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Yoon Gets Book Imprint of Her Own
An Exclusive Authorlink InterviewWith Children's Author Salina Yoon
by Susan Van Hecke
December 2006
If you have young children in the house, odds are there’s at least one Salina Yoon book on your shelves. Since 1998, Yoon’s created or illustrated more than 70 beloved kids’ books. Interactive novelty titles are her specialty, including foil tab, fuzzy face, and slide-up series. Her bestselling project, The Icky Sticky Frog (Piggy Toes Press, 1999) with its long, stretchy tongue on the cover, just saw its twelfth printing. Full story on Salina Yoon . . .

Narrative Nonfiction Your Life As Story:
Writing Holiday Storiesby Lisa Dale Norton
December 2006

As I write this I smell pumpkin pie baking in the kitchen. There’s a turkey defrosting in cold water in my sink. The coming weeks will bustle with gatherings, and memories‹some good, some not so good. But always they remind us: Our lives are a series of stories waiting to be told. This month I share an exercise for turning holiday events into narrative nonfiction. Full story on nonfiction writing . . .

The Art of Fiction
The Three Paragraph Query
by Lisa Lenard-Cook
December 2006
As regular readers know, I tend to deviate from the norm when it comes to teaching fiction writing. The same holds true for that all-important next step, after your fiction is ready to go out into the world, the query letter.

Far too many writers simply begin their search for publication by sending a query to every agent and editor whose name begins with an “A.” You can save yourself a lot of stamps—and a lot of the heartache that comes with standard rejection letters—by doing a bit of homework first. Full story on writing a query . . .

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On Screen Writing Act II:
The Turning Point
A monthly screen writing column
by Neil Flowers
December 2006

Last month's column began a discussion of act II, We note again how the turning point from act I into act II entails a 180˚ reversal of the emotional life of the central character. This internal change of the protagonist is precipitated by a marked outward change. The outward change can be as varied as a telegram arriving in the middle of a wedding reception to tell the hero that his old nemesis is returning to town to kill him (High Noon), a cab-driver suddenly discovering that his fare is a professional hit man (Collateral), or a loser discovering a mask that will turn him into a being with superpowers (The Mask). Full story on writing Act II . . .
to EarnDaily Short Story Royalties
DALLAS, TX/11/16/2006--Authorlink.com, among the longest running and most popular Internet communities for writing and publishing, has launched an innovative feature called STORYLINK where member authors post short stories FREE and earn royalties every time a reader downloads a story. Find out how to post your short story free. . .

Authorlink Academy Launches
Writing Classes With:
How to Write a Killer Thriller
Instructor: Bonnie Hearn Hill
Bestselling author of six thrillers
For Mira/Harlequin
New on Authorlink! Writing courses taught by published professionals in a state-of-the-art online environment. The most advanced online classroom for writers available anywhere! The Authorlink classroom includes one-on-one instructor/student interaction, private conversations, and group lectures, and on-screen editing of your manuscript lesson, plus on-the-spot voice communication with the instructor. Register online now! It's not too late! Get yourself out of the holiday doldrums and do something positive for you and your writing career! Try our debut (beta) Authorlink Academy Course and save! Full story. . .

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