Comments for Busy Writing

Comment on Publish? Perish? by busywriting

busywriting — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 23:16:41 +0000

Thanks so much for saying so!

Hopefully I will finish my novel soon so I can see about getting it published!

Julie J.

Comment on Publish? Perish? by Monica Muzlera

Monica Muzlera — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 22:41:04 +0000

You are a wonderful teacher… You go
beyong your responsability. As a writer,
you are histarically FUNNY! Love romance;
in histirical times…. Awe yes, Mr Darcy, I’ll
take him any day over Collin F. So!!! But
all those combinations AND you get someone
like you.. Extremely talented!!

Comment on Cover Art Conundrum… by Wayne Borean

Wayne Borean — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:42:02 +0000

I was thinking that. Or maybe you might be able to enter book two in the contest

Wayne

Comment on Cover Art Conundrum… by busywriting

busywriting — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 22:47:01 +0000

Thanks Wayne for both comments. I’ll keep the contest in mind…for next year? Not done writing it yet!

Julie J.

Comment on Cover Art Conundrum… by Wayne Borean aka The Mad Hatter

Wayne Borean aka The Mad Hatter — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 03:31:03 +0000

Guess what I just found?

The Emily Contest was first established by the West Houston Chapter of RWA® in 1990 in order to promote publication of previously unpublished writers of romance. The contest is unusual in that it does not limit its entrants to members of RWA. Rather, it is open to any writer who is not published as of the deadline date of the contest. The Emily got its name as a result of its initial publicity campaign involving a young scribbler named Emily who was a victim of writer’s block. The contest was promoted as a way to end this malady. So the contest was named in honor of this anonymous character, rather than Emily Dickinson or Emily Bronte. The first Emily contest chair was the late Arnette Lamb. In the years that followed its inception, the Emily has garnered a reputation as one of the top contests in the romance writing genre. Many Emily winners and finalists have gone on to be published. The list follows.

Your book would fit in the:

Historical Romance includes romance novels set prior to 1950.

Category They hold the contest every year. I think that it opens for entries on October 1. Wayne

Comment on Cover Art Conundrum… by Wayne Borean aka The Mad Hatter

Wayne Borean aka The Mad Hatter — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 03:21:12 +0000

Washboard abs don't do anything for me. Dual Headlights on the other hand... Seriously though, if you are publishing yourself, and intend to publish ebook versions only, you have to be really careful about cover art. Because of the small size of the images fine detail tends to disappear. So before you start in on the cover, you need to decide whether you are going Dead Tree or EBook. Wayne

Comment on Breaking Thru Writers Block: “Honey, where’s the kayak?” by busywriting

busywriting — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 11:26:05 +0000

Yes, it was amazing how well getting out for a paddle worked to focus my attention. I worked thru quite a number of thorny issues with ease. I enjoyed it a lot!

Comment on Breaking Thru Writers Block: “Honey, where’s the kayak?” by Kellie

Kellie — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 03:01:51 +0000

So funny! I have some of my best ideas come to me right after I’ve cleared my head by paddling around in my kayak. Glad to know another writer who finds inspiration on the water…

Comment on The Busy Writing “Writing Life” Comic Top Twelve by busywriting

busywriting — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 01:39:07 +0000

Thanks you two for dropping by and for voting! Glad they resonated.

Julie J.

Comment on The Busy Writing “Writing Life” Comic Top Twelve by smackedblogger

smackedblogger — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 01:24:25 +0000

Hahaha… thanks for these I actually lol’d at several of them