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Wendy Burt-Thomas, author and full-time freelance writer
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Wendy Burt-Thomas is the author of:
• “Oh, Solo Mia! The Hip Chick’s Guide to Fun for One” (2001, McGraw-Hill)
• “Work It, Girl! 101 Tips for the Hip Working Chick” (2003, McGraw-Hill)
• “The Writer’s Digest Guide to Query Letters” (Dec. 2008, Writer’s Digest Books)
Other credentials include more than 1,000 published articles, short stories, essays, reviews, poems and greeting cards. She taught “Breaking Into Freelance Writing for 8 years and has worked as an editor, columnist, writer and PR specialist.
Wendy lives in Colorado Springs with her husband, two kids and two black labs. She is a full-time freelance writer, editor and PR consultant.
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- FREE Nature poetry contest December 28, 2009January 30, 2010 deadline; submit 1-3 poems; 30 lines max; PRIZE: $350, $250, $150 http://www.friendsofacadia.org/events/poetrycompetition.shtmlaskwendy
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- 2010 Bristol Short Story contest December 22, 2009Stories can be submitted on-line via the BSSP website or by post. March 31, 2010 deadline Open to UK and US; $7 (pounds) entry fee; 3,000 words max 20 stories will be short-listed and published in the Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology Vol 3. Cash Prizes- 1st £500 plus £150 Waterstone’s gift card 2nd £350 plus £100 Waterstone’s gift card 3rd [.. […]askwendy
- 10 QUESTIONS FOR…Carolyn Howard-Johnson, the Frugal Book Promoter! December 21, 2009Author interview with Carolyn Howard-Johnson, your Frugal Editor and Frugal Book Promoter (-: Carolyn was raised by a depression-era mother, thus the Frugal thing. Her fiction is informed by The Place she grew up, beauty, warts and all. Utah. And, like Wendy, she loves to share and help writers promote their books. Find her frugal stuff [...]askwendy
- Contest for romance novels published in 2009 (ebooks too) December 21, 2009Variety of categories; Jan. 8, 2010 deadline; $20 entry; contest is sponsored by CO Romance Writers Info & Entry HERE: http://www.coloradoromancewriters.org/aoe.htmlaskwendy
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- Contest for unpublished novels December 17, 2009“The Sandys” contest; $25 entry fee; Feb. 15, 2010 deadline; various genres including YA/Children’s Judges are agent/editors with publishing houses; Info and entry HERE: http://www.thesandy.org/sandy_rules.phpaskwendy
- Sci fi/fantasy/horror mag seeks short stories December 16, 2009Aurealis mag; 2,000-8,000 words; pays $20-$60 per 1,000 words; also buys nonfiction and art. For info and entry, go HERE: http://www.aurealis.com.au/submissions.phpaskwendy
- Daphne du Maurier – Romance contest December 29, 2009
