Time to get your masterpiece out of the drawer

Posted on December 9, 2007 by Elizabeth McCullough

James River Writers is sponsoring its second annual Best Unpublished Novel Contest. Da rools: Sponsored by James River Writers and Richmond magazine. Pull that dusty manuscript out of your drawer, polish it up, send it in, and find out if you have what it takes to be a published author. First prize includes $500, publication [...]

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On the Premises

Posted on December 8, 2007 by Elizabeth McCullough

Contests, prizes, publication, and no entry fees — that’s the promise of On the Premises. For more information, subscribe to their newsletter. The current contest: Contest #4 is officially launched as of November 4, 2007. Its premise is as follows: GOODBYE TO ALL THAT One or more characters central to the story face living without [...]

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The Rooster Croweth: 2008 Tournament of Books

Posted on December 8, 2007 by Elizabeth McCullough

Faithful reader R. has alerted me that The Morning News is gearing up for the 2008 Tournament of Books: Believe it or not, the Rooster of 2008 is fast approaching, and this year he is a monster, more ruthless than ever, ready to rip the guts out of 2007’s best novels to find out which [...]

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Of simsubs, autosubs, and slush

Posted on December 6, 2007 by Elizabeth McCullough

If you’ve been avoiding Glimmer Train because of their nix on simultaneous submissions, avoid no more. By way of Practicing Writer I have learned that GT now accepts simultaneous subs: As of November 25, 2007, we’ve decided to allow simultaneous submissions. We’ve had a policy for 17 years against simultaneous submissions, but now that we’ve [...]

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The burgeoning blognovel

Posted on December 6, 2007 by Elizabeth McCullough

If you’ve been paying attention to the sidebar, you’ll see that Mr. Glass has been serializing one of his novels, Only Begotten, at OnlyBegotten.com, where you are most welcome to read, subscribe, discuss, give advice, and so forth. Certainly come back here and tell us what you think as well. Another novel, this one by [...]

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Beowulf

Posted on December 4, 2007 by Elizabeth McCullough

Nice reflective piece on Beowulf, the poem and the movie, at Litkicks.

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“Falling between the cracks”

Posted on December 3, 2007 by Elizabeth McCullough

Last night I was reading The Economist (what did you think I was doing, watching cartoons?) and came to this article: Statelessness It’s tough to live in limbo Nov 29th 2007 | NEW YORK From The Economist print edition The growing danger of falling between the cracks of geopolitics and war Stopped me cold, it [...]

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Punching in again

Posted on December 2, 2007 by Elizabeth McCullough

The Career Tracks column in today’s Washington Post reviews Punching In with an eye toward tips on how cubicle workers can better fit their corporate culture. I think using those new TPS Report cover sheets would be a good start. Mmm…yeah.

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Punching In by Alex Frankel

Posted on December 1, 2007 by Elizabeth McCullough

‘What is it you want to buy?’ the Sheep said at last, looking up for a moment from her knitting.`I don’t QUITE know yet,’ Alice said, very gently. I should like to look all round me first, if I might.’`You may look in front of you, and on both sides, if you like,’ said the [...]

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