Finding the Georgia Center for the Book

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Okay, technically, I didn’t find the Georgia Center for the Book. I found the link that tells all about it. And I’ve met folks from the Center at various literary events around my little corner of Georgia. Plus, I’m right up the road from the Decatur Public Library, which sponsors the Center. So, really, the Center and I are like home, er, girls.

And you would think, as a homegirl, that I would have read more of the books from Georgia authors. Especially since I know a few of them (like Vicky Alvear Shecter and Elizabeth O. Dulemba whose books are included on the list, “25 Books All Young Georgians Should Read.”). So, I’ve got some serious reading to do.

Because I’m all about supporting the homegirls (and guys) who write, and supporting literacy and great books. I’m especially all about my home state, Georgia. Oh, and I’m all about finding my name on that Authors page someday, too.

 Um, I’m not so about my birth date being out there for all the world wide web to see. I’ll have to have a little chat with the Georgia Center for the Book about that.

Are You on the Prowl for a Place to Publish?

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I am such a sucker for alliteration. I’m also a sucker for short fiction and getting my stories published in fun anthologies. Maybe you are, too. So why don’t you write something for A Shaker of Margaritas: Cougars on the Prowl?

Mozark Press has just released A Shaker of Margaritas: Hot Flash Mommas, but apparently the editor’s hungry for more stories of romance, mystery, suspense, humor, well, any genre, really, as long as it’s set in modern times and has a “woman of a certain age” prowling about. And FYI: that age is a Baby Boomer, born between 1946 and 1964.

Start writing your 1,000 to 3,000 word story now and you’ll be ready to submit when January 1st rolls around. And you know, you don’t have to be a cougar to write about ’em. But why let your characters have all the fun?

(Find more info about the contest and compensation here.)