Friday Round-up -- Contests and a Hark Back to Summer Dream

I'm deep in the bowels of Ontario at the moment, seeing to a little family business and a bit of workishness and other skullduggery. Poor timing on my part, as I am in the midst of a couple of contests right now requiring dexterity of email ability. But it is fall, and fall is the Prime Time for the writing community -- no one sleeps at this time of year. Much running about, attending, reading, writing, promoting. Such is the life I love!

A recap...

First: The SiWC 2009 Writing Contest closes tonight ...last chance for entries to be submitted by email is essentially right now. Check it out online at www.siwc.ca and send entries to contest@siwc.ca. If you do submit by email, entry fee must follow via snail mail in cheque or money order form. Website is there for details. Do not think you are alone in last-minute submissions -- you are legion, my procrastinating writer friend!

Next: The intrepid Darby's interview this week on Darby Speaks is with Princess Meg, star of THE RUNAWAY PRINCESS  and the just released smash sequel THE RUNAWAY DRAGON. You can win a copy of the latest novel by leaving a comment on Darby's blog HERE. Spread the word! You have until tomorrow night.

And finally, a fond remembrance of this year's wonderful Summer Dream in Stanley Park. This is one of my favourite images -- my friend the zany author Lee Edward Fodi, reading from his latest book Kendra Kandlestar and the Shard From Greeve, whilst a young woman signs the story to a group of clearly mesmerized children.

You can see more of my pix from Summer Dream 2009 on my flickr page HERE.


More catching up soon!


~kc

Interested in getting Published?

You could do worse than to read THIS blog post by the Most Excellent Blogging Agent Nathan Bransford. A lovely glossary of all terms publishing-related.

In fact, if you are REALLY interested, or in the industry already, you should have Bransford's blog on your RSS feed. The guy uniformly posts excellent material. He, Janet Reid and Kristin Nelson are my must-reads for agent bloggers.

All truly excellent. Know any other excellently-blogging agents? List 'em in the comments!

In a somewhat tangentially related thought, when my newly vamped website is ready for public consumption, it will have an all-things-writing-related blog attached. Hoping for a September launch...

A bit of contest news -- it's three weeks until the deadline of the SIWC writing contest. Have you sent in your entry yet? Find out more HERE. With $4000 up for grabs in prizes, it's a no-brainer.

And speaking of contests, nip on over RIGHT NOW to Darby Speaks. You'll be just in time to get your name in to win an Aphra Connelly contest pack!

Hurry...run!

~kc