Contests

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26th Annual Hooke, Line and Sinker through the Hudson Valley RWA
Fee: $10
Deadline: Nov 1
Great Expectations through the North Texas RWA
Fee: $25-35
Deadline: Dec 30
Write Touch Readers’ Aware Contest 2012 through the WisRWA
Fee: $25
Deadline: Jan 10
Golden Quill 2012 through the Phoenix Desert Rose RWA
Fee: $30
Deadline: Jan 11
2012 Award of Excellence through the Colorado RWA
Fee: $20
Deadline: Jan 13
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Online Workshops

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Looking for a workshop to hone your writing craft skills?  Check back to this space regularly for updates as they become available.  Right now, here are some workshops going on.

A Study In Recreation: Comparing And Contrasting A Study In Scarlet And A Study In Pink- Jan 2-8
Showing the Transformational Character Arc: a practical hands on [...]

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Publisher Submission Calls

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You’ll find a lot of submission calls out there, but often, finding them all can be a bit overwhelming. I’ve pulled together some of the most recent so that you don’t need to. I’ll update as much as possible to give you the most up-to-date as possible.  If you have heard of any calls that [...]

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Latest News in the Book Biz

June sales (via Shelf-Awareness):

CATEGORY SALES % CHANGE
E-books $80.2 million  167.1%
Downloaded audio $7.4 million   24.9%
Religious books $45.2 million  18.4%
Univ. press hardcover $3.5 million    8.7%
Univ. press paperback $3.4 million    0.5%
Professional $52.4 million  −10.1%
Higher education $474.2 million  −11.3%
Children’s/YA paper $44.5 million  −13.6%
Adult mass market $47.4 million  −21.6%
Adult hardcover $84.9 million  −24.4%
Audiobooks $8.9 million  −24.6%
Children’s/YA hardcover $42 million  −30.8%
Adult paperback $48.4 million  −63.8%

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    In the March 2011 Romance Writers Report, some numbers caught our attention.  In a feature called ‘Where Authors Are Investing Their Time and Efforts’, it talked about how social networking and blogging have become the top promotional tactics for authors.  What was interesting was that out of those who participated in the survey, more than [...]

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