February 11, 2009

Publishers Desk For February 11th

WE WILL MISS YOU, PATCH!

Beloved Booklocker.com author, Patch Rose, who wrote One Year To Live? A Nobody's Guide To Surviving Cancer, was the multi-award winning writers of a newspaper column on the same subject - living with (and fighting) a cancer death sentence. Patch finally decided his job was all done, and left this world last week. Patch outlived the predictions of his doctors by quite sometime, and kept on smiling, filling the hearts and minds of his family, friends and readers, alike, despite the ongoing rigors of his illness and treatment. We will miss you SOOOO much, Patch! But we know you're making the angels laugh now!
http://www.patchrose.com/updates.html

SPRING '09 24-HOUR SHORT STORY CONTEST

The WritersWeekly.com Spring 2009 24-Hour Short Story Contest is now accepting entrants. Each contest is limited to 500 entrants. Contests usually fill up (it's tons of fun!), so don't delay if you want to participate.

1st Place: $300
2nd Place: $250
3rd Place: $200

Entry fee is $5. You can see the complete list of 85 prizes and sign up here: http://www.writersweekly.com/misc/contest.html

THANK YOU, SIR! MAY I HAVE ANOTHER?!

We don't usually get political here but things are getting out of hand. Are you tired of the government giving away your money to millionaires via bailouts and stimulus packages that just incite more panic, make the stock market plummet, and that, subsequently, further hurt the economy? So are we. See: http://www.cato.org/fiscalreality

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1. 24-HOUR SHORT STORY CONTEST ENTRY FEE - $5
Entry fee and contest guidelines ebook.

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Your mind moves at lightning speed. Your writing should, too. Introducing the FAST System approach to writing. Whether you hate writing, or you're an avid wordsmith, Writing FAST is the must-read book for writers of all levels.

3. Writing E-books for Fun and Profit
Explains how to get ideas for your e-book as well as how to write and publish an e-book.

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If you've considered freelance medical writing as a career, but don't know where to start, then The Accidental Medical Writer is for you.

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