{"id":2557,"date":"2007-04-16T16:52:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-16T16:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=2557"},"modified":"2018-11-20T05:26:24","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T05:26:24","slug":"contest-alert-and-weekend-wanderings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=2557","title":{"rendered":"Contest Alert! and Weekend Wanderings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Don’t miss the contest at Lisa Yee’s<\/a>. It’s a short one… a really short one. As in, write a 25 word story. Sadly, I am already stumped.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Disco Mermaids<\/a>, together with their agents and the folks from Razorbill, want you to come play. Theirs is a hilarious contest helping the less fortunate… that is, celebrities without ideas… and help them to write… a children’s book. Because really – don’t they all want to? So that they can follow the A#1 writer’s rule of Write What You Know, your instructions are to give them a title for a book only they could write. Their example makes William Kotzwinkle’s Walter, the Farting Dog<\/b> turn into: Al Gore’s Walter the Ozone-Depleting Dog<\/b>. Despite the DM’s inexplicable prejudices against French hens and turtle doves, this is an awesome contest – and has some awesome prizes. Do check it<\/a> out!<\/p>\n

Chasing Ray<\/a> offers a plethora of writing inspirations… I am more than willing to try the chocolate. The axe? Not so much…<\/p>\n

(As you may have noticed…) Books that include food are a big draw for me. My carb-addicted soul still loves the toast description in The Wind in the Willows<\/i> of hot buttered toast. Ratty’s buttery toast is second to none, not even hot, buttered popcorn (yum…) Ahem. Anyway, from The New Yorker<\/a> comes theories about what the food means, and the question of what the draw is of imaginary or real food in our favorite novels.<\/p>\n

Over at Fuse#8<\/a>, the dreaded question of author photographs arises. Where\/how\/who takes those? And, like Fuse, I won’t mention names, but some of them, er, stump<\/i> me. My first two short novels (very out of print), the author pic was taken by the husband of the registrar of the school at which I taught. He is a photographer for PG&E (and who knows why they need photographers?). He took two rolls of B&W and color, and I found four I liked — in B&W. Needless to say, the publisher wanted color, of course. It was, I felt, revolting, but whatchagonnado? The question thus far has not yet been broached with my current publisher and book designer… and I don’t think it will, thankfully. Trying not to angst about the COVER (although I have a FABULOUS cover designer) is bad enough.<\/p>\n

The Potter bloggers<\/a> reminisce about this heady time in their lives, and wonder what to do next. Meanwhile, via Fuse<\/a>, I shudder to think of the Harry Potter Theme Park<\/a>. Oy. Just… oy<\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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