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Welcome to the May 4, 2009 edition of Scribes.

I apologize for how late this is being posted. Without getting into too many details, this is a very busy time for me and my husband, plus May 5th is our wedding anniversary, so we took advantage of the beautiful weather this weekend. Thus, I am here trying desperately to catch up with everything.

Just a note - If you submit your posts after the deadline has passed (and there is a notice on there when the deadline has passed), I will not post it. No exceptions. So, if you go there and see the notice, please be patient and submit your work when submissions are open again.

As always, thank you to everyone who submitted their posts. None of this would work without you. Enjoy.

Debbie Dragon presents Writing for Money Without Being Published posted at Empowering Mom.

Sarah Scrafford presents 50 Useful Twitter Tools for Writers and Researchers posted at Online College Degree.

Fiction

Aetius Romulous presents It’s Spring, and ‘Luke’ is in the Air… posted at ScreamBucket.

steven germain presents Rough Fractals: The Way My Mother Was When She was Young… posted at Rough Fractals, saying, “A brilliant stream of consciousness…”

Ella Moss presents 2 MORE LIGHTS « Zodiac Times posted at Zodiac Times.

How-To

Nicholas Powiull presents Conscious Flex: Universal Knowledge: by Nicholas Powiull posted at Conscious Flex, saying, “How to write from a place of Universal Knowledge.”

Eldon Sarte presents What to Charge: The”Profit Goal” Formula posted at Wordpreneur.com, saying, “an older post, but the info doesn’t expire, this particular post has proven to be one of the most popular on Wordpreneur.com”

Burak Bilgin presents The Writing Cycle posted at Distiller’s Corner, saying, “Writing cycle: the actions that a writer takes to write a complete, ready to be published manuscript.”

Mike Southern presents The One Thing You Must Know About Every Character posted at Written To A Pulp, saying, “”Written to a Pulp” is a blog about using formula fiction techniques to overcome writer’s block. I’m in the process of creating a novel-length space opera online (The Virulent Project) to help demonstrate how it all works.”

C.F. Jackson presents Book Marketing in Social Networks, Right! posted at Website Makeover Workshop, saying, “Book marketing in social networks can help or damage your results. It’s about providing value rather than selfishly book marketing and book promoting.”

Publishing and Agents

Shaun Duke presents Publishing: Your Options and the Pros and Cons posted at The World in the Satin Bag, saying, “I thought this one might be a good one for you all. It’s one of my favorites.”

Jon Bard presents A Crash Course in Submitting a Manuscript to a Children’s Book Publisher | Children’s Writing Web Journal posted at Children’s Writing Web Journal.

Writing Competitions

Derek D. Hambrick presents Young Georgia Authors’ Writing Competition & Pirsig’s Quality « Derek Hambrick’s Blog posted at Derek Hambrick’s Blog.

Writing in General

Jon Bard presents 4 Rules Beginning Children’s Book Writers Should Never Break | Children’s Writing Web Journal posted at Children’s Writing Web Journal.

Cheryl Snell presents Fire on the Cuyahoga posted at Scattered Light, saying, “Using YouTube to promote your books”

Burak Bilgin presents Explore Your Creativity with Mind Maps posted at Distiller’s Corner, saying, “In this post, I explain mind mapping in greater detail. I present how you can use it to explore your creativity, and as an example, I show how you can use it to convert your ideas into texts.”

Madeleine Begun Kane presents An Ode To Writer’s Block posted at Mad Kane’s Political Madness.

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of scribes using our carnival submission form.

Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

Welcome to the March 2, 2009 edition of Scribes. I want to thank you all, truly, for submitting your work. We have a wide array of excellent entries this round and it is only possible for such things to happen with your support.

I will work on posting more reminders about submitting to the carnival so we can continue to have excellent turnouts. As always, I appreciate all your links/mentions of this carnival.

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Madeleine Begun Kane presents Rumpole Creator, John Mortimer, Dead at 85 posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog.

steven germain presents Rough Fractals: Sentence Construction posted at Rough Fractals, saying, “The fun of constructing and deconstructing sentences.”

Janice Campbell of the National Association of Independent Writers and Editors presents The Future of Fiction- Alan Cheuse and Joshua Kendall posted at NAIWE NewsWire, saying, “In a fascinating discussion about “The Future of Fiction” hosted by the James River Writers, NPR book reviewer Alan Cheuse and Viking/Penguin editor offer words of wisdom to writers.”

Author Tools

Traci Hayner Vanover presents Developing Your Squid Strategy: Niche Marketing on Squidoo posted at Squidoo Flipping - Design Squidoo Lenses - Increase Traffic & Reputation with Squidoo, saying, “Squidoo offers writers a unique platform to showcase their knowledge within a specific niche, promote their main website or blog, promote their book or ebook, etc. It is a great free tool that all writers should consider using.”

Fiona Veitch Smith presents Creative Writing course posted at The Crafty Writer, saying, “Here’s a free online creative writing course for all you beginners and not-so-beginners, covering the creative process, short story, poetry, POV, character development, dialogue and much more.”

Sarah Scrafford presents 100 Free, Time-Saving Apps for Web Writers posted at Edu Velocity.

OrnaRoss presents F-R-E-E-Writing posted at Orna Ross, saying, “FREE Writing and its benefits”

Fiction

reamofpaper presents something a little different posted at ream of paper.

Eva presents My Life and 2 Cents posted at Realm Crawler

JennH presents The Consequences posted at Mixed Metaphor.net, saying, “A fictional short story about two people experiencing the consequences of their life choices.”

How-To

Donald Latumahina presents A Simple Tip for Finding Good Ideas posted at Life Optimizer.

Lindsay B. presents Why Your Blog Isn’t Selling Your Novel (and how to fix it) posted at Writing for Your Wealth.

Tiffany Colter presents Craft posted at Writing Career Coach, saying, “Find out how to turn weaknesses in your writing craft into strengths and success!”

Fiona Veitch Smith presents How to write a Short Story posted at The Crafty Writer, saying, “As part of her free creative writing course, Fiona Veitch Smith looks at writing short stories.”

C.F. Jackson presents How To Sell Your Own Self-Published Books posted at Website Makeover Workshop.

C.F. Jackson presents 6 Steps On How To Market Your Book On The Internet posted at Website Makeover Workshop, saying, “Step 1 of a 6 step series on how to market your book online, is showing how to create a buzz.

This is a great short video to watch, filled with create content… If you’ve been saying to youself things like: “I need traffic to my website!” or “Why isn’t my book selling?””

Janice Campbell presents 5 Ways to Boost Credibility for Freelance Writers and Editors posted at NAIWE NewsWire, saying, “A recent survey of over 300 freelance writers and editors discovered that while freelance workers join professional associations for benefits such as networking, professional development, access to industry news, and other support services, the desire to establish a significant level of professional credibility trumps all. Here are five ways to boost credibility.”

True Life Stories

AdmirableIndia.com presents Trip to Kanyakumari: Chapter 10: Thirparappu Falls: Part 1 posted at AdmirableIndia.com.

AdmirableIndia.com presents Trip to Kanyakumari: Chapter 13: Mathoor Hanging Bridge: Part 1 posted at AdmirableIndia.com.

Seth Manapio presents A Story About Drinking posted at Whiskey Before Breakfast… the Blog, saying, “Not a true life story with any point, but a story.”

Writer Humor

Kathryn presents 20 Great Things About Dating a Writer posted at Real Words, saying, “I think writers are the best people to date. Here’s why.”

Vanessa Wolf presents Forget the killer chimp: THIS is news! posted at Wide Awake in Wonderland.

Writing in General

john c erianne presents Blogger’s Lament | Diary of a Mad Editor posted at Diary of a Mad Editor.

Amy Grier presents What it Feels Like to Find Your Writing Voice posted at The Tenacious Writer, saying, “What does it feel like to write in your own, genuine voice? In this post I describe that instinctive feeling that comes when I know I’m in that zone of the my true voice.”

Vicki Anne presents Sorrows of the Moon posted at Coffee Table Poetry for Tea Drinkers, saying, “An inspirational poetry blog.”

Contests and Calls for Submissions

DebbieDragon presents Win a House in Hawaii Essay Contest posted at Empowering Mom.

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That concludes this edition. Thank you all for your wonderful entries. I hope you’ll continue to submit your work and make upcoming carnivals continually better.

Submit your blog article to the next edition of Scribes using our carnival submission form.

Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

Hello everyone!

There are a few things I have been continually forgetting about, and I’m finally getting my head on straight enough to announce them here. If you have any important reminders or announcements, feel free to add them on in the comments.

*I’m getting published. Chicken Soup for the Soul: Campus Chronicles is set to be released in early April and it features the horror story or my first roommate. Please let me know if you check it out.

*Submit your work to the Scribes Blog Carnival. The carnival will be going up on March second, which means you need to get your entries in now if you don’t want to wait until April. Also remember that if you submit after the deadline but before the next carnival is announced, your entry will be lost.

*Fiction Scribe is on the list of Top 100 Writing Blogs! I’m not sure how I accomplished that feat, but I am quite honored and very happy to be included on the list. Do click on the link and check it out. There are plenty of wonderful, helpful sites listed.

*More publishing opportunities. The publishing opportunities hasn’t exactly been on fire, but I have added some interesting listings that have popped up. If you do submit your work, be sure to let me know how it goes.

*Last chance to win at Knitting Passions. This has absolutely nothing to do with writing, but I am a fan of paying it forward. Plus, Barbara is just plain awesome anyway.

That’s it for now. Have a wonderful rest of the week.

It has been a while since I have done this (do you recall ‘little reminders’?) and I have so many small contest links and announcements that I believe it’s time to put up at least one more post like it. Enjoy.

The Australian Spec Fic Blog Carnival
Hosted by the lovely Eneit, this carnival is full of all sorts of fun tidbits from the authors down under who have a love of spec fic.

Bragging Rites Unleashed Publisher and Author Spotlight Chats
Bragging Rites Unleashed is hosting Red Rose Publishing author Liam Stalls today. Check out the site for more details.

My Very Special Agent Contest
You could win an e-book copy of Eureka Point, the first book in the series, and a Time for Tea gift basket containing teas, scone mix, jams and everything a true tea lover could want, and a few other surprises. Check out the site for more details.

The Winds of Asharra Contest
You could win the chance to name a character in The Winds of Asharra sequel or an autographed hardback copy of the book. Check out The Winds of Asharra website for more details.

WOW! Women On Writing Flash Fiction Contest
“WOW! hosts a (quarterly) writing contest every three months. The mission of this contest is to inspire creativity, communication, and well-rewarded recognition to contestants. The contest is open globally; age is of no matter; and entries must be in English. We are open to all styles of writing, although we do encourage you to take a close look at our guest judge for the season (upper right hand column) and the flavor of our sponsor, if you are serious about winning. We love creativity, originality, and light-hearted reads. That’s not to say that our guest judge will feel the same… so go wild! Express yourself, and most of all, let’s have some fun!”

Check out the WOW site for more details.

Thank you to Writers Who Blog for the heads up.

As always, remember:

Fiction Scribe Disclaimer: I in no way take responsibility for the validity of any submission (or contest!) opportunities. It’s up to you to use your judgment when submitting your work anywhere.

Hello everyone! Welcome to the first ever progressive dinner carnival. I am hosting the very delicious dessert portion of this carnival. If you’re here on your first course (dessert first? Tsk, tsk.) here is how the progressive dinner works:

Drinks and hors d’oevres will be enjoyed at The Gonzo Papers
Followed by Appetizers at Change Therapy
Moving on to the First Course at Fallen Words
The Main Course is at Chatting to My Generation
Dessert is being served here

And due to popular demand we have added a further treat which is:
Drinks after Dinner Reception hosted by The Lives and Times

On to the delectable lovelies of dessert!

My good friend Susan of West of Mars has shared a lovely piece of fiction for the ladies involving brownies. Need I say more?

Kilroy has given us two pieces to peruse with Adventures in Photography from Fear and Loathing and What Happened To My Mouse?!? from Things I’ve Found In The Blogosphere

Anthony from The Lives and Times is joining the dessert course with the double-take titled post The Lives and Times of The Lives and Times…

Peggikaye of Pearls And Dreams talks about her struggle in a very moving post: Aging Eating Disorders

Jeremy from Religion, Politics, and the Great Pumpkin joins in with a savoury treat titled Liberal Fascism: From The Minimum Wage To Organic Baby Carrots.

Ali Gator of The Ali Gator takes dessert seriously with the contribution Egyptian Hijab

Dan-O of Danogo knows what kind of creative desserts I like and has contributed Pushing the Limits of Creativity for Personal Development and Business Innovation

Mistress Regina, lovely lady of Tales of Ladies, Goddesses and Bitches has graced us with her presence in the form of the naughty dessert piece: The Price We Pay (Mature audience only)

Rita of My Path to Fitness has a presence that reminds us why we shouldn’t be too indulgent with sweets because you may find yourself wishing exercise wasn’t so hard…

…aBoVe SuSpIcIoN… of Myopic Broadcast shuns capitalization in her poem …sHaMe…

Laura Collins of Are you “Eating With Your Anorexic?” joins in to remind us to take a stand when she asks “Where is YOUR Blog?”

Tip Diva from Tip Diva is out to help us all with cool hints to help people Eating on a Budget

Mitch from FYI About.com is speaking my language in Weight Loss Exercise and Weight Loss Motivation

Albert of Urban Monk has a few things to say about What Compassion and Loving Kindness is Not

Dr. Martin Russell of Self Help, 101 is joining us today with the interestingly titled The Quicksand Guide To Professional Help

Roger of Raw Food Diet, Bodyweight Fitness & Self-Mastery reminds us to go easy on the dessert in talking about Why I’ve Barely Worked Out Lately and…

My friend John from John is Fit has stopped by to let us know about The Benefits of Chewing Gum

Thomas K from The Sporadical has one of the stranger contributions to dessert with his post about your brain, Head for a Hole

Scott the Poet from Poet Learnings has contributed a poem for your consumption titled The Rain

Tsai Jie from Diary of a Second Life Courtesan wonders Sex not most important thing in SL?

Jacob Share from JobMob is wondering: Do You Need Help Writing A Resume?

Leanderthal, Lighthouse Keeper of A Voice Crying in the Wilderness likes dessert served short and sweet with An Ode to Good Women

Rebecca Dean of Miss Copy likes her dessert with a bang in Miss Copy Causes Car Crash in Japan!

Monica of Your Dose of Lunacy thinks Ron Popeil Would Be Proud

The Success Coach of For Your Success says, It’s Official, Stephen Colbert Is An American Icon!

deepali of Paradigm Shifted doesn’t have a rosy outlook for the world or capitalization in an ode to coffee (why mass consumerism will ruin us all)

Isabella of Alphablogs joins in the dessert mayhem with Seth Godin, Steve Mann and Jeremiah Owyang on Social Media for Business

Silicon Valley Blogger of The Digerati Life presents a dessert of a financial nature in The Exciting Financial Year That Was At The Digerati Life

David Mills of Undercover Black Man hopes to instill a bit of humour into dessert with Playlist: Making fun of the Chinese

Helene of Health Plans Plus knows what all those sugary desserts do to your teeth and offers help by way of Finding an Affordable Dental Plan - Questions to Ask

Kuanyin of Wailea Daily Photo finishes off what has been a lovely dessert with a lovely images post Ocean Lure

Thank you for stopping by the dessert portion of the progressive dinner! If you’re interested in hosting a course for the next progressive dinner on April 30th, contact Kilroy at The Gonzo Papers (linked above) or mail kilroy60@gmail.com for more information.

If you would like to contribute to more carnivals, the progressive dinner hosts are also hosting these carnivals:

I am hosting the Scribes carnival, which is going up next Monday, so you have to get your entries in quick! Submit here

You’re invited on February 15th for the Gonzo Gratitude! Carnival {What are you thankful for?}

Anthony is hosting the Surfer’s Paradise Hullabaloo! Carnival at The Lives and Times… on February 18th

Anja has two carnivals coming up at Anja Merret - Chatting To My Generation; the Observations of Life Carnival on February 17th and on February 23rd, the Personal Power Carnival

At Change Therapy, Isabella is hosting three carnivals in February. The Buddhist Carnival runs February 15th; the Carnival of Eating Disorders runs February 22nd; Canada 9-5 {a showcase for Canadian Business Blogs} runs February 28th.