September/October 2003, Vol. 24, No. 5 Table of Contents

	Columns
2	..... Editor's Note
4	..... Marketing Helps, by Janet Elaine Smith
	Overlook the Obvious
5	..... Massaging the Muse, by Lynne Remick
	............ Methods of Motivating the Muse
6	..... Readers' Point Of View, Letters from our readers
7	..... Effective Screenwriting, by Jerry McGuire
	............. Rewrite a Script? (Open Wide and Say Aaaaggghh!!!) Part of the problem with writing screenplays is that on rare occasions we must admit that we are not perfect. Being so is reserved for directors and just about everyone else in the film or videotape production business. If a show is a smashing success, the writer or writers are usually ignored. When the program bombs, it is always the writer's fault.
9	..... Photography Techniques, by Ronald D. Kness
	............. The Artistry of Autumn To photographers, the turning of the leaves in the fall is an event much like the spring fishing opener is to fishermen and opening weekend is to hunters: It is something we wait for each year. As with fishing and hunting, some years are better than others; but in our mind, the upcoming year will be the best yet. Below, I have provided some tips on how to make every fall great for photography.
11	..... Computer Business, by Robert Anthony
	................. Write Online! Despite its appearance, the Internet is an intimate and personal medium. It is easy to view the Internet as a vast cyber void that connects people at a distance. The truth, however, is that the Internet tangibly connects people in ways unimaginable a few years ago.
57	..... For Beginners Only, by Susan Miles
	..... How to Break into a New Market—Practical Strategies to Enter New Markets One of the joys of writing is the sheer variety of topics and interests you can explore through your articles and essays. Most new writers start writing about a particular field in which they have an interest or some expertise. For me, this field was running. I was by no means an "expert," but enjoyed being an enthusiastic participant and then sharing my experiences and observations with others. My clip file, therefore, was full of articles on this topic. But I can come up with only so many story ideas on running to pitch to the limited number of running publications.
59	..... Words...Tools Of Our Trade, by Betty Garton Ulrich
	.............. Grammar Soapbox I'm up on my grammar soapbox again, having edited some manuscripts for Writers' Journal. Sometimes I wonder why I bother, because the same mistakes appear over and over. Perhaps (I continue to hope) for every writer who makes these mistakes, six or ten other writers learn not to!
60	*..... Writers' Journal* Market Report,** by Laurie Graziano
	Which is more important to a writer—formal education or experience? This is a question which is sometimes answered early in life when you decide to be a writer. And the answer is different for each individual because each person writes for a different reason. So, the two are actually complementary rather than exclusionary. Markets: Faces Magazine, Psychology Today, Maine In Print, Good Old Days Magazine, Children's Playmate, Esquire Magazine, The Greensboro Review, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Ladybug, Lakes Superior Magazine, Masthead Magazine, Black Warrior Review, Fangoria Magazine, Dig, Virginia Quarterly Review.
	Feature Articles
12	..... Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Tackle the Dishes, by Jim Couper
	............... Writing Splits the Personality Three Ways Like many self-employed writers, I suffer from insecurity. As a result, I have—including my newest occupation—three jobs.
14	..... Using the "Re-Create Eight" to Develop Plots, Dennis E. Hensley
	............... Study Your Plot If you have ever had the nub of an idea for a work of fiction but have been unable to "get it rolling" as a story, here is a system called the "Re-Create Eight" that can help stimulate your thinking. If point one doesn't work for you, go to number two; then three; then four; and so on until you find what clicks.
15	.....Good Characterization Begins at the Mall, by Sarah E. Parrott
	............... Writers Must Be students of Human Nature Wouldn't it be great if there were a store at the mall called Characters-R-Us, where you could march up to the counter and select a cute, spunky, career-driven heroine? You plunk down your VISA and walk away with your custom-made archetype-in-a-bottle. You race home, uncork the green glass decanter and (cue the I Dream of Jeannie music) the character wafts out and weaves herself in to your manuscript. Next thing you know, your novel is on the NYT bestseller list.
16	..... Painting It Black, by Leah Marie Brown
	................ How to Create the Most Vile, Evil, Wicked, No-good, Dirty Villain It's a shameful fact, but I encounter no difficulty in writing about evil. What that says about my psyche, I don't even want to know. But the simple truth is I find it frighteningly easy and enjoyable to create the blackest of villains. Give me any plot and I can think of a plausible and truly menacing bad guy to go with it.
21	.....Sizzling, Sensuous Sentences, by Carolyn Campbell
	................ 12 Tips for Writing Love Scenes A love scene can serve as an action sequence or a sequel following a scene, or it can build tension and suspense leading up to another scene. A love scene can provide a satisfying ending or an enduring, effective hook that you can thread throughout the plot of a mainstream novel. The relationship between two characters in a love scene can add interest to the story, move the plot forward, or complicate and add tension to the story.
24	..... Get Thee to an Editor, by Kitty Baker
	Do Not Despair, Rewrite It Again Adlai Stevenson warned, "Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them."
41	..... Writing is Hard Work, by Donna J. Werstler
	Re-Writing—After Rejection—Could Be Even More Rigorous Hmm. Another rejection, I thought to myself. Guess I'll have to head back to the drawing board, or—the keyboard. I wonder where I'll send my story this time? And, what will I have to do to make it acceptable? Sometimes this is so confusing and always hard.
42	..... Seven Steps to Getting Known, by Jill Lublin
	Guerrilla Public Relations for the Entrepreneur Public relations is human relations. Everything you say and do everyday is part of your PR campaign. It is about you and your company's becoming a force in the public eye on a regular basis. PR that you undertake yourself can be a primary way to grow your business and become known without major expense.
44	..... Voluminous Writer Zeroes in on a Yoga Zone, by R. A. Robison
	Writer Merges into a Yoga Zone Do you fit this profile? Endless hours logged in front of a computer in a fixed position, performing repetitive motions like a child enamored with a video game. Ouch! Tenseness overtakes. Muscles ache, pleading for release. The neck grows taut, stretched like a tanned hide. Shoulders and back seethe with twinges. Hands cramp, arms numb. Stress overpowers, relieved by unhealthy food choices: drinking coffee or soda, eating chocolate candy bars for quick energy spurts or worse, resorting to alcohol.
46	..... Why POD's For Me, by Celia H. Miles
	Print on Demand—Way to Go Some bookstore owners look askance and managers of chains shake their heads when they see my novels are print on demand (POD). "Not an approved vendor," one says; "Not returnable," another. But in spite of a lack of enthusiasm by booksellers, I remain convinced: POD is for me. It's not a perfect system; if fact, it's a "pay up front" system, a sort of "vanity press." But, ask yourself: For most of us writers, is standard publishing perfect? The facts indicate otherwise—for most writers. Without luck, connections, or talent beyond the bulk of Mt. Rushmore, the majority of writers simply don't get published, or they get published and ignored, or get published and remaindered within a year of publication date... a date that may have taken years to achieve.
47	..... Pave Your Way to Better Sentences, by Dominic Martia
	The Road to Great Sentences Like any skill, sentence composition will improve with practice. But practice is more than simple repetition. If I write a hundred sentences poorly, writing another thousand won't make me a better sentence writer. What it will do is reinforce the bad habits that are producing poor sentences. To be effective, practice must consist of repetition aimed at an objective and guided by sound principles. For a sentence writer, the objective would be to write sentences that are clearer, more shapely, and more compelling. To channel our practice toward this objective, we need principles we can apply to the repetition. Id like to suggest and illustrate four principles that I know work and that have the wonderful advantage of being adaptable to an acronym. The acronym is PAVE. The principles are Pick, Arrange, Vary, and Emphasize.
	Fiction
	March 2003 Horror/Ghost Contest Winners
27	.....Mushrooms, by Phil K. Mitchell
	First Prize Winner of March 2003 Horror/Ghost Contest
28	..... The Chip, by C. L. Santin
	Second Prize Winner of March 2003 Horror/Ghost Contest
30	.....A Mother's Love, by Michael W. Drwiega
	Third Prize Winner of March 2003 Horror/Ghost Contest

	More Fiction
33	..... Arlin Falls, by Tony Konecne
	Honorable Mention Winner of 2002 Short Story Contest

	April 20, 2003 Write-to-Win! Winner
38	..... "The streets weren't always...," by Bradley H. Deaton

	Poetry
50	..... Every Day With Poetry, by Esther Leiper-Jefferson
	................. "The Purple Pros: It All 'Ads' Up" The whole import of language within a commercial is to convince you that a product is worthy or necessary enough that you buy it and then depend on it. Ads play on hope, greed, fear, sex—any and all emotions—conveyed with varying degrees of subtlety, depending on the target population. They flatter our self-mage; they tickle our fancy. And so, to a great extent, does poetry!
52	..... Esther Comments On..., by Esther Leiper-Jefferson
	................. "'Vast, vast worlds of rhythm'" and "Nighthawk." Scott E. Green "wrote the book"—specifically, Contemporary Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Poetry, A Resource Guide and Biographical Directory, 1989. Plainly, the theme of "Vast, Vast Worlds" attracts him, as his publishing record proves. However, this poem presents a different sort of record. Herein, nine lines of free verse pose a paradox: that "a hot piece of sun wax" (the opening line) can indeed open the world of "dark night rhythm" (the closing line). The words "Sun Record" are capitalized and older readers recall how records (those strange flying-saucer-like objects from olden days) were indeed pressed from wax. and, as a fascinating aside, 78-rpm discs were made of shellac derived from the resin on Asian trees.