html
Darktalon
Underground Forum
(my
friend, James Ghaleon, runs this one)
http://s7.invisionfree.com/darktalonunderground/index.php
White
Stag Nexus Forum Boards
(not
just my stories, but other writers' stories;
we
also have a writingroad forum, too, for use by all of you)
http://whitestagnexus.forumsplace.com/index.html
Writing
blog of author Skyla Dawn Cameron
http://indigochick.blogspot.com
Author
Mark Blakley
http://www.anaudienceforeinstein.com
http://writinganovel.blogspot.com/
David
Gage Mack
http://www.davidgagemack.com/
Siggy
http://www.screenplaycornucopia.com
Charlotte
http://enchantmentofthemind.com
Jenna
K. Francis
http://www.jennakayfrancis.com
Writing
Blog of author Joel Gates
http://www.inkling.typepad.com/
Cathe
Jones
www.godlessgrief.com
Carolyn
Proctor
Author
of "Elizabeth Sampson, Forbidden Bride"
www.carolynproctor.com
Writer
& photograper Gregory A Kompes
www.kompes.com
Carolyn
Howard-Johnson
www.HowToDoItFrugally.com .
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Submit
articles, announcements, interviews, book reviews, links, content
and
comments to: clyons55 at earthlink.net
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The
Writing Road Newsletter © 2003-2007 Writing Road Group.
Managing Editor: Charlene Austin
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