NEWSLETTERS
March 2010
THE WRITE STUFF
The Official Monthly Newsletter of Word Journeys, Inc.
March 2010
TO ORDER THE WRITE TIME: 366 EXERCISES TO FULFILL YOUR WRITING LIFE
OUR BLOGS:
http://bobyehling.wordpress.com
http://366writing.wordpress.com
WORKSHOP AND APPEARANCE SCHEDULE:
March 3: Your Journal, Your Goldmine, 7-10 p.m., Tucson, AZ
March 7: Healing ... In Your Own Words, 1-5 p.m., Tucson, AZ
March 9: The Draft Is Written – Now What? 7-10 p.m., Tucson, AZ
March 11: The Draft Is Written – Now What? Part 2, 7-10 p.m., Tucson, AZ
March 13-14: Tucson Festival of Books, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
March 27: Meet the Authors, Crittenden County Library, Marion, KY
April 17: Sunset Poets, Oceanside, CA
April 29: National Poetry Month Series, Barnes & Noble, Evansville, IN
May 25-27: Book Expo America, New York, NY
IN THIS ISSUE:
• Tucson 2010: Workshops Among the Wildflowers
• The Write Time Writing Contest
• NEW! Online Publishing Services
• The Blog That Gets You There
• The Hummingbird Review
• The Go-To Source for Editing and Prepping Manuscripts
• Featured Writing Exercise
• Final Words
TUCSON 2010: WORKSHOPS AMONG THE WILDFLOWERS
Spring is finally on the horizon. In the desert southwest, that means a great wildflower season – and a series of workshops to match.
The Word Journeys Workshop Series resumes in Tucson March 3 with "Your Journal, Your Goldmine," a workshop that proved to be a big hit at the recent Southern California Writers Conference. We'll follow that up on March 5 with "Healing ... In Your Own Words," an evening of deep heart and spiritual writing that provides us the means to turn our personal healing journeys into experiences in journaling, poetry, essay, memoir and fiction writing.
The series continues with "The Draft Is Written, Now What?" a popular two-part series where we switch hats to focus on the editing, platform building, proposal writing, querying, print and online promotion and marketing that follows the completion of our writing process.
Then we're off to make an appearance and sell books at the Tucson Festival of Books, one of the nation's finest new book festivals. More than 50,000 people are expected to pack the University of Arizona campus March 13-14 to buy books and hear some of the nation's finest authors.
Finally, on March 27, one of my favorite events in which to participate: Meet the Authors, in Marion, KY. We'll gather some of the area's finest authors to share their experiences, discuss their books and mingle with the attendees. This is a benefit for the Crittenden County Public Library.
THE WRITE TIME WRITING CONTEST
Entries are trickling in for the most unique writing contest you will ever enter—one whose subject and content is entirely up to you! In this contest, you have 366 different topics and approaches from which to choose…the Write Time Writing Contest.
Here's how it works: My book, The Write Time, contains 366 different writing exercises – one for each day of the year. Get the book and choose two exercises: one right up your alley, which serves your strong suit; and one that pertains to a genre, or style of writing, in which you ordinarily don't work. Write out the exercise, and stick to the word count that it specifies. Go for complete excellence. Push yourself. Surprise yourself.
Now for the big news: $500 in cash prizes, plus publishing opportunities! Entries are open now, and will be accepted through April 15. For rules & entry information.
NEW! MULTIMEDIA BOOK SERVICES
Today's books are taking many different shapes and forms to match our migration to the Internet, phone apps, Kindles, Sony Readers and iPads. We're migrating, too.
Word Journeys now offers complete multimedia book development services. We convert manuscripts of all sizes into interactive e-books, develop and create blog and website content, write and produce podcasts, develop content for downloadable apps, and so much more. This service enables authors to publish worldwide at the click of a button, gaining readers and distributing material at the same time! We also help you with the back end – using these vehicles to promote and market your work.
Climb aboard the newest wave in book publishing. We'll get you there! Go to www.wordjourneys.com.
WRITING'S FRESHEST BLOGS
Looking for blogs that present the writing craft and world as it truly exists – and how you can excel and be published in it? A blog with 35 years of professional experience backing every entry?
Welcome to the Word Journeys Blog Series. Our main blog is a veritable online magazine, with profiles, features, tips, lists, ideas, and other tools you need, NOW. Actually, it’s two blogs in one: the sister blog, 366 Writing, features a different writing exercise every day – based on the contents of The Write Time: 366 Exercises to Fulfill Your Writing Life.
During February, our average daily numbers quadrupled. Join the increasing numbers and visit our blogs. We promise you a fun read that also aids your writing.
Recent blog subjects include:
The Eyes Have It
Trust and Writing
Afterglow from the Southern California Writers Conference
THE HUMMINGBIRD REVIEW LAUNCHES SUCCESSFULLY
The Southern California Writers Conference was the site of the official print launch of America's newest literary anthology, The Hummingbird Review
Published by Charlie Redner, author of Down But Never Out, and edited by Bob Yehling of Word Journeys, The Hummingbird Review features poetry, essays and interviews with some of America’s most insightful writers. All practice the central mission of poetry: to convey resonance of being. Esteemed poet-authors Taylor Mali, Luis Urrea and Martin Espada are among the voices in the premiere issue.
Check out this fine magazine! Email for required guidelines if you’re interested in submitting in our Spring-Summer issue, and let us briefly know what you’d like to submit.
WHY WE’RE THE GO-TO SOURCE FOR EDITING AND PREPPING MANUSCRIPTS
Here’s our other commercial for this issue. We utilize 30 years of professional editing and ghostwriting experience to help you create, write and complete the books you’ve always wanted to write – and we polish them until they’re of top publishing quality. Then, we either assist you direct-to-publisher, or connect you with a literary agent to represent you in the marketplace.
We also help you build that all-important author’s publicity/promotional platform, work on book promotional materials, and coach you on publicizing your book traditionally and online. We're listed in the National Directory of Editors & Writers. We work with new authors, experienced authors and high-profile clients. Email for more information or go to our website
FEATURED WRITING EXERCISE
All stories, novels, movies, paintings and pieces of music begin as little seeds that need soil and sustenance. Plant your seeds. Create a habit of writing down all of your ideas for stories, poems, essays, articles, blog subjects or songs. Write a sentence or paragraph—or more—to ground the seed, giving it initial sustenance. Keep planting seeds in your journal, and review them occasionally. Many will germinate in your creative mind. When they do, write to completion.
(From The Write Time: 366 Exercises to Fulfill Your Writing Life, by Robert Yehling)
FINAL WORDS
“You write a sentence and see where it takes you. You take a trip on the page. You go where sentences lead you. It’s a journey.”
— Tom Robbins, author, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
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