I've recently agreed to edit and publish Hot Apple Cider 2. We have a call out for submissions now. The planned publication date is May, 2011. Yes, that's coming up quickly!
Wendy Elaine Nelles, my co-editor for Hot Apple Cider, plans to co-edit this one, too.
Because my company (That's Life! Communications) is working in partnership with The Word Guild and World Vision Canada, we're only looking at submissions from members of The Word Guild (Canadian citizens or landed immigrants who agree to the Apostles' Creed).
Submissions are open until October 18, 2010, so if you qualify to be a member of The Word Guild, you might want to join now, and get a submission in.
If you're a reader, stay tuned for more information. I'll be posting here as we proceed.
Over 30,000 copies of Hot Apple Cider have gone out through World Vision's Girls Night Out and Couples Night Out programs and another 15,000 have gone out through various means. We're hoping for similar results with Hot Apple Cider 2.
Quite often, we'll get an idea from watching another person. It might be someone we know, or it might be a total stranger we happen to run across once.
Most people are passionate about something, or know a lot about something, and want to pass on their knowledge or understanding to others.
But on less specific things, stealing ideas is allowed. For example, if I read an article on how to raise great kids in a magazine, and I find that I have things to say that weren't said in the article, there's no harm in my writing another article on how to raise great kids using my perspective and my own examples. No, you can't combine three of the first author's points with two of yours. What you write has to be different, has to be uniquely yours. Other wise you're guilty of plagiarism.