Writing for Fun and Profit http://willmagore.com Willma Willis Gore Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:31:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 Sem Pro en © admin admin Willma Willis Gore No No Back To Blog http://willmagore.com/02/20/back-to-blog/ http://willmagore.com/02/20/back-to-blog/#comments Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:31:13 +0000 Willma Gore http://willmagore.com/02/20/back-to-blog-2/ SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Back To Blog", url: "http://willmagore.com/02/20/back-to-blog/" } ); ]]> 2/20/10 No, I have not given up blogging, it's just that learning all the bells and whistles for this new-to-me Mac Computer has been a STEEP learning curve, and I'm not "there" yet.I do have some good markets to suggest:  these all pay.  Go to their websites for more information:  The Writer Short Story Contest (prizes of $1000, $300 and other perks: http://www.writingclasses.com/ContestPages/writer.phpPreservation Magazine: http://www.preservationnation.org/magazine/  This magazine "helps peole rotect, enhance and enjoy places that matter to them.Health Magazine: http://www.health.com/health/service/about  Experiences with health issues.  "Every story is valid, every experience uniaure.  We're most interested in patient experience.I'll try to resume my regular weekly blogs.  For now, please be patient.  –Willma

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]]> http://willmagore.com/02/20/back-to-blog/feed/ Mac & Me. http://willmagore.com/02/09/mac-me/ http://willmagore.com/02/09/mac-me/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:34:28 +0000 Willma Gore http://willmagore.com/02/09/mac-me/ SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Mac & Me.", url: "http://willmagore.com/02/09/mac-me/" } ); ]]> 2/9/10–This is brief and without writing advice except to let any blog readers know that I am in process of learning (again) how to type, as this new-to-me computer has a standard size keyboard (which my fingers have not used since about 1998).  having accustomed myself to the laptop keyboard, I now have to watch every finger  to make sure it hits the key I intend.  Everybody I meet tells me I will "love" Mac as soon as I become accustomed to it.  I trust this will be before I go to the happy hunting ground reserved for writers. I do have additional markets to share and will send these out when my brain and fingers finally get coordinated.  –Willma

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]]> http://willmagore.com/02/09/mac-me/feed/ New Computer http://willmagore.com/02/07/new-computer/ http://willmagore.com/02/07/new-computer/#comments Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:37:41 +0000 Willma Gore http://willmagore.com/02/07/new-computer/ SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "New Computer", url: "http://willmagore.com/02/07/new-computer/" } ); ]]> 2/7/10–O.K., so it's Sunday, but my new-to-me Mac is about to arrive and be installed this afternoon, and I don't know how fast I will climb the learning curve and get back to blogging.  –Willma

 

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]]> http://willmagore.com/02/07/new-computer/feed/ Up-date http://willmagore.com/02/04/up-date/ http://willmagore.com/02/04/up-date/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:42:27 +0000 Willma Gore http://willmagore.com/02/04/up-date/ SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Up-date", url: "http://willmagore.com/02/04/up-date/" } ); ]]> 2/4/10–  What with therapy appointments (back, not brain, at least not brain, so far) I have been lax about creating blogs.  However I had a nice surprise yesterday, that I want to share.  Two copies arrived of  an anthology, Voices. It is published by Writers Institute in Connecticut, and carries (along with a total of 76 writers, examples of acclaimed short stories)  Mine, "Cellmates"  not only is printed along with a brief bio and my statement as to how I came to write the story, but my photo(b/w)  is one of the nine included on the cover of the handsome book. The anthology is provided for teachers of creative writing at the college level.

This renews my encouragement to all to submit to anthologies.  I believe I have told you before that four publishers accepted my work in 2009.  So far I've seen the results in only two anthologies, the above mentioned and What I Learned From the Cat, the latest Chick Soup release.–Willma   

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]]> http://willmagore.com/02/04/up-date/feed/ Short Story/Poetry market http://willmagore.com/01/26/short-storypoetry-market/ http://willmagore.com/01/26/short-storypoetry-market/#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:24:00 +0000 Willma Gore http://willmagore.com/01/26/short-storypoetry-market/ SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Short Story/Poetry market", url: "http://willmagore.com/01/26/short-storypoetry-market/" } ); ]]> 1/26/10–The Three Penny Review, based in Berkeley, CA , a quarterly, reports that "at present" they are paying $400 per story or article, $200 per poem.  Accepted by snail mail only; SASE enclosed.

Double space, stories and memoirs, 4000 words or fewer; poetry (single space, o.k. 100 lines max. No simultaneous submissions or work previously published.  They also want critical articles that deal with books, films, theater performances, art exhibits.  

No e-mail contact, but send a SASE for further info to: The Editors, The Threepenny Review, P.O. Box 9131, Berkeley CA 94709

That's my offering for today.  Thanks to Professional Writers of Prescott Webmaster who forwarded the information .–Willma  

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]]> http://willmagore.com/01/26/short-storypoetry-market/feed/ Back To Blog http://willmagore.com/01/25/back-to-blog/ http://willmagore.com/01/25/back-to-blog/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:31:08 +0000 Willma Gore http://willmagore.com/01/25/back-to-blog/ SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Back To Blog", url: "http://willmagore.com/01/25/back-to-blog/" } ); ]]> 1/25/10–What with weekly workshops and three therapy treatments a week  to re-align my tailbone, I have not been able to get to my blog, but want to report a pleasant bit of mail and more urging readers to submit,  submit, and submit.

My short story, "Peligro"  won first place ($300)  in a fiction contest staged by SSA (Society of Southwestern Writers,  based in Tucson) in 2007.  Authors retain rights to their work.  So I submitted it  early in 2009  to a contest in Missouri, put on by "Saturday Writers."  Last week I received a large envelope with the word "Congratulations" inscribed in ink  below my address. This was a nice surprise.  "Peligro" won 3rd place in their 2009 contest, and I am $25 richer.  "Peligro" has now earned me $325 and goes out this week to another contest.

I've mentioned before how different judges render totally opposing opinions.  What one "loves" another finds "wanting."     Don't take one rejection as the need to permanently bury your work.  Keep it on the road.–Willma

 

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]]> http://willmagore.com/01/25/back-to-blog/feed/ Back In The "Swim" http://willmagore.com/01/18/back-in-the-swim/ http://willmagore.com/01/18/back-in-the-swim/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:45:38 +0000 Willma Gore http://willmagore.com/01/18/back-in-the-swim/ SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Back In The \"Swim\"", url: "http://willmagore.com/01/18/back-in-the-swim/" } ); ]]> 1/18/10–After another week of humoring my tailbone with ice packs and lots of rest, I'm wanting to blog-connect again with some news and a possible opportunity for you.

Two pieces of news.  My fifth workshop opens tomorrow morning and I look forward to meeting the seven new enrollees.  Also, e-mail  word has come to me that the first 50 pages of my novel "When Coyote Smiles" received an honorable mention in a contest put on by Nob Hill Branch, National Pen Women organization for novelists.

For those who have a book to promote: go to http://SellingBooks.com/ where the sponsors will post interviews with authors of fiction and nonfiction books–any genre.  If you would like to be featured, answer the posted questions, send a phot of yourself and the book cover;  Put "Author Interview" in te subject line.

For your questions go to http://cathyStucker.com/ or http://conectwithCathy.com/ – Willma

 

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