Short & To the Point

Today MG Braden and I are giving a workshop :: Short & To the Point - Writing Short Stories & Why You’d Want To

We missed the deadline for having the handouts printed, so I'm posting the stuff here...might not make the most sense to everyone...

CHARACTERS

Two by two, the church filled up like the loading of the Ark. Karen Finn turned in her church pew and stared at the wedding program. Just where was her matching zebra, hmm? Someone who’d made it past thirty without finding that other half. (THE PERFECT STRANGER, Dreams & Desires 3)

We know where she is (church), why she’s there (wedding), how she feels about it (yearning), and that she’s young (relatively) and funny. And we know it in 40 words.

MARKETS

e-pub ::

Mundania Press – at least 2K, all genres
http://www.mundania.com

The Wild Rose Press – at least 7.5K, all genres of romance

Red Sage Presents – 10K
http://eredsage.com

Ellora’s Cave Quickies http://www.ellorascave.com

Harlequin http://eharlequin.com
Historicals Undone – 10K
Nocturne Bites – 10K
Spice Briefs – 5K

Red Rose Publishing -1K

Cobblestone Press – 10K

Freya’s Bower Bites – 6K

Magazines ::

Woman’s World (US)
(For WW inside info, Kate Willoughby discusses that week’s Woman’s World story each Monday ::http://womansworldstyle.blogspot.com/ )
Woman’s Weekly (UK)
Woman’s Day (Aus)
My Weekly (UK), The People’s Friend (UK)
Bella (UK), Best (UK)
True Love (US), True Confessions (US)
Cincinnati Woman
Country Woman
New Love Stories Magazine
http://grassrootsmag.com/wrgu.html

Free Reads ::

Hosted by –
Coffee Time Romance - http://www.coffeetimeromance.com/freereads.html
Romance At Heart - http://romanceatheart.com/fos.html
Night Owl Romance - http://www.nightowlromance.com/nightowlromance/FreeReads/FreeReads.aspx
Romance Junkies - http://www.romancejunkies.com/links/free-reads.html
Romance Divas eBook Challenge - http://romancedivas.com/