Get Published Without Writing A Book

Remember, the fastest way to get mentioned in a book is to offer your story to aspiring writers.

Here are opportunities thanks to Dan Poynter

STORIES REQUESTED:

1. HUMOROUS STORIES OF MID LIFE CRISIS Wanted. Looking for funny yet enlightening stories of insight into your experiences as a 40+ person. This time is often a period of tremendous growth, accomplishments and mistakes along the way. Looking for short stories on topics such as change in career, sex life, family structure, love life and becoming an empty nester.Stories do not necessarily need to be truly crisis in nature, just short, funny and how the experience helped you grow more as a person.
Let me know if I have permission to use your name or not. Send stories to cindysinclairhome@comcast.net.

2. Self-published authors are invited to send me brief accounts of their experiences with ATTEMPTS TO GAIN REVIEWS OF THEIR BOOKS. What were the job titles and media you approached? Did you first contact them by telephone, e-mail, or snail-mail letters? Did you supply a sample copy of your book? What were the attitudes and responses to your request by editors and reviewers? Did editors say thay have a usual policy about reviewing self-published books? Responses to these questions may be included in a newspaper feature article.
– Sidney Allinson, allsid@shaw.ca

3. SABBATICALS. DOWNSHIFTING. SEMI-RETIREMENT.
If you’ve taken a sabbatical and have incorporated some aspects of it into your “regular” life, I’d like to hear about it. If you have downshifted or semi-retired, I’d like to hear about it. This is for a new book about an alternative to the work hard for 40 years and then retire and do nothing paradigm. Contact the author at schroed@sbcglobal.net
–William Schroeder, PLS, William Schroeder & Associates, L.L.C., Land Surveyors

4. PLANTAR FASCIITIS sufferers - tell your tale!

In America alone, about 600,000 outpatient visits result from the hobbling foot condition known as plantar fasciitis annually. If you’ve had plantar fasciitis, what’s been your experience? Your input would enliven the material and educate (and possibly encourage!) readers.

What activities or factors seemed to cause plantar fasciitis in your case? What do you recommend to others to recover from it? How did you overcome it? Any other commentary from you related to plantar fasciitis would be excellent also!

Please contact Patrick Hafner at hafner.p@gmail.com

5. WORDS OF WISDOM WANTED: I am writing a book, working title, The Wisdom Box…A Legacy of Love: Creating New Traditions of Love, Connection, & Discovery. What words of wisdom do you wish an elder would have left for you? How would these words have made a difference in your life? More than ever, young people are looking to us for words of wisdom. Would you be
will to share yours? If so, please email them to judy@thewisdombox.com .
–Judy Ranieri, MA, Legacy Coach & Co-Founder of the Notebook Project,
www.notebookproject.com

6. I am writing some how-to booklets for my nonprofit organization. Looking for input on:
a. 5 no-fail strategies to RE-TOOL YOUR MARRIAGE,
b. 7 ways to avoid to avoid the most deadly RELATIONSHIP MISTAKES
c. 10 tips to JUMPSTART YOUR MARRIAGE

Send your suggestions, tips, remarks to: Pamela Hudson,
Marriage Resource Center of Wayne County, mrcmarketingpam@yahoo.com
There is no compensation, but will mention your name with tip and make sure you receive a copy of the booklet. This will help us get the help and hope to the couples we service.

7. SEEKING STORIES FOR “SMALL MIRACLES OF THE HOLOCAUST”
Judith Leventhal and Yitta Halberstam Mandelbaum, the co-authors of the best-selling “Small Miracles” series, are embarking upon a seventh volume “Small Miracles of the Holocaust.” Please help us compile and chronicle the last stories of the remaining survivors before they are lost forever.

If you know any survivors who have amazing stories to tell, or if you know any stories yourself, please kindly
contact Yitta Halberstam at ymye@aol.com or 347-623-5028.

Please remember that all of the stories in previous volumes, as in this one, revolve around a “coincidence” or “hasghacha pratis” hook.

8. WRITING CONTEST TO FIND TRUE STORIES ABOUT DOGS. Do you know a dog who has found a purpose in life? Has a dog inspired you to find your true calling? As with previous anthologies (Angel Dogs, Angel Cats, Angel Horses), Allen and Linda Anderson are sponsoring a contest to find true stories for possible publication in their upcoming book, Angel Dogs at
Work: Divine Messengers Who Found Their Life’s Purpose. Complete contest rules and entry form are at www.angelanimals.net/awards.html. Cash prizes for six winners. First prize, $250. No entry fee. Submissions must be
postmarked on or prior to July 15, 2007.

9. Stories Wanted: Looking for true stories of 2,000 words or less of Battling The Medical/Hospital Establishment and standing up for patient rights and safety for Staying Alive, an anthology.
–Michelle H. Pelling MBA, RN, The Propell Group, 503-538-5030,
propellgr@aol.com

10. WAGON TRAIN STORIES OF THE OLD SOUTH. I need first hand accounts in the form of old letters or diaries, family oral history, or any other source information regarding the wagon trains and migration from the Eastern states to Alabama and Mississippi during the early and mid 1800’s. I am concentrating on the travel from South Carolina through Georgia and the Indian Territory in Alabama, and on to Mississippi. Contact Rick at reminiscing@att.net

11. My book is about a BAD REACTION I HAD TO A ROLLER COASTER RIDE. The forces caused an injury inside my head. I wanted to write about it to warn that this sort of thing can happen. If this has happened to anyone else or you know of anyone else with a similar incident, I would be interested to hear it. Please write to suebutler01@hotmail.com.

12. TEEN WRITERS: Here is your chance to let us know what’s going on in your life. What’s your story? For story ideas, please
visit http://www.teenacity.com/stories.htm !
Maybe you like to write poems, draw or take photographs
Instead? Please send them in too! Send to:
comments@teenacity.com, www.teenacity.com

13. Stories Wanted: Looking for true stories of 2,000 words or less of BATTLING THE MEDICAL/HOSPITAL ESTABLISHMENT and standing up for patient rights and safety for Staying Alive, an anthology.
–Michelle H. Pelling MBA, RN, The Propell Group, 503-538-5030,
propellgr@aol.com

14. Wanted: devil’s advocate Yes, I want you to oppose my view points on the issue of PARENTAL RIGHTS IN CHILDREN’S MEDICAL CARE. This way, I can cover as many arguments as possible in my advocacy book. Supporters will not help (unless you’d like
to sign my petition). This is what I need from my opponents:
Read what I think about this issue on my site http://www.shirleycheng.com
Click on “Parental Rights Advocacy” at the top If you disagree, e-mail me your own thoughts and why you think otherwise. I just need basic points; no need to write an elaborate e-mail. Nothing you e-mail me will be included in my book; I just need to know the major, general opposing thoughts (I believe I’ve covered the major ones, but I want to cover every
angle).
E-mail me via http://www.shirleycheng.com/contact.html
Thank you.
–Shirley Cheng, a blind and physically disabled speaker and
author/contributor of fourteen books by age 24, has experienced firsthand
this injustice in the American medical system