by JM
Ah, it’s time once again for a bunch of little reminders and notes for what’s happened and going to be happening on Fiction Scribe as well as other little reminders. I’ll try to make it as short and sweet as possible.
Dear readers, have you forgotten about your Word Count Journal? Then you’re like me. However, I refuse to quit and am trying to catch up. I encourage you to do so as well. I’d like to do a post linking to Fiction Scribe reader Word Count Journals, so let me know what your’s is if you’re still in the race.
If you have no idea what I’m talking about, go here and check it out. It’s a great way to get you writing and meet new people.
Operation Poem is still running! If you are unfamiliar with Operation Poem, basically a blog has been set up to collect poetry for the soldiers over in Iraq. Contribute your poetry via the email address on the blog.
A Child Without A Voice is still going and needs a lot of help. If you can contribute in any way, you’ll make a huge difference in a child’s life.
My 200 Words Offer is still going. Don’t be shy. I don’t bite.
The fist ever Scribes Blog Carnival will be posted up tomorrow! Thank you to all who participated. If you missed out this time and would like to be included in the next one, just go here and submit your post before the last Thursday of May!
Also tomorrow, the third issue of The Scribe, Fiction Scribe’s newsletter, is going out. This month features your opportunity to get your site and/or work featured in the newsletter! Along with that, I’ve included my favorite time-wasters, part three of The Art of Good Communication, other goodies, and the early word on an upcoming contest. Gasp! Contest? Yes, Fiction Scribe will be holding its first contest in May, so if you want the early word on what it’s all about, you need to be signed up for the newsletter. You can sign up using the “contact me” button to the right.
As far as the Blogger’s Choice Awards are concerned, Fiction Scribe isn’t an education blog. Thank you to all who voted for me. However, Fiction Scribe is still up for a Hobby Blog award and has been nominate in the “Blogitizer” category.
This award will be presented to the blogger who demonstrates the best writing ability on his or her blog.
Needless to say, I’d love this award. You have to sign up to vote, but once you do, navigating is easy. However, I recommend signing up with a yahoo email address if you have one because the word is other email addresses are having a hard time registering.
And now for the site-specific announcements.
As many of you know, on May 5th 3pm Australia time, my fiancé and I will take our vows in the local park and officially become Mr. and Mrs. Scribe. I want to thank everyone for their well wishes via comments and emails, and a special thank you to Elisa for encouraging me with the wedding registry. (There are a few weird things on there.)
Due to the wedding, there will be a couple differences for the next couple weeks in the way things are usually run.
Unconscious Mutterings will be Fiction Scribe style, as you probably noticed with this week’s Unconscious Mutterings.
Pet Peeves and 200 Words will be taking some time off, but author interviews will continue on! I have a great interview with 451press’ own Dr. Gillian Polack this Friday, so be sure to stop by and take a peek at what she has to say.
Guest Bloggers! There are guest blogger posts coming up this week and next. Some of the bloggers include my partner in crime, DaveP, Australian horror writer Kaaron Warren, and a lot more!
So, there are a lot of temporary changes, but I hope you enjoy them. Now wish me luck; I have an Australian to marry. 
April 30th, 2007 at 8:35 pm
Dear JM,
If this is the appropriate venue for submitting *200 Words,” then please consider my entry below for your review. Thank you for encouraging writers to write. You are saving lives.
Sincerely yours,
Rhonda
An excerpt from *That Wrinkled Linen Doesn’t Talk Much”
The plates are so white they’re almost blue. Miranda pulls one after another until she counts eight. The chairs seem too far apart (her grandmother added the center leaf). It’s been an hour since she saw him see her. Against her will, her heart strains to beat loudly enough for him to hear. Closing her eyes as if to shut off the rhythmic hammering of her pulse, she feels for the cold tines of a fork and places it underneath a scalloped rim.
Her saliva turns metallic and she hates her own guts for desiring her father’s love. She pulls eight glasses out of the cupboard and places them on the center of the cloth-covered table. The last two glasses have a hint of dusty dullness. Detecting his gaze, she thinks he is looking. She refuses to look up. Her skin feels like it will slip off her bones and she remembers she is 34 years old. But he is looking.
For a few nights after his phone calls, she dreams vivid fantasies and nightmares. As time passes between their encounters, his calls become less frequent. She rarely returns the messages.
April 30th, 2007 at 10:44 pm
Luck!
May 1st, 2007 at 5:21 am
Rhonda - My pleasure. I won’t get back to 200 words until the 14th, though. If you want to submit anything in the future, you can use the “contact me” at the bottom of the about box.
Elisa - Thanks!
May 1st, 2007 at 11:23 am
FictionScribe:
Thanks for reminding folks to write in the Word Count Journal. The intent of the site is to provide that daily dose of writing. There is an active community of writers on the site. It is never too late to start or pickup that journal you have going.
Write Away!
Chuck
May 1st, 2007 at 6:48 pm
My pleasure, Chuck. It’s a reminder for me as well.
May 2nd, 2007 at 5:32 am
Three days to go!!!! May everything be perfect :).
May 2nd, 2007 at 7:45 am
Thank you.
For the first time since I’ve come to Oz, I’m hoping for NO rain. 