Awww, you’re making me blush! There’s a very simple way to do that. Just go to Syndicate Me! in the right hand column and click where it says Entries RSS. That’ll give you the feed link you need. Then just insert it in your site or blog’s RSS feed reader. It’s free and I would [...]
Have you published a fiction book, are under 40 and American? Bard offers this very large prize plus a one-semester appointment as writer-in-residence at Bard College in New York. Hurry though, the deadline’s only a few days away on July 15 2008.
This contest comes “highly recommended” at Winning Writers, so you can be sure of [...]
Conversations sometimes bring back memories of the time I spent in my childhood in Durban, South Africa. I lived there for two and a half years until I was twelve. It was the mid 70’s, a time when apartheid was still in place. There was segregation everywhere. Buses, park benches, public toilets, even the beaches [...]
Unfortunately I missed this when it came out before but Winning Writers congratulated me on my Feedback magazine win way back in the Feb 2007 newsletter. I can’t believe I didn’t see it because I read it faithfully!
I can only assume the newsletter got swallowed up in cyberspace. Typical! Anyway, here’s what they said:
Congratulations to [...]
This poem was written about something I’d seen in a deep meditative state. It really was beautiful and inspired this piece. I don’t do as good a job of capturing its essence as I’d hoped but I still like the poem.
The Crystal Butterfly
A gentle fluttering behind my lidded eyes
Signals once again the arrival of the [...]
Brain, Child Magazine has a tagline of “the magazine for thinking mothers”. They look for personal essays, features, fiction, reviews and more. I strongly suggest you read the excellent articles on their site not only to get a feel for the type of thing they like, but to enjoy a great read.
Writers’ Guidelines
For all submissions, [...]
I really enjoy blogging and reading other people’s too. It’s not expensive to host your own blog, you know. I’d encourage everyone, especially creative writers, to get one. It’s a fantastic way to showcase your work and the content is picked up far faster by the search engines than a normal webpage.
Been considering starting one? [...]
Blue Mountain Arts is mainly known as a greetings card publisher. You’ve probably bought one of theirs at some time. Pay is currently listed $300 per poem for the worldwide, exclusive rights to publish it on a greeting card and other products, and $50 per poem for one-time use in a book. Not bad at [...]
Long long ago, in the days before the Internet, a mouse was something that made maidens hitch their hooped skirts up and scream. Today that little mechanical wonder is attached to what is arguably the biggest conversation killer of our time. I’m talking about real live face to face conversations here, not chats or IM’s.
I’m [...]
Rejection. Even the word itself can send a shiver down your spine. It has probably happened to us all at some point in our life in some shape or form. It may be that you have offered the hand of friendship and it was pushed away, which is even more painful if it has been [...]
