Yes, I had scary thoughts of every Frankenstein’s monster movie I have ever seen when I wrote that title. But at long last, the Learn to Write Fiction Write Wise newsletter is now available for your reading pleasure!

Don’t just write your stories… write them wisely by using the techniques and strategies that work best for you.

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We interrupt our regularly scheduled series to bring you this important announcement.

Holly Lisle is holding a really incredible giveaway for her birthday this month. Not just one giveaway, but ten days of giveaways amounting to over $5000 worth of prizes including

• your choice of her e-course books, from two to five of them depending on the day you win
• her Writer’s Block course
• a free membership to her How to Think Sideways course
• and various combinations of the prizes above

The giveaway runs from today through October 11. To enter, you just have to follow her on Twitter. All the details of the giveway and how to enter are listed on her blog. Check it out and get entered.

…. on second thought, don’t. Gives me a better chance of winning.

Writer’s Digest is having a sale until September 26 on three CD’s.

Writer’s Digest 2007 Compilation – All the 2007 issues in PDF format with active links and an index to easily find specific articles.

Writer’s Digest Presents: The Best of WD Interviews – 100 pages of past interviews with writers from the magazine.

The Writer’s Ultimate Resource Guide 2008 – information on markets, contests, writing organizations, agents and websites.

Each CD is $10.00, down from $14.95.

I apologize for the delay in getting this posted today. Had a lot of good material to add from the comments.

The eBook is here. To download, just right-click on the link and choose Save Target As.

Thank you again to all the great writers who participated in the course this week. It’s been a pleasure!

And the lucky winner of the Day 6 Giveaway book, The Right to Write by Julia Cameron, is Ronda!

Congratulations, Ronda! I’ll send you an email to get your address particulars for sending the book.

Thank you to all of the wonderful commenters during the workshop! You made the workshop extra special with your participation. And a big thank you to all the lurkers out there. I appreciate you stopping by the blog this week and hope you’ll continue to do so, and maybe throw a comment in some time.

And the lucky winner of the Day 5 Giveaway book, Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott, is Jessica De Milo!

Congratulations, Jessica! I’ll send you an email to get your address particulars for sending the book.

The final giveaway book is The Right to Write by Julia Cameron.

To enter the giveaway, just comment on today’s lesson post – Female Thinking – with your thoughts on the post or just throw your name in the hat. The giveaway details are listed at the bottom of that post.

And the lucky winner of the Day 4 Giveaway book If You Want To Write by Brenda Ueland is Cats!

Congratulations, Cats! I’ll send you an email to get your address particulars for sending the book.

Remember, today’s giveaway book is Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott.

To enter the giveaway, just comment on today’s lesson post – Male Thinking – with your thoughts on the post or just throw your name in the hat. The giveaway details are listed at the bottom of that post.

And the lucky winner of the Day 3 Giveaway book Sometimes the Magic Works: Lessons From a Writing Life by Terry Brooks is Margay!

Congratulations, Margay! I’ll send you an email to get your address particulars for sending the book.

Remember, today’s giveaway book is If You Want To Write by Brenda Ueland.

To enter the giveaway, just comment on today’s lesson post – Female Speech with your thoughts on the post or just throw your name in the hat. The giveaway details are listed at the bottom of that post.

And the lucky winner of the Day 2 Giveaway book Chapter After Chapter by Heather Sellers is…Kathleen!

Congratulations, Kathleen! I’ll send you an email to get your address particulars for sending the book.

Remember, today’s giveaway book is Sometimes the Magic Works: Lessons From a Writing Life by Terry Brooks.

To enter the giveaway, just comment on today’s lesson post – Male Speech with your thoughts on the post or just throw your name in the hat. The giveaway details are listed at the bottom of that post.

And the lucky winner of the Day 1 Giveaway book Lessons From a Lifetime of Writing by David Morrell is…. Shannon!

Congratulations, Shannon! I’ll send you an email to get your address particulars for sending the book.

Remember, today’s giveaway book is Chapter After Chapter by Heather Sellers.

To enter the giveaway, just comment on today’s lesson post – Female Body Language with your thoughts on the post or just throw your name in the hat. The giveaway details are listed at the bottom of that post.