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>From Chicken Soup > > We are in immediate need of funny, inspirational and heartfelt stories > for our newest upcoming title "Chicken Soup for the Do-It-Yourselfer's Soul: > Home Improvement Stories from Decorating to Demolition." > > Owning your own home is the American Dream, but transforming a house > into your own HOME-and doing it yourself-is what this book is all > about. From decorating to demolition, painting to plumbing, pounding > nails to pounding thumbnails, these stories will offer encouragement > and entertainment to do-it-yourselfers, the novice and the experienced. > > This book will be a collection of the best stories about those who > love making their own home improvements-or at least attempting. These > are personal stories that will bring laughter or tears from home > improvement projects that have gone right, or gone awry. > > Tentative chapter headings include: > > Home Repairs 101 > Honey I Did It Myself > Decorating Disasters > Making Grown Men Groan > Measure Twice-Cut Once > Oops! I Did It Again > Habitat Harmony > The Money Pit > Worth Every Penny > Built from Scratch > All in a Day's Work > The Grand Design > Hardhats Required > The Handyman Can > The Handywoman Can > > Stories must be true (non-fiction), written in first person, and 1,000 > words or less. Stories should make readers laugh, cry or sigh, and be > positive, universal and non-controversial. Also, the "point" or "message" > should be evident without preaching. No essays, commentaries, > tributes, philosophical or biographical pieces will be accepted. > Please refer to other Chicken Soup books to better understand our story-telling style. > > You may submit more than one story. We accept previously published > pieces, as long as you retained all rights to your story. For each > story selected, a 50-word biography will be included about the > contributor and a permission fee of $200 per story will be paid within > 30 days upon publication. We also need cartoons and poems; if > accepted, payments of $100 and $50, respectfully, will be paid within 30 days of publication. > The tentative submission deadline is September 30, 2007, but please > note that this deadline may adjust, so the sooner, the better! > > > > You can submit stories one of three ways: > > 1) E-mail stories through the Chicken Soup for the Soul website at > www.chickensoup.com, under "Submit a Story." Be sure to select > "Do-It-Yourselfer's Soul" as the book title. > > 2) E-mail your story with your name, address and phone number to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] List "Do-It-Yourselfer's Soul submission" > in the subject line. Please note that we do not accept e-mail > attachments; for specific submission information guidelines, please > visit www.PublishingSyndicate.com. > > 3) You may mail your submission to: > > Chicken Soup for the Do-It-Yourselfer's Soul c/o Publishing Syndicate > P.O. Box 607 Orangevale, CA 95662 > > We look forward to reading your story! > > Jack Canfield > Mark Victor Hansen > Dahlynn McKowen > Ken McKowen > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
