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Celtic Romance 10/10/2006 7:02:49 PM
LONG SWORDS, HOT HEROES, AND WARRIOR WOMEN
WEBSITE OF THE WEEK:
Iron Age Celts
*****
Five stars for amazing graphics. This is a great interactive site for all ages. It's like playing a game. Visit Dionn in an ancient Bronze Age hill fort and see who he meets when he goes to fetch water from
the river Seine. There are endless things to do on this site, take a Celtic quiz, create a Celtic cartoon, build a hill fort, design a torque, hear a severed head sing, and much more.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/celts/
QUOTE OF THE WEEK:
“Writing is a lot like sex. At first you do it because you like it. Then you find yourself doing it for a few close friends and people you like. But if you're any good at all...you end up doing it for money. “ --Unknown
MY SHORT STORY OF THE WEEK SET IN ANCIENT TIMES:
The Sculptor's Dream (Mesopotamia 2800 BC)
by Cornelia Amiri
Mashqu had viewed the princess' beauty from afar. Would the Gods see fit to bring the couple together? Or, would an evil fate intervene and never allow the happy union? http://romanceeverafter.com/the_sculptor's_dream.htm
WRITING CONTEST OF THE WEEK:
EPIC, an organization of writers, publishers, and other professionals in the e-book industry, is sponsoring the 2007 EPIC New Voices Writing Competition for middle school and high school students.
Students in public, private, or home schools may enter short story (fiction), essay (nonfiction), and poetry categories at either the middle school or high school level.
The prizes include cash, e-book reading devices, and gift
certificates for e-books.
But every entry will receive something that may be even more valuable to young writers: score sheets/critiques from the judges, who are published authors, editors, and educators.
If you are a parent, teacher, or friend of young persons interested in writing, tell them about the New Voices contest. They can write a new piece (or pieces - each student can submit one entry in each category) or they can enter something they have written for a school
assignment. Even if they don't win a prize, they will find the feedback valuable.
But they need to hurry - the deadline is November 1, 2006.
In brick and motor stores:
Houston TX - Borders Books & Music 9633 Westheimer Road
Conroe, Galveston, Kerrville, Victoria, Round Rock, and Lake Jackson, Seguin, New Braunfels, and Nacogdoches TX - Hastings Entertainment bookstores
