01.30.09 at 7:16 pm by Kara_S
Have you seen Christian Writers’ Market Guide 2009by Sally Stuart? What an amazing resource with a wealth of information! In previous years, I’ve used the regular Writer’s Market (I actually just got rid of my 2003 edition), and I have to say that the Christian Writers’ Market Guide 2009 is easier to use by far.
The guide breaks the writing market into three broad categories – book publishers, periodicals, and specialty markets (greeting cards, gifts, software, games, CD/DVD/Video).
The book publishers section starts with a listing of topics and the names of publishers interested in that topic. Over 150 topics are included ranging from autobiography to fiction for teens to marriage to self-help to worship resources. What a great way to find publishers to target!
Following the topical listing is a detailed listing of each book publisher. The alphabetized listings detail contact information, basic guidelines, special needs, and lots more for each publisher. A separate section is devoted
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05.14.08 at 7:42 pm by Kara_S
I haven’t been hanging around my blog very much recently, but I have a few notes to share with you! =)The first notable note is I’ve started a new blog!!! Check out Garden Vines when you have a minute. The blog is in its infant stages, but I would love to get your feedback on topics!And I think I may have mentioned this already, but this is still a notable note – I finished up with my current editing WIP last week!!! Woo-hoo!!! I have to package the final layout once I have approval, but otherwise I’m finally done with this book! So since I have a little bit more time on my hands right now, I read over the pages that I wrote during NaNoWriMo back in November. I seriously haven’t looked at them since last year. I have to confess that on re-reading I was impressed with the story line, and I feel
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05.12.08 at 12:25 pm by Kara_S
Do you use writing prompts to get your creativity flowing? Have you ever started a story from a writing prompt?A few weeks ago, Rachelle held a first line contest followed by a first page contest. I didn’t have time to participate in the first page contest since I was trying to finish up my editing WIP (which, by the way, is FINISHED!!! Woo-hoo!!!). I found Rachelle’s idea of writing a first page from someone else’s first line intriguing.The concept got me thinking about writing prompts. I used to give them to my students a lot when I was teaching, but I’ve never really used them other than when I was in school.Then today I came across a great opening couple of sentences on another blog. I decided to copy them down to use later as a prompt when I get stuck on my current WIP. At this point I don’t see the description fitting into
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05.07.08 at 9:24 pm by Kara_S
Things are a little hectic around our house as we’re planning to move into a new home within the next week or so. I haven’t had much time to think about blogging, but for now I wanted to tell you about one of my favorite blogs. I’ve only been reading Book Therapy for a couple of weeks, and I’ve learned a lot already. If you are interested in the craft of writing, particularly fiction, I think you’ll enjoy the posts. Right now the discussion is revolving around dialogue dilemmas, and I love the relevant examples and practical solutions for improvement. Do you have a favorite “writing” blog? Leave a comment!
04.10.08 at 9:17 pm by Kara_S
I was working with a student tonight, and he asked a simple grammatical question that gave me reason to stop and think. In a sentence, he had the phrase “the land.” He asked if he changed it to “Russia” would he leave “the”? At first I thought it an odd question with an obvious answer. Then I realized that for some countries we do use “the” and for others we don’t.
For example, we say “the United States of America” or “the British Isles” or “the Philippines.” On the other hand, we don’t say “the Russia” or “the Britain” or “the Portugal” or “the Kenya”…you get my point.
Why is that? Is there a pattern with the ’s’ ending (states, isles, philippines)? If so, how does something like “the Caribbean” fit in?
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