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Tuesday, May 31, 2011

don't write a query letter like this

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Would you like to know how NOT to write a query letter to an editor or agent? There's an amusing bad example at the following site. [If ...
Thursday, May 26, 2011

selling e-books in bookstores

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Have you published an electronic book, or are you thinking of publishing one? Are you looking for ideas on how to sell it? Dean Wesley Smith...
Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Canadian writing opportunities from Artistic Warrior, Hagios, & Coteau

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*Artistic Warrior of Kelowna, British Columbia, is running a short story competition, deadline September 4, 2011. Authors may live anywhere ...
Sunday, May 22, 2011

family-friendly fantasy & sci fi opportunity: Avenir Eclectia

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Slashdown Books publishes family-friendly fantasy & sci fi, often with a Christian bent to it. Their Avenir Eclectia publication invites...
Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Seth Godin on the future of the library

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Are you a fan of libraries, as I am? You might want to read this article on their possible future: http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2...
Tuesday, May 17, 2011

can you write a story in 140 characters?

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The following site challenges writers to produce a story using only 140 characters. It needs to be a real story with a beginning, middle, an...

writers & networking plus formatting poetry for publication

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There's a good article here about writers and networking: http://www.writersrelief.com/blog/2011/05/networking-for-writers-how-to-work-a...
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Elma Schemenauer
My novel Song for Susie Epp starts in 1970. Susie, daughter of a Vancouver pill addict, sets out to build a better life for herself. Co-worker and fellow Mennonite Simon loves her courage—and her. But marrying him comes with a pushy, sanctimonious mother-in-law, Adeline. She manipulates Susie and Simon into leaving their beloved British Columbia grassland and moving to her Saskatchewan farming community. There, a shocking secret plunges Simon into depression and drinking. As Susie struggles to find a way forward, she gains a new empathy, resilience, and understanding of faith and freedom. Susie’s story features some of the same characters as Elma’s earlier novel Consider the Sunflowers. Song for Susie Epp, published by Farland Press, is 264 pages, paperback $22.99, e-book $5.99. Ask for it in a bookstore or library. Or order from one of its online sellers. They include Amazon, Indigo, and Kobo.
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