I decided to add myself to the library of writers and included a previously published story: http://www.anthologiesonline.com/article1017.html. Guess what happened? Two editors have contacted me and requested a look at other manuscripts. Publicity, even on website that hasn't yet hit the major search engines, is always helpful. If you haven't applied for your free promotional page yet--add that to your "to do" list.

Now have I submitted to these editors yet-well no. I have a huge stack of projects to finish and ideas to explore. I also have submissions and queries to send. I also want to send news releases about anthologiesonline to publishing houses.

Do you have a to-do list something like that? Join me in taking out the calendar and scheduling ourselves time to achieve our goals. It may be important to have the vision of a becoming a sucessfull writer, or going on a book tour, but that vision won't be achieved without specific short-term goals and dedicated writing time.

Speaking of book tours-I just participated in my second book signing. I was lucky enough to have a joint signing with Eunice Loecher. We were both published in the Anthology, God Allows U-Turns. Ms. Loecher set-up the signing with the bookstore and we spend a lovely summer day in front of an "up north" Wisconsin bookstore. It was a wonderful experience.

Send in your announcements-we'll publish them as space allows.

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As a subscriber, you get a sneak peak at the Writers Wanted listings that will be published September first. http://www.anthologiesonline.com/article1022.html. and more free classic literature. This time it's a longer story by an American author known for her gentle humor:http://www.anthologiesonline.com/article1026.html.

Our Library of Writers http://www.anthologiesonline.com/article1004.html has new authors including Jeff Stimpson and Nadia Ali. Let them know you saw them on AnthologiesOnline.

Don't miss our latest articles that will keep you out of the rejection pile, A Letter from an Agent to an Author by By Lynn Rosen and An Editor's View: Why Manuscripts Are Rejected by Sharon Good, and help you use rejections toward more effective submissions , REJECTION REFLECTION by Rusty Fischer.