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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Ask Wendy – All things writing!- FREE – Hallmark greeting card contest! November 11, 2009Got a funny photo and card idea? Check out the “birthday for ladies only” contest HERE: (Nov. 15 deadline) http://www.hallmarkcontests.com/askwendy
- FREE contest about “Why I Write” ($500 prize) November 10, 2009Dec. 31 deadline; $500 prize; no entry fee; 750 words or fewer; Info & entry HERE: http://editorunleashed.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2865askwendy
- FREE short story & nonfiction travel contest November 10, 2009Nov. 30 deadline; FREE to enter once you register (for free) on BookRix.com Cash prizes: $1,000, $500, $300 and Amazon cards; Info & entry HERE: http://www.bookrix.com/precontest.html?show=BX_1256740851&sub=1askwendy
- FREE contest for YA manuscripts November 7, 2009Nov. 30 deadline; first 250 words of YA manuscript; Info and entry here: http://www.writingclasses.com/ContestPages/YAPitch.phpaskwendy
- FREE flash fiction contest – “hunger” theme November 7, 2009Nov. 19 deadline; Info and entry HERE: http://www.sffworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24430askwendy
- Want to write poetry? November 7, 2009‘Tis the season to write poetry A conversation with Sage Cohen author of Writing the Life Poetic: An Invitation to Read and Write Poetry As the holidays approach in a down economy, Sage Cohen proposes that poetry can provide a meaningful way forward. Author of Writing the Life Poetic: An Invitation to Read and Write Poetry, Cohen sees [...]askwendy
- PPW short story and novel contests November 4, 2009Nov. 15 deadline; VIP judges!; LIMITED number of entries; genres Info and entry here: http://www.ppwc.net/media/2010contest.pdfaskwendy
- Contest for completed romance novel November 3, 2009http://rwanational.org/cs/contests_and_awards/golden_heart_awards Golden Heart Awards; 20,000+ words; Nov. 16 deadline (info & entry at link above)askwendy
- 10 QUESTIONS FOR… Deborah DeNicola, “The Future That Brought Her Here” November 1, 2009Author interview with Deborah DeNicola Deborah DeNicola’s memoir The Future That Brought Her Here is from Ibis Press 2009. She has six previous books, including the anthology she edited. A new collection of poems, Original Human, is scheduled for 2010. Among several other awards, she received a Poetry Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts […]askwendy
- Cyclamens and Swords Poetry Contest November 1, 2009Cash prizes; $5 entry; discounts for multiple poems; 30 lines max; Nov. 30 deadline Info and entry HERE: http://cyclamensandswords.com/main/page_contest.htmlaskwendy
- FREE – Hallmark greeting card contest! November 11, 2009
I hobbled the fastest I could around the corner, my heart lurching. As I dove through the garbage bags and abandoned furniture by everyone but the mice, I heard the quickly increasing sound of the squeal of tires, a shouting voice, and a barking dog. I strained my ears harder. “You can’t hide from me!” I buried myself deeper under the black garbage sacks, filled with the rejects that nobody wanted or loved. I sure fit in perfectly here, I thought wryly, as something extremely sharp dug into my back through one of the many holes in my t-shirt. I squeezed my eyes shut, it was all I could keep to do from crying in pain. I felt the blood dripping down my back, the drip drop of a faucet that’s handle has long since been broken. I knew this game had went on long enough, every waking moment spent hiding. Hiding from my husband, hiding from my concerned family, hiding from myself. When I opened my eyes, I saw the shadow and heard the heavy footsteps in the entrance of the alley. “I know you’re in here!” He shouted. “Come out, come out wherever you are!” As I heard his deliberate stomp down the alley, I instinctively shrunk into a tighter ball, of course causing the bags to rustle. “Hey!” He shouted. He whirled around, flashing his powerful flashlight in my eyes, and saw the glint of evil that I had come to know in both his dark, drunk, dull eyes but also in his demonic smile. “I’m gonna’ count to ten and if you ain’t out yet I’ll come after you,” his sinister leer only growing bigger and bigger. “One, two….” I quickly felt for the sharp point that I had scraped my back on, grabbing it quickly as the pain exploded in my hand. “Five, six….” I stood up, wincing at the pain in my ankle as well as my back and hand. “Eight, nine….” When he started to turn around, I lunged.