September 06, 2006

Publisher's Desk For September 6th

Author Rick McKinney is Blogging While Canoeing the Mississippi!
On Labor Day weekend, author Rick McKinney embarked on a two-month journey down the Mississippi River to collect the dreams of people living along America's greatest river. Rick is blogging his adventures here:
http://jigglebox.com/dreamcatcherexpedition/

Make Money as a Food Writer in Six Lessons
New book available at WritersWeekly.com! See:
http://www.writersweekly.com/books/2611.html

Next 24-Hour Short Story Contest Only 2 1/2 Weeks Away!

Start time for the Fall 2006 24-Hour Short Story Contest will be at 12:00 p.m. (noon) central time on Saturday, September 23, 2006! Participation is limited to 500 entrants. Contests usually fill up, so don't delay if you want to participate! You can see the list of prizes (first prize is $300, second is $250 and third is $200 - plus 82 other prizes!) and sign up here:
http://www.writersweekly.com/misc/contest.html

HINT: Fall is Angela's favorite time of the year! If you've participated in past Fall contests, you'll remember they always have a crispy, Fall theme.

New Classes Start September 11th!

- Remember, Write and Publish Your Life Story by Angela Hoy
- How To Write A Cookbook And Sell It!
- Marketing Boot Camp For Freelance Writers
- Cash in on Newsletter Writing and Publishing
- Cash in on Teens and Tweens!
- Writing As Healing: The Power Of Personal Stories
- Finish Your Novel in 8 Weeks!
- Creating Three Dimensional Characters
- Six Secrets To The Perfect Plot
- The Art of the Press Release (mini-course)

Class descriptions and prices:
http://www.writersweekly.com/wwu/courses/

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