Scribes Blog Carnival
Welcome to the June 2, 2008 edition of Scribes.
With a little bit of this and a little bit of that, we have a bit of everything in this edition of the carnival. I’d like to start off with saying thank you to everyone who submitted articles to this carnival.
I would also like to point out that if you have any contest announcements, call for submissions, or other writing related news, please check out Writers Who Blog and submit your news there as well as here.
Please remember: If you submit articles after the deadline, your submission will not be included in the carnival.
Thank you all and enjoy!
Fiction
Brent Diggs presents Nightlife | The Ominous Comma posted at The Ominous Comma.
Aaron Powell presents Stimulus posted at Aaron Ross Powell, saying, “A very short, noir story with a fantasy and horror twist.”
How-To
Cindy King presents Book Review - Letting Go Of The Words - Writing Web Content That Works By Janice Redish posted at Cindy King, saying, “Letting Go Of The Words is a must read for anyone involved with a website or blog. This is not about the tools you need or anything technical. This book is about web content and information strategies. It’s about “planning, selecting, organizing, writing, illustrating, reviewing, and testing contentâ€?…that gives readers a successful and satisfying web experience.”
Orna Ross presents Five Keys To Writing Excellence by Orna Ross posted at WRITING ADVICE & PUBLISHING ADVICE from Font, saying, “All good writing shares five common characteristics. Orna Ross takes us through them.”
TheLifeLessTraveled presents Word Nerd Gets Paid to Name Products for a Living…And How You Can, Too! posted at The Life Less Traveled, saying, “Interested in a cool and creative job? Amanda C. Peterson is a professional namer for Landor, a branding consultancy, coming up with monikers for snack food flavors, technology spin-offs and everything in between. After years of working in advertising planning and copywriting, she made the leap to worrying about Latin root words and trademark attorneys. For of hers you’ve heard of (Freescale, Photoshop Lightroom) there are hundreds of products and companies that get great names that never make it. Read on to learn about how Amanda became a professional namer and how you can, too.”
Heather Johnson presents Finding an Ethical Partner posted at A Philosopher’s Blog, saying, “As a freelance writer, I am often asked how to break into the publishing world. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised at how many people wish to become romance novelists. I bring you, Top 5 Online Resources for First-Time Romance Novelists”
Kerrie Flanagan presents In The Beginning… posted at The-Writing-Bug, saying, “Coming up with a brilliant beginning can be the biggest hurdle for some writers. Here is one technique that will have you starting strong.”
Steve Osborne presents What Should Freelance Writers Charge? posted at TheWritersBag.com, saying, “Steve Osborne, author of “Writing Tips for the Real World,” is a professional freelance writer and writing instructor with over 20 years of experience.”
Publishing and Agents
Cheryl Snell presents Very Like A Whale posted at Scattered Light.
Writer Humor
Madeleine Begun Kane presents STOP YELLING!!!!!!!!!!!! posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog.
Writing in General
Steve Osborne presents Writers: Don’t Be Seduced by Photography posted at TheWritersBag.com, saying, “Steve Osborne, author of “Writing Tips for the Real World,” is a professional freelance writer and writing instructor with over 20 years of experience.”
Lokendra Rathore presents JAIPUR-A Fun Place-Even By Night « Karan’s Guest House posted at Karan’s Guest House.
Thank You
That concludes this edition. Thank you to everyone who participated in this edition of the carnival. Please remember that if you submit your blog articles after the given deadline, you will not be included in the tour. Thank you.
Submit your blog article to the next edition of scribes using ourcarnival submission form.
Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.
***This post is part of the Fiction Scribe 100 Comments Contest. Click on the link to find out how you can win.***
June 2nd, 2008 at 10:50 am
I see I’ve missed your carnival again! I’m going to have to work out a better way to remember / figure out when it is coming up next.
In the meantime, I’ve got my entry for Velvet Verbosity’s latest challenge up. If you’re interested, it is here.
June 2nd, 2008 at 10:52 am
I’ve got to add, I’ve been trying not to be greedy, but with the comments slowing down and the end of the contest closing in, I’m awfully tempted to flood you with comments just to get my hands on all that chocolatey goodness.
Any lurkers out there with sweet teeth had better speak up quickly. 
June 2nd, 2008 at 2:06 pm
JM, thanks for including a piece of mine once again!
June 2nd, 2008 at 8:40 pm
WA - I need to promote it more, so it’s certainly not surprising that people forget.
And you’re a little late to get the latest bit of chocolate. Cheryl landed on the right comment.
Cheryl - Always a pleasure. I’ll be emailing you. You won some chocolate!
June 2nd, 2008 at 11:59 pm
I was so close… ;( A single comment would have changed my life.
I’ll just have to start commenting every ten minutes. :O
There are enough entries in your carnival, obviously a lot of people didn’t forget. I’m going to have to work on a strategy so I don’t next month. Oh, oh, next month is July. I always forget things in July, between the holiday and the heat.
June 3rd, 2008 at 12:20 am
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June 5th, 2008 at 7:20 pm
Haha. But you’ve already changed your life once anyway. You still have a chance to do it again…