self-published book awards deadline April 15

Writer's Digest is running a competition for self published books. Deadline
is April 15, 2011. Details at the following web site:
http://www.writersdigest.com/competitions

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new literary magazines

The following web site lists 22 new literary magazines and journals open to
submissions of poetry, fiction, etc. By clicking the database thing on the
upper right, you can find a listing of more periodicals of this kind, lots
of them!
http://www.pw.org/explore/new/literary_magazine

Elma Schemenauer, author of 75 books published in Canada and the USA, editor
of many others. Blog www.elmasalmanac.blogspot.com Website www.elma03.com

family-friendly speculative & science fiction stories

Digital Dragon is a magazine that publishes family-friendly speculative and
science fiction stories. It's a Christian-run publication but doesn't limit
itself to stories with specifically Christian content. Maximum length for
submissions: 1500 words. Here's the link:
http://www.digitaldragonmagazine.net/submit.php

Elma Schemenauer, author of 75 books published in Canada and the USA, editor
of many others. Blog www.elmasalmanac.blogspot.com Website www.elma03.com

digital & self-publishing

Interesting discussion here on digital and self-publishing though it
contains a few swear words you may wish to ignore.
http://www.jakonrath.com/eislerkonrath.pdf

Elma Schemenauer, author of 75 books published in Canada and the USA, editor
of many others. Blog www.elmasalmanac.blogspot.com Website www.elma03.com

is it a memoir or a novel?

Not sure whether to call your work a memoir or a novel? There's an
interesting article here about how to distinguish between the two:
http://www.writersrelief.com/blog/2011/03/fiction-or-nonfiction-memoir-or-novel-know-what-to-call-your-story-or-book/
Elma Schemenauer, author of 75 books published in Canada and the USA, editor
of many others. Blog www.elmasalmanac.blogspot.com Website www.elma03.com

small press opportunities

The following web site lists small presses that publish poetry, fiction,
nonfiction, etc. There are a lot so it can be daunting to explore the whole
list. However, if you click on advanced search, you can limit your results
to those that meet a certain criterion; for example only those that publish
poetry.
www.pw.org/small_presses?perpage

Elma Schemenauer, author of 75 books published in Canada and the USA, editor
of many others. Blog www.elmasalmanac.blogspot.com Website www.elma03.com

short story panel

Are you writing short stories or interested in doing so? You may want to
investigate this panel's interactive online workshop on the subject:

http://www.goodreads.com:80/group/show/44773?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Mar_newsletter&utm_content=sspanel

Elma Schemenauer, author of 75 books published in Canada and the USA, editor
of many others. Blog www.elmasalmanac.blogspot.com Website www.elma03.com

e-books, libraries, and author income

Author Wendy Nelles just posted a timely and informative blog regarding
e-books. It's worth a read. Here's the link:

http://canadianchristianpublishing.wordpress.com/2011/03/02/when-do-e-books-wear-out-should-libraries-be-able-to-lend-one-copy-forever/

Elma Schemenauer, author of 75 books published in Canada and the USA, editor
of many others. Blog www.elmasalmanac.blogspot.com Website www.elma03.com

writing a 5-star first chapter

Good article here on writing the first chapter of a novel:

http://writersdigest.com:80/article/8-ways-to-write-a-5-star-chapter-one/?et_mid=156106&rid=3084474

Elma Schemenauer, author of 75 books published in Canada and the USA, editor
of many others. Blog www.elmasalmanac.blogspot.com Website www.elma03.com

paper queries versus e-mail queries

Interesting discussion here regarding why some literary agents prefer paper
queries to e-mailed ones:
http://brilligblogger.blogspot.com:80/2010/01/viewer-mail.html

Elma Schemenauer, author of 75 books published in Canada and the USA, editor
of many others. Blog www.elmasalmanac.blogspot.com Website www.elma03.com

Mennonite writing & reading opportunity

Rhubarb Magazine may be of interest if you like to write and/or read about
Mennonites. Here's the link: http://www.rhubarbmag.com/

Elma Schemenauer, author of 75 books published in Canada and the USA, editor
of many others. Blog www.elmasalmanac.blogspot.com Website www.elma03.com

new agent seeks romance

New literary agent Nalini Akolekar of Spencerhill Associates Ltd. is
interested in romance novels of all kinds, as well as some other kinds of
novels. She can be found by Googling on Nalini Akolekar Spencerhill.

Elma Schemenauer, author of 75 books published in Canada and the USA, editor
of many others. Blog www.elmasalmanac.blogspot.com Website www.elma03.com

are you sabotaging your writing career?

Follow the link to an article on something we authors may not realize we're
doing, i.e., sabotaging our own writing careers.

http://www.writersrelief.com/blog/2011/03/five-signs-that-you-may-be-sabotaging-your-writing-career

Elma Schemenauer, author of 75 books published in Canada and the USA, editor
of many others. Blog www.elmasalmanac.blogspot.com Website www.elma03.com