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ARTICLES & TOOLS OF INTEREST

Writing a Query Letter—Article by Charlotte Dillon

The Complete Nobody’s Guide to Query Letters—Article by Lynn Flewelling

Query Letters—Article from Fiction Writers Connection.

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Writer-Editors 2010 Writing Contest—linking professional writers and editors with those who need content and editorial services since 1982 … Submission Deadline—March 15th, 2010.

Nonsmokers' Rights Legal Research and Advocacy Writing Competition—Submission Deadline—May 1st 2010. First Place—$5,000.00.

Writers Digest Annual Writing Competition—Submission Deadline—May 14th, 2010. First Place—$3,000.00 and a trip to New York City to meet editors or agents.

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Physical Attributes—Voice

1. VC2 VOICE (PLEASANT)

sweet virginal soprano voice

2. VC2 VOICE (PLEASANT)

almost rolling voice

3. VC3 VOICE 3(UNPLEASANT)

a tiny whining shriek

4. VC3 VOICE 3 (UNPLEASANT)

a caustic tone

5. VC4 VOICE 4 (DISTINCT ACCENTS)

voice had a curious exotic quality

6. VC5 VOICE 5 (NEUTRAL)

voice was curiously flat

The light streams in the back window silhouetting the man sitting there with his head tilted forward, bobbing peacefully with the motion of the bus. In profile he looks like an aged mountain, pushed over by the timeless elements of wind and rain, content to just ebb with the flow rather than struggle against it.

Like a child inching towards the door as the chores are being handed out so the sun drifts purposefully towards the horizon, quickly enough to be gone in time but not so quickly as to call attention.

I tire of reading and glance up from my book, my finger moving automatically to mark my place. My stop is near so the same finger mindlessly moves to the corner and folds it down as I deposit the novel into my well-worn bag. I get up with a wide stance and ring the bell as the bus jerks it's way along. Looking over my shoulder into the glare I see the profiled dozer nodding a good-bye as the driver slows for my stop. The doors swing open and the evening air rushes past as I step out.

The night is filled with bus as it roars away into the evening. My nostrils are inundated with the pungent odor of the exhaust, my eyes try in vain to read the ad on the side of the bus as it streams past, then it is gone until tomorrow when I will need it again.

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