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Inkspot's newsletter for Writers on the Net
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Issue 5.14 * Over 45,000 subscribers! * July 7, 1999
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In this issue: Ginger Knowlton (ASK THE AGENT) from Curtis Brown
offers advice about multiple submissions, Cynthia Sterling gives
tips on making the switch from journalist to romance writer, and
Silja Talvia helps writers generate story ideas.
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CONTENTS THIS ISSUE:
From The Editor's Desk
Fresh Ink and Market Information
Ask The Agent
From Fact To Fiction: Making The Switch From Journalist
to Romance Writer
Generating Story Ideas
Writers' Classifieds
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FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK:
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Renni Brown, co-author of SELF-EDITING FOR FICTION WRITERS, will
be hosting an open forum chat tonight (Wed. July 7th) at 9 pm
EDT, 8 pm CDT. More details near the end of this issue, or see:
http://www.inkspot.com/ss/iwcc/
I'm pleased to announce that Christopher Donner will be the
Editor of The Ink Blotter. This new section of Inkspot is meant
to be a "sanity break" for writers, with humorous and
inspirational poems, short stories, and personal essays for
writers. The Ink Blotter also pays $10-20 for submissions. For
guidelines, please send a blank email to the autoresponder
guidelinesblotter@inkspot.com. Specific questions can be directed
to Chris at inkblotter@inkspot.com (please see guidelines before
submitting material). The current version of The Ink Blotter can
be found at: http://www.inkspot.com/inspire/
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FRESH INK
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PRIZE GIVEAWAY: THE PORTABLE CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP
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By Pat Boran (Salmon Publishing, 1999). Hands-on approach to the
creative writing process, with a focus on poetry and fiction.
Lots of wonderful tips, exercises, games to stimulate you in your
writing, plus a special section at the end with tips from
professional poets, writers, and playwrights.
Deadline: July 18, 1999. For more info about the book and how to
enter, see: http://www.inkspot.com/admin/giveaway.html
Poll: wisdom for young writers?
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What one piece of advice would you offer a young person who
wants to become a writer? Please do take a moment and share
a suggestion.
http://www.inkspot.com/poll/
Interesting new marketing approach
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J.R. Lankford has posted a few chapters of her book on the web
and has asked readers to vote on whether they would buy the book
if it was in print.
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Purdue OWL Writing Resources
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This site has been on the web for ages and keeps getting better.
Rich source of annotated links, information, and handouts.
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Andy's Anagram Solver
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Great for Scrabble (tm) and crossword buffs.
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NovelDoc
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List for writers "to provide mutual support in seriously revising
their completed novels of 60,000 words or more." Website also has
useful resource links.
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University of Illinois Writer's Workshop
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Excellent resource. Grammar handbook, writing tips, advice on
where to get your writing critiqued, resources for writing
teachers, business and technical writing resources, more.
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/index.htm
Songwriting Resource
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The Muse's Muse is an excellent resource for songwriters. To
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body.
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MARKET INFORMATION
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Please get current, detailed guidelines before submitting to
publications if possible. Don't submit to email addresses unless
specifically stated. Include a SASE for surface mail replies.
More market info at: http://www.inkspot.com/bt/market/.
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"FNASR" = First North American Serial Rights, "SASE" =
self-addressed, stamped envelope, "simsubs" = simultaneous
submissions, "mss" = manuscript, "RT" = response time, "GL" =
guidelines, "wds" = words, "cc" = contributor's copy,
"IWGL" = Inkspot Writer's Guideline Library.
Markets Editor: Sal Towse (ST). Research assistants:
Shane Stacks (SS), Margaret Shauers (MS).
GRAIN
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Grain Magazine. Box 1154, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, S4P 3B4.
Phone: (306) 244-2828. FAX: (306) 244-0255. Editor: Elizabeth
Phillips. Fiction Editor: Dianne Warren. Poetry Editor: Sean
Virgo. Internationally acclaimed literary journal, publishing the
freshest poetry and prose from Canada, the US, and abroad. FREQ:
Quarterly. CIRC: 1.3K. NEEDS: Actively seeking poetry and prose
from emerging poets and prose writers, or those already
established in their field. GL: Submit a maximum of two stories
or 8 poems. Include cover letter and SASE (if outside Canada,
include two International Reply Coupons). Follow standard ms
guidelines for formatting your submission. No simultaneous
submissions or previously published material. Grain will respond
to submissions via email if requested, but *will not* accept
submissions via email. RIGHTS: First Canadian Serial Rights.
PAYS: Fiction and Poetry/$30-$100. RT: 2-4 months. TIP(S): "I
encourage writers to take a professional approach, don't write
chatty, jokey cover letters, don't use fancy typescripts, and
double-space your work so it is easily read. The only way to
really break in to Grain is to write well and imaginatively,
avoiding cliches and hackneyed plot structures, and impressing
the editors with your well-made sentences or the freshness of
your lines. Taste is always a factor in the choices editors
make, so don't be discouraged if rejections are filling your
mailbox. You must steel yourself for these experiences. Be
prepared to listen to editorial advice, but don't blow every
which way with every wind. Accept the best advice and ignore the
rest." NOTE: Grain has a ten month reading period, please don't
submit in June or July [That means you've got plenty of time to
get that story edited and prepped for August! --Stacks]. (SS)
URL: http://www.skwriter.com/grain/
GL: http://www.skwriter.com/grain/submit.html
E-Mail: grain.mag@sk.sympatico.ca
YANKEE
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Yankee Magazine. P.O. Box 520, Dublin, NH, 03444-0520.
Phone: (603) 563-8111. FAX: (603) 563-8252. Editor: Judson D.
Hale, Sr. The authority on life and travel in New England for
over 60 years. FREQ: Monthly. CIRC: 700K. NEEDS: Feature
articles, travel articles, food articles (highlight a specific
chef, include recipes), fiction, humor, and poetry all related in
some way to the New England area. LENGTH: Feature Articles-
query; Other Articles- 500 wds max; Humor- 1K wds max; Fiction-
1K-3K wds; Poetry- 32 lines max. GL: Query first for all
articles, submit ms and cover letter for fiction and poetry.
Email okay for *queries* only. Simsubs okay. RIGHTS: First
Magazine Rights. PAYS: Feature Articles- $800 and up; Food
Articles- $800 max; Travel Articles- $25-$250; Humor- query;
Fiction- $1K and up; Poetry- $35/poem. Pays on acceptance. RT:
4-8 weeks. TIP(S): "We have more personal essays than we can
possibly use, and no place to publish them. The hardest articles
to find are good reporting about exciting and dramatic incidents.
The best tip I can give is that if you think an article is
perfect for Yankee, it probably isn't. On the other hand, if you
hear of a great story with a New England setting, but say to
yourself, 'Yankee would never print that,' we'd like to see it."
(SS)
URL: http://www.newengland.com/
GL: send SASE, or email (available soon on website)
E-Mail: queries@yankeepub.com
THE COLLEGE MAGAZINE
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Some things have changed since Link: The College Magazine was
featured in Inklings last July (Issue 4.15). New editor:Torey
Marcus. New snailmail: Attn: Query, Link Magazine, 32 East 57th
Street, 12th Floor, NYC, NY 10022. The online guidelines suggest
you e-mail Torey Marcus at editor@linkmag.com. Outline your
proposal and provide your phone number and address. If you have a
pre-written article applicable to Link, you are encouraged to
send it on speculation. Link will respond to all queries within
four weeks and all material submitted on spec within six weeks.
Prior to submitting ideas or articles, feel free to call Torey
Marcus at (212) 980-6600 and inquire about their interest in your
proposal. Magazine stories pay from 50 to 75 cents a word. Web
pays a flat fee of $100 for weekly features stories of 500+
words. "Link is distributed to one million college students on
1,000 campuses six times a year. Link is an entertainment, news
and lifestyles magazine. I encourage potential writers to read
the contents of the magazine on our Web site
(http://www.linkmag.com). We have our serious side, but we are
also irreverent and we like wit and a knowledge of pop culture."
(ST)
URL: http://www.linkmag.com/
GL: http://www.linkmag.com/Link/write_4_link.html
E-mail: editor@link.mag
MARKET UPDATES FROM SAL:
Jay Kinney, publisher of GNOSIS Magazine, has announced that "the
Journal of the Western Inner Traditions" has ceased publication.
In a letter to Gnosis subscribers, sent out at the beginning of
May 1999, Kinney cited staff burnout in the wake of recent
financial crises as the primary cause behind the magazine's
shutdown.
Cemetery Dance is moving to http://www.cemeterydance.com on July
17th. We'll bring you fresh market news when they're up and
running.
Last covered in Inklings last July (Issue 4.15) : Altair has a
new web site. Their snail mail address remains the same; they do
not take submissions via e-mail.
URL: http://www.sfsite.com/altair/
GL: http://www.sfsite.com/altair/guide/guide.htm
Word from Dan Medici when I expressed concern that his web site
was unavailable: "Yup, I'm still in business, the new issue is
coming out very soon, but the web site is down until I figure out
how to rebuild it. You can get guidelines from me at Vampire
Dan's Story Emporium. PO Box 15252. Syracuse, NY 13215-0252. Or,
email me at dmedici@earthlink.net. In a nutshell, Vampire Dan's
takes sf, fantasy, horror, under 4000 wds, no sex, no
splattergore, reprints OK, poetry OK, pays 1/2 cent a word for
fiction and $2 per poem."
Please send market news to Sal Towse, towse@inkspot.com.
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Ask The Experts
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*** Please put "inklings question" in the subject header. ***
Judith Bowen (ROMANCE WRITER) JudithBowen@poboxes.com
David Breeden (POET) drpoetry@ktc.com
Charles Deemer (SCREENWRITER) cdeemer@teleport.com
Mark Fowler (LAWYER) askthelawyer@inkspot.com
Carol Henson (BOOK DOCTOR) bookdoc@Prodigy.net
Ken Jenks (ELECTRONIC PUBLISHER) MindsEye@tale.com
Ginger Knowlton (AGENT) agent@inkspot.com
Michelle Sagara (SF/FANTASY WRITER) Michelle.Sagara@sff.net
Lee Wardlaw (CHILDREN'S BOOK WRITER) lee@inkspot.com
Marcia Yudkin (FREELANCE WRITER) send to yudkin@inkspot.com
Columnists may be unable to reply privately to every message,
but will answer selected questions in future issues of Inklings.
Please keep your question BRIEF and send it to *one* columnist.
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ASK THE AGENT
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by Ginger Knowlton <agent@inkspot.com>
DISCLAIMER: Please note that the answers in my column reflect
my own opinions and are not intended to represent that of all
literary agents. Every agent works differently.
Should I give up on trying to get my manuscript published?
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Q: My professionally edited first novel has been making the
rounds for a while. Nearly all the rejections contain encouraging
comments, which is why I keep sending it out. However, now I'm
wondering whether I should give up on this manuscript and work on
something else?
A: I don't think the two activities need to be mutually
exclusive. I suggest that you continue to submit your novel but
work on something else at the same time. This might help you
take your mind off the novel that's circulating.
Deciding when to "give up" on a manuscript, especially when
editors are making encouraging comments, is entirely subjective.
We've all heard stories of manuscripts selling after more than
thirty rejections and I have personally sold manuscripts on their
sixteenth, twentieth, thirty-first, etc.!, submissions. I have
also shelved manuscripts after two rejections...and some I have
chosen not to submit at all (after discussion with the author, of
course). Editorial response and my own gut feelings about a
manuscript have a lot to do with how and when I decide to
"shelve" a manuscript.
Are multiple submissions to agents okay?
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Q: In seeking an agent to sell my novels, I find that most (let's
face it, nearly all) either aren't captivated by the work,
they're too busy at the moment, or they're not accepting new
clients. Since it takes, on the average, three to four weeks for
each to return the enclosed SASE--and many never respond at
all--a lot of time is consumed in the marketing process. In the
face of this, the logical thing is to blanket the agent community
with submissions. Do agents object to this as long as they are so
notified in the cover letter?
A: I know of some agents who do object to multiple submissions
and will refuse to consider the work if they know other agents
are being queried simultaneously. If you do submit to a
number of agents at the same time, do be sure to say so in your
cover letter.
I suggest sending out multiple query letters. There have been a
few times when I requested a manuscript after receiving a
multiple query letter and was told that another agent responded
more quickly and was reading the manuscript exclusively. I don't
mind waiting...and if the first agent signs you up, it's my loss
and your gain! When I ask to read a manuscript exclusively, I
ask for about four weeks to consider it. If I'm interested but
haven't made a decision by then, I ask for more time. I would
suggest that you tell an agent up front that the manuscript is
theirs to consider exclusively for four weeks and if you haven't
heard from them by ? (specify the date, allowing for a few days
in the post office), then you will be submitting it
elsewhere...but you would still like a reply.
How long should I wait for a response?
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Q: How long should I reasonably expect to wait until I hear back
from an agent about whether he or she is interested in selling my
manuscript?
A: Every agent differs in their response time but I think that if
you haven't heard from an agent after four weeks, you should
write a polite note inquiring about the status of your
manuscript. Always include an SASE. You could say that if you
haven't received a response within a month, you will submit the
manuscript elsewhere but that the agent is free to continue
considering your work and you look forward to hearing his/her
thoughts.
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Ginger is a literary agent at Curtis Brown Ltd. (please note that
she is currently not looking for new clients). Because of the
volume of mail she receives, Ginger is unable to reply to
messages privately, but will answer selected questions in future
issues of Inklings. If you wish to make a business-related query,
please use regular channels (surface mail). See the AAR FAQ for
tips on how to query an agent:
http://www.bookwire.com/AAR/FAQs.html
Copyright (c) 1999 Ginger Knowlton.
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FROM FACT TO FICTION:
MAKING THE SWITCH FROM JOURNALIST TO ROMANCE WRITER
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by Cynthia Sterling <CySterling@aol.com>
After more than fifteen years writing nonfiction for magazines
and newspapers, I celebrated the publication of my first two
novels this year. On my journey from journalist to novelist, I
learned a few things that may help others who wish to make the
same transformation.
SKILLS YOU ALREADY KNOW:
Writing queries
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Experience writing for magazines and newspapers gives a writer
certain advantages when pursuing a fiction career. For instance,
I found that the idea of composing a query letter didn't
intimidate me the way it did many of my fellow aspiring writers.
I had written hundreds of queries in my career as a freelancer.
While a fiction query differs somewhat from a nonfiction query,
the format is much the same. In three or four paragraphs, the
writer has to present a summary of the story and the writer's
qualifications for writing it. While my fiction-writing friends
agonized over how much of their story they were forced to leave
out of this brief description, I knew from experience that
editors read queries in order to learn the general direction the
story will take, not every little avenue you will explore along
the way.
Researching
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Likewise, I discovered many would-be novelists quaked at the idea
of researching their stories, particularly if this research
required talking to a real-life expert in a particular field.
Such research adds authenticity to a story. Having interviewed
hundreds of people for magazines and newspapers, this aspect of
novel-writing didn't intimidate me. I've discovered that most
people love to talk about their profession or hobby, and whether
a writer is published or unpublished, most people are honored to
be asked for their help.
The art of negotiating
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Negotiating for money, rights, and other business issues are part
of the freelancer's lot in life. My experience asking for more
money and negotiating changes in writing contracts came in handy
when I received an offer for my first book. Though I now have an
agent to handle fiction contract negotiations, I'm not timid
about asking her to approach my publisher about certain contract
concessions or provisions. I have yet to hear of a publisher
changing her mind about purchasing a manuscript simply because an
author asked politely for more money or a change in a contract
provision, yet for many new novelists, this is a very real fear.
SKILLS TO DEVELOP:
While I appreciated the advantages working as a freelancer had
given me, I quickly discovered my years writing nonfiction had
saddled me with some handicaps that hampered my success writing
fiction.
Emotion and description
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As a journalist, I'd been trained to focus on facts and objective
observations. I initially had a difficult time writing
descriptive passages in my work, and my early drafts lacked
emotion, a primary requirement for a good romance.
Once I identified these weaknesses, I was able to focus on
overcoming them. This, in turn, paid off in my nonfiction
writing, as I began to include more description details and
emotional components of the scene in my nonfiction.
Stamina
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Another handicap I brought to fiction writing was a tendency to
find long projects daunting. Most of the articles I write are
between 800 and 3000 words long. A full-length historical romance
requires 90,000 to 100,000 words. I put off writing my novel for
a long time because I was intimidated by the need to come up with
that many words. How could I manage to complete such a
monumental task?
My solution was to break the big task into little pieces.
Instead of looking at the novel as a whole, I concentrated on
crafting one scene at a time. A scene is only a few pages long,
about the same as a short article. Suddenly, a project I'd
thought huge now seemed manageable.
My experience as a journalist not only helped me write my book,
it helped me market my story as well. I always mentioned my
freelance career when I talked to fiction editors, and they
seemed impressed. One told me this was because my experience
writing and selling nonfiction made her confident that I could
complete a project, meet a deadline, and respond positively to
requests for revisions.
While the transition from journalist to novelist presented some
challenges, I've discovered the decided benefits of keeping my
feet in both camps. Freelancing while writing novels gives me
the variety I crave. Researching nonfiction articles sometimes
sparks idea for fiction, and I'm often able to plug my novels in
the author bios that sometimes accompany articles I write.
Whether I'm writing an article on the latest medical trend or
creating a new predicament for my hero and heroine, I'm always
striving to improve my work, and to make my writing sparkle. As
a journalist, and a novelist, I'm convinced I enjoy the best of
both worlds.
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Cynthia Sterling's first novel, Patchwork Hearts, was published
by Jove in January 1999, followed by A Willing Spirit in June
1999. She has sold four other historical romances to
Berkley/Jove and to Zebra books. As Cindi Myers, she writes
nonfiction for Texas Highways, Unique Opportunities, Ladies Home
Journal, and many other publications. Visit her website at:
http://members.aol.com/CySterling
Copyright (c) 1999 Cynthia Sterling
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GENERATING STORY IDEAS
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by Silja J.A. Talvi <sisu@well.com>
If you feel like you're getting stuck in one particular
non-fiction magazine genre, or if you're lacking for story ideas,
try the following four techniques to boost the variety and
frequency of your pitches and submissions:
* Check the AP Wire (http://wire.ap.org/) a few times a
week for breaking news stories. (Once on the page, select your
local newspaper. From there, you'll have access to the AP Wire.)
Challenge yourself by thinking of interesting slants for short
magazine articles. If, for instance, AP is reporting on a new
study about how heterosexual working women in the United States
are succeeding better at balancing their families and careers
with the help of their male partners, come up with two quick
pitches. One could be aimed at a men's magazine (how the man of
the new millennium is living up to his responsibilities), and
another could be aimed at a women's magazine (what modern working
women may be doing differently from women of previous
generations). As you'll find out, editors often pay quicker
attention to queries or submissions with a breaking news angle.
* Spend a few minutes on a slow day perusing DaybookNews
(http://www.daybooknews.com) for occasionally interesting press
releases and web sites addressing timely topics. Even if the
particular press release doesn't make you want to write a story
about the event, think about how you might use that source for
another similar or related story.
* Cultivate your own, informal network of sources for
story ideas through e-mail or through local contacts. Sound
difficult? It really doesn't take much effort. In your e-mail and
in-person dealings let people know, matter-of-factly, that you're
in the business of writing. If you work for news-oriented,
alternative or progressive publications (or if you have interest
in doing so), it's altogether likely that you'll soon be hearing
about many important political or environmental issues that are
brought to your attention because people know that you have
something to do with the press. These kinds of leads aren't
limited to social causes: Human interest stories, interesting new
books and music recordings, and upcoming cultural events are all
things that your neighbors, acquaintances or online contacts
might soon be talking to you about.
* Look through free local weekly newspapers (as well as
the local sections of dailies) for story ideas that could be
expanded on (or more specifically focused) for a national
magazine audience. A short local feature on a man who won an
award for a self-locking bicycle might easily be an interesting
fit for a national bicycling or outdoors/adventure publication,
while a brief, compelling story regarding a social service
organization's unique approach to helping at-risk female
teenagers might work well as an expanded feature for any number
of general interest or women's magazines. But don't wait several
weeks to send your query or submission; chances are that you're
not the only freelance writer to have thought of it, and time is
usually of the essence.
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Silja J.A. Talvi is a Seattle-based non-fiction writer and
journalist whose articles, essays and photographs have appeared
in such publications as In These Times, High Times, The New
Internationalist, Tikkun, The Progressive and The Shambhala Sun.
Her streaming audio music reviews can also be heard
intermittently on such sites as musicreview.com, rockontv.com and
firstmusic.com.
Copyright (c) 1999 Silja J.A. Talvi.
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INKSPOT WRITERS COMMUNITY CENTER (IWCC) UPDATE by Shane Stacks
http://www.inkspot.com/ss/iwcc/
TONIGHT: PUBLISHED AUTHOR OPEN FORUM CHAT
**Wednesday, July 7th @ 9 PM EDT / 8 PM CDT with Renni Browne**
Tonight only! Join us in the Inkspot Classroom as Renni Browne,
founder of The Editorial Department, and coauthor of SELF-EDITING
FOR FICTION WRITERS (named one of the "six indispensable books
for writers" by the Los Angeles Times), shares her invaluable
experience as both a past editor and a current writer during an
evening of open forum chat... a must for any writer interested in
selling their fiction. Want to know more? Click on over to
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YOU SAY YOU WANT TO ATTEND BUT YOU'RE NOT REGISTERED ON IWCC? No
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with the environment. (Believe us, you'll be glad you did!)
MISCELLANY: Up-To-Date IWCC Info and help can ALWAYS be found at
http://www.inkspot.com/ss/iwcc/, or contact Shane Stacks
directly: staxx@inkspot.com. The IWCC is generously supported by
the kind folks at MOOkti (http://noisey.oise.utoronto.ca:9996/).
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