From writers_deadline at listserv.storm.ca Mon Aug 23 10:37:35 2010 From: writers_deadline at listserv.storm.ca (WD-Listserv) Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:37:35 -0400 Subject: WD - HELP with this message for Patrick - CMG Message-ID: Hi all, I received this item for the list last week from "The Canadian media guide". Could not seem to verify it as legit and never received a response to my query. Nor could I find an "comforting" information doing an Internet search. Does anyone know anything about them?? --- The Canadian media guide (CMG): A guide of interest to PUBLICISTS, FUNDRAISERS, PUBLIC RELATIONS or MARKETING and COMMUNICATIONS directors and anyone else interested in promoting their products and services. The Canadian media guide is the most affordable directory of Canada's media, with listings for all print and broadcast media. You can access information for more than 3,000 publications and stations, with essential contact details including names, phone and fax numbers, mailing addresses, sorted by provinces and cities. Now you can get all this for only $29.95 +GST/HST on a cd-rom(Acrobat reader file, 379 pages). To order a copy please call Canadian Publications toll free at: 1-866-322-3376 -- Best! -pwm aka Patrick Meikle "The Connector" patrick at writersdeadline.ca Moderator - Writers' Deadline!! Listserv http://listserv.storm.ca/mailman/listinfo/writers_deadline A few Ottawa Writing Resources at: http://www.writersdeadline.ca ----------------------------------------------------------------+ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From writers_deadline at listserv.storm.ca Mon Aug 23 11:09:53 2010 From: writers_deadline at listserv.storm.ca (WD-Listserv) Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:09:53 -0400 Subject: WD - HELP with this message for Patrick - CMG In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <201008231514.o7NFEhta018146@mail.storm.ca> I've never heard of the CMG either, and am always wary of anyone offering anything for sale where there isn't a comprehensive website attached. The best media guide is SOURCES, the comprehensive database available online. Go to: http://gateway.sources.com/Membership-BFG.ph Bobbi At 8/23/2010, you wrote: >Hi all, > >I received this item for the list last week from "The Canadian media >guide". Could not seem to verify it as legit and never received a >response to my query. Nor could I find an "comforting" information >doing an Internet search. Does anyone know anything about them?? >--- > >The Canadian media guide (CMG): >A guide of interest to PUBLICISTS, FUNDRAISERS, PUBLIC RELATIONS or >MARKETING and COMMUNICATIONS directors and anyone else interested in >promoting their products and services. > >The Canadian media guide is the most affordable directory of >Canada's media, with listings for all print and broadcast media. You >can access information for more than 3,000 publications and >stations, with essential contact details including names, phone and >fax numbers, mailing addresses, sorted by provinces and cities. > >Now you can get all this for only $29.95 +GST/HST on a >cd-rom(Acrobat reader file, 379 pages). > >To order a copy please call Canadian Publications toll free at: 1-866-322-3376 > >-- >Best! > >-pwm >aka Patrick Meikle >"The Connector" >patrick at writersdeadline.ca >Moderator - Writers' Deadline!! Listserv >http://listserv.storm.ca/mailman/listinfo/writers_deadline >A few Ottawa Writing Resources at: >http://www.writersdeadline.ca >----------------------------------------------------------------+ > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >Version: 8.5.441 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3089 - Release Date: >08/23/10 06:35:00 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From writers_deadline at listserv.storm.ca Mon Aug 23 10:38:36 2010 From: writers_deadline at listserv.storm.ca (WD-Listserv) Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:38:36 -0400 Subject: WD - straight from the editor's mouth References: <201008181733.o7IHXfFi011484@mail.storm.ca> Message-ID: Good morning, everyone, The message below is to someone not with this list and I have no idea how it got onto this list. Sorry for the confusion. I am really baffled! Best, Shannon ----- Original Message ----- From: WD-Listserv To: WD-Listserv Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 3:36 PM Subject: Re: WD - straight from the editor's mouth Yes to all your suggestions. I'll try the stimulation thing and you can try, too. We have two weeks to make a difference. I was watching Oscar climb the bars of his cage and thought a couple of tree branches would not go amiss. Will look for a larger cage tomorrow. An uneven or multi-level floor would be good. We have to get him seeing, focusing. I will keep on playing him jazz. Good news about Elizabeth. I agree. Summer lasts until November. Thank-you for your ongoing support and encouragement with Oscar. I think he's doing great! I have an appointment with the Rideau Wildlife Centre on Tuesday and they're going to provide a new formula and do some tests on him. I gave them some of the Ringer's as they use quite a bit of it for raccoons. We'll conspire shortly. Cheerios, Shannon ----- Original Message ----- From: WD-Listserv To: WD-Listserv Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 1:31 PM Subject: Re: WD - straight from the editor's mouth Thanks Dorothyanne, for following up. But don't you think it's strange that they're soliciting manuscripts when their advice includes the unequivocal statement: When you feel your work is ready for publishing you need to get a Literary Agent. I'm also suspicious of Penguin's comment, we also offer specialist advice for aspiring Adult fiction and Children's fiction authors. I hate to be a spoilsport, but I wonder if Penguin is "branching out" into the pay-to-publish realm. Could it be that authors who contact them with worthy projects might receive a response indicating that their work is good enough to be published, but they need some "services" Penguin can offer - for a price, and that if they're willing to pay some of the costs (or guarantee a certain quantity of sales), Penguin can be their publisher? This is a common practice, unfortunately, and way to get authors to foot a good portion of the costs, reducing the risk to the publisher but saddling the author with mounting fees that might never be recouped. Check out the Publishing Options pages on my website before agreeing to any kind of contract with a publisher - no matter how reputable they seem to be. Go to: www.SimonTeakettle.com/options.htm Bobbi At 8/16/2010, you wrote: I emailed the editor at Penguin and received the following link in reply, so yes, everyone, hustle and get your synopses in! 11. How can I get my book published? People frequently ask us how to go about getting published. Our company policy is to not accept unsolicited manuscripts or synopses and we cannot enter into correspondence about unpublished work. However, for a limited three-month period from the beginning of August until the end of October 2010, we will be inviting submissions to be sent in electronically to the following address: submissions at uk.penguingroup.com. We ask that email submissions comprise a brief covering note and synopsis and not a full manuscripts. Please do not send attachments, please write out your cover note and synopsis in the body of the email. We remain unable to accept hard copy submissions and will not return or be responsible for the safety of any that we do receive, so please do not send any original or hard copy manuscripts to us. We will not contact you with feedback on your submission and will only enter into email correspondence with you if an editor within Penguin is keen to progress your idea. We can also offer the following advice on how to go about getting into print. A great place to start is your local library where you'll find a wealth of information on writers groups and plenty of books on writing and the publishing process. When you feel your work is ready for publishing you need to get a Literary Agent. Agents can objectively advise you on your work and will know the most suitable publisher to take it to, not to mention fighting for the best deal on your behalf. A comprehensive listing of UK literary agents can be found in the Writers' and Artists' Yearbook, published annually by A & C Black. Different markets demand a different approach, so we also offer specialist advice for aspiring Adult fiction and Children's fiction authors. There are a number of websites who offer great advice and writer's resources. Authorlink Writers resource and rights marketplace Website: http://www.authorlink.com Booktrust Provides listings, factsheets on publishing and getting published, plus book news Website: http://www.booktrust.org.uk Handbook of Rhetorical Devices Guidelines for and examples of rhetorical devices Website: http://www.virtualsalt.com/rhetoric.htm Mslexia The magazine for women who write. Advice and inspiration; news, reviews, interviews; competitions and grants Website: http://www.mslexia.co.uk Thesaurus.com Online thesaurus Website: http://www.thesaurus.com/ The Writers' Advice Centre for Children's Books Founded in 1994 The Writers' Advice Centre for Children's Book is the only manuscript agency in the United Kingdom specialising solely in children's publishing. The Writers' Advice Centre for Children's Books 16 Smiths Yard London SW18 4HR Tel: 0797 9905353 Email: info at writersadvice.co.uk Website: http://www.writersadvice.co.uk XRefer Reference search engine Website: http://www.xrefer.com We wish you the best of luck and hope you are successful in placing your work. -- Dorothyanne Brown dorothyanneb at gmail.com No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.441 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3079 - Release Date: 08/18/10 06:35:00 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From writers_deadline at listserv.storm.ca Mon Aug 23 20:15:05 2010 From: writers_deadline at listserv.storm.ca (WD-Listserv) Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:15:05 -0400 Subject: WD - Obit - Dick Maloney - Ottawa entertainer and songwriter In-Reply-To: <4C6E85D7.17583.58B385@localhost> References: <4C6E85D7.17583.58B385@localhost> Message-ID: I'm looking for a picture of Dick Maloney for my file on Canadian Communicators who will live forever. See: http://www.flora.org/rosaleen/#pressclub If anyone has a good photo of Dick, I would love to receive it via email. Thanks. Rosaleen From the desk of: Rosaleen Leslie Dickson "The Lord Lansdowne" 812-920 Bank St. Ottawa Phone: 613-232-1837 My cell: 613-859-1411 http://www.flora.org/rosaleen/ On Aug 20, 2010, at 1:40 PM, WD-Listserv wrote: > "Ottawa singer, songwriter, and media personality Dick Maloney has > died at the age of 77." > -- > > Most of us don't "come from Ottawa", but we now call it home. > > In my early Ottawa years, just a few out of my teens, Dick Maloney > was just starting in local T.V., hosting a Saturday dance show on > CJOH. > > He went on to become a popular entertainer and songwriter. > -- > > Dick Maloney Dies at the Age of 77 > Josh Pringle with CFRA Staff > http://www.cfra.com/?cat=4&nid=75088 > -- > > Ottawa radio legend Dick Maloney dead > By Joanne Laucius, The Ottawa Citizen > Read more: > http://www.ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/Ottawa+radio+legend+ > Dick+Maloney+dead/3422943/story.html > -- > > Best! > > -pwm > aka Patrick Meikle > "The Connector" > Moderator - Writers' Deadline!! 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