Newsletter, Edition VII

THE AUTHOR’S ADVOCATE
The DPP Authors’ Newsletter
EDITION VI
December 19, 2005


"It is better to write a bad first draft than to write no first draft at all."
Will Shetterly


YOU ARE YOUR OWN BEST MARKETING REP!

It doesn’t work to leap a twenty-foot chasm in two ten-foot jumps.
American Proverb

Steppin’ On

In keepin’ on with last week’s tip One Small Step, this week we’re moving on, perhaps, just a half-step.

In her monthly Muse Letter this December, Jill Badonsky offers a Creativity Manifesto for 2006 (which she suggests you “modify according to YOUR authentic nature”):

In the face of adversity, uncertainty and static in my soul’s receiver, I hereby pledge to remain ever mindful, ever grateful of the magical, infinite, loving reality I live in. This reality conspires tirelessly in my favor especially when I take tiny steps…ever so tiny, daily or even weekly down a path directed by my creative intuition.

Check the Blog for more on Steppin’ On…

http://digitalpulppublishing.blogspot.com/


FEATURED AUTHOR-Of-THE-MONTH…

Feature Yourself!

This week, take some time out to celebrate yourself. The last month of the year is always a great time for self-reflection. Think over your accomplishments, think about where you were last December and what you’ve done since. What’s been wonderful about your work? Challenging? What are your plans for 2006? Don’t forget that your book is going to be out there in January- available all over the world, 24/7. HOW COOL IS THAT?! Bask in your own personal writer-hood. And thank yourself for your talent!

Look for our featured DPP Author of the Month, Ian McKinley, in our January Newsletter.

PUBLISHER’S PROMPT

Writing Prompt

Word Pool

Elf Red Glisten Menorah Sideways Fly Gifted Hark Resolution Kamikaze Beard Tranquil Solstice Porsche Cheer Caroling Stuff New Twelve

Use the words in the pool above any way you like and in any order you like, to create a story, poem, song, etc.

Use the prompt. Don’t use the prompt. If you decide to play with the prompt, and you’d like to share it, please send it to me (DigitalPulp Pub@aol.com or nicpit@digitalpulppublishing.com) and I will post it in the following week’s Authors’ Advocate. You can find my response posted on the blog:http://digitalpulppublishing.blogspot.com/

P.S. I did NOT post my response to last week’s prompt because it bordered on X-Rated, and didn’t seem like the best idea for me to post it. However, if you would like to read it, let me know and I’ll send it to you.

WHAT’S GOING ON AT DPP…

The Bookstore

For the third week in a row, I am reiterating that everyone here at DPP is CONTINUING to work their little patooties, brains, and fingers off to ensure that the DPP Store (www.dppstore.com) is completely up, running, and beautiful for its January 1, 2006 opening. 12 more working days ‘til opening! YES- we’re still counting!

On Holiday

Just a reminder: DPP will officially be closed the week between Christmas/Hanukkah and New Years’ Day (Saturday, December 24-Sunday, January 1). The Authors’ Advocate will be on hiatus for that week.

On the Holidays…

Quotes

For holiday cheer, humor, and inspiration.

Roses are reddishViolets are bluishIf it weren't for ChristmasWe'd all be Jewish.~Benny Hill

I do like Christmas on the whole.... In its clumsy way, it does approach Peace and Goodwill. But it is clumsier every year. ~E.M. Forster

Perhaps the best Yuletide decoration is being wreathed in smiles. ~Author Unknown

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer. ~ Albert Camus

One kind word can warm three winter months. ~Japanese proverb

There are two ways of spreading light: To be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. ~Edith Wharton

Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind. ~Mary Ellen Chase

So, have a merry Christmas, a happy Hanukkah, a kwaazy Kwanza, a tip-top Tet, and a solemn, dignified, Ramadan. And now a word from MY god, our sponsors!
~Krusty the Klown (The Simpsons)

Happy Holidays!


Write on,

Nicky