Issue # 13 - Wednesday, July 25, 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. Here's my latest poem:
Time's Tide - http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewPoetry.asp?AuthorID=2883

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1. EDITORIAL:
Hey and Welcome back everyone! Sorry for the delay today but I forgot it was Wednesday! Thanks Judith for inquiring about this week's issue.*~:) And special thanks to all of you who have read and commented on my latest poem. Next week I hope to have a new write up and ready for you to read. I found some great sites this week to share and hope you find them useful. Did you know research has shown it takes the average person seven times to see an ad before they will respond to it? It's true! So take part in the weekly quiz/riddle section and see what results you find with your site. Hope everyone is enjoying a good summer and wish you all safe journeys on your vacations. Happy reading and writing!

Blessings!
Dallas Hodder Franklin

http://www.authorsden.com/dallasfranklin
http://Dallas.scriptmania.com/
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2. TRIVIA/FACTS:
July 25, 1979 - Louise Brown, the first test-tube baby was born in England to Lesley and Gilbert Brown. She was the first baby to be conceived outside of the mother's body.
Did You Know? Researchers claim that the color light-green is effective in relieving the feelings of homesickness.
Did You Know? The name of the statuette atop the hood of every Rolls Royce car is: The Spirit of Ecstasy.
Did You Know? The oyster is usually ambisexual. It begins life as a male, then becomes a female, then changes back to being a male, then back to being female. It may go back and forth many times.
Did You Know? Two objects have struck the earth with enough force to destroy a whole city. Each object, one in 1908 and again in 1947, struck regions of Siberia. Not one human being was hurt either time.
Did You Know? To test avocados, mangoes, or papayas for ripeness, gently fondle the fruit - never squeeze it - and if the flesh yields to the touch, it's ready to eat.

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://brightidea.com/welcome.asp
It is the first step to making YOUR ideas real. At Brightidea.com every idea has value. As a member, you can 'get paid' to share ideas with thousands of people from around the world, compete with other thinkers for cash and prizes, and even learn how to turn your ideas into marketable products. What would you like to do with your ideas? This is the place for your tips, your know-how, your pearls of wisdom, and flashes of inspiration that we call bright ideas. Maybe you have worked in an area for 20 years and collected many insights. Or you maybe you are a newbie and you can offer a fresh perspective. Brightidea.com allows you a forum to share these ideas and get recognized for contributing them.
http://webdelsol.com/mudlark/
Mudlark was founded in 1995 as an electronic journal of poetry & poetics. We want poems, of course, but we want essays, too, that make us read poems (and write them?) differently somehow. Although we are not innocent, we do imagine ourselves capable of surprise. Mudlark publishes in three formats: "issues" are the electronic equivalent of print chapbooks; "posters" are the electronic equivalent of print broadsides; and "flash" poems are poems that have news in them, poems that feel like current events. The acceptance rate is low; the rejection rate high, very high. The work of hobbyists and lobbyists is not for us. The poem is the thing at Mudlark and the essay about it.
http://www.authorlink.com/
The award-winning rights marketplace where editors and agents buy and sell unpublished and published manuscripts and screenplays. We provide the serious writer with access and exposure to the broadest range of legitimate publishing professionals. Plus industry news, information, and marketing services for publishers, literary agents, writers and readers.
http://www.southgrove.demon.co.uk/home.htm
Hello all and welcome to a site that is here to give YOU the chance to read and submit short stories, plays and poems on the web! Who are we? We are a group of people who love reading. We do not claim to be literary geniuses, but know what we enjoy. The 'panel' is made up of people from various backgrounds/ages/sex/interests and education (or lack of it in some cases!). Each work is voted on democratically as to whether or not we will include it. Only the work itself is passed onto the panel so as to minimize bias, the Webmaster is the sole person who holds the details of the authors (e.g. correspondence, who the work is by etc.). This is a chance for the world to be exposed to stuff it may not normally get the chance to see, there are no publishing deals to make and you don't have to produce a masterpiece, but you can have fun and let your imagination run riot!
http://www.stories.com/
Whether you're a casual reader out looking for a good story or an avid writer searching for the perfect place to showcase your portfolio, Stories.Com is for you. This is the online community for literature lovers and writing enthusiasts. We have over 49076 registered members and over 77222 items now online!
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/writing-courses.htm
Online writing courses, tutorials and workshops. You'll find courses on journal writing, creative writing, technical writing, screenplay writing, fiction writing, travel writing, magazine writing, business writing and more. World Wide Learn celebrates online education with a categorized directory of online learning resources and acts as a gateway to courses, tutorials, classes, degrees and workshops from around the world that are offered entirely online and available to adult learners worldwide.
http://www.carvezine.com/contest.htm
"The 2002 Raymond Carver Short Story Award at Carve Magazine" $1200 First Prize and a commemorative plaque. $250 Honorable Mention. Entry fee $12.00 (U.S. Funds) Previously Unpublished fiction. No simultaneous submissions, please. Maximum word count 12,000 words. ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS ONLY!--please do not mail in copies! Submissions accepted September 1, 2001 through February 1, 2002. The contest is open to all writers except Carve Magazine staff and their families, and students and faculty of the University of California at Davis, and their families.

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4. RIDDLES/QUIZ:

LAST Week's Quiz:
1. What was the most famous checkpoint between East and West Berlin?
ANSWER: Checkpoint Charlie
2. Who invaded England in 55 BC?
ANSWER: Romans under Julius Caesar
3. Richard Gere is a follower of which eastern religion?
ANSWER: Buddhism
4. Where is the "ocean of storms" located?
ANSWER: On the Moon
5. What zodiacal sign is designated with 'the twins'?
ANSWER: Gemini

WINNERS! {Check out the web sites they're sharing}

Elisabeth Hallett - http://www.light-hearts.com/

Judith Flynn - http://www.kcm.org/

Jeanne Rowse - http://www.quixtar.com/

Rose Moss - http://pages.ivillage.com/louisamaydew/rosesphotosandarticles/

Marilyn Hodder

Julie Lewis - http://www.unreligious.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!} Don't forget to include your favorite website!

THIS week's Quiz:
1. Which European city does the M25 motorway encircle?
2. At which Ohio University were four students shot dead in 1970?
3. What country is bordered by Iraq and Saudi Arabia?
4. What was the name of Abbott and Costello's most famous routine?
5. In what book are Piggy and Ralph shipwrecked?

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. Here's my latest poem:
Time's Tide - http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewPoetry.asp?AuthorID=2883

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5: POTPOURRI OF WEBSITES:
http://www.syntac.net/hoax/index.php
Most of this site highlights deception, but it's not because I have a thing for liars and cheats. I think there's a brand of immunizing deception that helps us to expose and correct the lies we tell our self and the webs of falsehood that make up our societies. Harmless fibs can remind us that we've dropped our guard and let the Big Lies in. Pranks, hoaxes, and delusions and frauds remind us that we're easily fooled and that we aren't as smart as we sometimes think we are. The trickster, by taking us down a notch, does us a valuable service. It's when we start acting clever that we summon forth the worst of humanity's evils. So I present this site in the hope that it will inspire as much as it informs or entertains.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/frontierhouse/
Welcome to The Frontier House! Join us as we follow the lives of three families as they experience life as it was on the American Frontier in the 1880s. While completing research for THE FRONTIER HOUSE, we have pieced together diaries, letters, newspaper articles, and official documents to give us a window into the day-to-day lives of settlers who actually lived on the American frontier. Their stories of adventure, endurance, humor, and determination are the basis of this ever-changing series of essays.
http://www.copykat.com/
Welcome to Copykat Recipes, home of the web's most exciting recipes. You have tried it in the restaurant, now make it at home and we will show you how. Sometimes you just can't beat a good home-cooked meal! That's why CopyKat Creations is proud to present You've GOTTA Try This! A collection of some of the best recipes ever! The site is updated on a weekly basis. Have you ever wondered how your favorite restaurants prepare their most popular dishes? Have you ever wondered how you can make them in the comfort of your own kitchen? Wonder no more! CopyKat Recipes reveals the secrets of giants like Boston Market, Olive Garden and Bennigan's! You can select a recipe by type of dish, or alphabetically - You get to choose!
http://www.erowid.org/
Erowid.org is an online library of information about psychoactive plants and chemicals and related topics. The information on the site is a compilation of the experiences, words, and efforts of hundreds of individuals including users, parents, health professionals, doctors, therapists, chemists, researchers, teachers, and lawyers. Erowid acts as a publisher of new information as well as a library for the collection of documents published elsewhere. The information found on the site spans the spectrum from solid peer reviewed research to fanciful creative writing.
http://www.atlan.org/
For the last 17 years I fell desperately in love with the Occult, and just about forgetting everything else in favor of that passionate research. I have published several articles and two books on the Occult, one on Alchemy, the other on Atlantis, whose true whereabouts I boast of having discovered in Indonesia, the very site of Eden. My approach to the problem is strictly scientific, but broad-minded. It encompasses fields such as Mythology, Religion, Anthropology, Linguistics, Geology, Archeology, as well as all the Traditional Sciences.
http://www.mysteriousplaces.com/Easter_Island/index.html
It is one of the most isolated islands in the world but 1200 years ago a double-hulled canoe filled with seafarers from a distant culture landed upon its shores. Over the centuries that followed a remarkable society developed in isolation on the island. For reasons still unknown they began carving giant statues out of volcanic rock. These monuments, known, as "moai" are some of the most incredible ancient relics ever discovered. The people of Easter Island called themselves the Rapa Nui. Where did they come from and why did they disappear? Science has learned much about the enigma of Easter Island and has put to rest some of the more bizarre theories, but questions and controversies remain. Explore this site to get the latest information on the island's history and current research.

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6. WORTHY NOTATIONS:
Freelancing Later in Life by Kim Ripley will soon be available in paperback format! Check for more information at:
http://www.homestead.com/freelancing1/index.html
Kim's first Young Adult novel, Lily's Gift has been accepted by a division of Publish America and will be in print within a year. CONGRATULATIONS, Kim! *~:)Kimberly Ripley is a fulltime freelance writer and published author. Her work has appeared in Discovery Travel, Whispers from Heaven, Archaeology's Dig! Magazine, Vacations, and the May 2001 issue of Insider Magazine--featuring the cover shot of Tom Green. A wife and mother of five, her sense of humor toward her family's antics led her to write Breathe Deeply, This Too Shall Pass, a collection of thirty tales of trials and tribulations of parenting teens. It is available at:
http://www.booklocker.com/bookpages/kimberlyripley01.html

Ellen Dubois has her first published story accepted in the new book, God Allows U-Turns, Vol. 2 and will be available in the autumn of this year. Check out more of Ellen's writes at:
http://writingsoftheheart.homestead.com/
CONGRATULATIONS Ellen!

APPLAUSE and CONGRATULATIONS goes out to Nan Jacobs! She has won a two year Website Design and Maintenance {value: $1200} prize for her entry in the short story contest at http://www.redwritinghood.com
Her story, 'The Hook' won in a collection of 51 entries. Nan, we wish you every success with your new website and look forward to sharing it when you have it ready! And to all you writers, check out 'redwritinghood' for other contests now running!

Julie Lewis has another Webseed Publishing site to share:
http://www.unreligious.com
This site is concerned with atheism existing alongside spiritual belief. It will cover these topics both separately and jointly. Those who are strongly pro-deity may find the spiritual articles of interest, whereas those who are disbelievers in all things supernatural will no doubt prefer the articles on atheism. Those who subscribe to both viewpoints should enjoy all the articles.

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/

I have articles at Authors Den. PLEASE take a few minutes and choose one of these to read, rate and comment. Here's my latest poem:
Time's Tide - http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewPoetry.asp?AuthorID=2883

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 are 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