ContestNews

Have you completed a book manuscript? Here's a contest from Cindi Meyers' newsletter that might be perfect for you:

The Knight Agency is holding a Book in a Nutshell Contest Submit three compelling sentences (150 words max) about your completed, unpublished manuscript to submissions@knightagency.net Write BOOK IN A NUTSHELL in the subject line or it will not be deemed eligible. One submission per project, please. Twenty of the best submissions will be chosen and requested by various agents who will then give feedback on your work...and it may even lead to possible representation. Hurry, the deadline is April 20, 2009. Winners will be notified by May 1, 2009. For more info, go to http://tinyurl.com/cnfe9d

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May the Muse be kind!!

Susanne Rose

http://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/28-How2-SellPersonalStories.html

http://www.thewildrosepress.com/lucki-in-love-p-342.html
Lucki In Love," a Wild Rose Press Champagne Rosette

http://www.thewildrosepress.com/the-christmas-promise-p-315.html
"The Christmas Promise," a Wild Rose Press Champagne Rosette
Keep the spirit of the holidays going strong and take advantage of this bonus offer: Just send an e-mail to the author: Susannerose@wildrosepublishing.com with “The Christmas Promise” in the Subject Line. You’ll have to read the story first so you can identify the secret recipe when you send your e-mail. Santa will send you a copy of the secret recipe.

http://www.thewildrosepress.com/forever-love-p-248.html "Forever Love," a Wild Rose Press Champagne Rosette

"Adjusting Entries," coming soon in: http://www.lldreamspell.com/RomanceofmyDreams.html

Another of THOSE Days

Sorry to be late, but this has been one of THOSE days, the days when real life explodes all over the carefully planned author's life.

A sick dog can't be postponed nearly as easily as a stack of work waiting to be done.

It goes without saying that this will be one of THOSE nights when I'll be working straight until "bedtime" and beyond.

The good real life news is that a certain dog seems to be doing much better after his vet visit.

As for author's life news, look for my story, "Adjusting Entries," coming soon in: http://www.lldreamspell.com/RomanceofmyDreams.html

May the Muse be kind!!

Susanne Rose

http://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/28-How2-SellPersonalStories.html

http://www.thewildrosepress.com/lucki-in-love-p-342.html
Lucki In Love," a Wild Rose Press Champagne Rosette

http://www.thewildrosepress.com/the-christmas-promise-p-315.html
"The Christmas Promise," a Wild Rose Press Champagne Rosette
Keep the spirit of the holidays going strong and take advantage of this bonus offer: Just send an e-mail to the author: Susannerose@wildrosepublishing.com with “The Christmas Promise” in the Subject Line. You’ll have to read the story first so you can identify the secret recipe when you send your e-mail. Santa will send you a copy of the secret recipe.

http://www.thewildrosepress.com/forever-love-p-248.html "Forever Love," a Wild Rose Press Champagne Rosette

Your Asignment Should You Choose to Accept It

Looking for a way to boost your cash flow while working on a book-length project? Maybe you just need a change of pace assignment to tempt your Muse.

Follow this link to read "How 2 Sell Your Most Personal Stories" in the March issue of WOW! Women On Writing:

http://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/28-How2-SellPersonalStories.html

May the Muse be kind!!

Susanne Rose

http://www.thewildrosepress.com/lucki-in-love-p-342.html
Lucki In Love," a Wild Rose Press Champagne Rosette

http://www.thewildrosepress.com/the-christmas-promise-p-315.html
"The Christmas Promise," a Wild Rose Press Champagne Rosette
Keep the spirit of the holidays going strong and take advantage of this bonus offer: Just send an e-mail to the author: Susannerose@wildrosepublishing.com with “The Christmas Promise” in the Subject Line. You’ll have to read the story first so you can identify the secret recipe when you send your e-mail. Santa will send you a copy of the secret recipe.

http://www.thewildrosepress.com/forever-love-p-248.html "Forever Love," a Wild Rose Press Champagne Rosette

'Bronze Lightning' out today

Here's the blurb and an excerpt from my forthcoming sensual historical romance, Bronze Lightning, set in ancient Krete, Egypt and England.

An excerpt and buy details can be seen here.

Ancient Krete, 1562 B.C.

Sarmatia is a trainer for the Bull Rite, the dangerous, glamorous ceremony of bull-leaping that gave a young Kretan entry into adulthood. Fearn is healer from the distant northern Isle of Stones summoned for his skills to the sick-bed of Minos, the Kretan king. They meet on the dusty flagstones of the palace courtyard and both save a life.
A year passes. They are betrothed, but Fearn has returned home and is chosen king of his small northern country. As king, master of storms, he cannot return to Krete. Fearn writes to Sarmatia releasing her from her vows - but is this what they really want?
Sarmatia leaves Krete to search for Fearn. Many months and life-and-death adventures later, she is reunited with him. She and Fearn are still deeply in love but there is an unknown enemy working against them, one who will stop at nothing, even murder.

Lindsay
http://lindsaysbookchat.blogspot.com

Warm Up Exercises

I used to check e-mails or play a few games of Solitaire before tackling my daily writing.

My warm up sessions have changed to producing simple how to articles. Want to know how to save money, calories, and fat on fancy coffee drinks by making them yourself? Need to know how to care for an elderly relative? Perhaps you'd like to learn how to use a microplane or pick the perfect tomato. Prefer to eat out with perfectly behaved children or cook with them at home? Need to know how to transform a PDF file into a Word document?

Chances are you'll find what you're looking for by clicking on this link and browsing through the titles of my 60+ articles. http://www.ehow.com/Search.aspx?s=Susannerose&Options=

You can even rate the articles and/or leave a comment if you wish.

How do you get ready to write?

May the Muse be kind!!

Susanne Rose

http://www.thewildrosepress.com/lucki-in-love-p-342.html
Lucki In Love," a Wild Rose Press Champagne Rosette

http://www.thewildrosepress.com/the-christmas-promise-p-315.html
"The Christmas Promise," a Wild Rose Press Champagne RosetteKeep the spirit of the holidays going strong and take advantage of this bonus offer: Just send an e-mail to the author: Susannerose@wildrosepublishing.com) with “The Christmas Promise” in the Subject Line. You’ll have to read the story first so you can identify the secret recipe when you send your e-mail. Santa will send you a copy of the secret recipe.

http://www.thewildrosepress.com/forever-love-p-248.html "Forever Love," a Wild Rose Press Champagne Rosette

New blogging words

By Maggie Toussaint with kudos to Francesca Prescott, Celia Yeary, and Lorraine Hunsaker

The topic of our Book Spa discussion was blogs, but not in the usual sense. We talked about blogs you’d like to be able to write (how famous I am), blogs you’d hate to write (I’m not as clever as I thought), blogs that irk you (I wrote my book in a week), and what makes you read a blog (friends, hook, author name). From there the discussion devolved into a wording adventure.

My friends helped me to develop a blogging lexicon. Here’s the list we came up with, our very own blexicon. The inventor of each word and definition is in parenthesis (m=maggie, f=francseca, c=celia, l=lorraine). Enjoy!

Blogomoron - (m) someone who dwells in the land of blogs to the point of silliness

Blogolicious - (m) something incredibly appetizing or appealing in a blog

Blogdiddly – (m) a lot of squawk about a bunch of nothing

Blogmoric – (m) humorous to those of a younger persuasion

Blognit – (m) a tiny post that takes issue with something

Blognanimous - (m) high praise from a fellow blogger

Blogititis – (f) when you're unable to think of a blog subject

Blogarbage – (c) someone raving about herself/himself

Blogooned – (f) 1) when your blog gets pirated, or 2) when you get stuck in the middle of yourblog and it's not going anywhere.

Blogahoy – (f) when you suddenly think of a blog title

Blogdarnit - (m) swearing politely on one's blog

Blogdoggle - (m) a blog which wasn't worth your time to read

Bloghowdy- (m) a friendly blog, welcoming you in a quaint way

Blogbreath - (m) a cutting remark from one computer savvy teen to another

Underblog - (m) 1) the meaning when reading between the blog lines, or 2) the uncharitable ruler of the realm of blogs

Innerblog - (m) the space where bloggers go to rejuvenateBettablog -(m) my blog's betta than your blog

Blogaboo - (m) a tiny blog fib, not meant to hurt anyone, easily fixed by acomment

Blogitol - (m) the perfect pick-me-up for those over 70 bloggers

Blogbump - (m) the little hitch in your blog that stalls you in mid-postBlogado - (m) a whirling, terrible storm of a blog that funnels you from Kansas to Oz in a heartbeat

Blogarama - (m) a wondrous explosion of blogs, so many that they encircle you

Blogoozled - (f) when you're forced into writing a blog

bloglodites – (m) prehistoric bloggers; they got in before it became popular

Blogpatter – (m) mindless blog speak that’s the equivalent of blah-blah-blah-blah.

Blogadoodledoo – (f) when you've written a great blog, you post it somewhere, and tell thewhole world to go and see how wonderful it is!

Voblogulary – (m) blog vocab words unique to the online format

Blogamentary – (m) an attempt to teach something in a blog, but because of the rambling format, a failed attempt

Blognabbit – (m) another sanitized blog swear word

Blognolia – (l) a blog entry that blooms into more than you expected when it started

Blogevity – (l) what a blog has when it keeps readers pulled in much longer than most

Blogarrhea – (l)a blog entry that goes on and on and on and...

Blognito – (m) those anonymous comments on your blog

Blogification – (m) the repetition of a sentiment so often in blogs that people accept it as fact

Blogjam – (m) too many blogs to read in one sitting

Blogazillion – (m) 1) an astronomical number of blogs, or 2) a common blog border color two shades lighter than vermillion

Blogitude - (m) the affectation of a highly charged emotion, as in his snarky blogitude leapt from the page

Blogestation – (m) the conception and development of a blog before its uploaded

Blogarithm – (m) a blog dealing with exponential shifts in thinking

Blogumbo – (m) a flavorful mix of southern culture, liberally spiced

Bloggle – (m) a disaster in progress

Blogatory – (m) the lower levels of blog world, ruled by the Underblog

Blogotomy – (m) brain reduction from reading blogs

Blogogram – (m) a singing blog

Blogic – (m) reasonable blog thinking

Bloggard – (m) someone drunk on the power of their own words

Unfortunately, it is very easy to continue to in this blogged vein, therefore we’re sending this off into cyberspace so that no one else will get any work done either! Feel free to post your own blexicon as a comment.

Maggie Toussaint
romance.danger.mystery
http://www.maggietoussaint.com/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheBookSpa/