I'll be catching up on comments and visiting next week, if not this weekend. Looking forward to seeing what everyone has been doing this past week!
Now for some links.
Workshop/Presentation/Conference:
I'll be presenting A Beginner's Guide to Social Media for the Professional Woman this Saturday, October 20, at 11:30 a.m. at the Blue Sage Cafe. $18 entry includes a scrumptious gourmet lunch.
T.L. McCallan is presenting a free workshop entitled Becoming an Author: the Journey to Publication. It can be viewed as a webinar.
Where can you get a writer's conference, a cruise and Charlaine Harris as the keynote speaker? The 2013 Fun in the Sun Conference will be January 24 to 28th, setting sail out of Ft. Lauderdale.
Contests & Giveaways:
Think there aren't enough game shows for authors? What? There aren't any? Well, now you can participate in America's Next Author, the first social writing contest, with a $5000 prize.
Jamie at Mithril Wisdom is having a birthday giveaway of two great books. Free and easy to enter! Happy Belated Birthday, Jamie!
Howlin' Wolf Records and Jason Comerford are putting on 13 Days of Chills, featuring 13 interesting writeups about horror film scores. You can be entered in great giveaways just by commenting on the posts. Check out the remaining schedule and read up!
Accepting Submissions:
Static Movement is accepting submissions for short stories and poetry in fantasy, science fiction and horror. Non-paying market. E-zine.
Sanitarium is accepting submissions for horror-themed short stories. Not paying this round, but you get free copies. Future publications will be paid per word.
Other:
Neil Gaiman talks about All Hallows Read, where it is suggested you give away a horror-themed book to someone on Halloween.
Apex Magazine is doing a subscription drive with the goal of gaining 250 subscribers to their e-magazine. They're giving away great prizes as incentive, and the subscription is reasonably priced.
Want to know what not to do when writing analogies? Cheezburger posted this list of Really Bad Analogies Written by High School Students.
Buzz Feed presents 34 Facts About Halloween Movies That Will Blow Your Mind. Who was considered for the role of Jack in The Shining? Who was considered too crazy? What was Scream's original title?
Anything to share? Seen any good sunsets lately? Have you entered any contests or submitted this month?
May you find your Muse.
