DPP Newsletter, Edition XI

THE AUTHOR’S ADVOCATE
The DPP Authors’ Newsletter
EDITION XI
January 25, 2006


"Writing is easy. You just sit down at the typewriter and open a vein."
Red Smith


YOU ARE YOUR OWN BEST MARKETING REP!

I not only use all of the brains I have, but all I can borrow.

Woodrow Wilson


Pick My Brain

Please! Let me know how I can help you. You Are Your Own Best Marketing Rep! will continue as an ongoing column in the new formatted newsletter you will begin receiving in February. I want to be the best resource for you in this area as I can be, so please send me any questions you have or suggestions for ideas that you would like information about to nicpit@digitalpulppublishing.com


Author! Author!

Check Out…

http://www.nytimes.com/books/specials/writers.html
This is a complete archive of the Writers on Writing column, a series in which writers explore literary themes.

http://www.barbarademarcobarrett.com/writersonwriting/index.html Writers on Writing is a weekly radio program hosted by journalist and author Barbara DeMarco-Barrett. Each Thursday at 5pm Pacific, writers and poets join her from the studios of KUCI fm, on your radio in Orange County at 88.9 and simulcast worldwide at www.kuci.org

For Thoughts, Ideas, and Inspiration


PUBLISHER’S PROMPT

Writing Prompt

Use the word or the idea of the word “Heart” or “Hog” to inspire a poem, song, or short story.

If you decide to play with the prompt, and you’d like to share it, please send it to me (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/

Site-ings

Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators
http://www.scbwi.org/

The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, formed in 1971 by a group of Los Angeles based writers for children, is the only international organization to offer a variety of services to people who write, illustrate, or share a vital interest in children’s literature. The SCBWI acts as a network for the exchange of knowledge between writers, illustrators, editors, publishers, agents, librarians, educators, booksellers and others involved with literature for young people. There are currently more than 19,000 members worldwide, in over 70 regions, making it the largest children's writing organization in the world.

THE SUN MAGAZINE (in print)
http://www.thesunmagazine.org/

Writing Guidelines
http://www.thesunmagazine.org/writer_guidelines.html

Unfortunately, you're not likely to find The Sun at your regular newsstand. Many distributors won't carry it because it's not "commercial" enough: we don't carry advertising; and we regularly print pieces that are too risky, too personal, too sad, too something. Yet somehow the magazine finds its way into the right hands; readers who appreciate writing that doesn't talk down to them or up to them, but meets their level gaze.

The Internet Writing Journal
http://www.internetwritingjournal.com/

Submissions:
http://www.internetwritingjournal.com/guidelines.htm
The Internet Writing Journal® ("The IWJ") is seeking original articles. Please read the guidelines carefully before submitting. Remember, we only publish nonfiction articles -- please do not submit poetry or fiction! We recommend that writers read articles published The IWJ to get an idea of our editorial style and the types of articles that we publish. Click here to see a list of links to prior articles. We look forward to seeing your submission!

Writers Write
http://writerswrite.com/
Your one-stop resource for information about books, writing and publishing

WHAT’S GOING ON AT DPP…

The Newsletter

We’re Continuing to Change…

As of February 1 we’re:

1) Changing formats
2) Changing our name from The Authors’ Advocate to News Bytes
3) We’ll be publishing bi-weekly (last week I had written “bi-monthly” – that was an error. You will receive the newsletter every two weeks).

Our Websites

We are still in the midst of reconstructing all three of our websites to make them more informative, user-friendly, and more interesting to peruse. As soon as they are complete, we’ll invite you to check them out (of course, you can check them out now if you want to get a good image of “before” and “after”).

Fun Facts

January:

A Room of One’s Own Day, January 25: For anyone who knows or longs for the sheer bliss and rightness of having a private place, no matter how humble, to call one’s own. [© 2003 by WH] For info: Thomas and Ruth Roy, Wellcat Holidays, 2418 Long Ln. Lebanon, PA 17046. Ph: (717) 279-0184. Email: info@wellcat.com Web: www.wellcat.com

Author Birthdays (January 25-31):

Jan. 25: Robert Burns, 1759; Somerset W. Maugham, 1874; Virginia Woolf, 1882; Edwin Newman, 1919
Jan. 26: Phillip José Farmer, 1918
Jan. 29: Anton Chekhov, 1860; Germaine Greer, 1939
Jan. 31: Zane Grey, 1872; Norman Mailer, 1923

All of the above was taken from Chase’s Calendar of Events, 2006©


Write on,
Nicky