“The only people who see the whole picture are those who step out of the frame.” ~~Salman Rushdie Twenty-Five Non-Grammatical Issues To Consider When Editing Your Work Are the characters 3-dimensional? What do your principal characters want? Do they want more than one thing? What are they doing to get what they want? What is
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Spring 2021 Contests and Markets
Sharing Your Work Following the same procedure I used in the last issue, I’ll be adding to this list fairly often. If you discover a contest we should include, please use the Contact box to let me know. If you have questions about Writer Advice’s Flash FICTION Contest, please let me know. If you
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Spring 2021 ~~Hooked on Books
“If you think reading is boring, you’re doing it wrong.” ~~Unknown REVIEW OPPORTUNITY: Ever considered reaching out to other authorsfwith a new review od their work? If you’d like to write short reviews (350-500 words) for Writer Advice, please send a query and a sample of a review you are proud of. 🙏 DEACON
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Spring 2021 Book Marketing Resources
“…based on second hand knowledge and first-hand experience, a successful online marketing cocktail looks like this: Equal parts hard work, talent and persistence, shaken for a long, long, long, long time, and some luck skewered onto a toothpick and thrown in for good measure.” ― Kristin Weber MARKETING: A Different Skill Set Marketing requires a
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Spring 2021 ~~ Interviews
“These poems are of a seer – unwrapping time, being, the Change we are igniting.” –description of Prime Meridian Truth Must Be Told in Intricate Ways An interview with Connie Post by B. Lynn Goodwin I am not a poet, so I turned to Connie Post, a skilled poet, organizer, and presenter, for
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“I have judged many writing contests and I would say this by far was the hardest. The quality of writing was SO good.” ~~Sue Ade The Winners Are Promising Openings from our Scintillating Starts Contest One of the judges sent the following encouraging comment which I am delighted to share: “I have judged many
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2020 Flash Prose Contest: The New Normal
“The virus lurks, undetectable without a swab.” ~~Jill Witty 2020 Flash Prose Contest: The New Normal Thanks to those of you who submitted to Writer Advice’s Flash Prose Contest. There are many e-zines seeking pieces about COVID-19, Black Lives Matter, John Lewis, RBG, Presidential Debates, and the other ongoing stories of 2020. If we’re
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Winter 2021 ~~Writing Advice
“Take a risk. Meet the characters inside yourself.” ~~B. Lynn Goodwin– used in a brochure for a class she used to teach called A is for Acting. Why Enter Writing Contests? You polish your writing, imagining your audience. You read it over. Out loud. Does it say exactly what you want it to say?
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Winter 2021 ~~ Contests and Markets
“Thanks for uplifting everyone’s morale, for pushing the boundaries and lifting everyone during the difficult times. You are an excellent writer.” ~~Anonymous Contests and Markets to Start 2021 New Policy: During the last quarter I kept adding opportunities—especially in November and a few times in December. I plan to keep doing that and
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Winter 2021 ~~ Hooked on Terrific Books
“There is no past; there are just versions of the past.” ~~Andre Aciman NOTE: If you’d like to write short reviews (350-500 words) for Writer Advice, please send a query and a sample of a review you are proud of. 🙏 AT THE EDGE OF THE HAIGHT Written by Katherine Seligman and Reviewed
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