Scribes’ Tribe Scribblings

Read some interesting info the other day about the best-seller lists and how they work. Check out this blog: Karen Tabke to read about it.
In addition, someone posted the following links on one of the lists I’m on. These are Yahoo groups for promoting books:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/writerspromotips
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/writepublishmarket
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MarketingForRomanceWriters

http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/BraggingRites

When I’m writing, editing, and critiquing, I often find myself asking myself or another writer, “what’s this story about?” When I ask this, I’m not wondering what the plot is. What I’m really asking is “What is the theme of this story?”
But some people hear “theme” and they are instantly beamed back to [...]

Okay, fellow Tribers and friends of the Tribe, this page needs a little love. . . So let’s have some fun. My question today is: What are you working on? Are you like me, finishing up April poems in May? Or maybe you’re working on a mysterious short story? Or could it be that you’re [...]

WOW! Women On Writing: Quarterly Flash Fiction Contest Sponsored by SEAL PRESS
DEADLINE: MAY 31, 2008
OVERVIEW:
WOW! hosts a (quarterly) writing contest every three months. The mission of this contest is to inspire creativity, communication, and well-rewarded recognition to contestants. The contest is open globally; age is of no matter; and entries must be in English. We [...]

Hey everybody, got a question for you. It’s a bit off the wall, but I would really like to know. . . When you’re working on deadline, writing feverishly, and you don’t have a lot of time to cook, much less eat, what do you reach for to keep you going?
I’ve been working like [...]