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Summer 2009

Feeling Like a Dinosaur (editorial), by Moira Allen

http://www.writing-world.com/coffee/coffee12.shtml

Looking for Travel Sidebars, by Jack Adler

http://www.writing-world.com/freelance/travelsides.shtml

What a Good Editor Can Do For You, by Patricia Fry

http://www.writing-world.com/basics/mistakes.shtml

We've launched a new section on Writing-World.com: The Writing Life! This section offers tips on dealing with the stresses and strains of the writing life, including writer's block, rejection, repetitive stress injuries, time management, and more. It also offers a host of ideas and solutions to keep your writing life (and career) moving along at a manageable pace. Check it out!

Spring 2009

But First... (editorial), by Moira Allen

Lateral Thinking, by Ahmed A. Khan

Music to Write By, by Indra Sena

Facing Down Life Block, by Donnell King

Going Green: Green Markets, Green Topics, by Wenona Napolitano

Our Reach and Our Grasp (editorial), by Moira Allen

Recharging the Writer Battery: Six Ways to Keep Going When Times Get Tough, by Mindy Hardwick

Stirring the Nest (editorial), by Moira Allen

Why We Do What We Do (editorial), by Moira Allen

Writing in a Recession, by Dawn Copeman

Writing to Trends, by Susan Sundwall

Writing to Win, by Moira Allen

Yes, You Can Make Money Writing Fiction, by Patricia Fry

Winter 2008

Wish You Merry..., by Moira Allen

E-books from the Publisher's Perspective, by Sean McLachlan

POD Books from the Publisher's Perspective, by Sean McLachlan

The Benefit of Critique Groups, by Michele Acker

Give Me a Meter, I'll Take a Foot, by Tami Krueger

Making Your Future Out of the Past: How to Break into the Burgeoning History Market, by Sean McLachlan

Motivation, by Hank Quense

Targeting Enemy Words, by Sandra Miller

Summer/Fall 2008

Becoming a Fiction Aficionado, by Shaunna Privratsky

Do Werewolves Wear Shoes? Building Successful Horror Characters, by Shaunna Privratsky

Fewer Words Mean Bigger Bucks, by Shaunna Privratsky

From Beginning to End, A Fiction Format to Your Next Sale, by Shaunna Privratsky

How to Read 'How To Write' Books, by Sean McLachlan

How Writers Can Score Press Trips, by Roy A. Barnes

Internet Want Ads: Finding Writing Jobs Online, by Julie Bloss Kelsey

Three Classic Welsh Poetry Forms, by Tami Krueger

Using Footpower to Boost Your Brainpower: How Walking Away Can Improve Your Writing, by Leigh Anne Jasheway-Bryant

Writing and the Cosmic Shopping Mall (or how to access your creative mind and silence the inner critic), by Emily Hanlon

Writing the World: Ten Tips to Breaking into the Guidebook Market, by Sean McLachlan

Writing to Win: The Colossal Guide to Writing Contests by Moira Allen If you'd like to win great prize money this year by entering a writing contest, look no farther than Writing to Win. This book includes the complete contents of Writing-World.com's former "Contest Database" -- all in one easy-to-use, easy-to-search volume. It offers more than 1000 contests in the fields of poetry, short fiction, nonfiction (including articles, journalism, memoir, creative nonfiction and more), book-length manuscripts (published and unpublished), scripts and screenplays. The book is set up by category so that you can easily locate the types of competitions that interest you, by deadline. Only paying contests are included (no "win five books and a big thank you"). This book lists the biggest and best literary contests in the country and throughout the world, as well as hundreds of smaller competitions that are ideal for the less experienced writer. Writing to Win is available from Amazon.com's CreateSpace site and will soon be available on Amazon.com. As a special free sample, download the complete February Listings today -- or check out the Index!

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