Diary of a Mad Editor

Welcome to the May 10, 2010 edition of the mad editor’s round-up.

Robert Lew Terrell presents souls suppose posted at Existential Haiku, saying, "Existential Haiku blog contains original haiku of poet Robert Lew. I write about many subjects – nature, seasonal, humor, animals – and often from an existential viewpoint."

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Madeleine Begun Kane presents Musical Chairs posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog, saying, "limerick and limerick prompt."

Tiffany Colter presents Re-evaluate posted at Writing Career Coach, saying, "This article helps writers to re-evaluate where they are and gives them steps to get them to their goal."

Mia Taylor presents 10 Most Eccentric Artists Ever to Live posted at Graphic Design Degrees, saying, "While not entirely true across the board, as is true for preconceived notions, there are a few celebrated artists out there who truly pushed the boundaries of what the communities around them considered the status quo."

Madeleine Begun Kane presents A Dog Of A Limerick posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog, saying, "limerick and limerick prompt"

Literary Criticism

Shaun Duke presents Fiction Narratives: The Forgotten Strand? posted at The World in the Satin Bag.

JHSEsq presents Book Review: Nineteen Minutes posted at Colloquium.

Writing

Missy Frye presents Champion Screenwriting Competition posted at Incurable Disease of Writing, saying, "The 2010 Champion Screenwriting Competition is giving away a $10,000 Grand Prize and $40,000 in cash and prizes."

Natalie Thomas presents 10 Important Writers Who Went to Jail for Their Work posted at Online University Reviews, saying, "These 10 listed in the article endure an atrocious and unwarranted fate for the supposed “crime” of expressing themselves. Please take some time to explore these other stories as well – doing so will open eyes to the disgusting acts intended to squelch justice that tragically characterize everyday life for millions of men, women, and children across the globe."

Missy Frye presents Failure as a Stepping Stone posted at Incurable Disease of Writing, saying, "Janet Morris Grimes reminds writers that rejection isn’t the end of a writing career."

Writing Tips

Tiffany Colter presents A few more tips posted at Writing Career Coach, saying, "Guest blogger Rachel Mendell shares with us a few tips on writing for the newspaper."

Missy Frye presents 6 Simple Secrets for Writing a Query Letter that Gets Results posted at Incurable Disease of Writing, saying, "Your query has one job: to get the industry pro to ask for more. In order for that all-important “tell me more” to happen, your query letter must say 6 critical things about you and your project."

Tammi Kibler presents Write Fast – Eight Tips to Write Articles Faster posted at Write More. Write Fast. Write Now., saying, "When you learn to write fast you will increase your output, raise your income per hour, and improve the quality of your final drafts. These are the eight tips I use to write articles faster."

Toni presents Tips to Overcome Writer’s Block posted at What’s your story?.

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