* Updates: Here's a newsletter for our community of readers and writers

* Up & About:  Funny photos from Our Week!  See above photo taken by Blue INk's Maria Needle herself.

* Caring and Sharing Contest: Win a free book! My heroine, Melie Kohl has a tough time competing with Ted's fabulous multi-colored macaw, Gladys, the First Parrot-Woman Gladiator.  Tell us a true story about an animal you encountered that threatened to scuttle your romantic life and you could just win a free ecopy! Deadline is next Thursday. Send your entry in via Contact Page which will also subscribe you free.

* What I learned this week: Writing is just the beginning!

*Is Anyone Famous Yet? Hello out there?

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