Friday 29 March 2013

Writing Market: Chicken Soup for the Soul

I've known about the Chicken Soup for the Soul series of books for a long time but I keep forgetting to try submitting anything! They offer a great opportunity to write non-fiction pieces on a wide variety of subjects and a full list of proposed topics is on their website. For instance, some of the upcoming subjects cover Miracles, Overcoming Challenges, Reboot Your Life, Stories About Cats and Stories About Dogs.

The guidelines are quite explicit: it should be a true, inspirational story about ordinary people doing extraordinary things. They should be written in first person, with a beginning, middle and end, and should create some emotion in the reader - they can be sad, funny, exciting. Maximum length is 1,200 words.


While I'm waiting for my new tween book, The Jigsaw Puzzle, being published by MuseItUp next month, I arranged print copies of my first tween book, Summer of the Eagles (as Ros). Lovely writer friend and former journalist, Sara, designed this lovely new cover for the print version and it's now available from FeedARead. I guessed some of the people at the conference would prefer a print version for this age group (around 10-13 years).

Wishing all my lovely fellow bloggers, friends and readers a Happy Easter weekend.

Rosemary

11 comments:

Wendy's Writing said...

I love the cover of your book, Rosemary.

myraduffy said...

Summer of the Eagles is a lovely read, Rosemary -I'm sure it will do well. Happy Easter!

Teresa Ashby said...

Happy Easter, Rosemary :-) And congratulations on the print version of Summer of the Eagles (gorgeous cover!) x

Rosemary Gemmell said...

Thank you, Wendy!

That's kind of you - many thanks, Myra!

Thanks a lot, Teresa!

Vikki said...

Love the eye catching cover and look forward to getting my paperback copy!

Rosemary Gemmell said...

I forgot to give you that last weekend!

Joan Fleming said...

Lovely cover for the print version of SOTE, Rosemary. The story deserves it! Happy Easter!

Rosemary Gemmell said...

Thank you, Joan! Happy Easter to you too.

Joanna said...

That is a stunningly beautiful cover, Rosemary. That view is breathtaking. I'd love to be in that cave, looking out at the eagle.
I hope you have a lovely Easter. The sun is shining here for Easter Sunday and I have hidden all the eggs ready to be hunted. I hope they don't melt! x

Deborah Carr said...

That's such a lovely cover, Rosemary.

Happy Easter to you.x

Rosemary Gemmell said...

Many thanks, Joanna! Your Easter day sounds great fun.

Thank you, Debs - hope you had a great day.