Wildbound Weekly Breeze 4/12/18
BOOK INDUSTRY NEWSMargaret Atwood Says 9/11 Was Inspired By Star Wars...Yes you heard right. Margaret Atwood has a theory about 9/11. Entertainment Weekly has the scoop.Spring Cleaning: What Books To Get Rid Off...?So many books, so little space. But how do you decide which ones to boot out of your ever growing home library? Hear it from the experts: authors, publishers, and booksellers (all notorious book hoarders) on LifeHacker.com.Publishers Looking For YA Novels...Authors Publish Magazine released a new list of publishers looking for YA novels and many don't even require an agent. So all YA authors, go send your gold!
USELESS FACT TO IMPRESS YOUR FRIEND(S)Vladimir Nabokov and Gertrude Stein both liked to write while sitting in a parked car.
BOOK PROMOTION TIPEver heard of Meetup.com? Well, go on there and search for great book groups. If you are an aspiring authors, meet like-minded people and build a following, if you have a book, offer to do a reading & signing.
WEEKLY $10 GIVEAWAYThis Week's Writing Challenge is to send us the first paragraph of whatever you are working on - short story, novel, poem, etc.Email your piece to info@wildboundpr.com. The winner will be announced in next week's Weekly Breeze!Congrats to last week's winner, Gita Baack, for "The Unrequited Love Poem," written contrasting the 2 sides:The Eternal Husband The Eternal BelovedThe anxiety that is himself The anxiety that is herselfThe eternal husband The eternal belovedParalyzed by fear of the unknown Paralyzed by fear of being aloneHas unknowingly created Has unknowingly createdA prison of the known The state of solitudeFrom which he cannot escape From which she longs to escapeA failed middle-aged attempt A failed middle-aged attemptAt feeding the man, the joys of a boy At feeding the woman, the joys of youthOnly finds him back Only finds her backIn the desert of his despair In the desert of her despairHe looks through his blackened window She looks hopefully thru her lit windowGnawing at his nails Face drawn with worry and fatigueBut cannot see But cannot see himConfused ConfusedBody aching Body achingFor a soothing touch For a soothing touchThe eternal husband The eternal belovedMuffles his scream of discontent Muffles her scream of longingGita, we'll be in touch soon with your prize moolah.
Write on.WILDBOUND PR