This post by published author Roni Loren literally stopped me in my tracks. Blogger beware - those pictures you (and I) are populating our blog posts with could get us in to trouble.
Bloggers Beware: You CAN be sued for using Pics on your Blog.
What do you fellow bloggers think? Will this change how you blog? I know it's making me think. Greg is a photographer as well as a writer - Greg, what are your thoughts?
By Greg Hardin
Okay, so many are audiobook haters, but I find that there are so many moments in my day when I can listen to a book, when I couldn't read one. While I'm driving. While I'm cooking. While I'm outside cutting the grass. Immersing myself in good writing is a great way to become a better writer myself. Instead of flipping the radio on in any of the above scenarios, get a good audiobook. Not only do you gain time in your day to "read", but by listening to the pacing and rhythm of a piece, you can gain a better understanding of subtler aspects of writing. If you don't want to use audible, no problem; check out your local library. Libraries have tons of great audiobooks. My recommendation is to listen to a book you have read already and were thinking about revisiting. Listening to it will allow you to enjoy it in a completely new way.
Here are a number of free short stories by very respectable authors, (Joyce, Dickins, Conrad, Irving, etc.) When you need some inspiration read one or two. :)
By Laura Campbell
Glimmer Train Literary Journal
- Very Short Fiction Award: up to 3,000 words
o First Place Prize: $1,500, publication in Glimmer Train Stories, and 20 copies of that issue
o Deadline: July 31, 2012
o Details here
- Short-Story Award for New Writers (unpublished): 1,500-12,000 words
o First Place Prize: $1,500, publication in Glimmer Train Stories, and 20 copies of that issue
o Deadline: August 30, 2012
o Details here
Writer’s Digest Magazine
- 13th Annual Short Short Story Competition
o Summer Tales or Summer-Themed Fictional Stories 1,200 words or less
o First Place Prize: $3,000, publication and a trip to the Writer’s Digest Conference
o Deadline: November 15, 2012
o Details here
Narrative Magazine
- Spring 2012 Story Contest
o Fiction & Literary Nonfiction: 15,000 words or less
o First Place Prize: $2,500 and considered for publication
o Deadline: July 31, 2012
o Details here
WOW! Women On Writing
- Summer 2012 Flash Fiction Contest
o Open (any style; any genre): 250-750 words
o First Place Prize: $350, $25 Amazon Gift Certificate, publication on WOW! Women On Writing and an interview on the WOW! Women On WritingBlog.
o Deadline: August 31, 2012
o Details here
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
New Purlieu Review
o Seeking Essays, Short Fiction, Artwork, Photos, and Poems
o Theme: Family
o Deadline: August 31, 2012
o Details here
