The International Affiliation of Writers Guilds (IAWG) represents guilds of international screenwriters. The objective is to further the cause of screenwriters by urging all governments in the adopting of writer friendly legislations. Collective action must be taken and common representation given to writers as well as moral support.
This international company represents the Writers Guild of South Africa, Mexico, Mumbai, Film Writers Association, Great Britain, Canada, Writers Guild of East and West America, Quebec, Israel, New Zealand, France and the Irish Playwrights and Screenwriters Guild.
The future of writers is unsure when revenues due to Screenwriters are not properly managed and maintained. Writers always have to fight for their fair share of revenue generated from their brilliance. If a country belonging to the International Affiliation of Writers Guilds goes on strike then the other companies in the guild are in full support of the specific country. This affiliation of writers stand together and other writers fight is their fight is their motto. No screenwriter with any self-respect in any country belonging to the (IAWG) will undermine the law and views from the Guild.
The Writers Guild of America, West for example has the same as all the other affiliates, their own website. On their website they have comprehensive information and tools available to their members. Members and employers are welcome to join the websites and news and events surrounding writers, screen writers, and more are available. Writer’s resources and writing tools for writers are available.
Comprehensive information on contracts, compensation, credits, creative rights, diversity, foreign levy programs and a lot more for anyone looking for information on their rights and new members are welcome. Technical support, screen writing links, writers work bench, are some of the categories they have available. Anything writers and producers should know about the industry and for employers looking for a writer is ready on the website.

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There are several on-line home study courses available for writers to assist them in getting published. The writers Bureau is one of those website with home study courses. Book writing will be a breeze as they will teach writers the steps on how to become published authors. Writers have the opportunity to start earning from their creative writing.
Prospective writers working freelance earn comfortable incomes with book writing, scripts, stories and articles. Writing is a very creative, profitable and fun way to earn a good living and not many people can say they earn money while having fun! Creative writing courses are great for beginners and the possibility is there to earn while you learn. Details on the Writers Bureau are free to everybody and online forms are simple to complete and a prospectus will be sent to applicants for one of the courses with no fees or obligations.
The Writers Bureau offers the following to writers:
A top class Creative Writing course, which are for home study and courses are offered by reputed professional writers. Tutors available to all students offer expert personal guidance. Professional advice given on copyright, presentation and style of different writings. Expert advice on how to sell the written word, regardless of type. If a writer is not successful, applicant will receive a full refund and the course can be started as a free 15 day trial.
Free tips are given to writers in order for them to make an informed decision in the form of study skills, especially part-time or from home. Effective study methods and how to study. Equipment prospective writers need in order to start writing. Any special skills required to become published writers and freelance writers. Guidance in regards to qualities individuals needs to become published writers. Full descriptions on exactly what it entails to be a freelance writer and description of a Creative writing course.

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Writers have different options open to them after a book writing project is complete. Upon completion of a book writers can give the manuscript to publishers or self-publish their book. When you start your book writing project you decide if you want to use design software and on the web you will find amazing software that has word processing, graphics, page layout and more.
Desktop publishing software used for Windows which are very good and recommended to use, includes: QuarkXPress, Serif PagePlus, Adobe FrameMaker, Microsoft Publisher and hundreds more, but these few are very handy and easy to use. Desktop Publisher from Microsoft for example will allow you to easily publish, Web pages, slide shows, calendars, fliers, letterheads, Newsletters and Brochures.
A Kindle Publishing Program is another great way for writers to create and upload their book writing project. The best part is that it is all free and when you make the book available to Amazon Kindle. You will be paid for books sold. Writers using the Kindle Direct Publishing ensure that their books are electronically available. With no publishing or sign-up fees, writers will receive 70% of the money their book earns.
Scribus 1.3.7 is also open source publishing software with all the features you will find in expensive self-publishing software. Great tools in this software include table creation tools, text effects, logo editing tools, graphic editing tools PDF creation and a wiki.
The Quark X Press 8 is quite pricey has built-in Flash features, graphics effects and styles, pen tools, language support and style sheets. For $800 Mac and Windows users will find it worth the money.
Adobe’s In Design can be used as part of a free 30 day trial and has outstanding features which includes, Drawing tools, text effects, smart guides, table creation, page sizes and styles, transformation tools, 3-D artwork and much more. Online tutorials are comprehensive both in creating the book and the publishing of the book.

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GOOD GIRLS DON’T

Liar, liar…

Collette Campbell wants to be good…to win Bill Brannon’s heart. But she has no idea how to tell him the truth about her position. She isn’t a computer graphics training specialist; she’s an alibi consultant for My Alibi.  And her current contact, the person on the receiving end of her talented prevarication skills, is Bill.

Pants on fire…

Bill Brannon is ready to take his friendship with Lettie Campbell to an entirely new level. He loves her for her ability to tell the truth, even about her colorful past; however, when he learns she isn’t as honest as he’d believed, he isn’t certain he can live with the reality. No matter how thoroughly they burn up the sheets…or how completely she captured his heart.

Real Women Don’t Wear Size 2

When the big 3-0 comes and goes, Clarise Robinson finds she isn’t all that disheartened with the curves life has thrown her way. As a matter of fact, she’s learned to work with those curves, literally. As head of the women’s department at Eubanks Elegant Apparel, she’s known for her style, her sass and her abundant curves. Yes, the female once deemed “cautious” by her college buddies has unquestionably left that wallflower image behind to grasp a new label: “confidently curvy.”

But even though she’s found her niche in the world, Clarise knows the truth. Deep down, she’s still holding back, still playing it safe, particularly when it comes to her best friend, boss and darkest fantasy, Ethan Eubanks. And now, it’s time to throw caution to the wind, to take off the gloves, and perhaps, everything else…

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In the October 29, 2001 issue of TIME, an article entitled ALIBIS FOR SALE depicted a new, and undeniably unique, resource for cheating spouses. From the article: “For a membership fee that is usually less than $100, plus $30 to $50 per lie, services like the Alibi Agency,  based in Lytham St. Annes, England, will extend fictitious invitations to business conferences. It will receive your calls and patch them through from “the hotel front desk.” The agency will even return, say, a necktie “forgotten at the conference.” The alibi companies–originally established in Britain but now franchised in the U.S. and Canada–say they’re legally bound to keep the secrets from everyone except the authorities, but there is obviously some risk involved. Britain’s Ace Alibi Agency curbed memberships at 1,200. A California branch was so successful it has now gone national.”

Reading about the uncommon method for today’s cheaters, Kelley knew she’d found the concept for a unique and inventive story. Her novel, GOOD GIRLS DON’T, takes the alibi concept one step further, beyond the realm of prepaid excuses and into the ethical dilemma of the professional prevaricator heroine, Lettie Campbell.

A romance in every sense of the word, the steamy GOOD GIRLS DON’T takes the reader on a journey of a bad girl who desperately wants to be good, a good guy who wants to be bad and a city full of liars looking for alibis.

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My Alibi

1st Place, 2004 Northeast Indiana RWA Opening Gambit Contest
2nd Place, 2004 River City RWA Duel on the Delta Contest
3rd Place, 2004 Smoky Mountain RWA Sweet, Spicy and Spooky Contest
3rd Place, 2004 CTRWA Connections Award Contest
Unmasked Fantasy

1st Place, 2004 Charter Oak RWA Oak Leaf Award of Excellence
2nd Place, 2004 Valley of the Sun Hot Prospects Contest
Finalist, 2004 RWA New England Chapter’s First Kiss Contest
Satisfying Suz

Finalist, 2005 RWA National’s Golden Heart Contest
1st Place, 2004 Romancing the Tome Contest
1st Place, 2004 Hudson Valley RWA Hook, Line and Sinker Contest
2nd Place, 2004 Northeast Indiana RWA Opening Gambit Contest
Guilty But Not Forgotten

2nd Place, 2005 SMRW Laurie Contest
Missing in Action

Finalist, 2005 RWA National’s Golden Heart Contest
1st Place, 2004 TARA First Impressions Contest
2nd Place, 2004 Lu Spurlock Black-Gold Contest
2nd Place, 2004 CTRWA Connections Award Contest
Finalist, 2004 OKRWA Finally A Bride Contest
Finalist, 2004 CTRWA Connections Award – Best First Meeting Contest
Her Hidden Hero

2nd Place, 2004 North Texas RWA Great Expectations Contest
3rd Place, 2004 OKRWA Finally A Bride Contest
Finalist, 2004 Charter Oak RWA Oak Leaf Award of Excellence
Cake Icing, Butt Paste and Tea Lids

2nd Place, 2004 Central Ohio Fiction Writers Ignite the Flame Contest
3rd Place, 2004 Writers’ League of Texas Manuscript Contest
Finalist, 2004 TARA First Impressions Contest
Finalist, 2004 ChickLit Writers Get Your Stiletto in the Door Contest
Winner Takes All

1st Place, 2002 Utah RWA Great Beginnings Contest
Semi-Finalist, 2002 Heart of Denver RWA Molly Contest
If Only For A Season

2nd Place, 2004 Red River RWA Ticket to Write Contest
2nd Place, 2003 MRW Stepping Stone Contest
2nd Place, 2003 Oak Leaf Award of Excellence Contest
3rd Place, 2003 Outreach International Award of Excellence Contest
Finalist, 2004 NOLA STARS RWA Suzannah Contest
Sister Solitaire

Finalist, 2004 Fiction From the Heartland Contest
Christian’s Queen

3rd Place, 2002 Utah RWA Great Beginnings Contest
Finalist, 2002 Colorado RWA Heart of the Rockies Contest
Twelve Minutes Past Midnight

2nd Place, 2004 North Texas RWA Great Expectations Contest
3rd Place, 2004 Thunder and Roses Online Paranormal Contest
3rd Place, 2002 Central Ohio RWA Ignite the Flame Contest
Finalist, 2003 NOLA STARS RWA Suzannah Contest
Finalist, 2002 PASIC RWA Book of Your Heart Contest
Liar, Liar

2nd Place, 2004 Charter Oak RWA Oak Leaf Award of Excellence
Gigolo Unaware

3rd Place, 2003 CORW Romancing the Novel Contest
Website
1st Place, 2002 Sacramento RWA Website Excellence Contest
Magic Moments

1st Place, 2004 RWA National Newsletter Competition
(newsletter for RWA Chapter 178, Southern Magic)

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Kelley St. John’s previous experience as a Senior Writer at NASA fueled her interest in writing action-packed suspense, although she also enjoys penning steamy romances and quirky women’s fiction. She was recently elected to the Board of Directors for Romance Writers of America. Her first release, Good Girls Don’t, is available now!

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