Janice Campbell

• RT @succezsasia: The greatest mistake you can make in life is to continually be afraid you will make one – EHubbard #quote #
• RT @GLHancock: I hold that a long poem does not exist. I maintain the phrase, "a long poem," is simply a flat contradiction in terms.-EAPoe #
• RT @everydayedu: I enjoyed being interviewed for the #Homeschool SuperHeros event. Read more about it here: http://ht.ly/2svPZ #teens #
• RT @TheWritersDen: It's th too-huge world vaulting us, & it's good-bye. Bt we lean forward to th next crazy venture beneath th skies.Kerouac #
• What YouTube video made you laugh recently? — Cowan Concert at Mayo Clinichttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKww07WYd… http://4ms.me/dz4CWO #
• RT @meandmybigmouth: I notice there is an online competition to win a year of shoes. So that's one pair then? |Obviously a crazy person. #
• Cathy Duffy has reviewed my Excellence in LIterature books! You can read the review here: http://ht.ly/2vps2 & get bks at http://ht.ly/2vptI #
• What is the most important thing you could do in the next hour? http://4ms.me/9z9HF3 #
• New post: Good for You, Seth Godin http://wordsintobooks.com/2010/08/good-for-you-seth-godin/ #

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• Started the day with a visit from a gutter installer. Somehow having trouble re-gathering scattered thoughts & remembering what to do… #
• In the absence of clearly defined goals we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia & ultimately become enslaved by it. DS McGregor #
• New #NAIWE Update for writers & editors: Member Interview, Deadbeat Client Bill, more – http://grsnip.com/0BWa #
• Astonishing. I actually completed every item on today's list and a few more beside. #writegoal Must be the Challenge! http://ht.ly/2r0Nt #
• RT @dutchhillgirl: RT @noveldoctor: A writer without a sense of humor is like a skydiver without a parachute.| True: humorless=boring. #
• Join us today at The Freelance Life online radio show for an interview with Kim Pearson: NAIWE Member of the Month! http://ht.ly/18w9Xw #
• RT @annaokula: "Great storytelling is TRUTH wrapped around a social experience." Zoanne Clack, MD, MPH, #writer on Grey's Anatomy #
• Why read? What do your children gain from reading fiction? A lot more than you might think! http://ht.ly/2rQXk #
• Learn more about social media networking from @JimSutton5- #ff #
• I wonder if ppl who become an #affiliate in order to buy 1 copy of a bk at a discount realize that the author can tell what they're doing? #
• RT @everydayedu: I enjoyed being interviewed for #Homeschool SuperHeros week. You can read more about it here: http://ht.ly/2svPZ #hshw #
• RT @alicepope: Today on the #SCBWI blog–Participate in Random Acts of Publicity Week September 7-10). http://tinyurl.com/2cy5xrn #write #
• RT @Flipbooks: "Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds" ~Albert Einstein #quote #

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• My 21 y/o just called to get exact radius, circumference, & surface area of the earth. Obviously has his mind on something other than work! #
• RT @HomeschoolBlogs: Newbery Award Winners from 1922-2010: This is from An Unconventional Librarian… http://bit.ly/cj6eoN #
• RT @RachelleGardner …good editing leads to 30% more reader-engagement … http://bit.ly/bv6Zn1 – True- find good editors @ http:naiwe.com #
• There are some incredible wedding and portrait photographers on http://photographerblue.com. I get inspired just looking at their shots. #
• I'm still working on my big #NAIWE Summer Challenge writing project. How's yours? I just need more hours in a day. http://ht.ly/2nCrL #
• Get acquainted with author Kim Pearson, the #NAIWE Member of the Month in this interesting interview: http://ht.ly/2nGaD #write #ghostwriter #
• RT @HeatherTrese: I'm still posting lessons from SCBWI! On the blog today: all about boy MG fiction. http://bit.ly/d07fDP |Good post! #
• It is necessary to write if the days are not to slip emptily by. How else, indeed, to clap the net over the butterfly of the moment? VitaS-W #
• NAIWE News- Kim Pearson: NAIWE Member of the Month, August 2010 http://ht.ly/18w9Xv #
• NAIWE News- Kim Pearson: NAIWE Member of the Month, August 2010 http://ht.ly/18w9Xw #
• The time to begin writing an article is when you have finished it… [Then] you begin to… perceive what…you really want to say. MTwain #
• RT @4KidLit: WriteOnCon: Query Critique Chat with Natalie Fischer AMAZINGLY helpful! http://bit.ly/bSDbxK #yalit #kidlit #scbwi #
• Having fun answering questions abt #ExcellenceInLiterature. Yes- it's self-directed, for grades 8-12, & fun! http://ht.ly/2oDjG #homeschool #
• Odd- 11pm& 3 guys just knocked on the door wanting to buy firewood. It's summer in Virginia, but they're loading their truck. Weird. #

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• Have discovered an amusing cottage industry in eastern Europe: register a US trademark & get offers to reg it there for only $2415.50 or so. #
• Really, really tired, and can't quit yet. Should have cloned myself while I still had energy. Maybe tomorrow for my #writegoal. #
• To see the Summer Sky
  Is Poetry, though never in a Book it lie -
  True Poems flee.
  - Emily Dickinson #quote #
• Join #NAIWE publishing expert Jerry Simmons-Wed., 3:30EDT: 7 Things Every Author MUST Understand About Publishing http://ht.ly/2kmCw #write #
• Writers/editors: News from #NAIWE-today's interview on publishing; How to Syndicate; StoryBlue; more" – http://grsnip.com/lsAo #
• RT @kazmahoney: Writing down all the story ideas + snippets that r driving me crazy. Maybe if I give them space they'll leave me alone. #
• Join #NAIWE publishing expert Jerry Simmons-today, 3:30EDT: 7 Things Every Author MUST Understand About Publishing http://ht.ly/2kmCw #write #
• RT @4KidLit: @Kid_Lit Asked The $50,000 Question: Picture Book or Children's Magazine? http://bit.ly/cSaEaJ #kidlit #scbwi – Good points. #
• Talking with publishing expert, Jerry Simmons, on The Freelance Life. Join us! http://ht.ly/2l5v3 #
• Recordings for both parts of "7 Things Every Author MUST Understand About Publishing" have been posted at #NAIWE http://ht.ly/2l77f #write #
• RT @newbookpub: Writing is my time machine, takes me to the precise time and place I belong. ~Jeb Dickerson #quote #
• New post: New Writers: What To Do If You Think You Want To Be Published http://ht.ly/18qXXh #
• New post: New Writers: What To Do If You Think You Want To Be Published http://ht.ly/18qXXi #
• Obesity in the USA? Just saw how- krispy Kreme drive thru packed at 9 pm. I scored 2 dozen. What are we thinking? #
• New articles for writers & editors posted on the #NAIWE site: http://ping.fm/K4H9l #write #edit #publish #market #
• RT @Billy_Cox: Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain cool and unruffled under all circumstances. TJefferson #

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If you’re not a professional writer, but think that you might want to be, where do you start? How do you get something published?

Here are a few tips for where to start when you have something to say and want to see it in print.

• Know your goals.
• Join a writers’ critique group.
• If you’re not sure of your writing mechanics, hire an experienced copyeditor to show you how to improve.
• Learn about the writing, editing, and publishing industry.
• Accept the fact that there are standard procedures and timetables in the publishing industry.
• Get involved with writers’ groups and professional associations.
• Enjoy the process.

You can read the full post at Words Into Books.

• How did it get to be 3:30 p.m.? It feels like I just got going on my #writegoal. Tomorrow, I’m going to go for more words before noon… #
• RT @bish0p: I never teach my pupils. I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn. ~Einstein http://bit.ly/aFi4bz #quote #
• New post: If You Think You Want To Be Published, What Should You Do? http://bit.ly/cxrA19 # (more…)

• No amount of energy will take the place of thought. A strenuous life with its eyes shut is a kind of wild insanity. -Henry Van Dyke #quote #
• Finished 1st #writegoal- 600-wd article. Now, to visit the nursing home, then back to write on #NAIWE challenge project. http://ht.ly/2duH0 # (more…)

I had a few rough ideas of what I’d like to accomplish for the NAIWE 2010 Get it Done Summer Challenge. If you haven’t checked it out, the three parts of the Challenge are:

1. Read three books that will stretch your mind and inspire your creative spirit.
2. Finish one project that’s been nagging at you for longer than you care to admit.
3. Brainstorm a new project that will bring you an additional stream of income, then take the first step to make it happen.

I read Sheri McConnell’s Smart Women Know Their Why (see review) for the first of my three books, and have a teetering stack from which I can choose the remaining two official Challenge books. This is the easiest part, because I know that before summer is over, I’ll have read quite a few more than three books. I schedule morning and evening reading times so that I can bracket each day in knowledge, inspiration, and sometimes, just plain fun.

The second element of the Challenge was to finish a nagging project. Read more…

• I often talk to writers & freelance editors about creating success that fits. Here are 10 brief thoughts: http://ht.ly/29Btu #naiwe #
• Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
  -Henry Ward Beecher #quote #
• New book to read for my #NAIWE Challenge project: Eat that Frog by Brian Tracy. Great tips for writers/editors so far! http://ht.ly/2a9XN # (more…)

• You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them. – Ray Bradbury #quote #
• Thanks, @Kimgjones, @JoJoTabares, for #ff’s, and @ValerieDwyer & @ErikVonk for RT & msg. Hope you had a great Independence Day! #
• RT @MenwithPens: Me: “Want any books from Amazon? I’m doing a run.” Teen: *Lists 20 titles & 3 series* Ooookay then.-At lst s/he’s reading! #
• RT @everydayedu: Coupons for Transcripts Md Easy, Jump Start College, Grammar Made Easy, etc. expire soon! Get them here: http://ht.ly/27hZ6 #
• RT @yaHighway: On the magic of setting and how to find beauty anyplace: http://bit.ly/cG8frM #yalit #writing #kidlit -Good post! #
• New post: Serendipity and the NAIWE Summer Challenge http://wordsintobooks.com/2010/07/serendipity-and-the-naiwe-summer-challenge/ # (more…)