Quotation of the Week: “Herr Andreas Kellerman”

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“‘Your father told me how he and Anna were saved by the man whose life Max saved on the train in the Great War. How extraordinary. But you know, everybody who survived has an extraordinary story. Otherwise, he’d be dead.'”

Spoken by the character of “Herr Andreas Kellerman,” in Martin Fletcher’s new novel, The List. Emphasis added.

This week–marking the anniversary of the Kristallnacht–I’m not quoting a writer on writing or citing something from an interview. I’m taking something directly from Martin Fletcher’s new novel. For my full review of The List, please click here.

Monday Morning Markets/Jobs/Opportunities for Writers

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  • To celebrate its launch, Golden Sparrow Literary Review is holding a fee-free poetry contest (you do need to follow the publication on Facebook and/or Twitter to participate). Prize: $500 (via Paypal). Deadline: November 15 (received).
  • “Are you a poet that wants to share your talent with the world? Whether you’re an old hand or a brand new budding poet, we want to hear from you. Enter the Print Express competition and you could be in with a chance to win £150.” Poems must run no longer than 45 lines. Deadline: November 30, 2011. No entry fee.
  • The UNT Rilke Prize is a new annual award of $10,000 “recognizing a book that demonstrates exceptional artistry and vision written by a mid-career poet and published in the preceding year.” There is no entry fee. Submissions must be made during the month of November.
  • Tempting promotional opportunity for those with baseball books in the works (received via email): “It’s time for Library Journal to receive your forthcoming new baseball titles for our 2012 Spring Baseball Book Roundup, which will appear in our Feb. 1 issue, as usual. We will provide brief reviews of selected exciting new baseball titles that are publishing from February through June 2012. There’s no need to reply to this email, just send in galleys or advance bound manuscript pages of each new title you’d like us to consider. Please send two copies of each title, and remember as well: No reprints. Only send revised editions if at least 1/3 of the material is brand new. Only books for adults (nonfiction or fiction). No YA or children’s books. With each submission, please include the following information with the hard copy: pub month, ISBN, price, cloth/paper, whether or not there will be an index, illustrations, bibliography. Submissions (remember, in duplicate!) should arrive at LJ by Monday, November 21 at the following address: LJ BASEBALL ROUNDUP/Library Journal Book Review/160 Varick Street, 11th floor/New York, NY 10013 Thanks! Margaret Heilbrun, Senior Editor, Library Journal Book Review mheilbrun(at)mediasourceinc(dot)com.”
  • Paid internship (telecommuting permitted) with the National Press Foundation. Work involves interviewing journalists on journalism practice.
  • Berklee College of Music (Boston) seeks a Communications Editor/Writer, DoSomething.org (New York) is looking for a “Superstar” Assistant Editor, and Bryant University (R.I.) invites applications for a Writer/Editor.
  • From the latest Grub Street, Inc., newsletter: “Grub Street is looking for some new instructors in some very specific areas. Do you have experience producing online book trailers? Building literary apps? Have you self-published your book to some success and would you be willing to help others navigate that process? If so, please submit an application to Chris via our website.”

    • SO much to share today. For a batch of college/university teaching jobs for writers, please continue after the jump. (more…)

    Friday Find: Diane Lockward’s Poetry Newsletter

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    It’s always a treat to find Diane Lockward’s monthly poetry newsletter waiting in my electronic mailbox. Each issue is like a mini-course in poetry (maybe that has something to do with Diane’s extensive experience as a teacher). Take a look at the November issue, which arrived on Tuesday. I think that you’ll want to subscribe, too!

    Enjoy the weekend, everyone. See you back here on Monday!

     

     

    Thursday’s Work-in-Progress

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    So far, November is humming along. I had an article due on November 1 and another on November 3, with a book review promised for November 7. All three deadlines were met ahead of time. (That’s kind of my habit. Of course, the November newsletter went out to subscribers before October ended. Even at the “day job,” a big project I’m helping with had a massive deadline – for an important communique to go out – on November 1. And we managed to send it before 9 a.m. the previous day.)

    Moving right along, I’m preparing for a talk that I’ll be giving here in New York on November 13, and for another in New Jersey a few days later.

    Plus, I’ve been approaching a few more potential publicity opportunities for Quiet Americans.

    What’s new with all of you?

    The Wednesday Web Browser for Writers

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  • Go ahead and judge this book by its cover.
  • Leslie Pietrzyk, on her first novels (please note the plural).
  • Attention, Bostonians: Get to know my publisher (Last Light Studio) and meet another LLS author (Jane Roper) this “Small Press Saturday” at Newtonville Books!
  • If it’s November, it must be time for NaNoWriMo (otherwise known as National Novel Writing Month). Any of you taking part?
  • Not to be outdone by the novelists, poets also have reason to celebrate in November, a time for a Poem-A-Day (PAD) Chapbook Challenge, courtesy of Robert Lee Brewer.