Can Writing Contests Pave the Road to Publication?

Posted by Carly at Jul 31, 2007 6:00 am

Today’s Blog is a departure for a Tuesday but since it coincides with the day I am doing an article at GATHER.COM, it seemed appropriate. And there’s a CONTEST for a chance to win something at the end of this post! :cooldance: I’m going to talk about how contests can help aspiring authors get published. [...]

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Help! My Mother-in-law is still here!

Posted by Leslie at Jul 30, 2007 6:00 am

Bruce…you might not want to read this today. I’m talking about your mother. Still reading? Don’t say I didn’t warn you! For the rest of you… My 84 or 83 year old mother-in-law is visiting (nobody knows her age for sure because she, umh, “fudged” about it for so long, she, herself has forgotten how [...]

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Jungle Madness Winner and Sunday…Quiz!

Posted by Julie at Jul 29, 2007 6:00 am

Congratulations to Sue Mont, post #54 for winning this week’s contest! Please email me at julie at julieleto.com (no spaces) with your snail mail address so I can get the prize on its way. And because I can… Find out your Harry Potter personality at LiquidGeneration! What about you? (This so does not surprise me [...]

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Saturday Writing Article

Posted by Leslie at Jul 28, 2007 6:00 am

Below is an article I wrote for the Novel & Short Story Writer’s Market 2005 edition. Hope you enjoy!! Leslie ROMANCE: WRITING TO YOUR COMFORT LEVEL An article for Novel & Short Story Writer’s Market by Leslie Kelly Picture this: you’re at your spouse’s holiday cocktail party, surrounded by semi-strangers talking budgets and forecasts. You’re [...]

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Julie’s Jungle Madness Friday!

Posted by Julie at Jul 27, 2007 6:00 am

My Blaze, STRIPPED, is hitting the streets as we speak…I’m hearing from readers all over that they are getting copies. Yeah! You’ve seen my cover…it features candles created not by the heroine of the book, but by her best friend (who is the heroine of the book I’m writing right now!) Fun, huh? So, of [...]

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Who’s Your Movie Star Boyfriend?

Posted by Janelle at Jul 26, 2007 6:00 am

Every once in a while I come across a fun quiz and just have to see what my answer would be. In this case, I found a “Who’s Your Movie Star Boyfriend” quiz and couldn’t resist. I went through and answered all the questions, and in the end, here’s MY movie star boyfriend . . [...]

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The World’s Dustiest House

Posted by Julie at Jul 25, 2007 6:00 am

Okay…it’s not only because I had to fire my housekeeper a few months ago. That’s not the reason. Even she admitted that she’d never seen a dustier house than mine…and this was when she came every week. My house is dusty and I don’t know why!!!! We had all of our duct work redone last [...]

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Oh My Goodness! (Book Covers)

Posted by Carly at Jul 24, 2007 8:18 am

I left on a short vacation on Monday morning and I’ve been so wrapped up with reading the end of HOT PROPERTY and getting it sent off later today, I forgot to blog! :hide: Forgive me! So I’ll go with just a question today based on a reader letter I received this weekend. I had [...]

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Half A Lifetime…

Posted by Leslie at Jul 23, 2007 6:00 am

Last Thursday, Bruce and I celebrated our 21st wedding anniversary. You might think that last year, being the 20th, would have been more momentous. But for me, this was the big one. You see, I am 42. And I realized that I have now been married to him for half my life. Wow. That really [...]

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Carly’s Winner and Sunday Funny

Posted by Carly at Jul 22, 2007 6:00 am

And the winner of OLLIE (Colonel Oliver North’s namesake in a keychain) and a backlist book of choice (not CMH or SWAK, sorry!) is: :party: # 25 – ARDIE :party: CONGRATULATIONS! Email me at: carlyphillips@mac.com and confirm your mailing address so I can send out your prize! ******* SUNDAY FUNNY

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