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To All Muggle Writers’:
I’m bringing up this topic. Breaking the barriers of publishing is so frustrating! It seems traditional publishers are intent on making it harder for yet to be published literary talent to make it into the foals of their limited-by-design industry. In other words, don’t give up your day job cause the odds of reaching a tradtional publisher with news [...]
For those of you attending our Indianapolis WriteStuff Writers’ Conference on April 28th, you were able to see firsthand our top three finalists in the “Young Voices Short Story Competition.” They were nervous, excited, and proud all at the same time.
As promised, here are the winning entries as they were submitted (note, we did not [...]
Someone once told me when I asked how did you gain the confidence to write your first novel. And he answered, “when you are hungry you don’t ask permission to eat.”
But the very thing I loved writing was frozen in time due to a trauma that hit me to the core. My brilliant sister in [...]
Yesterday at the WriteStuff Writers’ Conference in Indianapolis, we presented the top three finalists of the atFishers.com Young Voices Short Story Competition with their plaques. Tara Brugh, Alex Zoumbaris, and Mary O’Leary took home top honors and a signed Lemony Snicket book “A Series of Unfortunate Events”, volume 1. Lemony Snicket gave the winners some [...]
WriteStuff Writers LLC, an Indiana-based writers’ services company, is now offering online marketing for published authors. Utilizing the latest in web marketing technologies, WriteStuff Internet Public Relations (“WriteStuff iPR”) puts you, your book, and your thoughts online. Once your online identity is created, WriteStuff iPR creates an online marketing campaign, search engine placement strategy, blogging [...]
AuthorHouse’s Director of Author Development and WriteStuff Faculty member Tom Britt was interviewed this week by Sharon Gamble of WFYI Radio in Indianapolis, Indiana. They discussed Tom’s involvement with WriteStuff, who attends these conferences, and what to look for with this year’s 2007 WriteStuff Writers’ Tour.
The Grand Prize Winners in categories of entry were:
1st Place Fiction: Kristin Thomsen, “A New Era”
Hot Springs, Arkansas
1st Place Memoir: Daniel Burch Fiddler, “Growing Pains”
Idyllwild, California
1st Place Young Adult (12-17 years): Kristin Thomsen, “A Tribute to Oscar”
Hot Springs, Arkansas
1st Place Children (6-12 years): Jan Shaffer, “The Big Blue Monster”
Plainfield, Indiana
The Second Place Winners in [...]
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“A Caribbean Tale” is a well-written haunting memoir that introduces you to a family held together by quiet dignity and powerful secrets. The story unfolds in flashback sequences allowing a reader to physically feel the depth of the young boy’s difficult journey, all set in motion by the mysterious abandonment of his mother and [...]