K S W R I T E R S I N K
March 2008
KS Writers, Inc.
Check out our web site at www.kswritersinc.com.
IN THIS ISSUE
This Month’s Meeting
Minutes
From the President
Kudos and Author’s Releases
In The News
Tanzey’s Tips
It’s Your Turn
Upcoming Program Information
Future Meeting Dates
Officers and Committee Chairs
Editor’s Notes
THIS MONTH’S
MEETING
WHERE: The Elms Hotel,
MINUTES --
LAST MONTH’S MEETING
FROM THE PRESIDENT
Oh my, what on
earth happened to February? I swear I
only turned my back on it for a minute, and when I turned back, it was
gone! It was great to see so many people
at last months meeting, especially those I haven’t seen in ages.
I just finished
looking at the Elms website and all I can say is that I envy those of you who
will be able to attend this month’s meeting/retreat. I hope that you return from this weekend
relaxed, rejuvenated, and inspired. Have
a great time, bask in the camaraderie, get lots of writing done, and I will see
you all at the April meeting.
Cheers,
Bear
Kudo and Author Releases
Happy Birthday to our members with March birthdays:
Deidre
Gordon—11th
Stacey Herman –
12th
Angela Johnson –
23rd
Karen Sells
Brown—24th
Member Tom Mach
has a new website, www.tommach.com Check it out!
Email
your good news to Sabrina Mariño at resongon@aol.com
~ Find Tanzey’s
column at freshfiction.com.
In The News
by Shayne Sawyer
From:
CynthiaSterling@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CynthiaSterling@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of CMyersTex@aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:45 PM
To: cynthiasterling@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [CynthiaSterling] Market News for Week of March 9, 2008
Editor,
author and publishing executive Lou Aronica and agent Peter Miller are teaming
up to form The Story Plant, a publishing venture that will "focus on
long-term relationships with commercial novelists," intending to
"develop writers over multiple books." The Story Plant will
publish commercial fiction, beginning with American
Quest, a contemporary romantic fantasy by Sienna Skyy, and Capitol Reflections a medical thriller
by Jonathan Javitt, MD. Lou Aronica previously worked at Bantam
Books, where he created the Bantam Spectra imprint of science fiction and
fantasy; and at
Ellora's
Cave is currently publishing monthly themed short stories. Each month features
a particular birthstone, and each story must include or make reference to that
month's featured stone. The stories should be either 10,000-15,000 word
'quickies' or 18,000 - 30,000 novellas. The stories should be highly erotic
romance "the hotter, the better." Paranormal elements are welcome and
the stories may be set in any time period. You can read previous month's
offerings to get an idea of the kind of thing they're looking for. The
remaining months' themes and deadlines are: October - Opal. Deadline April
1, 2007; November - Topaz, May 1; December -- Turquoise, June 1. Details are
available at http://www.ellorascave.com/callsforsubmissions.pdf
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Espresso
Fiction (http://www.espressofiction.com/)
is an innovative fiction website. Readers can subscribe to have a short story
e-mailed to them each week. They offer five different types of stories:
Bubacino --
1000-2000 words stories suitable for ages 7-12
Hot
Chocolate -- stories for ages 13-17, 1000-2500 words
Mocha --
audience is 18-24 and includes any genre except science fiction and fantasy
1000-3500 words
Espresso --
for ages 25 and older, 1000-3500 words, any genre except science fiction and
fantasy
Short Black
-- Flash Fiction of 200 words or less
Payment of
$30 per story, via Paypal, and a free membership to the service
All the
details are at http://www.espressofiction.com/information_writers.php
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As always,
feel free to pass along this newsletter and to encourage others to sign up
to receive it. If you reprint or forward the newsletter, all I ask is that I be
given credit for it. Anyone can sign up by sending a blank email to cynthiasterling-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Cindi Myers
The Right Mr. Wrong Harlequin American, Feb. 2008
A
Soldier Comes Home, Super Romance, June 2008
www.CindiMyers.com, www.myspace.com/CindiMyers
Week of March 2nd
Welcome to
this week's market newsletter. I hope you find this information helpful to you
as you pursue your writing dreams.
Medallion
Press (http://www.medallionpress.com)
will launch a new line of illustrated romance books in November. The line
features novellas described as "adult fairytales," illustrated by
Cherif Fortin and Lynn Sanders. The first book will be Passion's Blood. Medallion Press publishes
historical, contemporary, and paranormal romance and romantic suspense, as well
as mainstream fiction, mystery, suspense and thrillers; science fiction and
fantasy, horror and paranormal fiction; and young adult fiction. The
Chicago-based publisher launched in June of 2003. They publish in mass market,
trade paper and hardcover. Manuscripts must be between 80,000 and 120,000
words. They recently launched Medallion Radio, an internet radio station to
promote Medallion Press titles. For more information and to review their
guidelines, go to http://www.medallionpress.com/guidlines/index.html#po
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Laura Shin,
former senior editor of Harlequin Super Romance, is now a senior editor of
commercial fiction at Penguin
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The 77th
Annual Writer's Digest Writing Competition is now open for submissions. Submit
your fiction or nonfiction to one of ten categories: inspirational,
memoirs/personal essay, magazine feature, genre short story,
mainstream/literary short story, rhyming poetry, non-rhyming poetry, stage
play, television or movie script or children's/young adult fiction. The
deadline to enter is May 15, 2008. The grand prize is a three-day, two-night
trip to
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As always,
feel free to pass along this newsletter and to encourage others to sign up
to receive it. If you reprint or forward the newsletter, all I ask is that I be
given credit for it. Anyone can sign up by sending a blank email to cynthiasterling-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Cindi Myers
The Right Mr. Wrong Harlequin American, Feb. 2008
A
Soldier Comes Home, Super Romance, June 2008
www.CindiMyers.com, www.myspace.com/CindiMyers
Subject: [CynthiaSterling]
Market News for Week of February 24, 2008
This year
continues to speed by. I hope you're working away on wonderful new writing
projects. Here are a few more markets for you:
Encore
Romance (http://www.encoreromance.com) is a
new venture from the publishers of Whispers Publishing (http://whispershome.com/ ) and
Vintage Romance (http://www.vrpublishing.com/
) Encore Romance is devoted to publishing reprints, in ebook form, of
previously published, out-of-print romance novels. Authors who own the
digital/electronic rights to romance fiction previously published by a
mainstream publisher may send a letter of interest with information
about the book to encoreromance@gmail.com. The
editors will usually respond with a decision within 24 to 72
hours. Encore asks that the author be willing to include
information about Encore Romance and the digital sale of your book on your
website. All accepted authors will be asked to sign a two-year contract
(renewable) for the digital/electronic rights for their book. Print rights
shall remain with the author(s). As these books will be sold through outlets
requiring distribution discounts, authors will receive 50% of the net price
after discount.
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Summerside Press is a
new inspirational publisher "offering a pleasurable, escapist reading
experience that is wholesome and inspirational." Summerside Press™ is
launching its Love Finds You™ fiction line in fall 2008, featuring
inspirational romance novels set in actual small towns across the
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The National Association
of Baby Boomer Women is holding a Favorite Concert Memories Writing Contest.
Share your favorite concert memory in 500 words. Submissions should be written
in a Word document and sent as an attachment to contest@nabbw.com
with FAVORITE CONCERT MEMORY in the subject line. There is no fee to enter.
Deadline for entries is April 15th. First prize is $100 and
free membership or renewal in the National Association of Baby Boomer
Women. Plus your story will be placed in the Our Voices section at www.boomerwomenspeak.com. Please make sure to include your
name, email address, and short bio at the top of your entry NOT in the
body of the email. For more information, go to http://tinyurl.com/2vk7rg
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Get the inside scoop
from Harlequin Editors by listening to the new Meet the Editors podcasts,
available at http://www.eharlequin.com/store.html?cid=749 Each
20-minute podcast is a one-on-one interview with an acquiring editor for one of
Harlequin's lines or imprints. The first podcast features features Melissa
Jeglinski, senior editor for Silhouette Desire, and Diana Ventimiglia,
associate editor for Silhouette Desire and Silhouette Romantic Suspense. A new
podcast will be released every two weeks.
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Lindsay Sagnette,
formerly an editor with Bloomsbury, will join
Erika Tsang has been
promoted to executive editor at
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As always,
feel free to pass along this newsletter and to encourage others to sign up
to receive it. If you reprint or forward the newsletter, all I ask is that I be
given credit for it. Anyone can sign up by sending a blank email to cynthiasterling-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Cindi Myers
The Right Mr. Wrong Harlequin American, Feb. 2008
A Soldier
Comes Home, Super
Romance, June 2008
www.CindiMyers.com, www.myspace.com/CindiMyers
Tanzey’s Tips
by Tanzey Cutter
DON’T
LET GO (Navy
SEALS #5) – Marliss Melton – Forever – 9780446618359 (357)
- 6.99 – 320 pgs – OSD 4/1/08 – romantic suspense – Morgan Chilson,
reviewer for Fresh Fiction.com
To rescue a
child, Jordan Bliss will risk her life and love.
When Jordan
Bliss was rescued from
But Navy SEAL
Solomon McGuire follows orders without fail, and his orders did not include
bringing a young boy out of the country. Once he’s stateside, though, Solomon
can’t forget
Gotta love any
romance that involves a SEAL. There’s a lot of emotion packed into this book –
Solomon’s love for the son he just recovered, his guilt over wrenching
It’s Your Turn
A good head and good heart are always a
formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then
you have something very special." -- Nelson Mandela
Upcoming
Program Info
I hope that this program
won't seem repetitive to everyone. I invited
Here is a link to an article
I wrote about Max a couple of years ago. . . http://www.eyeonkansas.org/seast/anderson/0603maxyoho.html
Please come! I'm sure you'll
learn something from this Renaissance man.
May Program:
We have the May program
scheduled but have run into some issues about the date. Our regular meeting
falls on Memorial Weekend, and I am consulting with the people giving the program
(one of whom is our member Dianne Lawson) about whether they can make it that
weekend. We did not realize when setting it up that it would be a holiday and
we might have low attendance.
Meeting: Dianne Lawson, a
KWI and Toastmaster member, has organized a meeting to include several
Toastmaster members who will talk about their group and also give us some tips
on public speaking. This is something that I believe is beneficial to everyone
-- but particularly to authors who need to promote their own work. As a
reporter, I'm shocked at the number of people who do not speak clearly or look
me in the eye, even during a one-on-one interview. For those who don't know,
Toastmasters is an international organization that helps people learn to speak
well in front of groups and hone leadership skills.
Officers:
President: Tish
Glasson
Vice-President/Program:
Morgan Rothenberger
Secretary: Lynne
Dillon
Treasurer: Tanzey
Cutter
Newsletter
Editor: Sabrina Mariño
Membership: Diane
Lawson
Special Advisor
to the President: Shayne Sawyer
Committee Chairs:
Web site: Sabrina
Mariño
Tape Librarian:
Angela Johnson
Editor’s Notes:
Newsletter items
should be sent to Sabrina Marino at resongon@aol.com