WriteSuccess is Moving

WriteSuccess is Moving

WriteSuccess

Dedicated to the Success of Aspiring, Stalled and Struggling Writers

September 4, 2007

ISSN 1543-8090

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"Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained."

--Marie Curie

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IN THIS ISSUE…

From My Desk to Yours: WriteSuccess is Moving
Article: You Oughta Be a Writer
Setting Your Sites
WriteSuccess Resources
WriteSuccess Stories
Calls for Writers

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FROM MY DESK TO YOURS: WriteSuccess is Moving

Hello:

First of all, thank you for all of the kind words and messages I received after sending out my first issue of the revived WriteSuccess. I had no idea that my little e-zine had been missed by so many. We never know how much impact our writing can have on others until we actually put it out there for people to read. That’s the central message of today’s article below—I hope it makes you think and, more importantly, write.

Second, I need to move this newsletter onto a new Yahoo group. Somehow during the past two years, the ability to subscribe to WriteSuccess was changed to “by invitation only,” which is hardly a convenient way for people to sign up. So the new list name is WriteSuccess_Ezine.

My hope is to get you from this list to the new one. There’s two ways this can be accomplished:

1. You can send two blank emails, one to writesuccess_ezine-subscribe@yahoogroups.com (that’s writesuccess_ezine) and the other to writesuccess-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com. This will put you on the new list and take you off the old one.

2. Or you can wait until you get an invitation from me for the new group, then accept the invitation. Once you do, I’ll take you off the old list.

Starting next issue, I will send the newsletter from both the old and new group address until I am sure everyone who wants to migrate from one to the other has done so. Then I’ll shut down the old list completely.

Thanks for your support, and my apologies for the inconvenience.

Here’s to your writing success.

Mary Anne

P.S. If you’re not familiar with The Literacy Site, it’s a place where your fre.e daily click helps fund books for children in need. I urge every writer to make a special trip here—it takes seconds to support such a worthy cause. Visit http://theliteracysite.com .

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ARTICLE: You Oughta be a Writer

As part of my volunteer work to promote tourism to Henderson Harbor, where my partner has his marina, I recently wrote a non-paying article about the area for American Bass Anglers Magazine, the publication for an organization that will be hosting a fishing tournament here this fall. The article appeared virtually unedited in the July/August issue

Upon reading it, a friend and local businessman named Charlie remarked to me, “You ought to write professionally. That was an excellent article—exceptionally well-written!”

I thanked him. What I didn’t say is that I have written professionally, and um, sort of, still do. Those newsletters I create for my day job count, right? And the local paper published my most recent letter to the editor. But otherwise, I can’t really remember the last time I submitted more than a filler for publication, and I’ve lost count of how many half-started articles I have stored on both my home and work computers. Not to mention a couple of partial novels.

Can you identify? Chances are you, too, have gotten positive feedback on your writing over the years, whether from friends, relatives, teachers, bosses or co-workers. Deep down, you know you have talent and a certain level of skill when it comes to stringing words together on a page. But, like me, you write in fits and starts, with half-baked projects squirreled away and untapped ideas swimming through your thoughts. Or maybe you’re not writing at all.

Shame on us, the struggling and aspiring writers of the world. We have been given a gift, one that could better the lives of others, make them laugh or cry, inform or motivate them, educate or enlighten them. Others recognize and value what we can do. Why do we allow ourselves to let days or weeks go by without using our gift, developing it further, and sharing it with the world?

Yes, writing is hard work, and there are so many reasons for not getting around to doing it. But we do ourselves and the world a disservice with each day we let slip by without exploring the extent of our skill, without writing something people could use or benefit from.

Thanks to Charlie’s compliment, I have gone back to the keyboard once more, because he’s right, I ought to be writing professionally. Not talking about it, or reading about it, or daydreaming about it—but doing it. And so should you. So pick a new idea, or dust off an old one, and get cracking. Your readers are waiting for you.

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SETTING YOUR SITES: Useful Web Sites for Writers

WriterFind
This well-maintained site lists job postings for pretty much every type of writer. Includes freelancing gigs as well as full-time and telecommuting writing positions. http://www.writerfind.com/freelance_jobs/

Guide to Grammar and Writing
This site is maintained by Professor of English Charles
Darling for English courses at Capital Community College
and for the general online public. A dandy little research
tool for everything from sentence structure to tone.
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/

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WRITESUCCESS RESOURCES

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Wicked Company Discussion Group
Discuss crime and mystery writing. Share tips, info, experiences with your partners in crime--or just discuss your favorite crime or mystery books. (You do not need to be a published author to join, but you must love discussing crime and mystery fiction writing, books and movies. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WickedCompany/

Food Writing
Food-Writing is a biweekly e-zine that will share food writing markets, teach ways to break into food writing, alert you to education opportunities and bring interviews with established food writers. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Food-Writing/

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 Get Paid to Write Book Reviews
 Short and Sweet—Markets for Your Fillers
 Cooking Up Recipes—Markets for Your Recipes and Food Tips
 Quick as a Flash—Markets for flash fiction 100-500 words
 Just Hit Send—Markets that You Can Query via E-mail

These ebooks provide you with specific markets for these kinds of pieces, saving you hundreds of hours of research. You can download them within minutes by going here: http://tinyurl.com/2gep2r.

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WRITESUCCESS STORIES

In this section, we’ll share the successes of WriteSuccess subscribers. Have you won a writing contest? Sold a story, article or essay? Landed a freelance writing gig? Whatever the success, drop me a line at MaryAnneHahn1@aol.com and tell us about it!

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Dear Mary Anne:

As for subscriber news, I do have some:

My short story, "The Legend of 'Cool Hand' Stan", was published recently by Literary Liftoff, a Florida USA print publication (www.scwg.org/magazine.asp).

My short story, "The Price" was published by The Kids' Ark in their recent "Wisdom" issue. This publication is a Christian-themed magazine in Texas USA (www.thekidsark.com).

And my longest ever poem submitted to a publication, called "The Leaves That Fall", is being published in the Summer 2007 issue of Poesia, an Arkansas USA print publication (www.indianbaypress.com)

Thanks,
Roy A. Barnes

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Christine Cristiano is excited to announce the release of her children's
picture book called, Church Mouse Poor. This is a feel good - read together book
for ages 4-8 about Thomas the mouse as he sets on a quest to find out what it
means to be as poor as a church mouse. For more information, please visit:
http://www.rainbooks.com/Shop/product.php?productid=16186&cat=265&page=1

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Mary Anne,

My recent most wonderful news is the two-book deal I landed with Bethany House. Rain Song comes out in 2008 and the second novel will be published in 2009. More to my story can be found on my blog: http://www.alicewisler.blogspot.com.

Alice J. Wisler
RAIN SONG, the new novel, coming Fall 2008 from Bethany House Publishers Check out the blog! http://www.alicewisler.blogspot.com

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Mary Anne:

My name is Anjuelle Floyd. I am a wife of 25 years, the mother of three. I've been writing for 15 years and I just got my book published in June 2007.

The title of my book is: Keeper of Secrets...Translations of an Incident.

It's been a lot of hard work, but I'm there. Of course more work awaits me, like publicizing my title, but my publisher, Three Muses Press, the literary imprint of Ink and Paper Group, LLC have been wonderful to work with .

Thanks.
Anjuelle

Editor’s Note: I asked Anjuelle what advice she would give other aspiring writers, and here’s what she wrote:

“Take your time. And always believe in yourself. But be realistic. Rome was not built in a day or a year. But if you’re not willing to make writing a priority so that every one around knows this is your heart, don’t feel bad. The writing life is a lonely life filled with many rewards if you are willing to discipline yourself to the task to learning, taking supportive criticism and I mean just that SUPPORTIVE, not abusive. But you also have to learn to revise. Many, many times. I have revised my short stories for at least 30-40 times each after writing them.”

Thanks, Anjuelle! Much continued success to you and all of this issue’s WriteSuccess Story-makers!

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CALLS FOR WRITERS

In this section, you'll normally find announcements I receive for contests, anthology submissions, sites looking for content writers, information on writers' conferences, etc.

Also, if you are looking to interview or work with certain types of writers, you can post your request here by emailing me at MaryAnneHahn1@aol.com .

Writers Guild of Acadiana Fall Conference
October 5-6, 2007

The WGA, an organization of writers created for writers, got its start in 1985 and has
had tremendous success ever since. Created to provide support to writers, both published
and unpublished, the WGA has continuously expanded its goals, as well as its reach, beyond its members into the surrounding community and now to you!

The WGA is thrilled to offer you the exciting opportunity to spend two days with us celebrating words, ideas, and creativity in addition to learning valuable information about the craft of writing as well as the business of publishing. Even better, we will also give you the chance to get advice from some of the best agents, editors, and published authors in the industry.

You'll feel right at home among the beginners and pros in an atmosphere of southern
hospitality. We'll have 16 workshops for you to choose from, two panels with published authors and time slots for you to pitch your work to editors and agents. Don't pass up this incredible opportunity to learn and grow in your craft with the best in the industry guiding you on to success!

For more information, visit http://www.writersguildofacadiana.org/conferencepage.html

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LOOKING FOR FREELANCE OR PERMANENT WRITING JOBS?
Check out the links to writing job sites and listings at http://www.writesuccess.com/id25.html

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WANTED: ALL WRITERS WHO WANT *SUCCESSFUL* WRITING CAREERS

Do you enjoy WriteSuccess and find it useful? Then I hope you will feel free to forward this issue to your writing friends and/or online discussion groups. "WriteSuccess" for everyone!

If this issue was forwarded to you and you would like to subscribe,
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ADDITIONAL CONTACT INFORMATION
Mary Anne Hahn
http://writesuccess.com
MaryAnneHahn1@aol.com

'Til next issue-write *every possible moment*...

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