What's Up the Street For Next Week?

Happy Weekend everyone.


And an early Happy Valentine’s Day.

It’s been a wonderful week of surprises for our Alley Cats.

One thing that’s been cool this week is that The Writers Alley made the list of Best Blogs for Writers to Read in 2012. Woohooo!! Check it out here: 

Sherrinda finaled in the Great Expectations Contest for her historical romance novel.

Cindy finaled in the GOTCHA for her contemporary romance.

Congrats, ladies!

Next week?

Pepper starts off the week with a talk about ‘outside the writer’s box’, with different ways to create story from author, Janice Thompson’s notes.

Stop by Tuesday as Sherrinda talks about....KISSING! Whew...and I'm all ready for that one! (I wonder if the Kissing Queen, Julie Lessman, will drop by) :-)

Wednesday Mary takes us on an educational trip about writing YA

STOP BY THURSDAY! Casey hosts Rachel Hauck’s tips on hooking the reader in the first 1000 words with her critique of our contest winner’s submission

In honor of Valentine’s Day week and Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week, on Friday Krista is doing a post on Matters of the Heart.

Have a great week!
And don't forget to show someone you care :-)

What's Up the Street For Next Week?

If you haven't noticed we really like to celebrate around here!
And what a better way to start off June than with some partying.

Out of over 100 entries, Casey Herringshaw was picked as one of six finalists in the Frasier Writing Contest given by Susan May Warren, Rachel Hauck, and Sarah Anne Sympolec over at My Book Therapy. It's a great honor and we're super proud of our youngest Alley Cat!

Winners for the Frasier will be announced at the My Book Therapy Pizza Party at ACFW in St. Louis, MO.
Good luck, Case. WOOHOOOO!!!

More news? Congrats to Patsy. She's our winner for Jeannie Campbell's Writers Guild to Creating Rich Back Stories

Now, let's look at our week, shall we?

Gotta pitch? Stop by Monday and read a little about pitches and get ready to show off your own. Pepper has roped in the support of the other Alley Cats and is going to have a Pitch & Blurb day - so bring your best, and we'll all work on them together.

School is out for most people - and that means Sherrinda too. Stop by Tuesday and check out what she has to share with us after a full year of chaos and mental exhaustion. Writing from Scratch with Sherrinda.

Wednesday Mary welcomes in a MASTER storyteller. Or at least the sage advice of a master storyteller. Stop by for a post entitled "Dear C.S. Lewis"

Our little Frasier winner - Casey, brings you some 'time management tips for the harried home writer' on Thursday. If time is NOT on your side, or you need encouragement in the midst of life's crazy twists and turns, check out this post.

Back to the writing business, with Krista's Friday post - Money & Writing: Part II. The Big Tax Debate.

Newstand:

Sarah is giving away an Amazon card on her blog this week.

Pepper's continuing her review series with A Week's Review with Deeanne Gist on her blog.