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* Jackie Corley, Word Riot, interview by Tina Crandell

Kelly L. Stone, Time to Write, interview by Susan Johnston 


Losing Kei: A Powerful Novel of Love and Loss by Suzanne Kamata, interview by Robbie Walker Okamoto

 

Deborah Reber, In Their Shoes: Extraordinary Women Describe Their Amazing Careers, interview by Susan Johnston

 

Horror Novelist Michael Laimo, interview by Jennifer Minar-Jaynes

 

* "Writing Multicultural Fiction for Children (Part 1)" by Eugie Foster

"Huckleberry Finn, Harry Potter, and er  Hubert Gribble" by Jill McDougall

"To Be Organized" by Ruth O’Neil

"So You Want To Write Greeting Cards?" by Sandra Miller-Louden

"Paint Me a Heroine" by Mary Cook

"Little List Big in Writer's Life" by Bill Vossler

"Creating a Freelance Writing Course" by Beth Morrissey

"The Art of Revision" by Sherryl Clark
"Simple Ways to Re-Slant Your Article" by A. Antonow

"Keys to Overcoming the Writer’s Fear of Failure" by Jeanne Dininni 

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Keys to the Kingdom, "Errata" by Gaie Sebold (monthly, humor)

NEW! Starbooks, "The Starbucks Chronicles" by Noelle Sterne (monthly)

NEW! Word Play, "Living Creatively" by Dawn Allcot

NEW! "Getting Back On the Freelance Track II" by Jenn Hollowell

It's Christmas and I Couldn't Carol Less, "Not in My Write Mind" by Chris Joseph (monthly, humor)

Polish Your PUGS, "PUGS Pointers" by Kathy Ide (monthly, grammar and usage)

Plot Holes and Coincidences, "Film Fuss" by Mary J. Schirmer (weekly, screenwriting)

Why Screenwriting Competitions and Writers Groups, "Where You Going with That Script in Your Hand?" by Joseph Calabrese (monthly, screenwriting)

Getting Started (Part 17): Let's Take Sides, "From Beginning to End" by Joanne (Stanko) Kiggins (monthly, freelance writing)

* Alehouse Press 2008 Happy Hour Poetry Awards (due July 1, 2008; $15 entry fee (3 poems); win $1,000)

Return to Luna: A Short Story Science Fiction Contest (due June 15, 2008; no entry fee; win publication, 1-yr. membership in National Space Society,royalties)
Grandparent Memory Contest (due July 1, 2008; no entry fee; win $250, 1-yr. membership/renewal in NABBW, and publication)
12th Barcelona Int'l. Children's Television Festival: call for entries (due May 31, 2008; no entry fee)

2008 Annual Write Brothers/Atwater Playhouse Playwriting Festival (due May 30, 2008; $30 entry fee; win prizes and six-week run of play)

Evolve Beyond Violence Nonfiction Essay Award
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 2008 BookExpo America/Writer's Digest Books Writers Conference (May 28, 2008; Los Angeles, CA)

Inside The Cover Book Reviews  

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

 

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

"Research–a novel idea; or, Why is Homeland Security here?" by Babs Mountjoy
"Is Perfectionism Killing Your Career?" by Jenny Williamson
"A Tale of Rejection: Lurking in the Shadows of Amazon" by Samantha Clements

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Just For Fun

 

"Oh Boy, Where's The Joy?" by Lesley Hershman
"Of Kith and Kin" by Gargi Mehra

"The Insanity Defense" by Kathee Brewer
 

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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

 

 

 

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