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A short interview with Carole Bellacera (romance novelist and author of over 200 short stories and articles) gave me insight and inspiration on how to move from nonfiction to fiction.

Many people fantasize about being an author. What they don't dream about is the hard work that comes along with the label "professional writer."

Each literary agent is profiled with contact information and the other genres they represent.

While some authors like to "live on the edge" and combine or cross genres on a regular basis, most beginning writers are well-advised to write within a clearly articulated literary genre.

Women's fiction and women's issues books are a big market in the book publishing industry

Women's History Month is often forgotten or just unknown by the populace at large. Here are five ways in which you can actively celebrate women and their history.

Is the serious, socially conscience fiction gone?

This paper analyzes the motifs and issues of insanity, oppression, and deprivation of women's rights that surface in Charlotte Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper" and their role in the mental deterioration of the main character.

Health and fitness writers know that it is one of the largest markets other than mainstream fiction. Competition is brutal and the fight for the slots at the publishing houses can get messy.

review of a murder mystery downloadable game

If you are writing one you know that getting the right literary agent, one that has a specialty in the Erotica fiction division, is crucial to your book's success or failure

A helpless, screaming woman was the initial depiction of women in early science fiction films and for most of the early 20th century, this depiction resonated with men and women alike.

Will Ferrell as Harold Crick in Stranger Than Fiction will make you see him in a whole new character light. He can be serious without loosing his comedic style.

A lot of great Christian fiction was released in 2007 - here are the top five to help you choose books to read for those lazy afternoons this winter.

Another installment of the market for writers. This time, we explore the magazines that need talented writers with experience in non-fiction writing.

The limits that society used to set on women are brought to life in historical fiction novels, which place the characters in the past and illuminate their struggles against the backdrop of a world that had not seen the fruition of the feminist movement.

In Victorian England, the line between fiction and autobiography had little to do with the truthful representation of fact. For the Victorians, the autobiography (a term they themselves coined during the 19th century) was first and foremost, a purposeful narration.

What literary agents to query for Chick Lit books

What literary agents represent Narrative nonfiction

Man-made global warming doesn't exist, simply because it is impossible to achieve.

What literary agencies accept memoirs

The better you look on paper, the easier it will be to get that business book proposal into the sell pile.

The statistics point that the majority of book buyers are women and that the romance market is one of the highest selling genres out today

They can more easily find a home for your book than you can, they can also get your foot in the door of the publishing houses that don't even look at unsolicited manuscripts.

If you are a writer in this niche, then an agent that specializes in your talents is crucial to your success.

Literary agents for YA novels

Is it possible that drinking tea could be a helpful weight-loss solution?

Following the development of the African-American woman through writers such as Harriet A. Jacobs, Harriet E. Wilson, and Frances E.W. Harper, Alice Walker continues the tradition of strong women voices.

Many readers forget that women were slaves too. By looking at Harriet Jacobs and Harriet Wilson, I show that women were just as important, if not more so, to the development of American literature.

My views on how when it comes to a woman getting pregnant thats when some women want to change back to tradition.

Below are literary agents that all deal with Fantasy fiction and are all, at the time of this article's writing, taking submissions and queries.

Not every great book comes off the Bestsellers list. Here are five fantastic must reads you don't want to miss. Reviews of: The Dress Lodger, The Secret History of The Pink Carnation, The Masque of The Black Tulip, The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette and Enemy Women.

College professor and author, Charles Derber talks about why he writes and sheds some insight into how his latest book, The New Feminized Majority came about.

At this moment, there are nine Asian female golfers in the top 20 and there are seven women with the last name of Kim contending for the title.

Creole Society influenced much of the writing of Chopin, from characters to plot lines to setting. This is an in-depth essay examining how

My latest and longest story (most of the others im writing are currently unfinished) the story uses timeshift quite frequently, and any sort of large jump down the timeline is indicated by three stars (***).

As more Americans turn to books in the wake of rising gasoline prices, the fall publishing lists are filled with new choices.

Too often dismissed as merely a minority religious figure, Ellen White intuitively anticipated the direction in which medical science would develop for the next hundred years.

The role of women in literature has a key role in shaping perceptions of the modern woman, specifically how it is appropriate for her to behave.

While many of her critics are prompt in dismissing stereotypes as racist discourse, their cultural familiarity allows for them to be an easier "reality" to conceive rather than a woman's struggle for survival within the confines of her own community.

Information on navigating the in's and out's of self publishing.

Wray's SF debut novel is thought-provoking and action-packed!

One of the many sub-genres of romance is the contemporary romance.

The subject of "easy" or "hard" sell tactics was discussed at length in one of the writer's groups I belong to and got me thinking. What can an author do to help ensure a successful book signing?

Don't get stuck using one method to get your books. It's fast and easy to buy books online. You can also get the books you need offline. Here is a guide to ordering books.

Sheila Roberts' debut novel, On Strike for Christmas about a group of friends who go on strike and leave their men in charge of holiday arrangements.

It's small, but Montpelier, Vermont has enough bookstores to satisfy the most fanatic bibliophile.

While marriage in the United States and Mexico are similar today, in the past there were several differences. Today Mexico's marriage laws are virtually identical to those in the U.S; but there are still differences in marriage customs and married life.

Author Interview

A candid look into gender roles in hard-boiled detective fiction, this introduction to the series that will feature Dashiell Hammett, Mickey Spillane, Raymond Chandler and Walter Mosley.

An in-depth look at women's fashion in the eighteen hundred's and the social ideology of such structured garments. It's written in a classic, non-fiction prose style with straightforward facts and a believable tone.

Grace Paley, whose Collected Stories made her a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, wrote about women's everyday lives when the topic was unfashionable. She combined her writing with family, work and political action against war.

Charlotte Perkins Gilman was a notable author, lecturer and social reformer. Her contributions to the Women's Suffrage Campaign and attack on the traditional views of women were surrounded by controversy.

a story that was originally a fan fiction illistration of my favorite Anime movie that quickly turned into my own story the more I wrote into the story.

Lauraine Snelling is a best-selling author of both children's books and adult fiction, with over 50 books in print, in 4 languages, and over 2 million copies sold. She also teaches writing.

This is a story about a young woman growing up in ancient times. Fiction

A look at how Asians were portrayerd in movies and currently, on TV and in other media outlets.

A critical study of the female computerized voice in science fiction films.

The Romance Writers of America is more than writing romance.

This is the fourth column I wrote for This Pagan Life in the Today's Fantasy Fiction magazine.

A study of the use of sex appeal in the portrayal of women in popular culture during the liberation movement of the late 1900s.

From the Firebird trilogy to Shivering World to the Star Wars Expanded Universe, Kathy Tyers has become widely respected in both the science fiction and Christian fiction markets

Sexual harassment and stereotyping in the workplace lead to inequalities.

This highlights Faulkner's anti-feminist views in the story "A Rose for Emily". This tale is a staple in American Gothic fiction, and gives us a unique snapshop into the lives and views of early Americans.

From the Firebird trilogy to Shivering World to the Star Wars Expanded Universe, Kathy Tyers has become widely respected in both the science fiction and Christian fiction markets.

Here is everything you wanted to know about Badminton. Learn how to get into it and why this sport is dominating the world.

Take a thesis from some horror fan in England and add a healthy dose of too much time spent reading women's magazines in America. What've you got? What your choice in horror movies tells other people about your personality.

Satire is my favorite genre, and if anyone tells you that writing satire is easy you have blessing to kick his/her/its posterior from here to the Romulan Empire.

She was more than Mary Shelley's mother: a look at Mary Wollstonecraft's writings and their impact

If you are finding it hard getting a publisher to look at your manuscript, going to conferences is a big help. You can agents face to face instead of waiting by mail for an answer.

In order to promote the freedom of its female citizens, Iran is creating a women-only island beach resort.

A college analyzation paper of John Steinbeck's "The Chrysanthemums".

Credible articles are more profitable to a writer when developed in tandem with prime players in a story;honing your interview style can help achieve this more consistently.

An essay explaining how Woolf uses a non-biased opinion while writing about how to write using an androgynous mind.

In honor of Black History Month, a brief recounting of the heroism of escaped slaves that furnished information to the Union Army.

A look at how different biographers show Ataturk's life, the founder of Modern Turkey

As an avid reader and a professional writer, I cringe when I hear people protest when offered a book. In an effort to alter the mindset of these reluctant readers, I'm setting down this list of books for readers who are too cool to read.

May 2007 marks the 85th anniversary of the death of a Texas town. Few will notice, though descendants of those who lived it, remember their frightened whispers: "If we speak the name 'Quakertown' too loudly, it might happen again."

The top 10 things I find annoying about pro-wrestling

This research paper examines the influence of African American culture and musical struction in Toni Morrison's novel Jazz.

It looks like that Prince Harry will be going to war in Iraq after all. I, for one, am very happy that the British military establishment will ignore the threats of the jihadists and allow Prince Hal to serve his country in the War on Terror.

Thrifty ideas for gift giving

Well, the season finales are still in full force, but now that all five networks have presented their line-ups at the Upfronts this week, we now know the Official Fall and (more or less) Spring 2007-2008 Television Schedule.

Marriage is a significant theme both in Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour" and in Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House. Both of these pieces revolve around marriage as told from the female main character's point of view.

Ed Kramer has been held in Georgia in detention or on house arrest for seven years. He has never been tried or convicted on any crime. Read on to learn more about this incredible case of injustice in Georgia.

This book discusses the many aspects of life that women endure while the Islamic Republic uses religion as an ideology.

Because anyone with half a struggling braincell could figure this out if they wanted to, with little effort beyond that desire required.

Sage Sweetwater is marketing FROM THE CONVENT TO THE RAWHIDE: THE SAGA OF SADIE CADE AND VI MONTANA, the lesbian Western equivalent to Brokeback Mountain, focusing on the lesbian Mormon missionary.

Hannah, a Jewish girl hiding from the fires of the Inquisition, has a gift to see angels and glimpses of the future. As a result, she is begged as a fool to the royal court.

A study of literary theory, expounding on notions of mimesis, from Plato to Aquinas, to Mazzoni, and beyond.

Liberation of Oppression through Culinary Powers in Laura Esquivel's "Like Water for Chocolate"

The men of Hollywood still out earn the women, in front of, and behind the camera.

This paper conducts an analysis of Underworld in regards to Feminism.

College paper using quotes from Love Medicine and A Good Man Is Hard To Find to show how different narrative voices can portray similar (feminist) themes. Paper received an A.

Masters of Horror Season 2: Five of my favorite episodes Reviews