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Promotion begins May 10, 2010 12:01PM EST and ends September 15, 2010 11:59 EST (“Promotion Period”). Online entries must be received by 9/15/2010. See complete rules for details.
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Glamour Magazine
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
WriteOnCon Free Online Conference For YA and Children's Writer's
Here's a free online conference I ran across for those of you who write children's (and YA, too?) books.
From the website:
WriteOnCon is an online writer's conference for kidlit writers. Registration started on July1st, 2010, and runs from August 10th through August 12th.
Here's a link to the FAQ page, and here you'll find a list of this years presenters (including Editors and Agents).
Visit WriteOnCon website for more info and to register.
Happy Conferencing!
WriteOnCon Childrens and YA Writer's Conference
From the website:
WriteOnCon is an Online Children’s Writers Conference (rated MC-18, for Main Characters under 18 only) created by writers, for writers.
When: Tuesday – Thursday, August 10 – 12, 2010
Where: http://www.writeoncon.com/
Cost: Free!
Who: That’s the best part—it’s for EVERYONE!
WriteOnCon is an online writer's conference for kidlit writers. Registration started on July1st, 2010, and runs from August 10th through August 12th.
Here's a link to the FAQ page, and here you'll find a list of this years presenters (including Editors and Agents).
Visit WriteOnCon website for more info and to register.
Happy Conferencing!
WriteOnCon Childrens and YA Writer's Conference
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Historical Romance Call For Submissions At Liquid Silver Books
Call for Submissions: Historical Romances 2010!
DEADLINE: September 30th, 2010
We're always looking for Historical Romances! Romances can be set in the Regency era, Elizabethan, Gothic, Victorian, French Revolution, European historical, Canadian Frontier...to name a few. If you have a story in the works or already finished that is looking for a home, send them our way!
As always we ask that the stories end with a HEA (Happily Ever After) or HFN (Happy For Now) but the key piece being plot-driven, historically developed and hot and sexy romance.
This call is open to any heat level. All stories will be published as single titles.
* Submissions are open to all authors currently published with Liquid Silver books and those wishing to be published with Liquid Silver Books.
* All works can be new material. Previously published works or works currently part of a series will not be considered.
* All submissions must be exclusive to Liquid Silver Books; if we decline your submission; you are free to submit elsewhere.
Submission requirements:
* Full manuscript in Arial, 12pt saved as RTF.
* Length: 20k – 80K
* Genre: Historical Romance
Heat Level:
* Open to all our current heat levels – Sterling, Liquid and Molten. Please refer to our submission guidelines for further information.
To submit, please send manuscript via email to submissions@liquidsilverbooks.com with CALL FOR SUBMISSION: Historical Romances 2010 in the subject line.
Include your author bio on the first page of your manuscript, attach the MS and a one page snapshot synopsis with your email.
I look forward to reading your submissions!
Liquid Silver Books Website
*permission to forward*
DEADLINE: September 30th, 2010
We're always looking for Historical Romances! Romances can be set in the Regency era, Elizabethan, Gothic, Victorian, French Revolution, European historical, Canadian Frontier...to name a few. If you have a story in the works or already finished that is looking for a home, send them our way!
As always we ask that the stories end with a HEA (Happily Ever After) or HFN (Happy For Now) but the key piece being plot-driven, historically developed and hot and sexy romance.
This call is open to any heat level. All stories will be published as single titles.
* Submissions are open to all authors currently published with Liquid Silver books and those wishing to be published with Liquid Silver Books.
* All works can be new material. Previously published works or works currently part of a series will not be considered.
* All submissions must be exclusive to Liquid Silver Books; if we decline your submission; you are free to submit elsewhere.
Submission requirements:
* Full manuscript in Arial, 12pt saved as RTF.
* Length: 20k – 80K
* Genre: Historical Romance
Heat Level:
* Open to all our current heat levels – Sterling, Liquid and Molten. Please refer to our submission guidelines for further information.
To submit, please send manuscript via email to submissions@liquidsilverbooks.com with CALL FOR SUBMISSION: Historical Romances 2010 in the subject line.
Include your author bio on the first page of your manuscript, attach the MS and a one page snapshot synopsis with your email.
I look forward to reading your submissions!
Liquid Silver Books Website
*permission to forward*
Sunday, July 4, 2010
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