“You don’t lose until you quit trying.” ~~Richard T. Brown, Jr. 2022 Scintillating Starts Opportunity Openings matter. They determine whether a potential agent will represent your book or move on. Writer Advice’s Scintillating Starts Opportunity is your chance to show how effectively you can grab and hold your readers and get feedback on what
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Fall 2022 ~~ Interview
“I wanted to give back to books and authors after they’d carried me so far.” ~~Zibby Owens They Persevered and So Did I Zibby Owens is a woman with energy, ambition, and a huge appreciation for writers. She started a blog and a podcast and then she wrote Bookends: A Memoir of Love, Loss,
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Summer 2022– Interviews
“It’s tough to edit your own life story.” ~~Linda Strader Just Write An Interview with Linda Strader by B. Lynn Goodwin Remember when you graduated from high school, and it seemed like the whole world waited with bated breath even when reality reared its ugly head? Now imagine that you had to move across
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Summer 2022 — Marketing Advice
“Fiction writers who don’t identify a specific target audience beyond readers of their genres will have a greater challenge finding their audience.” ~~Jill Hedgecock Book Marketing for Fiction Writers: Find Your Fan Base by Jill Hedgecock Whether you are traditionally published or an indie author, marketing is a critical part of the book publication
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Summer 2022 — Writing Advice
“…an excellent way to stand out from the crowd.” ~~B. Lynn Goodwin Contests for IndieBooks Why do writers enter an indie or self published book in a contest? What do they hope to gain? Recognition. Publicity. Acknowledgment that helps you stand out from the group. Recently an agent–a fiction agent–state that my awards
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Summer 2022 — Contests & Markets
This page is updated approximately every 2-3 weeks. Check back mid-July and you’ll find more opportunities for upcoming months. Seeking writing submissions? Click on the Contact button on the home page. We believe that writers are a community and will list any reasonable contest or opportunity. New Opportunities Without Deadlines Discovered in Late August–
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Summer 2022–Hooked on Books
OPPORTUNITIES FROM THE EDITOR: I seem to be reading up a storm these days. How about you? Are you a reader? Do you ever review books? Want to share short reviews of 250-350 words on Writer Advice? If so, please query and we’ll take it from there. Take a look at our Guidelines and read
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2022 Flash Memoir Contest
Flash Memoir is a great way to preserve your stories. Our compliments to all the finalists, near finalists, and submitters. We hope our feedback is useful. We’d love to hear from you again. Please let us know how your career is going. NOTE: This is the one section that is only changed once a quarter. Our
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Spring 2022~~Writing Advice
No one can tell your story but you. I came across this article about what the Sun Magazine seeks for its Readers Write section. Everyone is eligible to tell their story. These are some of the best mini-memoirs you’ll find anywhere. If you’re not familiar, I hope you’ll take a look. What story would
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Spring of 2022 ~~ Markets & Contests
This page is updated approximately every 2 weeks. Much more will be filled in for June. Send us your contest URL and deadline or your opportunities and we’ll list them. Click on the Contact button on the home page. We want to share your opportunities. We believe that writers are a community. Markets Seeking Personal
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Spring of 2022 Interviews
“A well-written and interesting blurb hopefully means the inside is the same.” ~~Andrew Benzie Andrew Benzie Books Founder Shares His Thoughts Andrew Benzie Books founder Andrew Benzie has spent over thirty years in the design/print industry. Andrew grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and graduated from the University of California with a fine arts degree. He
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Spring 2022 ~~ Hooked on Books
READER’S CHALLENGE As I was putting this together I realized that the page reflects my tastes. Can you help me appeal to a wider audience? Maybe you could write a review of your favorite book, published within the last 3 years, or put me in touch with a writer whose book you recommend. I cannot
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