Ahhhh! Moi-nica Brinkman! A woman after my own heart! When she is not forest-nymphing behind those Foster Grants you can find her here: http://www.itmattersradio.com/ Literati! A scant three weeks remains for you to enter our contest Once Upon a Time and a chance to win $250 first prize. And remember that the five semifinalists […]
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Literati I have had the privilege of editing Fred Rivera’s manuscript of Viet Nam entitled Raw Man. Since I sleep with the judge, Fred’s entry will not be eligible for any of the prize money offered for our contest which ends June first: Once Upon a Time. (Scroll down on our home page to find the […]
(City of London before the fog rolls in…OH!… WAIT!) Literati! Our contest continues with but a scant month remaining to get in your entries to Once Upon A Time. Should you feel compelled to win $250, rules and how to enter can be found here: http://www.awordwithyoupress.com/2014/03/20/once-upon-a-time-our-new-contest/ Jack Horne, one of those who constantly misspells […]
(almost makes you wish you were carrying baggage…ah shucks…we ALL have baggage. The difference among people is whether their stuff is folded inside a Gucci or crammed in a duffel bag) Literati! I received this entry to our contest Once Upon a Time about a week ago, but I declined to post it until I […]
(here Vanna White from another lifetime spins the wheel of misfortune) Literati! Have you not yet entered our contest Once Upon a Time? Win fame, fortune and the adulation of all your favorite genders by sending in the prologue to your work in progress. Here is that magic portal of possibilities! http://www.awordwithyoupress.com/2014/03/20/once-upon-a-time-our-new-contest/ Don Maker, who […]
and has the nerve to enter it into our contest Once Upon a Time! You’d think she wrote it herself! Literati! Wendy Joseph is a frequent visitor here at The Word, so we will forgive her the sin of actually entering someone else’s work into our contest. The rules require that you submit a prologue […]
(Here Elijah Fang celebates having come in second place in our previous writing contest) OOPS! I meant GESTICULATES! Fresh off a second-place win in our previous contest, Oceanside, California writer Elijah Fang enters the fray once again in our current contest. Once Upon a Time requires that you put off procrastinating until sometime tomorrow (or maybe […]
(I have a hunch you will like this prologue) Literati! We want our manuscripts to be perfect specimens, ten toes and fingers, all the parts in order. Quasi-modo, roughly translated, means partially formed. We cannot edit the children-to-be in-uterus (but we’re working on it) but we can edit our other little darlings, our novels, during gestation. […]
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(these weapons of crass destruction will do… in a pinch) Literati! I suggest that Russ Shor was nuts to pay his cable bill, having read his prologue and seen the story arc. (And please notice that the title is Solly–not Sully—and the Rebels) Russ has been a lifelong journalist and a gem(ologist) of guy; he was […]
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(Interviewing for an intern position for our Moscow office is Stef–her resume is under consideration because she is well-red) Literati! All the way past the East Ghost, and on the ordinary side the pond, resides Jack Horne. Same turf as Derek Thompson; so I guess that makes them a pair a normal Brits! Our current […]
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Literati! Pleased I am that Derek, project developer and one of the floundering fathers of A Word with You Press has submitted a little something for our contest: Once Upon a Time. The plan of our contest is to give you an appropriate size crow-bar to pry that damned writer’s block off your […]
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“He was bad. He was trouble, and he was beautiful.” Robert Marazas enters our contest
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(Chet Baker huddled over his horn before the music explodes. The quote in the title is from the video at the end of Robert’s contest submission. Read his entry, and view the clip) Ladies and Gentlemen of the Literati! A Word with You Press is proud to introduce a new writer into our contest, Robert […]