Working on Writing Dialogue? Check out The Write Way

The Write Way is a column that deals with writing and editing questions posed by readers. In the Winter 2013 Issue of CapeWomenOnline magazine, I give a few general tips about writing dialogue.

As with so much of writing, understanding the mechanics of how things are supposed to work on the page is a huge first step in avoiding the auto-reject letter!

If you have any questions about editing, please email me, the Editor, at Katie(at)CapeWomenOnline(dot)com - - (take out those parenthesis and put in the symbols, you know the drill)

We'll post the answer in a future issue of the magazine. Or here on this blog. Or both. Because really, you can never have too much editing advice, right?

Summer Reading

Looking for a good beach book?

CapeWomenOnline recommends THE BEST WORST YEAR, by Candace Hammond. It's currently available on Amazon for your Kindle for $3.99. The back-of-book blurb reads:

When we meet journalist Cassie Keaton, it’s the off-season on Cape Cod, when life is supposed to be quiet. But as “The Best Worst Year” begins, Cassie is attempting to not-so-gracefully navigate the gauntlet of losing her job, dealing with her newly remarried ex-husband, coping with bad boyfriends and waking up to a desolately empty nest as her children venture off into the world. Out of the wreckage of her life, Cassie learns to salvage meaning from every struggle. She discovers that, sometimes, our worst moments are just a prelude to our best.

Candace wrote and article about writing this book for the Summer Issue of CWO - read it online now at
http://www.capewomenonline.com/2012_Issues/Summer_2012/Summer2012Articles/NovelChange.html

What books are in your beach bag this summer?

Two fishing tales from Provincetown

I know that this is Carnival week down in Provincetown, but Cape Women know that there's more to P-town than parties and drag queens (although they're fun, too.)

Like many Cape Cod towns, Provincetown is a fishing village. Over the years, it has also become an important art colony, and a haven for writers and playwrights of all persuasions.

But it's roots are in the ocean.

In the Summer issue of CWO, we feature two book reviews of new books about Ptown's fishing history, reviewed by Yvonne deSousa.

Seraphine, by Julianne Papetsas, is a fictional story of a Portuguese fisherman born on a crossing of the Atlantic, who lives by, works on, and raises his family with the sea. The protagonist spends his entire life on the tiny spit of land that separates the harbor and Cape Cod Bay from the ocean.

Nautical Twilight, by J. J. Dutra, is the non-fiction story of her own fishing family.

Read the reviews here: http://www.capewomenonline.com/2012_Issues/Summer_2012/Summer2012Articles/TwoFishingTales.html

And remember that there's more to P-town than carnival parades and drag-queen karaoke. Although, we'll be looking for you along the parade route tomorrow afternoon ;-)

Summer Poetry in CWO

We love poetry.

In each issue of CapeWomenOnline magazine, we try to bring you poetry for the season. Our Web Princess tries to put together interesting visuals with the poems - or sometimes, the poet will send us images to go with their words and we work with both to create a beautiful page.

Diane McDonough sent the photo of the blue heron to accompany her poem "Near the Sandwich Boardwalk," as the poem itself tells the story of trying to capture the elusive bird on film.

Mimi Haig sent the image that is the backdrop for her poem, "Blessed Mermaid of the Dark Sea."

Saltwind Poet Jadene Felina Stevens didn't send a photo to accompany her poem, but I have lillies in my own garden and love to try to capture the essence of flowers in photos, like the photo above (which isn't a lilly, but still lovely.)

Have you read these poems yet? If not - check them out here:


http://www.capewomenonline.com/2012_Issues/Summer_2012/Summer2012Articles/BlessedMermaid.html

http://www.capewomenonline.com/2012_Issues/Summer_2012/Summer2012Articles/SummerPoetry.html

Do you have a poem you'd like to submit to the magazine? Send it in - we're always looking for fresh voices!