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Standing, Lying Down, Naked…Unusal Work Habits of Great Writers
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Get Your Spooky On and Help R. L. Stine Write a Story
OK now it's October and we can't start smelling Halloween. Let's start with Mr. Goosebumps himself R.L. Stine partnering with Wattpad for ‘The R.L. Stine Fill In The Fear Contest,’ which provides an opportunity for you to write a story with him. Here's how it works: - R.L. Stine writes the beginning of a short Fear Street story - you write the middle - he picks the winning entry and then writes the ending Then on Halloween we get to see who Stine chose and read the ending to the story. Sounds fun, now get writing. All the rules here
The Literati Descend on Seattle: Over 10,000 Book Folk in Town for AWP
image James Yamasaki, via The Stranger It stands for the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) and their 2014 conference begins this week in the Emerald City. Though it sounds a bit academic and something you get credit for it is actually the largest literary gathering on the continent and best thing to happen around here since the Seahawk parade. Thousands of writers, poets, publishers, editors, and related book folk are here for the conference. Plenty of headline acts, Annie Proulx, Sherman Alexie, Robert Haas, Gary Snyder, Sharon Olds and there are also 650 vendors at the bookfair! I'll...
How To Publish Your Book
Butt in chair - Write - Edit - Don't Give Up - RepeatThis flowchart appears in the current issue of Writer's Digestclick here if you need a larger version