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February 3, 2005     

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In this issue:

1.) Letter From The Publisher---On The Home Front 
2.) Ask an Expert/Questions and Answers      
3.) COMP-ortunity of the month   
4.) Special Guest Article by Food and Travel Writer
Rose Di Grazia  
5.) The Business of Writing by Duane Newcomb      
6.) Editor's Pick/Reviews by Victoria Beninga     
7.) The Boast Post---Bragging Board of Writers
Triumphs and Victories

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Money The Write Way eMagazine  ISSN pending.   
Copyright 2004 Write Spirit Publishing. 
All rights reserved.

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~*~ On The Home Front
Carmel L. Mooney

As I write to you, this issue I can hardly believe
the personal challenges that have hit our family
the past few months so I have found myself putting
into practice what I preach to continue to write
and move towards your goals no matter what life
throws your way. I won't bore you with details but
let's just say we have had several huge life
changing events/issues hit our family just since
the last issue of this magazine.

Yes, I did have to put some of my immediate
writing goals on hold for a short time but as long
as I have fingers to type or a hand to write I can
always journal for future articles and books that
I will surely publish when life one day holds some
sort of normalcy again. What's normal, right? Well
at least life does provide some great material!

So my point is, as it has always been, that to
succeed as a writer you must be persistent and
flexible.

I hope your New Year has been less eventful than
ours and I hope you stick to your writing goals
this year no matter what life comes your way!

Our eMagazine will be published quarterly in 2005
and we hope you enjoy the same continued quality
information, resources and support as always.

Writing blessings, 
Carmel

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~*~ This week's newest COMP-ortunity

Kirkwood Mountain Resort

email/website:  www.kirkwood.com

Address: Kirkwood Mountain Resort P.O. Box 1
Kirkwood, CA 95646

Phone/PR contact: Kirstin A. Cattell Weidinger PR 
775-588-2412

Description: Adventure travel and all inclusive
resort. Kirkwood Mountain Resort is focused on a
new breed of visitor - the Adventure Family.  The
combination of downhill resort with a world-class
Cross Country Center means that families and
groups with members who like to participate in
both can vacation at the same destination resort -
and still meet up for lunch or an afternoon
cocktail.  On the downhill slopes alone, the
variety of terrain allows for double black diamond
experts to enjoy the same resort as their
never-ever counterparts.  

Lessons are available
for every level of skier and rider - from the
Beginner on the snow for the first time to the
Expert who wants to learn how to ski the steeps to
the rider who wants to learn how to go big in the
Terrain Park.  Literally, hundreds of acres of
snowshoe terrain allow non-skiers access to the
surrounding forests. The entire resort, including
many of the lodging properties, are dog friendly
so even four-legged members of the family can come
on vacation.  Ice skating, dog sledding, snow
tubing and slopeside daycare ensure families can
grow together at Kirkwood Mountain Resort.

Kirkwood Mountain Resort is fast becoming an
all-inclusive vacation destination - one of those
places where guests can park their car and not get
back in it until it's time to go home. 
Ski-in/Ski-out lodging, dining at the historic
Kirkwood Inn, Bub's Sports Bar & Grill and Off The
Wall Bar, slopeside daycare and a General Store
provide visitors everything they need.  Added
bonuses are the easy access from Sacramento and
the Bay Area via Scenic Highway 88 and uncrowded
lift lines.

Coverage desired: Print media/travel articles and
coverage

Prefers writers with any of the following: 
Professional travel writers with clips, or
assignment. All travel writers are encouraged to
contact.

Possible comp: Possible comp visit, skiing, and
sampling of activities and accomodations.

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~*~ "Ask a Pro" Publishing/Comping/Writing Q&A

"Your Questions---You Always Wanted To Ask,"
answered by  professional writing 
consultant/coach/author/instructor, Carmel L.
Mooney

To ask Carmel a writing, publishing, or comping
question, email  her at:
Carmel@moneythewriteway.com.

Questions may be edited for length or content if
necessary.

Question:

How do I submit a query or a manuscript if I want
to remain anonymous with a pen name?

J. Cartan    Shingle Springs, CA

Answer:

Typically, you would just state in your query
letter, that you would like to have the article
published under a pen name. Then when you get the
assignment and you type the manuscript you would
put your real name in the upper left hand corner
with address and social security number, since
this is the name you want the check written to.

But centered under the working title, you would
put your pen name the way you want it to be
published as the byline in the article. You may
want to remind the editor once again, that it is
important that your pen name be used in the
publication.

Question:

Is it ever okay to take a vacation from my
writing? I seemed to get burned out writing every
day or week?

A. Margherita    Acapulco, Mexico

Answer:

I continually remind students how important it is
to get into the habit of writing because it helps
to prevent writer's block and keeps us on track.
But yes, like anything, we can all experience burn
out and definitely even successful full time
writers need a vacation from writing.

Occasionally, maybe once a year I take a trip
where I do no writing whatsoever, and although it
feels odd, it does recharge me to visit a spot,
even if only for a weekend away, with no pressure
to observe, interview, or take notes. No writing,
just fun! But sometimes I end up writing about it
later just because I want to---once a writer,
always a writer, I guess!

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To ask Carmel a writing, publishing, or comping
question, email  her at:
Carmel@moneythewriteway.com.

Carmel Mooney is also available by phone and/or
email for private consultation, editing, and
coaching.  Carmel has helped thousands of writers
achieve writing and publishing success.

Email her at:  Carmel@moneythewriteway.com  or
call her at: 916-205-4763

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~*~ New 2005 Resolutions For Writers
Rose Di Grazia

I will write more. 
I will write every day. 
I will leave the housework more to spend time writing. 
I will stay up later if I have to, to write. 
I won't let my spouse get in my writing way (or the dogs).
I will make more money with my writing. 
I will do my restaurant reviews and free trips. 
I will buy more writing books and magazines. 
I will buy that colorful pen that I wanted, but was too cheap to
buy. 
I will make writing my life. 
I will be famous as a writer even if I am famous only in my town. 
I will not feel bad if I am still in my pajamas at
11 am because I am writing. 

To read articles
written by Rose Di Grazia go to:
www.rosesravereviews.bizland. 
For tips on travel
and things to do in Texas go to:
www.rosesravereviews.bizland.com 
For advertising
info write me at rosedigrazia@yahoo.com

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~*~ The Business Side of Writing
Duane Newcomb

Suggest Ideas Regularly—Editors Don’t Know What
They Want Until You Tell Them

Sounds strange? Well, it isn’t. Time and time
again editors will give you an assignment when you
suggest it first. They may be looking for
something in that particular field, but they’re
not sure exactly what.

If you show them how this idea will help their
readers and how it should be put together,
however, you’ll often get the job of doing it. And
the more ideas you send across their desk, the
more work, you’ll have.

Some time ago I sent a magazine I worked for an
idea suggesting a camping merchandising roundup—I
had been traveling up and down the West Coast and
had a lot of pictures. The reply simply said.
“This is a godsend, we’re been trying to decide
what to do.”

An industry magazine has also come to depend on me
for everything that has to do with demographics. I
first wrote three or four articles on this subject
and then every two or three years I would put a
different twist on my original ideas and send them
back again. This resulted in my becoming an expert
in the field over the next 15 years. The magazine
also became a place I could sell 4 to 6 articles a
year. 

In another instance, Motor magazine rejected my
original idea but gave me another assignment and
asked if I’d become their West Coast Editor—all
because I sent them ideas and made them realize
that I was there and could do the job.

You’ll find the more ideas you suggest the more
go-aheads and assignments you’ll get simply
because the editor keeps seeing your name.

Let’s take an example: suppose, for instance, you
do an article on child care and you’ve managed to
make a sale or two to Family Circle. Now you want
to build that market. You can do it effectively
with good ideas. First let’s keep in mind what
they’ve done on the subject. Here or some
examples: 
1.	How Do We Look to Our Children?
2.	How to Achieve Parent Power 
3.	What Makes Children Cheat? 
4.	Who Kills Your Children’s Creativity? 
5.	Before and After My Second Child Arrived.

Now we know that to have a good chance your ideas
must “more or less” fit this vein, so here’s how
I’d do it. Maybe I see that someone is talking to
the PTA about challenging children with higher and
higher goals. That fits the pattern so I’d put it
in my idea files.

Then I hear a radio talk about schools holding
many children back because teachers place more
emphasis on conformity than on curiosity and
individual learning. This also goes in the file.
Next I pick up the paper and see that a local
athlete with a national reputation says that
competition is important to children. I mark this
down.

Listening, reading and thinking over the next few
weeks I find three or four more ideas. A
psychiatrist asks, “Are children more aware than
parents?” A minister explains how to help children
grasp complex ideas. A school official talks about
parents’ responsibility toward kids and cars.

Now I have no idea of whether the magazine will
take any of these ideas but I do know they they’re
close to the pattern and all are solid ideas
experts and parents are thinking and talking
about. So over a period of time, I will suggest
the ones I feel fit best.

In the same vein, editors come to depend on
writers for certain kinds of articles. For
instance, several years ago I did two or three
articles on travel trailers for Retirement Living.
I also, at the time, had done quite a bit of work
in the trailer field and had a column in one of
the trailer magazines. After the first several
articles, the editor called any time he wanted
something related to trailers or mobile homes.

In addition, students in my classes have gotten to
be “experts” in airplanes, Monarch butterflies,
education, nature and other areas and find their
editors keep them busy in these fields.

After editors come to recognize your name and your
expertise and know you’ll keep coming up with
ideas you will find yourself busy most of the
time.  The idea is to keep suggesting ideas so
editors learn they can depend on you and can
expect you to feed them things they are not able
to find themselves.

Duane Newcomb is a literary consultant with 36
non-fiction books to his credit, over 5000
articles and more than 200 client books in print.
Subscribe to his free, monthly Professional Author
Newsletter at: dnew@thegrid.com. Join the Newcomb
article program at
www.bookforce.bizland.com/id57.html

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~*~ Editor's Pick  Book, Magazine, Website, and
e-Book Review
Victoria Beninga, Editor

This Month's Review:

HOW TO WRITE A SUCCESSFUL BOOK PROPOSAL IN 8 DAYS
OR LESS, by Patricia L. Fry

Patricia L. Fry has 16 books published, most of
which came about through book proposals. She also
helps clients write their book proposals. She
shared her knowledge by teaching an 8-week book
proposal class online, and now you can get the
same valuable information in the 32-page e-book
HOW TO WRITE A SUCCESSFUL BOOK PROPOSAL IN 8 DAYS
OR LESS.

Chapters included are "What is a Book Proposal?,"
"The Synopsis," "Your Marketing Strategies,"
"Market Analysis Competitive Works," "About the
Author," "Chapter Outline," and "Putting it all
Together." Assignments are given throughout the
e-book so there is ample motivation to sit down
and put together your very own book proposal.
Patricia includes information for non-fiction and
novel book proposals. She also provides
recommended resources for further reading.

HOW TO WRITE A SUCCESSFUL BOOK PROPOSAL IN 8 DAYS
OR LESS can be purchased for $12 by visiting
www.spawn.org and clicking on E-Book Store.

Victoria Beninga

Publisher/Editor/Columnist, GOLD COUNTRY FAMILIES,
an Online Magazine and Newsletter of Sierra Nevada
Gold Country family-friendly local activities and
getaways, <http://www.goldcountryfamilies.com>

Regular guest on KAHI 950 AM radio in Auburn, CA
every Friday morning.

Associate Editor/Columnist, MONEY THE WRITE WAY, a
Free e-magazine for writers of integrity

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~*~ The Boast Post

Don't be modest-we applaud you! Whether it's an
assignment  victory, a publishing accomplishment,
comp, or a writing goal achieved, we'd love to
hear it from our faithful subscribers.

Even constructive comments and criticism is
welcome anytime!

Please include your full name or initials, and
your city and state. Send your boast in 100 words
or less to: Carmel@moneythewriteway.com (may be
edited for length or content)

~*~ Boast:

Carmel, 
I never started out to write a "whole"
book. Maybe an article here and there. But it
happened almost bit by bit. And the impetus for it
all was your class on travel writing. You
presented the idea of an e-book to which I was not
familiar, and I believed it just might be
possible.  A book on self defense is a long way
from a travel destination in the literal sense.

But for me it was a journey, and your motivation
and enthusiasm about writing was the foundation
upon which I could place my first quivering step.
Yes, quivering, because such an enterprise causes
one to stick their neck out and is a
representation of oneself. How will it be judged,
or more precisely, how will I be judged.
It is a terrific feeling deep inside to have 
accomplished what I might only have wished and I am 
glad I did.

I recommend any and all prospective writers to
start their journey without hesitation. Let your
pen be your walking stick and head for the
horizon.  

Respectfully and thankfully,  
Larry DeMerritt, Cameron Park, CA 
www.ebookstand.com/m/larry 

Way to go Larry---I enjoyed every page!---Carmel

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This is a great place to break into print and get
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