Medium Chill (MC) is a small magazine you can submit to it is published by a friend of mine who is a writing teacher in Canton you can see previous issues of the mag here https://www.amazon.com/Medium- Chill-Issue-1/dp/1985792389/ ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid= 1519855069&sr=8-4&keywords= medium+chill and here is a basic call for submissions there is no fee to send a submission "bonkers underground 'zine/anthology series for new and veteran writers, issues 1-7 focused on fiction (both short story and flash) and prose/poetry. Issue 8 focuses on these as well - but is now open to non-fiction/essay submissions." The theme for this issue is "movies" -- that is, submissions with some 'element' of film, direct or indirect, is given preference." Deadline for MC 8, theme "the movies": November 2, 2022 send submissions to Dr. Rhonda Baughman rhondabaughman@hotmail.com - mike

 Welcome to Lakeshore Writer’s Group Monday, September 19th, 2022 @ 7:00pm. MEETING OUTLINE Hello, everyone! I’m sure we have some literary catching up to do. I hope everyone has enjoyed the summer months and is ready to start another round of Writers! Let’s welcome our newest members, Orla, Kaki, Linda, and Seamus. We look forward to meeting each of you, and seeing everyone again from last time! Let’s get started… ➢ Welcome and Introductions: We will go around the room and (re)introduce ourselves. (mostly we are familiar with each other, but this benefits our newest members…) Think of how you will answer these questions: 1. What brings you to the group? 2. What is your writing preference/genre? 3. Is writing your hobby or a serious endeavor? 4. What do you hope to get out of this time? 5. Tell us one good thing that happened to you lately! ➢ Ground Rules: See attachment. ➢ Warm-up Exercise and Read Back: To be announced. ➢ Who brought work to share? -this is a good opportunity for...

https://link.lithub.com/view/602ea756180f243d6532c895hamd1.fup/1de577db   Click here to read this email in your browser. THE CRAFT OF WRITING   Thomas C .  Foster on the most common pitfalls in writing . September 14, 2022 If you hang around the writing racket long enough, you will see every sort of writing success and failure imaginable — and some you can’t imagine. I spent 40 years teaching courses in writing and in literature where writing was a major component. Both during and after that time, I have been writing more or less steadily, sometimes frantically, once in a while ecstatically.   Through all that time, I have seen — and accomplished — all manner of failure. For some reason, students would sometimes come to my office to apologize for their poor (in their estimation) efforts, as if they had let me down personally. Often it turned out that the writing was anything but a failure, but it didn’t strike the student as a winner. Lacking any means of absolving t...

Dear Writers, You are invited to attend a live event with acclaimed author Jennifer Givhan and her book publicist, Isabella Nugent to celebrate the upcoming release of Jenn's new book  River Woman, River Demon,  and to share industry secrets for successful book promotion. One advance reviewer wrote, the book is "riveting...Featuring lush, evocative prose and beautiful, detailed descriptions of people and places, the book is difficult to put down." We'll be discussing what it takes to successfully promote a book, based on Isabella's real world experience as a book publicist. We'll also have an audience Q&A, so you can get your questions answered.  To participate in the event, simply pre-order a copy of  River Woman, River Demon  and then send us the receipt. The event will begin live on Wednesday, September 21st at 1pm ET. For those who can't attend, you'll get a copy of the recording. Get the Full Details Here Let me know if you have any questions....