"I have made this letter longer, because I have not had the time to make it shorter."
Welcome to the October 30, 2009 edition of Just Write. You’ll find no shortage of valuable writing information, as well as book reviews, in this week’s carnival. Enjoy! Remember to show the blog owners our appreciation by commenting and socially bookmarking.
Author/Poets – Interviews/Bios/Etc.
Jim Murdoch presents Memories of Spike (part two) posted at The Truth About Lies, saying, “Spike Milligan was a pioneer and quite rightly can be called the father of modern British comedy. This part of the article concentrates on his radio work with The Goons, his film work including his cameo in Monty Python’s Life of Brian and his many books of humorous poetry.”
Tiffany Colter presents A Cyber Chat About Ghostwriting With Tiffany Colter posted at A Break From The Norm, saying, “An interview with Writing Career Coach Tiffany Colter about gostwriting.”
Books/Book Reviews
Jim Murdoch presents The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov (book review) posted at The Truth About Lies, saying, “The Master and Margarita can be reasonably called the greatest novel to come out of Communist Russia, a work of magical realism, a pre-apocalyptic novel, a love story, a biting political satire or simply a damn good read if you can get over the fact that most of the names are thirty-odd characters long. But even that doesn’t really cover it.”
Piotr Stepien presents Extreme Psychic by Derek Acorah posted at we overstep, saying, “a thrilling and eye opening book”
Contests/Prompts/Projects
Ben Christensen presents A Very Remarkable Marine Memoirist posted at Digging for Fire, saying, “Ben Christensen is a freelance magazine writer whose work has appeared in Texas Highways magazine among others. He is currently working on a feature story for BoatU.S. Magazine, and writes about his experiences as a Marine in Iraq at Digging for Fire. So we see the writer here at work with sleeves rolled up.”
Encouragement for Writers
Allison Whitehead presents Here’s what 5 days of hunting for online writing jobs can get you | My Online Freelance Writing Career posted at My Online Freelance Writing Career, saying, “Don’t think you can win enough writing jobs? Maybe it’s perseverance you are missing out on.”
Mike presents Making a Criticism Sandwich posted at Writers Anonymous, saying, “Ever had trouble giving effective criticism? Making a criticism sandwich is probably the simplest method that helps you keep your advice positive.”
Freelance
Suzane Smith presents Ten Rules of LinkedIn Etiquette for Business Professionals posted at Executive MBA Programs, saying, “Unlike Facebook and the like, LinkedIn is strictly a social network for professionals with over 48 million members in over 200 countries.Here are the top ten rules of LinkedIn Etiquette for Business professionals.”
Poetry/Short Stories
Lucynda Riley presents My Skirt around my hips and Enikk between them posted at The Alien Princess.
Publishing
L. Shepherd presents Print Publishing Woes posted at The Writer’s Journey, saying, “Have you been wondering about how print publishing is faring right now? So have I.”
The Writing Life
Ralph Jean-Paul presents How To Wake Up Early Without Hating It: My 3 A.M. Experiment posted at Potential 2 Success, saying, “By waking up early, I was able to write more and better articles. Learn how I was able to do it.”
Writing in the News
Rose King presents Top 10 Plagiarism Scandals of All Time posted at Online Classes.org.
Writing Mechanics
Amitha Knight presents Developing your book idea into a full-length novel posted at Monkey Poop.
Livia Blackburne presents Three useful pointers from “How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy” posted at Livia Blackburne: A Brain Scientist’s Take on Creative Writing.
Shaun Duke presents Pointless Plot Elements, Convenience, and Fantasy | The World in the Satin Bag posted at The World in the Satin Bag.
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Fiction writing is any kind of writing that is not factual. Fictional writing most often takes the form of a story meant to convey an author's point of view or simply to entertain. The result of this may be a short story, novel, novella, screenplay, or drama, which are all types (though not the only types) of fictional writing styles.