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22 Cover author Brenda Novak Right Where She Belongs IN EVERY ISSUE 5 11 13 19 24 26 29 37 38 Magnolia Corner Must Reads by Southern Writers Book Proposal Boot Camp by W. Terry Whalin Screenwriting by Shelly Frome What’s the Story? Social Media by Edie Melson Poetry Matters by Sara M. Robinson Sneak Previews The Last Word – Guest Author Elizabeth Camden FEATURES 6 7 8 9 10 12 14 15 16 17 18 20 21 25 27 28 30 31 32 33 34 36 Martha Carr – When Dreams Come True Alice Speilburg – Book Lover and Literary Agent Ten Commandments for Sustainability by Bryan E. Robinson, PhD When God Calls the Heart by Michelle Cox Grace Cavalieri – The Poet Grace Dawn Reno Langley – Traveling to Write and Promote Blogging as a Hub by p.m. terrell Busted Dialogue by C. Hope Clark Susan Peek – Susan Peek’s Saints Come Marching In Tale Spin: Of Bees & Boys by Allen Mendenhall Bethany Turner – What If? In Author Words: How I Do It All by Ane Mulligan Where Writers Write Joanna Politano – Stories:“My Lens for Viewing the World” Mystic Dreams on the Silver Screen by Robert Valleau Add Newspaper Writing to Your Resume by Julie Lavender Advice to Struggling Writers by MaryAnn Diorio, PhD Tale Spin: The Growing Rock by Susanna Lancaster State Book Festivals by Johnnie Bernhard Forensic Science Matters to Readers by Steve Bradshaw Jane Kirkpatrick – Story Weaver of Hopeful Endings Find Your Niche: Collaborate and Participate by Kimberly King Southern Writers January/February 2018 Volume 8 Issue 1 ISSN 2333-3189 (Print) ISSN 2334-5845 (Online) EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Susan Reichert MANAGING EDITOR Doyne Phillips CREATIVE DIRECTOR Gary Fearon COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR Annette Cole Mastron SOCIAL MEDIA DIRECTOR Edie Melson CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Vicki H. Moss WRITER-AT-LARGE Chris Pepple STAFF WRITERS Jessica Ferguson Jonathan Gardner Londa Hayden Barbara Ragsdale Rick Robinson COLUMNISTS Steve Bradshaw C. Hope Clark Shelly Frome Sara M. Robinson W. Terry Whalin CONTRIBUTORS THIS ISSUE Johnnie Bernhard Elizabeth Camden Martha Carr Michelle Cox MaryAnn Diorio, PhD Kimberly King Susanna Lancaster Julie Lavender Allen Mendenhall Ane Mulligan Bryan E. Robinson, PhD p,m. terrell Robert Valleau Online edition rates: 8.99 single issue, 29.99 six issues, 49.99 twelve issues. Print edition rates: 12.99 single issue, 52.99 six issues plus S&H. Additional discount for online and print combo subscription. For details: subscriptions@ southernwritersmag.com. Compilation © 2018 Southern Writers Magazine and its individual contributors, who are solely responsible for their content. Opinions expressed by individual authors do not necessarily reflect those of the magazine. All rights reserved. No article may be copied, posted or used in any way without written permission from the author or the magazine. For reprint permission contact [email protected]. For advertising information email advertising@ southernwritersmag.com.