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Tiny Lights: A Journal of Personal Narrative
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Greetings!,
Technically, If I mail this issue of Sparks before midnight tonight, I can still call it October Bonfires. I wouldn't want you to miss the October's Searchlights: "How do you cast light on the dark side of a story?" And so I am determined to hit "send" soon! I am also determined to mail the latest hard copy issue of Tiny Lights, delayed but not forgotten. Life, as you undoubtedly know, doesn't always help us with deadlines. The next Flash in the Pan is also going to have to wait until next month to appear. November, then, should be a treasure trove of personal narrative! Here is a video to show you how it's been lately, but of course, it's always this way, and more.  | | Some Days |
And because it is that way with you, too, you must always Keep Writing. Susan Bono, Editor
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Searchlights & Signal Flares
Tiny Lights' Online Writers' Exchange 
In the light of day it's easier to see what's going on. But some of our best stories happen in the deepest shadows on the darkest nights.That's why this month's contributors are doing us such a favor when they explore, How do you cast a light on the dark side of a story? Read what Jay Halstead , this month's featured writer, has to say on the subject, along with our other contributors this month: This Month's Featured Writer: Jay Halstead
Jay Halstead of Rochester, NY, is a tax auditor by necessity, witch and writer by choice.
What does it mean to have a voice?
(Deadline 11/15/11)
Send Searchlights submissions with bio (and title!) to editor@tiny-lights.com
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 Writing it Real
Istanbul, Turkey w/ Sheila Bender, Susan Bono & Yesim Cimcoz 10 days in early May 2012 The Spice Market, the Blue Mosque, dervishes, Turkish baths, and more! Experience these wonders in the company of writers. Give yourself and your writing a whole new perspective. Safe. Affordable. Remarkable. For information: sbono@tiny-lights.com Prices and itinerary available in the next Sparks email!
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Flash in the Pan Online Quarterly
Coming in November
(Sorry for the delay!)
The Twenty-sixth Flash in the Pan!
Guidelines
What is a Flash in the Pan? It's life caught in the blaze of a match, a beam of moonlight, the glare of a home-made explosion. These pieces of first-person non-fiction prose (500 words or less) are like potato chips--you won't be able to stop with just one. Our gems are posted quarterly in January, April, July and October on the Tiny Lights website. A select few appear in the hard copy editions of the magazine. Send your jewels to editor@tiny-lights.com.
Go to:Flash in the Pan
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CALL FOR MEMOIR SUBMISSIONS The winter 2011 MEMOIR e-chapbook is open to submissions October 1 through November 21. Read previous issues at www.echapbook.com See www.echapbook.com/submissions.htm for guidelines. Contact Publisher Jo-Anne Rosen: echaps@wordrunner.com |
 Enter the dream. SUBSCRIBE to the print edition of Tiny Lights
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Marlene Cullen hosts this series of writing workshops on the third Thursday of the month from 7-9 p.m. at the Petaluma Community Center.
November 17: Rachael Herron The Dreaded ReWrite: Taking the Fear out of Revision
Contrary to popular belief, the real fun is just getting started after a writer types "The End." Many balk at the idea of revision, thinking it's too big a job, unable to break it up into manageable pieces.Walk with Rachael through concrete steps to beginning (and finishing) reviisons on your work and learn that the real magic is what happens after the first draft.
Call 778-4380 (Petaluma Community Center) or visit www.thewritespot.usfor info. $15 at the door |
Iota Press is a letterpress shop and literary studio in Sebastopol.
Along with the usual enchantment and shenanigans, Iota's Slow Print Cooperative has morphed into a quarterly offering of little books. "Almost a journal. Nearly a magazine. Kind of a trip." $30 per year for 4 chapbooks. $10 single copies.
Location: 925-c Gravenstein Hwy in South Sebastopol (next to "Beekind").
Contact: Eric Johnson....823-6152 Our latest works online at: www.iotapress.com
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Tiny Lights Recommends: Sonoma County Free Bookmobile Help bring free books to Sonoma County residents. ***************
Walking With Your Muse: weekly writing practice classes in Santa Rosa with Margaret Caminsky Shapiro: 707-575-8820
www.handwritingonline.net
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Online Classes with Ken Rodgers
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For reservations, or more information call: OCA 707 874 9392. OCA is located in Harmony Village in downtown Occidental at 4008 Bohemian Hwy.
******************************** : Insights, activities and open-hearted inspiration for attracting the creative life by authors Rebecca Lawton and Jordan Rosenfeld. www.writefree.us****************************************
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Since 1995, Tiny Lights has been celebrating the power of personal voice with a biannual journal devoted to short essay. The annual essay contest, which offers $1500 in prizes, provides the material for the summer issue, while the winter issue is by invitation only.
The online component of Tiny Lights is designed to catch what can't be contained in the pages of the newsstand editions. Lights Online provides a venue for additional voices, information about Tiny Lights and resources for writers of personal essay. Sparks: Email News & Notes is our free monthly electronic newsletter.
Subscriptions to the print edition of Tiny Lights, which includes original art:
$10 per year (2 issues)
Current issue: $5 each
Back issues: $3 each Checks payable to Tiny Lights Publications, P.O. Box 928, Petaluma, CA 94953
Or take advatage of our new PayPal feature!
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 Susan Bono, Editor
Tiny Lights Publications
P.O. Box 928, Petaluma, CA 94953
(707) 762-3208
www.tiny-lights.com |
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