http://puttputtproductions.com/blogetary PuttPutting My Way Towards Getting Published One Word at a Time Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:36:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Job hunting is a little bit like dating, a little bit like selling stock in a company no one yet knows about, and a little bit like those MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet) documents you get telling you about the difference parts and/or chemicals in whatever new handy dandy thing ... http://puttputtproductions.com/blogetary/2008/08/19/putt-putt-productions-presents-resumes-and-cvs-hints-and-tips/ If you are in the mood to read about chocolate (and remember, when you read about it, you want to eat it, so have some stashed away somewhere), then check out August's Chocolate Zoom.There are lots of articles on chocolate and movies for the summer, plus a rather downer article ... http://puttputtproductions.com/blogetary/2008/08/14/chocolate-and-conscience/ WOW! (or Women on Writing) has a quarterly flash fiction (250-500 words) contest. Sometimes there is a prompt, lately it's been an open prompt. The Summer 2008 Flash Fiction Contest is open until August 31 if you're interested. From what I understand, WOW editors go over the submissions for the first ... http://puttputtproductions.com/blogetary/2008/08/12/wow-spring-2008-flash-fiction-contest/ Any plans for I Love To Write Day? And if you're looking for something fun to read go over here and read about what I did last Tuesday night. http://puttputtproductions.com/blogetary/2008/08/12/so/ For anyone who is interested out there, I've updated my website. You can check it out here. http://puttputtproductions.com/blogetary/2008/08/10/updated-website/ I was speaking with a friend the other day and realized that I may not be keeping every one up to date with what I am doing. Since it is the dead of summer and I need to scare up some business, I thought I would do what all sole-proprietors ... http://puttputtproductions.com/blogetary/2008/08/09/and-now-a-word-from-our-sponsor-2/ Made it to 5000 and then some on the writing challenge. Made it up to about 6500, actually. I finished one flash fiction story, one short story, and then worked on another short story. The working titles are Solstice, Coming Out, and Cynthia. Solstice I've already sent in to a ... http://puttputtproductions.com/blogetary/2008/08/08/done-3/ That always feels good. Just a flash fiction story for a contest this month, but I wrote it so I can also submit it to another place if they don't like it at the contest. Now back to work. http://puttputtproductions.com/blogetary/2008/08/05/finished-a-story-today/ These are all the search terms I've been typing in trying to find more of these pretty green paper clip bookmark doohickeys that my aunt gave me for Christmas years ago. They are the exact same shade of green as my logo and perfect to use when I send out ... http://puttputtproductions.com/blogetary/2008/08/03/paper-clips-bookmarks-wood-green/ Michael Geffner is a writer currently residing in New York. His internet workshop for writers has been around in one form or another for many years. He now has a newsletter he puts out in the form of a blog, and has also set up a social network just for ... http://puttputtproductions.com/blogetary/2008/08/02/mikes-writing-workshop-newsletter/