Instead of focusing on web site this month, I invited the women in IWWG, http://www.iwwg.org/ to share a bit of information about their blogs. If you’d like a sampling of what women writers are sharing with the world, visit the sites below. Consider commenting on the latest post. It’s a great way to give back to
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Hooked On Books – Volume 19 Number 2
TALENT Written by B. Lynn Goodwin and Reviewed by Ann McCauleyISBN# 978-1629293356Eternal Press This Kid Has Got Talent! B. Lynn Goodwin’s formidable debut Young Adult novel, Talent, is told through the voice of 15 year old Sandee Mason. It is about the challenges she faces as she attempts to establish a separate identity from the
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Flash – Volume 19 Number 2
EDITOR’S NOTE: Reading the Scintillating Starts you submitted was an eye-opening experience. I had trouble knowing whether many of them were memoir or fiction. That didn’t figure into my decision about the winners, but it made me realize that I could honor more people if we had separate contests for fiction and memoir. In 2016
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Home – Volume 19 Number 2
An Interview with B. Lynn Goodwin: Writer Advice Editor and Author of TALENT Jill Hedgecock was the first person to interview me about my coming of age novel, TALENT. People wrote back. One, a writing peer, said she learned a lot about me. Another said she got insights into the way I think. I
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Blurb Your Book
Blurb Your Book or Promote Your Writing Service Would you like a bit of low-cost promotion for your book(s)? Here’s how this page works. 1. Send us a 1-2 sentence summary and a couple of blurbs, either from your cover or from reviews. Less is more. If you send too much, we’ll edit. 2. Send
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Workshops
Upcoming Workshops & Events I’m the Journaling Guru at Caregiver Village, a new website opening soon at www.caregivervillage.com. Take a peek today, read my journals if you like, and let me know if you’d like to be notified when the site officially opens. This summer I’m offering an online group through Story Circle Network, www.storycircle.org/,
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Eager to Learn MoreWould you like a journaling workshop for your organization or group? If you are within four hours of the San Francisco Bay Area, Lynn can visit for a face-to-face introductory workshop at no charge to your organization. Other workshops can be arranged for a nominal fee. E-mail Lgood67334@comcast.net for information. She’ll be
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You Can’t Make This Stuff Up
What will you do today to obtain the guidance you need to succeed? ~~Lisa Demasi NEW SUBMISSION: April-June 2019 A Few Ideas: Found a fan or a person touched by your writing? Had a rejection when a company changed owners? Had a story snapped up by two publishers at the same time? Had a
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Journaling for Caregivers, Characters, and Yourself Why Journal? – New Chance to Share Your Thoughts 1. Set a timer for 10 minutes. Complete one of these sentence starts. Keep writing. 2. Let the words flow. Don’t judge. 3. When the time rings, stop. 4. Read what you’ve read and underline what has energy. 5. Send
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Writing Advice – Volume 21 Number 4
Writing Advice: What an Editor Looks For An interview with Lynn Yvonne Moon by B. Lynn Goodwin When I submitted Never Too Late: From Wannabe to Wife at 62 to Koehler Books, www.koehlerbooks.com, the acquisitions editor who read it was Lynn Moon. She’d been a finalist in Writer Advice’s 2015 Flash Fiction Contest, and
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