Poetry Against Cancer

Poetry Against Cancer is a collection of poetry from writers around the world; all the money raised from the book goes to St John's Ward at Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, the Haemotology and Oncology ward.

A number of writers, including Brian Knight - of The New Author - and myself have contributed to this book.  The Editor is a wonderful chap called Paul Carroll.  He is an Irish student and you can find him on Twitter as @WriterAnonymous

Please buy this book to help out the Children's Hospital.  Click the image to go to the sales page.  If you can't afford the book, maybe you could blog or tweet about it - or just put up the book and link back to Lulu.

Poetry Against Cancer

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A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the 21st Century...

What can Publishers Learn from the Music Industry?


DRM, Digital Content and the Consumer Experience from Kirk Biglione on Vimeo.

A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the 21st Century...

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Publishing is Dead... Or is it?

If you like this post, or blog, please share it. Thank you.

Publishing is Dead... Or is it?

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10 Easy Steps to Becoming a Published Writer

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10 Easy Steps to Becoming a Published Writer

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Thank You - Why My Followers Rock

The Academy Agreed 


The Shorty Awards are over, and The Academy agreed with your votes.  I finished third!  


There were 250,000 competitors.  Only 78 made it into the top 3.


This is a huge accomplishment.  How amazing are my followers that they could vote me into the final with legends like Neil Gaiman, and ahead of JK Rowling?  Pretty bloody amazing!  There is no way on earth I could have done this without you.  Not a chance.  


It needs to be put into perspective - because you need to realise how much you should be patting yourselves on the back for this.  Look at the stats above.  Can you believe you did that?  What an amazing group of people.  I'm not even a published author!  Not even Britney Spears made it into the top three.      


These are the most prestigious awards for micro-blogging and I feel very honoured to be placed.  There was a big awards ceremony in New York (footage two posts down) and huge brands were fighting to be finalists, as the page detailing finalists remains up all year.  It is good marketing.  This was not an easy contest.  Wall Street Journal live tweeted it from the ceremony for goodness sake!  


Please accept my thanks for all you did.  I may not have the greatest number of followers but I believe they are some of the most determined and supportive there are and, yet again, you have proved me right.  Don't know how I got so lucky.  

Thank You - Why My Followers Rock

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Twitter Comes to England and Puts Shorty Awards in Danger

I made this about the Shorty Awards and Twitter. It was inspired by Neil Gaiman's kind words of encouragement, and understanding of the complexities of life with goldfish.

Twitter Comes to England and Puts Shorty Awards in Danger

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Shorty Awards Tonight! Grab some Champers and Join Me!

Watch The Shorty Awards 2010 Here!


The Shorty Awards honor the best people and organizations on Twitter. These unique awards are for the Twitter community, by the Twitter community. The awards will be streamed live from the TheTimesCenter in Times Square, New York City on March 3, 2010 at 7pm. - from The Shorty Awards team.


It hasn't quite sunk in that I'm a finalist in this.  Neil Gaiman once again said he wants me to win the Literature category award - highly unlikely to happen but really sweet of him to back me - and the press is buzzing about the awards.  My name even appeared in a Wall Street Journal online publication!!  Craziness.  Well, anyhow, I'll be watching from the comfort of my sofa tonight on the live stream below.  Hope you can join me.  What's 7pm in English money?  Midnight or 1am isn't it?  Sheesh.  Will have cocoa too. :)  


See you then.  Wear tiaras.


Rebecca
www.rebeccawoodhead.com 

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Shorty Awards Tonight! Grab some Champers and Join Me!

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