If you want a chance to see your short story (less than 2000 wds) or your poem in the 2nd Edition of The Harbor Series, I will read and consider it for this 2012 edition. "G" rated only.
I want to build a new author base, and you're invited.
Email your entry to grammasizzy@hotmail.com
I'll check for incoming submissions until Oct. 31. The Contest part is over for this year, but you can still be included in the book. Check out the link to learn all about us.
Coach Shirley
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Author Platform and Social Media
Golly, a new procedure for being Agent and Publishing House ready emerges into the Cloud of our "web presence". I'll post a separate, thorough article on Author Platforming in a few days; for now, suffice it to say having a Social Media presence is part of your Platform.
Yes, you guessed it, you're going to have to bite the bullet and do as much of the following as authorly possible: establish Facebook friends and a separate, professional Facebook page; join Tweeter and then tweet frequently; join LinkedIn to hook you up with others associated with your areas of writing interest, networking personified; and then take the leap and check out posterous. com, hubpages.com and an entire host of Google advantages just waiting for you to discover.
I get tired just thinking about it, but I will prevail. I'll have to get up two hours earlier, start drinking coffee in the morning again (which I gave up about five years ago), force my eyelids to feel moist and sit down at my pc before the sun comes over my trees.
Dang, I thought retirement would have enough hours in the day and writing would always be delightful and stress-free. Well, if my personal finance for dummy's hadn't gone South along with the entire US economy, maybe retirement and writing would be what I expected. But, it isn't and they aren't; therefore, I'm forced to the absurd...early morning. Lord love a duck!
Yes, you guessed it, you're going to have to bite the bullet and do as much of the following as authorly possible: establish Facebook friends and a separate, professional Facebook page; join Tweeter and then tweet frequently; join LinkedIn to hook you up with others associated with your areas of writing interest, networking personified; and then take the leap and check out posterous. com, hubpages.com and an entire host of Google advantages just waiting for you to discover.
I get tired just thinking about it, but I will prevail. I'll have to get up two hours earlier, start drinking coffee in the morning again (which I gave up about five years ago), force my eyelids to feel moist and sit down at my pc before the sun comes over my trees.
Dang, I thought retirement would have enough hours in the day and writing would always be delightful and stress-free. Well, if my personal finance for dummy's hadn't gone South along with the entire US economy, maybe retirement and writing would be what I expected. But, it isn't and they aren't; therefore, I'm forced to the absurd...early morning. Lord love a duck!
Friday, September 30, 2011
Writers' MeetUp
My amazing writer's group, which met for the first time a year and a half ago, meets the first Monday of every month. We've been gathering at Books-A-Million, a lovely bookstore similar to Borders and a bit more modest than Barnes & Noble. This fall we will be moving to a new venue cuz our local BAM had to move out of their place for 'roof repair'.
A BAM employee I spoke with on the last day of their moving sale shared that they would either be coming back into the same store or maybe move into the recently vacated Borders site. It seems that when Borders declared bankruptcy, BAM bought several of their stores. That's great news if it is true.
For now, my writers will be meeting at the new Salsa's Mexican Restaurant on 19N and Alderman. Great young manager there said he's happy to have us. Life is ever changing; Life is good!
A BAM employee I spoke with on the last day of their moving sale shared that they would either be coming back into the same store or maybe move into the recently vacated Borders site. It seems that when Borders declared bankruptcy, BAM bought several of their stores. That's great news if it is true.
For now, my writers will be meeting at the new Salsa's Mexican Restaurant on 19N and Alderman. Great young manager there said he's happy to have us. Life is ever changing; Life is good!
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Writer's Resolutions
I hereby resolve that my Happy New Year begins today. So, I need to make some writer's resolutions to start my new year out with my focus on -- Writer Me. Here goes: "I will find time each day to develop my Social Media presence as a writer." Okay, well, that's a biggie cuz I have Facebook, Linked-in, Twitter, a MeetUp site, this blog, and my professional writing site. So, as happens to me every New Year, all I can handle is one resolution.
Oh, Hopeful Me!
Oh, Hopeful Me!
Everything I Write....
I had an 'awakening' this morning; that's always a good moment! I've been worried of late that my posts have to all be brilliant; and that slowed me up. Silly me, everything I write is brilliant! No worries---it's all good.
Wow! What a relief! (Think I could do stand-up comedy?)
Wow! What a relief! (Think I could do stand-up comedy?)
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