Conversations with Authors
You can still listen to hundreds of insightful interviews with noted authors. All you need is a computer and a broadband connection. This link will connect you to old shows with Bill Moyers. If you know of other sites like this let us know.
www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/archives/archives.php

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Decatur Book Festival 2008

It is the biggest, greatest, mostest, bestest Book Festival in all of Georgia. Make plans to attend. It is the last week in August -- over two hundred published authors and FREE. www.decaturbookfestival.com/2008/index.php

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The Cincinnati Review

Established in 2003, this twice-yearly literary review features reviews of poetry and literary fiction. Send review copies and info to the editors at: The Cincinnati Review, Department of English and Comparative Literature, University of Cincinnati, P O Box 210069, Cincinnati OH45221-0069; 513-556-3954. Web: www.cincinnatireview.com.

Read about submissions before you send anything. Don Bogen, Poetry Editor ; Brock Clarke, Fiction Editor

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Creative Writing on YouTube
There are a lot useless videos on YouTube but there are some very educational and entertaining video's on creative writing that are done by students. Take a look and see if you at least might pick up an idea or two to help you develop characters, thicken your plot or write new poetry. www.youtube.com/watch?v=70NxlgjFIVU

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National Grammar Day
Did you know that you may have missed a major holiday without realizing it? No, I don’t mean St. Patrick’s Day or Easter or even Weatherperson’s Day (February 5). I am referring to National Grammar Day, which came and went on March 4 without much hoopla. I have to admit that, although I knew we have much to celebrate on September 24 (National Punctuation Day), I didn’t realize that we “word nerds� have two days a year dedicated to our obsession. I think we should celebrate with a toast to the quirkiness of our rich and enigmatic language. So thanks to Amy B. for sending the following:

The verbs in English are a fright.

How can we learn to read and write?

Today we speak, but first we spoke;

Some faucets leak, but never loke.

Today we write, but first we wrote;

We bite our tongues, but never bote.

Each day I teach, for years I taught,

And preachers preach, but never praught.

This tale I tell; this tale I told;

I smell the flowers, but never smold.

If knights still slay, as once they slew,

Then do we play, as once we plew?

If I still do as once I did,

Then do cows moo, as they once mid?

I love to win, and games I’ve won;

I seldom sin, and never son.

I hate to lose, and games I lost;

I didn’t choose, and never chost.

I love to sing, and songs I sang;

I fling a ball, but never flang.

I strike that ball, that ball I struck;

This poem I like, but never luck.

I take a break, a break I took;

I bake a cake, but never book.

I eat that cake, that cake I ate;

I beat an egg, but never bate.

I often swim, as I once swam;

I skim some milk, but never skam.

I fly a kite that I once flew;

I tie a knot, but never tew.

I see the truth, the truth I saw;

I flee from falsehood, never flaw.

I stand for truth, as I once stood;

I land a fish, but never lood.

About these verbs I sit and think.

These verbs don’t fit. They seem to wink

At me, who sat for years and thought

Of verbs that never fat or wrought.

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New Local On-Line Literary Magazine birth is announced -- You can be the first to see it live: www.vinestreetpress.com We are the first news organization to announce it. We have scooped the paper and TV stations. All because we have high paid reporters on the beat.

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New eMag from Atlanta
Nice thing about a mag online is that you don't have to waste paper and shipping costs. Here is a model if you are thinking about starting an e-mag on your own. Also it is another place you can get published while you wait for that big break.
http://www.organiclifestylemagazine.com/organiclifestylemagazine/organiclifestylemag_sample/
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A Tennessee Jewel
Tennessee Writers Alliance has a great list of regional conferences on their web site. Upcoming conferences in Franklin, Tn -- Williamson County, Tn -- Memphis, Tn. -- Athens, Ga --- and other locations are listed.
http://www.tn-writers.org/Workshops.asp

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Listen to Bob Edwards interview Richard Howorth
Richard Howorth is owner of Square Books in Oxford, Ms which is one of the most respected independent bookstores in the country. You can download to your ipod or just click the arrow and listen.
http://www.bobedwards.info/ftopic738.html&sid=5558331bd676b49d6e90bd40ef86f413

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Barry Bradford to have Play Reading --- There will be a reading of a new play, \"Conquistadors\", by Barry Bradford at the Chattanooga Theatre Centre on Saturday, May 31 at 7pm. Cost is $2 per person.
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CSFF INC. WRITING CONTEST

1. Entries should be speculative fiction. 2. Entries should be in one of the following categories:· Short story by author 18 years old or older· Short story by author 17 years old or younger · Short poetry author18 years old or older· Short poetry by author 17 years old or younger Short stories must be less than 5000 words. Short poetry must be less than 35 lines. Age is determined by submission deadline. 3. Only one entry will be accepted per individual. No entry fee is required. No entries will be returned. Entries must not have been previously published in professional media. 4. Excessive violence or sex (as determined by the contest administrators) may result in disqualification. 5. Entries must be typewritten or a computer printout in black ink on white paper and double spaced. Each entry must have a cover sheet that includes author's name, title of work, author's birth date, author's address (and e-mail address if available), and category to be entered.Every following page must carry the title and page number but no other identifying information. 6. Entries will be judged by the Dark River Writers and/ or others.Please note that these professional writers are donating their time and expertise as a community service. Similar ideas are not copyrightable. 7. Submissions may be published in the Chattacon Science Fiction Convention program book or other CSFF Inc. sponsored publications.Permission to publish is a condition of contest entry. Publication rights will revert to the author one year from submission deadline. 8. Submission should be mailed to: CSFF Inc. Writing Contest, PO Box23908, Chattanooga, TN 37422, and must be postmarked by November 21, 2008.9. Winners will be announced at www.chattacon.org.10. A cash prize of up to $100 may be awarded in each category.
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Now Two Cleveland Writing Groups -- Second group meetings in the Library 7 -9 on the last Tuesday of the month. More information by writing here

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New Anthology Call for Submissions