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Bunker Hill Community College is seeking inspiring film/video/animation work of any genre for an evening of film screening, “Women’s Film Shorts.”  The work (maximum of 15 minutes) should explore women’s issues.  Preferably women have a primary role in the production.  The screening will take place at the Bunker Hill Community College on Thursday, March 18, 2010 @6:30pm, and will be followed by a panel discussion.
“Women’s Film Shorts,” screening event is in celebration of International Women’s Day, and is part of the “International Women’s’ History Month 2010” exhibit at the BHCC gallery, March 8 through April 10.

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John Collier (creator), May 1773, London

Anxious to get that novel published?

Be careful whom you trust for help.

Writer Mitch Lipka writes in WalletPop:

“How one man (and his many companies) allegedly scammed wanna-be writers“

“Following a lengthy investigation (involving 175 complaints) by the Florida Attorney General’s office into Robert M. Fletcher, his girlfriend and two accomplices, along with a large collection of purported companies soliciting writers who wanted to get published — the state filed a lawsuit that details an elaborate alleged scam that ran for at least four years, with victims from throughout the U.S. and as far away as China.”

Nothing replaces legwork and networking in discovering your publishing goal. Don’t get the feeling you have to pay someone else to do the heavy lifting. You just might end up getting ripped off.