Writing Links to Help New Writers

There are so many numerous FREE sites where new and experienced writers can find very valuable information. I thought I would share some of those sites with you.

LINKS FOR MAGAZINE GUIDELINES:

Pockets Guidelines

Guide Magazine

Skipping Stones

Imagination Cafe

Stories for Children

HAPPY WRITING!

LIGHT BOX FOR ILLUSTRATORS - How to Make

Both my sons love art. They work together on an on-line webcomic. Jake got a degree in Multi-media design. And, they have all kinds of high-tech tools. But Jake was determined to have a light box to illustrate on. He went to the art store and they were $300-$400, which was way out of his budget. So he asked his Dad if he could help him make one.

"No problem," Lars said.

My husband is very handy and can build just about anything. So together my two guys built a light box.

The light is just a regular kitchen florescent light fixture bought for about $20.00 at Home Depot. The opeque white plastic cover was bought at Tap Plastics and you can get it any plastics store and it was about $20.00 as well. The light switch is about $3.00 at Home Depot. The electronic light switch enclosure was about $2.00 and the cord (loose end wiring) was about $9.99. You just wire it like a normal light fixture in your kitchen and you're good to go.






Jake's light box turned out so well that his friend Aaron asked him if he'd make one for him. So Jake and Aaron made another one. Now that they have the system down, they think they can build these boxes for about $60 in materials for 17 X 19 (which Jake wanted for professional comic book size pages), cheaper if they wanted to make them smaller. Pretty cool.

ANSWER TO THOUGHT FOR THURSDAY AND EARTH-FRIENDLY FRIDAY

ANSWER: Dutch.

Now, for

EARTH-FRIENDLY FRIDAY:

Here, in Portland, Oregon, someone had the idea of starting a bike registration fee. You can read all about it here.

I am absolutely opposed to a bike registration fee. I think we should encourage alternative forms of transportation, not make it more difficult for those people willing to reduce gas emissions, and pollution by powering their own energy by pedaling to work.

What do you think?

THOUGHT FOR THURSDAY AND A MYSTERY

THOUGHT FOR THURSDAY: If the French speak French and the Danes speak Danish, what do the people speak in the Netherlands?

Take a guess and don't forget to come back tomorrow to find out the answer.

Plus, I just thought I'd share:

I love to read—duh—so I’m in a book club at work. And this is a mystery that was recommended by Kama:

Life Sentences: Digging Deep Into the Secrets of Life

Holly said, “I think Laura Lippmann's books are really good -complex character development and a great sense of place to them. Non-mystery people should enjoy them as well. Read the Review A Day here:

ANSWER TO WORD FOR WEDNESDAY

ANSWER: On my favorite Urban Dictionary, it says to be inundated with emails.

This one made me smile.

:)

WORD FOR WEDNESDAY

WORD FOR WEDNESDAY: Blackburied

Take a guess and come back around 3:00 to check it out.

TO READ OR NOT TO READ

HAPPY ST. PADDY'S DAY!


The photo is of Hamlet's Castle

The most famous ghost tale of all time has more to do with greed than anything else. But the questions is, “How interesting can an old dead dude really be?” And how exciting could an ancient bookworm seem - even a well-known writer like William Shakespeare?

Listen and you might be surprised.

Shakespeare's stories are often tales of tragedy, murder and mayhem and they are still able to captivate young audiences. His stories are sometimes set in awesome structures.

What kid can resist a mystery set in a beautiful but haunted castle? Hamlet is just such a story.

Shakespeare weaves his web of deception in Denmark. It is here, where this tale of deceit, greed and betrayal begins. This story is the reason behind the famous saying, "There's something rotten in the state of Denmark."