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***************************************************************** W R I T I N G W O R L D A World of Writing Information - For Writers Around the World http://www.writing-world.comIssue 6:05 16,200 subscribers May 4, 2006*****************************************************************SPECIAL NOTICE: Please DO NOT REPLY to this e-mail; any messagessent to the listbox address are deleted. See the bottom of thisnewsletter for information on how to subscribe, unsubscribe, orcontact the editors.***************************************************************** CONTENTS================================================================= From the Editor's Desk NEWS from the World of Writing THE INQUIRING WRITER: The Comfort Zone by Dawn Copeman FEATURE: Travel that Pays, by Kayleen Reusser The Write Sites -- Online Resources for Writers WRITING DESK: A Baker's Dozen, by Moira Allen FEATURE: The Beginner's Guide To... 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Free issue.http://www.thechildrenswriter.com/N5325***************************************************************** FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK=================================================================Yes, We're Late...------------------This time, a day late literally means "but not a dollar short."Last week, one of my e-mail hosts seemed to have had a hiccup,and I lost a number of e-mails. When I got around to puttingthis issue together yesterday, I realized that one of our regularadvertisers' ads had not shown up, even though it was scheduled.Sure enough, it had been sent, and lost. Which confirms onceagain that technology is a wonderful thing -- but only when itworks!We're in the Top 101 - Again!-----------------------------Once again, Writing-World.com has made Writers' Digest list oftop 101 websites for writers! Thanks to all of you who voted forus -- and be sure to check out the entire list athttp://www.writersdigest.com/101sites/2006_index.aspCamera for Sale---------------If you're looking for a great digital camera that's easy to use(and easy to learn), I may have what you seek. I've finallydecided to upgrade to a higher megapixel camera -- and I'mlooking for a good home for my beloved Nikon Coolpix 4300.This is a 3-megapixel digital camera with all the trimmings --built-in flash, viewscreen, USB connector, battery charger, etc.It comes with a 16MB card and an additional 128-MB card (worthabout $70) and a spare (non-rechargeable) backup battery. (Ihave learned: always, ALWAYS carry a spare battery. Or two.) Itcomes in its original box, with all manuals, software and cables.Again, this has been a great camera. For those who recall myphotos from my 2003 trip to England, yep, that's the camera thattook them. It's in perfect condition, and originally sold for$450; I'm asking $200 (with free shipping within the US). Ifyou're interested, please contact me!Speaking of Photos...---------------------I had a chance to give my new camera a workout on my recentvacation to Arkansas. In my ongoing "scanning project that willnever die" (in which I've been converting the family photoarchives, including the ancestral archives, to digital), Idiscovered that there were no photos of our family dollhouse.This may seem like a small matter -- except that it was far froma small dollhouse.My grandmother built our huge, Tudor-style dollhouse during WWII;it's about five feet long and three feet high, full ofhandcrafted furniture and even some miniature paintings paintedby my grandfather, who was an artist. The exterior was"half-timbered" in traditional Tudor style, but the interior wasmeant to represent an English home in the 1920's or 1930's.This was a lovely thing to have in a nice big house, but as mysisters and I ended up in a succession of relatively smallapartments, a five-foot-long dollhouse just didn't fit in. Sincemy sister teaches at Arkansas State University, we finallydonated the dollhouse to the University museum.This April, we got permission for me to enter into the innersanctum of the museum, where the dollhouse is currently stored,and take pictures. (Believe me, inner sanctums of museums aren'treally terribly interesting places; they are poorly lit andrather dusty, and filled with plastic-shrouded objects that lookmore eerie than intriguing.) Fortunately, the plexiglass coverthat the museum had made to protect the dollhouse from dust hadgotten broken (apparently it was horribly heavy, and the lasttime someone tried to take it off, they dropped it, nearly brokesomeone's foot, and shattered the cover). This proved a blessingto me, since otherwise, my flash would have just bounced off theplastic. Instead, I was able to get lots of great close-up shotsof the interior. As my husband said on looking at them later,"It looks like a real house."So my adventures in family archiving appear to be continuing; mynext step is to talk to family members to see what they canremember about when the dollhouse was built, etc., etc., -- therehas to be an article in here somewhere! 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