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* Elizabeth Lyon, Manuscript Makeover: Revision Techniques No Fiction Writer Can Afford to Ignore, interview by Andrea Campbell "As if being quirky isn't bad enough, Donna Gephart's pre-teen protagonist is..." An Interview with Donna Gephart by Sandra Miller-Louden Jeremy Robinson of Breakneck Books and author of The Didymus Contingency, interview by Tina Crandell The Publisher Who'll Hear Your Book Ideas on the Phone: an interview with Melvin Powers by Noelle Sterne Jackie Corley, Word Riot, interview by Tina Crandell

* "Ten Tips to Make Procrastination Work for You" by Penny Lockwood Ehrenkranz "Breaking the Rules" by Bill Vossler "What My Publisher Didn't Tell Me-- And What Yours Won't Tell You" by Erika-Marie S. Geiss "Story Construction" by Hank Quense "Facing the Freelance Doldrums" by Filip Wiltgren "How to Write a Book That Will Actually Sell" by Patricia Fry "Getting the Most Out of Your Critique Group" by Harriet Cooper "Writing Multicultural Fiction for Children (Part 1)" and "Writing Multicultural Fiction for Children (Part 2)" by Eugie Foster

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* MWLM Summer 2008 First-Line Writing Contest (due September 1, 2008; $10 entry fee; win $100) The F. Scott Fitzgerald Short Story Contest (due July 18, 2008; $25 entry fee; win $1,000, invitation to speak at conference, publication in Potomac Review) OnceWritten.com In the Midnight Hour Halloween Fiction Contest (due August 31, 2008; $15 entry fee; win $500 and publication) Evolve Beyond Violence Nonfiction Essay Award (due September 1, 2008; $15 entry fee; win $1,000 and publication)

Inside The Cover Book Reviews  

Self-Publishing: Dispelling the Misperceptions, Reaping the Reward, a review of Peter Bowerman's The Well-Fed Self-Publisher by Melissa Leedom

Time to Write by Kelly L. Stone, reviewed by Betty Winslow

Working for the Man: Inspiring and Subversive Projects for Residents of Cubicle Land by Jeffrey Yamaguchi, reviewed by Amy Brozio-Andrews
 

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First Person

 

"A Writer's Line in the Sand" by B.J. Menter

  "Tea for Two" by Windy Lynn Harris

"Taking the Shame Out of Self-Publishing" by Cindy La Ferle
 

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Just For Fun

 

"Sick of Myself" by Michael Harling

"Flesh Out the Character" by Joanne Faries

"Oh Boy, Where's The Joy?" by Lesley Hershman
 

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The Debate Desk 

 

"Message to Hollywood: We Write-- You Wrong" by Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
"No, I Will Not Edit Your Paper" by M. Brandon Robbins
 

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Software Reviews

 

NewNovelist, review by Jenna Glatzer

Scrivener, review by Sara Polsky