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Apr 11, 2005 - Chicken Soup Wants Stories / Make PDFs

 


Thought for the Week - Unstoppable Writers
  

I have had the best books coming into my life lately! Last week we talked about The Success Principles(tm) and this week I want to tell you about a book for the gals (sorry, guys!). 

Unstoppable Women: Achieve Any Breakthrough Goal in 30 Days is a brand-new book that really appealed to me -- it's broken into a day-by-day format just like The Organized Writer and it has files for a planner in the back. The book also shares amazing stories of other unstoppable women.

Do you ever just flip open a book -- and then you are shocked at where the book falls (I highly recommend this, by the way)? I did this with Unstoppable Women, and guess whose story came up? J.K. Rowling. Every author who has a book that keeps bugging them to be written needs to read her story -- a single mom who was surviving on only $103.50 a week is now richer than the queen of England because of her writing. It doesn't get any better than that!

If you're stuck and need some motivation to get going on your goal, check out Unstoppable Women by Cynthia Kersey.

Another prolific and unstoppable author passed away this week... the Pope. I was surprised to see how many books he produced, and did you know he was a playwright and a poet? Even though he was controversial, he was an amazing writer. Check out all his books --

http://organizedwriter.com/popepoetry


Happy writing (and organizing)!

 
Best, 
Julie
julie@organizedwriter.com
    

P.S. Did you miss last week's issue? Read it here.     

For story writers .... Chicken Soup is Looking for Stories
  
For the following books, contact Theresa Peluso, 954-418-0844 at tbdev@bellsouth.net .  They pay for material and request non-exclusive rights.

Chicken Soup for the Soul, Healthy Living Series (4 titles)
Diabetes, Asthma, Stress, Arthritis 
(pub date Mar 2006)(www.thehealthysoul.com)

Chicken Soup for the Horse Lover's Soul, 2nd Edition 
(pub date May 2006) (www.horseloverssoul.com)

Chicken Soup for the Recovering Soul Daily Inspirations 
(pub date Jan 2006) (www.recoveringsoul.com)

Chicken Soup for the Soul, People Helping People 
(pub date Aug 2006) (www.soulofthepeople.com)

Chicken Soup for the Shoppers Soul (Sep 2006) 
(website under construction)

You can find more Chicken Soup requests at -
http://www.chickensoup.com/StorySubmission/UpcomingBooks.asp

     
Make PDFs
    
You can use the Open Office software to create PDFs at no charge. The Open Office software is the open source software that's similar to Microsoft(R) Office and it includes the ability to create PDFs. If Adobe Acrobat is beyond your budget, check out Open Office.

http://www.openoffice.org
For authors and publishers.... Lynne Klippel's Book School
    
You can still be part of the fun of book school! It starts on the 13th....

I am so excited!  For years, I've been trying to find a good "how to write and publish your book" program to share with you.  And I think I've finally found it. 

One of my awesome coaches, Lynne Klippel, is piloting a brand new program called Book School.  This program is going to take us from idea to writing the book in 5-minute chunks to publishing it yourself, if you want.  

Can you imagine?  In 90 days we'll have our next book on its way!

Since she's just piloting the program, she's offering an incredible price.  Send an email to julie9-101972@autocontactor.com (you may get request to confirm your subscription from Finally Organized) and you'll get all the details.  

 I hope you can join us!


Happy organizing! Julie

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PRINTABLE CHECKLIST 
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PRINTABLE CHECKLIST
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DRAW daily (Declutter-Read-Assess-Write)
What is this? 

M T W T F S S
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1. Declutter (only 5 minutes)
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2. Read (only 5 minutes)
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3. Assess (30 seconds to 5 minutes)
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4. Write (at least 5 minutes)


Weekly Checklist

For freelance writers: Use this weekly checklist to find, write and send a query every week of 2005!

Monday
__ Make notes on a new idea.


Tuesday: Accounting Day
__ Post your accounting records.
__ Pay bills.
__ Follow up on outstanding invoices and queries.


Wednesday
__ Find a new market using links below.


Thursday: Errand Day
__ Make copies.
__ Return books to library.
__ Make deposit at bank.


Friday
__ Finish query and submit.
__ Match your query to the market.


Saturday Weekly Review
__ How was this week?
__ What's up next week?
__ Review your Projects list in your planner and check the
status.
__ Jot the next action steps for your projects on next week's
calendar.
__ Backup your computer files.
__ Virus scan your computer.
__ Update windows software at http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com
__ Update Microsoft(R)  office software at http://office.microsoft.com/officeupdate/default.aspx


Sunday
__ Relax and enjoy!
__ Do something fun today!

JOB/MARKET LINKS 

Organized Writer's Guideline Database
Absolute Write's Market Archives
Writer's Weekly Jobs
Writing-World.com guidelines
Writing-World.com writers wanted
Funds for Writers - Jobs and Markets
Paying Markets List
Freelance Job Bank 
Writer's Write Writer's Guideline Directory
Writer's Digest - Market of the Day
Writer's Market.com (subscription only)
Writer Gazette Job Board
Writer Gazette Call for Submissions
Sell Writing Online
Writer's Crossing

 

Thanks for visiting Writer-Reminders! If you have comments,
success stories, or suggestions, reply to this message or e-mail
me at :julie@writer-reminders.com

- Julie


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