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Written by Mary Anne Donovan
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2004-11-02 |
November 2, 2004
A WriterOnLine Publication
Dear Readers,
It's November! Halloween has passed, and it is the momentary lull before the holidays take us by storm. Enjoy the peace and
quiet, the blustery November days, a cup of hot chamomile tea, with honey, of course, and long afternoons at the keyboard. There is something
about this time in between: the muse sings and we hear, we ponder, we write in rhythm to the encroaching darkness.
This issue offers you bountiful good reading including Part 2 of Peter Bowerman's look at the field of commercial writing in "Starving
Writer No More." Find out more about Peter's new book in my review of The
Well-Fed Writer: Back for Seconds. You'll love and laugh uproariously at Christina Hamlett's playwriting horror story in "All
That Glitters, Part 3." Would you ever think of Kung Fu and writing as parallel activities? Terrie Leigh Relf tells why this is true
in her article, "The Kung Fu of Writing: How to Begin a Daily Practice and
Work Toward the Black Belt of Professional Writer." Have you ever had a dream and found that when that dream came true it wasn't all
that you thought? Explore this poignant theme in Lisa Marie Middendorf's short story, "USPS." Last,
but assuredly not least, our faithful editors Stephanie Olsen and Debi Staples provide their bi-weekly fare: Paying
Markets and News, respectively. And don't forget our contest and puzzle!! We
have some special challenges for you this issue.
Please keep your feedback and comments rolling in -- tell us what you like, don't like, and want to see more of. We truly appreciate
and value your input.
So, until next issue -- keep that ink flowing and those keys a'clacking!
My warm regards,
Mary Anne Donovan
Chief Editor/WriterOnLine
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Starving Writer No More, Part 2
by  Peter
Bowerman
In Part One of this two-part piece (in our 10/4 issue) on the intriguing - and lucrative - field of commercial freelancing, we met veteran freelancer
Peter Bowerman, author of The Well-Fed Writer , as he discussed the rich opportunities available for those who choose to pursue this
field...More
A Review Of Peter Bowerman's New Book: The Well-Fed Writer: Back for Seconds
by Mary
Anne Donovan
I only have one complaint about Peter Bowerman's new book, The Well-Fed Writer: Back for Seconds, and that is, where was it when I
was freelancing full time?...More
All That Glitters, Part 3
by Christina
Hamlett
Though the final tale in this trilogy of storm warnings actually relates to the bright lights of Broadway, it points up the irony that even
well meaning friends can inadvertently steer you into bizarre situations...More
The Kung Fu of Writing: How to Begin a Daily Practice and Work Toward the Black Belt of Professional Writer
by Terrie
Leigh Relf
I've been studying Kung Fu for about two-and-a-half years with Jung Shee Rich Robson of the Kung Fu Academy. The longer I practice Kung Fu,
the more I learn that it's not only a way of life, but a practice to work with my life. So, what does Kung Fu have to do with
writing, you're probably asking?...More
USPS
by Lisa
Marie Middendorf
I have a dream of becoming a mail woman. Not the kind that drives in their personal station wagon with the U.S. Mail sign on the roof
and the steering wheel on the left and the aching shoulder. No. The city mail woman; the urban mail woman...More
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by Debi Staples
November is National Novel Writing Month
As November rolls around, budding novelists are priming their speed-typing and sharpening pencils in preparation for National Novel
Writing Month...More
Mayor Wins American Bookseller Association Award for Fiction
Mystery writer Archer Mayor knows many things: That ordinary people with everyday struggles make the best heroes; that the "good
guys" and the "bad guys" may not be all that different from each other; that real drama is fueled, not simply by murders and
car chases and gun fights, but by love and loss and desire...More
Political Publishing Renaissance
Political publishing is undergoing a significant renaissance, but needs to be wary of glutting the market, according to Judith Orr,
Manager of London-based socialist bookshop Bookmarks...More
Christina Hamlett Wins Writer's Digest Award
Christina Hamlett, WOL's Screenwriter Editor, is going to need more wall space...More
Iran's Hard-liners Turn a Censorious Eye on Web Journalists
The recent arrest of several bloggers, online journalists, and Internet technicians in Iran has raised fears that the country's old
guard is determined to muzzle dissent in cyberspace...More
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Renku is a beautiful type of poetry where a single poem is linked throughout by its form. The tradition originated in Japan
almost a thousand years ago, but is alive and well and practiced today throughout the world. Why don't you try your hand at renku?...More
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"Up, up, and away, in my beautiful, my beautiful balloon!!"
For hundreds of years, hot air balloons have graced our imaginations as much as they have graced the skies above us...More
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