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A new forum is born. So we have had infinite troubles with our Message Boards for Writers. We had a message board that was a SMF, or something, then BBpress, then on and on. I think in all we've had 6 different message boards using 6 different software platforms, and all of them have trouble after a while. I made the observation that the native messaging system doesn't usually … [Read more...] about Message Boards for Writers

We were all so relieved when book publishing became fast and easy. Everyone believe they could realize their dream of publishing their book. We quickly found out, publishing is the easy part. If you don't promote your book it won't sell. So here are 10 ways to promote your book. 10 Ways to Promote Your Book 1. Build an author’s website If you build a website do not … [Read more...] about 10 Ways to Promote Your Book

Welcome to our Christmas Poem Haiku contest. We are looking for the best Haiku about Christmas. It can snowmen in it too, but it must be Christmasy. So you know the Haiku form. 5, 7, 5 is what we are looking for, it doesn't have to get anymore completed than than. Winner of this contest will get published on Every Day Poem. The winner will be announced on Christmas Day. Leave … [Read more...] about Christmas Poem Contest

Last week, a few days before Thanksgiving,  I was able to sit down in a clean well lighted cafe with Mr. Kris Kringle. We met in Portland, Oregon. Mr. Kringle was kind enough to take time away from his busy schedule to talk with us. This time of year is particularly busy for him. This interview is from the audio recording. It is very close to what was actually said. I was a … [Read more...] about Interview with Kris Kringle

The only thing that comes close to winning our Horror Story contest, or the EWR: Horror Story Award is winning our 50 Word Horror Contest. Winner takes home $1000 ad package on our site. That's email blast, social network promotions, and ads on our most popular pages. You can do all this for 50 words. We are looking for the scariest story. The rules are easy enough:50 Words … [Read more...] about 50 Word Horror Story Contest 2016

The many faces of writers today have changed from days of old. Now writers are expected to have an audience and a platform before before they even publish a book. Do you think that now the writer has become as important as the work. I know that this is the case with some writers in the past, but it used to start with the work. It used to start with the reader reading the book, … [Read more...] about Discussion: A book by its author?

I taught high school English and composition at The University of Akron. I have two college-aged children and write poetry, short stories and novels. Laura Wrocklage Flesher … [Read more...] about Second Place 50 Word Contest: Cotton Candy

Ok, welcome to our first Winter Storm Tanka Contest. We have a short story contest every season, and I'm starting to feel a little bad that we don't do a contest for poetry. It's an oversight really. So this is our first poetry contest. If you notice we never do anything like a "normal" contest. We run a 50 word story contest, so we need a nice and short poetry contest.Here … [Read more...] about Winter Storm Tanka Contest

This discussion is based on a comment left by Tim Rogers (http://www.blueowlbohemia.com/). Below is his comment:In a digital age, when social media and electronic communications trump face-to-face interactions, the presence of the glowing screen looms large in our lives. Here we are right now, in our separate worlds, interacting with physical others in virtual isolation. … [Read more...] about Discussion: In a digital age…

Hello everyone out there in readerville. We are looking for suggestions to get some discussions going on our site. Lately we have be putting up poetry discussions, but those discussions haven’t fallen….flat. So we are right now going to the smartest people we know, you! Our loyal and awesome readers for ideas.Please, in the comments below, post a topic for discussion. It … [Read more...] about Discussion Suggestions Please

We accept submissions of short stories year round. We publish between 2-7 short stories per week. Most of the time we publish 2 or 3. We only take submissions of short stories high quality. EWR: Short Stories is one of the most read short story sites on the web. Our site EWR gets 180,000 to 250,000 unique visitors per month and about 12,000-15,000 unique visitors per month come … [Read more...] about New Short Story Guidelines over 500 words ok

Cesar Valtierra hails from the sun soaked desert of the wild, wild western city of El Paso, Texas. He wields a pencil like an outlaw gunslinger, drawing up a storm since the tender age of two. He is infamous throughout the land for his provocative ink drawings, his meticulous vector illustrations, and his eye catching graphic design work. Like a thief in the night, Mr. … [Read more...] about Art by Cesar Valtierra

When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer By Walt Whitman When I heard the learn’d astronomer, When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me, When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them, When I sitting heard the astronomer where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room, How soon unaccountable I became tired and … [Read more...] about Poetry Discussion: When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer

Give Yourself a Gift This Season!After you've drafted your novel, there's still one last page to write: the query letter. WordTango's Weekend Query class is two days focused on.the art of the hook and query ...and producing a query that will SELL!Most writers dread the query, when they have to take off the creative hat and put on the sales hat. We've created the … [Read more...] about WordTango’s Weekend