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March 1, 2014
Regarding the Oxford Comma
by Jennifer Hasheider www.jenniferahasheider.com I’ve seen a debate around social media regarding use of the Oxford comma. This comma is also known as the serial, series, and Harvard comma. It is placed immediately before the coordinating conjunction (usually and, or, or nor) in a series of three of more terms. For example, a list of three things that […]
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February 26, 2014
Missouri Writers Guild Conference Nets Record Breaking Early Bird Registration Numbers
The 99th Annual Missouri Writers’ Guild Conference has broken its previous early bird registration record. Currently, approximately 70 writers from throughout the country are registered to attend the “Fifty Shades of Writing” conference. The event will take place Friday, April 11 through Sunday, April 13, 2014, in downtown St. Louis, Missouri. Registration remains open through […]
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February 25, 2014
Missouri Author Daniel Woodrell Talks About Books, Films, Formidable Women and Writing
by Donna Volkenannt On a windy Thursday night in late February, critically acclaimed Missouri author Daniel Woodrell read from his novels and talked about writing. A crowd of about 200 students, faculty members, writers and book lovers attended Woodrell’s presentation on the campus of St. Charles Community College. During Woodrell’s introduction, a professor from the […]
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February 21, 2014
“We’re Making It Personal”
We have a new Board, a new submissions process, and we’re making it personal! We are building connections through our Board with the Missouri Writers’ Guild, the Saint Louis Writers’ Guild, and the Southeast Missouri Writers’ Guild that will give writers a personal connection to a publishing house. The members of our new Board are: […]
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February 15, 2014
The Indie Author: Writing a Book
by Jennifer Adele www.jenniferadele.com Whether you are an indie author or someone who is traditionally published through a house or label, writing a book is still writing a book. It is something that defines the word “author” itself, and strangely enough, it is something that most of us probably do in a very unique fashion. […]
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February 10, 2014
February Writing Contests
American Poetry Journal Book Prize Dream Horse Press Glimmer Train Press The Ledge Sustainable Arts Foundation Tupelo Press Wags Review American Poetry Journal Book Prize - Poetry, Fiction and Creative Non-Fiction Entry fee: $30 for non-members. $20 for members Prizes: Poetry Collection: $5,500 cash and publication by University of Pittsburgh Press, Judge: Joy Harjo Short Fiction […]
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February 8, 2014
Jane Ellen Ibur hosted Writing After War at the St. Louis Library Central Branch
By Diana Davis The St. Louis Public Library Central Branch is hosting a series of writing seminars. The seminars were designed to allow service men and women coming home from war fronts to express the trauma that they witnessed and/or lived through which was creating stress in their lives. For six weeks, participants in these […]
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February 6, 2014
John S. McFarland Writes About Bigfoot in Annette: A Big Hairy Mom
by Margo Dill John S. McFarland’s first novel, The Black Garden, was published in 2010 to universal praise. His work has appeared in several magazines and an anthology. He has written extensively on historical and arts-related subjects and has been a guest lecturer in fiction at Washington University in St. Louis. He is a lifelong […]
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February 2, 2014
Big River Writers Conference
by Meghan McEnery In 2014, St. Louis will celebrate its 250th anniversary and River Styx magazine, a non-profit independent literary journal, will celebrate its 40th birthday. In honor of these two events, River Styx is hosting the first annual Big River Writers Conference. The Big River Writers Conference will take place at the Regional Arts […]
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January 21, 2014
Divorce, Bullying, and Drugs: Overdone Themes that Can Still Be Published
by Margo Dill What do you do if the children’s or YA book you’re writing contains an already overdone theme or plot? Some people would tell you to scrap it. If you Google “kids’ books on divorce, bullying or drugs,” you’re sure to come up with hundreds of choices already published. But what if this […]
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