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A collection of 14 posts

The Only Cure for Writer's Block? Writing.

When I teach writing, I always tell people that the only cure for writer’s block is writing. Now it’s time for me to buck up and follow my own advice. I’ve read all the Dark Crystal books I can get my hands on, cover-to-cover, poring over the

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The Dark Crystal Authorquest and Writing on Assignment

A few weeks ago, I decided that I needed to put my Rapunzel novel on hold so that I could wrap up a few other fiction projects. The first was my Rumpled ebook. The second is entering a submission in The Dark Crystal Authorquest contest. I found out about the

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Another Niche Opportunity

I just came across this Call for Essays for a book about being single and Catholic. The deadline is April 30, which is very close, but the essay length is 500 words or less. Something that could be whipped up in a hurry and still adequately revised in 6 weeks

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Put Those Poems to Good Use

I just entered three of my poems from National Poetry Writing Month into WEbook‘s poetry contest. WEbook calls themselves the “American Idol” of creative writing. Essentially, it’s a vast web community of writers and readers who write, upload, read, and critique the user-generated content on the site. From

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Submission Opportunity: Writing about Mental Illness

My sister recently alerted me to this call for creative writing submissions around the theme of depression and mental illness: The National Network of Depression Centers is seeking art for an exhibition at our NNDC Annual Conference September 28-29, 2009 The National Network of Depression Centers is seeking art for

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Last minute markets: Scripts and Poetry

In honor of ScriptFrenzy and NaPoWriMo, here are a couple last-minute markets for scripts and poems. Scriptapalooza fee: $45, prize see below, Deadline is April 15th, 2009 Must be 18 or older to enter. Any genre will be considered. Multiple submissions are accepted, but one application form and entry fee

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How to Cheat During NaPoWriMo

After confessing that I was stressing about a poem a day, a friend left a comment with this site that would allow NaPoWriMo cheating, if one does so desire. Here’s the poem I got: A mountainous range stood before the cold Little Red Riding Hood Scoff not at my

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Submission Opportunity: Unsent Letters

On Jenny‘s advice, I just started reading the Freelance Home Writer blog, and I found the coolest submission opportunity EVER there yesterday. Apparently some peeps are putting together a book and a blog of Unsent Letters — and they’ll pay you if they select your letter for the blog

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Twilight Makes its Second Appearance

I recently found out about the following call for proposals: Bitten by Twilight: Youth culture, media, and the Twilight saga Edited by Melissa Click, Jennifer Stevens Aubrey, and Lissa Behm-Morawitz Proposal deadline: April 10, 2009 The editors seek essays that explore Stephenie Meyer¹s wildly popular Twilight series. We are

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Submission Opportunities

Just when I think I’m going to settle into a long stretch of just me and my novel, another submission opportunity comes my way, reminding me of my New Year’s Resolution. So, while I don’t have ideas for either of these, I’m hoping I might be

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Two down, four to go

Well, I finally did it: I just sent of my short story submission to QueeredFiction. It feels liberating to have it gone. Now it’ll be someone else’s problem for a while. 😉 Although I didn’t blog about it here, a few weeks ago I queried The Writer magazine

Weekend Writing Opportunity

If you’re looking for something to do this weekend (ha! does anyone have free time at this time of year?), these two poetry contests should keep you busy–they both have deadlines next week, but if you have a pretty collection ready to go, they could definitely be worthwhile.

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Weekend Writing Opportunity - Queer Science Fiction

Now this week’s writing opportunity is a niche market if I ever saw one: Queered Fiction is looking for science fiction short stories with a queer twist (or queer short stories with a science fiction twist). I’d like to submit something here because I write queer stories, and

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Weekend Writing Opportunity

This weekend’s writing opportunity is from GirlChild Press and goes out to all the female writers out there. Michelle Sewell, founder and editor of Girlchild Press, is passionate about bringing diverse, authentic girls’ and women’s voices to the public, AND she’s incredibly interested in fresh, new voices.