Thought for the Month

"It always comes back to the same necessity: go deep enough and there is a bedrock of truth, however hard." - May Sarton

Hello Writers,

In a month of and in a week of unfolding stories about the truth in writing and where we get our inspirations for the stories we write, we come across media exposures of writers who have strayed from their truths. We had moments like James Frey's A Million Little Pieces and now Kaavya Viswanathan's novel How Opal
Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life.

Spring is the season of new growth both in the natural world and in our writing. It is a time for the creation of new life, new directions. It is our chance 'to thine own self be true'.

When I write fiction, I don't read fiction and thus find it easier not to be influenced by anyone else. It is my time to dig deep and find my own 'core'. Happy digging ... Sandra

Markets:

Carnelian - is seeking poetry submissions. Read guidelines carefully. Submission guidelines: http://www.sidewalkpress.net/carnelian/poetry.html

The Cortland Review - considers poetry, prose, essays, translations, and book reviews. Submission guidelines: http://www.cortlandreview.com/submission_guidelines.php

Defenestration accepts any genre of fiction, any type of non-fiction, and any form of poetry, so long as it’s funny. Submission guidelines: http://www.defenestrationmag.net/submissions.htm

Flashquake - focuses on works of flash fiction, flash nonfiction (memoirs, essays, creative nonfiction, humor) and short poetry of less than 1000 words in length. Submission guidelines: http://www.flashquake.org/guidelines.html

Fringe Magazine - seeks all forms of creative writing and visual art. Submission guidelines: http://www.fringemagazine.org/submissions.htm

Janus Head seeks submissions of poetry, short fiction and essays. Submission guidelines: http://www.janushead.org/jhguidelines.cfm

Off Course seeks submissions of essays, poems, short fiction or reviews of books. Submission guidelines: http://www.albany.edu/offcourse/guidelines.html

The Pedestal Magazine seeks submissions of poetry and short fiction. Submission guidelines: http://www.thepedestalmagazine.com/submit1.asp

Plum Ruby Review accepts poetry, short fiction and non-fiction writing. Submission guidelines: http://www.plumrubyreview.com/guidelines.htm

WRITING TIP:

Writing humour can be difficult. Write a funny bio of about yourself or a favourite 'character'. Try it out on your writing group.

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PUBLISHING NEWS:

Childhood memories bring me back to books like Carolyn Keene's Nancy Drew mysteries. I was therefore pleased to hear that they were being reissued for a new generation. I hadn't expected they would take the form of a graphic novel debut from PaperCutz though. These graphic novels are based on Simon and Schuster's newly re-launched series of Nancy Drew novels. They are written by Stefan Petrucha (X-Files, Kolchak), and illustrated by Sho Murase (Sei).

Zadie Smith's On Beauty published by Hamish Hamilton has been short-listed for the Orange Prize. Other contenders for the £30,000 award, to be presented on 6 June, are Ali Smith's The Accidental, published by Hamish Hamilton, Nicole Krauss's The History of Love published by Viking, Hilary Mantel's Beyond Black published by Harper- Perennial, Carrie Tiffany's Everyman’s Rules for Scientific Living published by Picador and Sarah Waters's The Night Watch published by Virago.

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Windshift Press authors continue a busy round of spring events. Kathy Wilson [Take The Wings of A Morning] is off to the UK this month for a book tour and vacation with family. Lenore Hellum [9 Lives] is off to Saskatchewan for a book signing at McNally Robinson's in Saskatoon and a book event at the BookStop in Melfort, her home town.

If you are planning a visit to the Literary Info Fair in Victoria on May 12th do drop by the Windshift Press booth and say hello.

Note: While every effort is made to check the markets suggested in this newsletter, writers must use their own judgment when submitting their work.

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