Issue # 10 - Wednesday, July 4, 2001

Welcome to the ‘Dallas Hodder Franklin Newsletter’!

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IN THIS ISSUE:
1. Editorial
2. Trivia/Facts
3. Websites for Writers
4. Riddles/Quiz
5. Potpourri of Websites
6. Worthy Notations

I have articles at Authors Den. PLEASE take a few minutes and choose one of these to read, rate and comment. They are:
1. Rhyme and Reason – History of some nursery rhymes: http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewarticle.asp?AuthorID=2883&id=1402
2. More Rhyme and Reason – Continuation history of more nursery rhymes:
http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewarticle.asp?AuthorID=2883&id=1403
3. Smell that Smell – A paranormal experience:
http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewarticle.asp?AuthorID=2883
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1. EDITORIAL:
Hello and welcome everyone. Enjoy a happy July 4th celebration Americans and I also hope the Canadians enjoyed a happy Canada Day {July 1st}. Mostly, my wish is for everyone everywhere to have a happy day! Thanks to all of you who’ve visited my writes at Authors Den and left your encouraging comments. I really appreciate it! This week’s issue is loaded with all paying writing sites. The Internet is expanding daily and with it comes a multitude of writing opportunities. Push open those doors and see what you’ll find! It doesn’t matter what your interests are, there are countless places waiting for your writes. The hardest part is taking that first step. Once you put that step into action the rest falls into place naturally and you get past that first moment of fear. And it could be found in the list of markets I’m sharing in this issue. Good thoughts to all of you!
Blessings!
Dallas Hodder Franklin
http://www.authorsden.com/dallasfranklin
http://Dallas.scriptmania.com/
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2. TRIVIA/FACTS:
July 4, 1776 - Americans celebrate their independence from Britain. July 4th remembers the approval of writing the "Declaration of Independence" in 1776. The actual signing of the document did not occur until a month later.
Did You Know? The more than 362 billion OREO cookies sold to date would fill up the world's largest freight train, consisting of 660 freight cars, over 62 times.
Did You Know? The human being is the longest-lived of all existing mammals.
Did You Know? The smallest planet in our solar system, Pluto, is a little smaller than Earth’s moon.
Did You Know? A male kangaroo is called a boomer, and a female is called a flyer.

Source: http://www.uselessknowledge.com/
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3. WEBSITES FOR WRITERS:

NOTE: Please ALWAYS read the guidelines and terms for any of the writing sites given here.
http://www.themysteryplace.com/ahmm/index.shtml
Welcome to Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine! Each issue of our print publication is packed with new mystery short stories — at least seven, varying in length from short-shorts to novellas — and one "Mystery Classic" — an outstanding tale from the genre's past. Every type of mystery fiction is represented, from the classic whodunit to the hardboiled tale to suspense — and everything in between! Check out the writer guidelines.
http://www.themysteryplace.com/eqmm/index.shtml
Welcome to Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, publishers of the world's leading crime and mystery writers since 1941. Join us on our site for highlights of each month's print issue, including excerpts from our award-winning short stories, our book-review column The Jury Box, and The Mystery Crossword. It's the place to be if you love a good mystery! Check out the writer guidelines.
http://myriamedia.com/writers/
Welcome to Myria Media, and thanks for your interest in writing for us. We were recently named one of the top 50 best online markets in Writer's Digest! (Myria Media, Inc. was number eight on the list.) We own and operate several different sites, each filling a different niche. Myria is an online magazine for moms, which is always looking for ways to help our readers improve and enjoy their lives by providing them with information, enlightenment, community interaction and entertainment.
http://www.mountainfreak.com/contribute.html
Mountainfreak is looking for new, creative and expressive masterpieces to publish in our magazine. Whether they are written pieces, photos or art work, they should say who you are as a composer, artist, adventurer or writer. We are looking for work that tells about a special spiritual bond with or recognition to the power of the mountains. Realizing that mountains are metaphors, this leaves opportunity open wide. We do not want play by play accounts of an activity, event, or political situation. Instead we want stories that paint pictures and pictures that tell stories. Above all, we want to make our readers think. We pay competitively for contributions.
http://www.mothering.com/employment.htm
We greatly appreciate your interest in writing for Mothering. Our magazine is based on a foundation of reader-submitted
articles. We welcome unsolicited articles, and we encourage you to familiarize yourself with what our goals are for the articles we publish. Our main goal is to be truly helpful, to provide information that empowers our readers to make changes or simply to get what they want from their lives. We like articles that have a strong point of view and come from the heart. We like articles that are moving or challenging. We publish articles in relation to other articles we have published on the subject, how new the topic is to us, and how unique the presentation is. We have evolved from a magazine that did not pay at all to one that now pays competitively with other small press magazines.
http://www.mojones.com/info/writers.guidelines.html
Mother Jones, with a paid circulation of 140,000, is one of the largest progressive publications in the country. The national bimonthly magazine is known for its investigative journalism and exposes, and its coverage of social issues, public affairs, and popular culture. Most of the articles we print are written by freelancers. If you have not contributed to Mother Jones before, please send two or three photocopies of previously published articles along with your query. We do not accept unsolicited
manuscripts or fiction.
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4. RIDDLES/QUIZ:

LAST Week’s Quiz:
1. There's one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends. What is it?
ANSWER: Boxing
2. What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backward?
ANSWER: Niagara Falls - The rim is worn down about 2 and a half feet each year because of the millions of gallons of water that rush over it every minute.
3. Of all vegetables, only two can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons. All other vegetables must be replanted every year. What are the only two perennial vegetables?
ANSWER: Rhubarb and Asparagus
4. At noon and midnight the hour and minute hands are exactly coincident with each other. How many other times between noon and midnight do the hour and minute hands cross?
ANSWER: Ten times (not eleven, as most people seem to think)
5. What fruit has its seeds on the outside?
ANSWER: Strawberry

WINNERS! {Check out the web sites they’re sharing. You’ll find treasures!}
Jeanne Rowse! – http://www.womensvillage.net
Rose Moss! - http://pages.ivillage.com/louisamaydew/rosesphotosandarticles/
Judith Flynn! - http://www.charlottesgardens.com/?cpyr
http://www.irishcultureandcustoms.com/

CONGRATULATIONS to them all!

This is an excellent way for you to promote your website for FREE! Know answers to the following quiz? Send them in and if you’re right on just one you’ll get listed in next week’s newsletter along with your favorite web site. Good luck! {You only need get ONE correct to be listed!}

THIS week’s QUIZ:
1. Only three words in standard English begin with the letters "dw." They are all common. Name them.
2. There are fourteen punctuation marks in English grammar. Can you name half of them?
3. Where are the lakes that are referred to in the "Los Angeles Lakers?"
4. It's the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form but fresh. What is it?
5. Name six or more things that you can wear on your feet and begin with the letter "s."
Send your answers to Dallas at: ericdbread@pdq.net

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I have articles at Authors Den. PLEASE take a few minutes and choose one of these to read, rate and comment. They are:

1. Rhyme and Reason – History of some nursery rhymes: http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewarticle.asp?AuthorID=2883&id=1402
2. More Rhyme and Reason – Continuation history of more nursery rhymes:
http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewarticle.asp?AuthorID=2883&id=1403
3. Smell that Smell – A paranormal experience:
http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewarticle.asp?AuthorID=2883
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5: POTPOURRI OF WEBSITES:
http://www.genesismemorials.com/tranquility.nsf
Your place to share the memories of those you love. It took more than a year to have our first 50 loved-ones memorialized on our site. Now, a few years later, last month alone we saw 50 memorials. Also, as a comforting sign that our loved ones have not been forgotten, we also expect to surpass 150,000 pages viewed next month. As we cross over the 500 memorial mark in the next day or two, we wanted to take a moment to say thank you for sharing all these touching memories with the world. If its your first time here, you will find many memorials here are great collection of family history, and the inter-activeness of the guest book is a great comfort to many of our visitors.
http://www.wellnessgoods.com/home.html
We believe there are many paths, or ways to go, that will help to awaken us to this grand mystery that is our life. We believe the only place to look is within ourselves, and that what we are looking for is what we already are. Our searching is about remembering, what we have forgotten. There is no such thing as a right or a wrong road and most importantly... no one more worthy of following than your Self.
http://skepdic.com/
The Skeptic's Dictionary: Over 400 skeptical definitions and essays on occult, paranormal, supernatural and pseudoscientific ideas and practices with references to the best skeptical literature. The Skeptic's Dictionary is probably one of the first books written expressly for publication on the World Wide Web (WWW). It began with fewer than 50 entries and now has more than 400. I knew there would be an opportunity to reach a worldwide audience by publishing on the "net." But I had no idea that the audience would grow to more than 100,000 "hits" by more than 25,000 "visitors" a month.
http://www2.clearlight.com/~oddsend/paranorm.htm
Welcome to the Paranormal Parlor at CuriOddities.com. Satisfy your curiosity about the paranormal with information and links on topics including Aliens and UFOs, Ghosts and Hauntings, Astrology, Parapsychology, Vampires, X-Files, and more. Enjoy the Paranormal Press story archive. Stop by the CuriOddities and Collectibles shop where jewelry and other interesting items are for sale. Be sure to enter the feedback contest for a chance to win free jewelry.
http://www.wackyuses.com/
Joey Green has been called "a modern-day Heloise" by the New York Times and the "Pantry Professor" by People magazine. Green, a former contributing editor to National Lampoon and a former advertising copywriter at J. Walter Thompson, is the author of a dozen books. “I realized there are hundreds of alternative uses for well-known products kept secret from the American public. I was determined to unearth this cavalcade of withheld information. So, I quit my job and spent the next ten years on a quest to uncover the hundreds of strange and mysterious uses for brand-name products like Jell-O, Vaseline, WD-40, Ivory Soap, and Cool Whip.”
http://www.minerals.net/
The Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom is a free, interactive, educational guide to minerals and gemstones. Extensive information has been researched and categorized. We plan to make it a complete, comprehensive reference. All material is arranged interactively, with an easy to use interface. The content is geared for both amateurs and experts. In addition to the images already available, we plan on adding hundreds more. The information provided is constantly updated to provide the most complete and accurate information. New material is constantly added without having to wait for updated editions of books. The reader can also interact with the author, via email. Best of all, its free.

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6. WORTHY NOTATIONS:
The following was reported to have been published in May 13,1955 by Housekeeping Monthly. Titled, ‘The Good Wife’s Guide’.
http://orlandowomensvillage.net/wifesguide.shtml

EXTRA! A new book “Twelve Tiny Tales” by Theresa Jodray is now available! This book is a lovely woven poetic journey that will be enjoyed by young and old alike. With inspiration of spirit, the author draws out on paper the feelings of emotion boiling up inside children of all ages, complimented with photographs taken by Theresa Jodray. So sit back, relax and experience these Twelve Tiny Tales.
http://www.synergebooks.com/12tinytales.htm

EXTRA! Dorothy Thompson's children's book, "No More Gooseberry Pie!" was recently accepted by Writers-Exchange E-Publishing as an ebook and will be released soon! Dorothy is the editor of the new writing website, The Writer's Life http://www.thewriterslife.homestead.com
CONGRATULATIONS, Dorothy!*~;)

EXTRA! “Freelancing Later in Life” by Kimberly Ripley, available as an e-book
http://www.booklocker.com/bookpages/kimberlyripley02.html $8.95
Check out Kim’s interview with author Theresa Jodray here:
http://www.homestead.com/freelancing1/index.html

EXTRA! Brenda Ross {aka Brerfox}, has missed the challenges we grew to love at Themestream. So she’s started a ‘Challenge’ page at her website and invite you all to enter! Check out the entries and share your own!
http://www.geocities.com/brerfoxkaleidscope/challenges.html

NOTE: If YOU have any news you’d like to share here please send me an email and I’ll happily share it!

I’ve also added new links to TimeLass Writes. If you aren’t in the outside links, please send me an email with the necessary information and I’ll gladly add you!
http://Dallas.scriptmania.com/

If you have any Suggestions, Comments, or Feedback please feel free to contact me. Or, if you have other Web Sites you would like to see in upcoming issues of this Newsletter, send me an email and it'll be considered! Thanks! All past issues of this newsletter is still posted at Authors Den.

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May Blessings rain down upon you and may you enjoy a WonderFilled week!
Namaste!
ericdbread@pdq.net
©2001 Dallas Hodder Franklin