This is the contest I entered last year when I made the top 15% after the first cut. This year's deadline is coming up so check it out.
http://www.franklin-christoph.com/Writing/PoetryContest.html
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Happy Birthday, Nancy - Sept 13, 2009!
Please join me in wishing Nancy a wonderful birthday on Sept 13.
Keep working hard on your writing. We're looking forward to hear some new poetry!
Keep working hard on your writing. We're looking forward to hear some new poetry!
Words of Wisdom from Nicholas Sparks
I thought I would pass on some words of wisdom I read from Nicholas Sparks on his agent Theresa Park's website.
You can't be a writer if you don't write, it's just that simple. I wrote two complete novels and another book before I even attempted to write The Notebook . Those two novels are unpublished, but they taught me that I not only liked to write, but that I had it in me to finish a novel once I'd started it. Those lessons were important when I sat down to write The Notebook . I write five or six days a week, usually a minimum of 2000 words, sometimes more. 2000 words can take anywhere from three to eight hours. (Love those three-hour days, by the way, but the average is probably closer to five hours). The actual time spent writing depends on a number of factors, including what I'm writing, whether the scene is difficult or easy, etc. No matter what, I try to maintain consistency in my work habits. And I'm always trying to improve, to try new things, to write a new story that is better than anything else I've written. All people who regard writing as a profession write consistently. Those who regard it as a hobby usually don't. For more information, see Nicholas Sparks's Writer's Corner: http://nicholassparks.com/WritersCorner
KEEP ON WRITING!!!
You can't be a writer if you don't write, it's just that simple. I wrote two complete novels and another book before I even attempted to write The Notebook . Those two novels are unpublished, but they taught me that I not only liked to write, but that I had it in me to finish a novel once I'd started it. Those lessons were important when I sat down to write The Notebook . I write five or six days a week, usually a minimum of 2000 words, sometimes more. 2000 words can take anywhere from three to eight hours. (Love those three-hour days, by the way, but the average is probably closer to five hours). The actual time spent writing depends on a number of factors, including what I'm writing, whether the scene is difficult or easy, etc. No matter what, I try to maintain consistency in my work habits. And I'm always trying to improve, to try new things, to write a new story that is better than anything else I've written. All people who regard writing as a profession write consistently. Those who regard it as a hobby usually don't. For more information, see Nicholas Sparks's Writer's Corner: http://nicholassparks.com/WritersCorner
KEEP ON WRITING!!!
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
One space or two?
One space or two after a period. Writer's Relief answers that question:
http://www.writersreliefblog.com/post/One-Space-or-Two.aspx
http://www.writersreliefblog.com/post/One-Space-or-Two.aspx
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