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SHALLA Magazine

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--Shalla DeGuzman, Editor

SHALLA Magazine features high quality fiction (experimental, literary, genre, multicultural, etc), poetry, essays, excerpts from screenplays, one act-plays, etc.

Although we mainly publish literary work, our submissions system is open to all forms of writing that have been previously published.

That is right, we only like reprints. Please tell us where and when it has been published before. By submitting to SHALLA Magazine, you are guaranteeing that all rights to the work have already reverted back to you.

*We especially like award-winning work.*

That's right, SHALLA Magazine is coming out as an e-book, just for you.

Here's our back cover. Yes, in our next issue, SHALLA Mingles with Mr. Austria, Alex Cristo--oh the humanity!

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A visitor to a certain college paused to admire the new Hemingway Hall that had been built on campus. "It's a pleasure to see a building named for Ernest Hemingway," he said. "Actually," said his guide, "it's named for Joshua Hemingway. "No relation." "The visitor was astonished. "Was Joshua Hemingway a writer, also?"

Hello Writers!

Have you read...

How to Get Your Novel Published Now By Shalla DeGuzman, eHow Member *read more

http://www.ehow.com/how_4822163_novel-published-now.html

And do you remember Alex Cristo?

Yeah, Mr. Austria.

We interviewed him for SHALLA Magazine...

SHALLA MINGLES with Mr. Fitness, Alex Cristo “Writers: Get Fit!” by Shalla DeGuzman

Well, UPDATE, here are some of the latest pictures of Alex...

*read more

http://www.photoreflect.com/pr3/thumbpage.aspx?e=3754163

Plus, Alex Cristo sent a note:

PS: when you need a model for the cover for your books, don't forget me!!!!

Hey Alex, of course not, you're the best! You'll steam up any Harlequin cover, anytime!

Which leads me to my little summer note...

SHALLA's

A SUMMER NOTE

I finally finished my first novel... yes, I could have finished it a lot sooner. Instead, I used it to figure out how to write a novel, how to slow down a scene, how to speed it up, etc. It also helped me figure out what I like to write. I vacillated from writing something cutesy and sweet like a Chick Lit, to something literary with a lot more drama... oy! In the end, I figured out, I don't really like Drama. I don't feel like feeling sad... maybe it's only temporary... but the next novel I'm writing will probably be romance... We'll see.

For now, I need a break from writing. I've read too many books, wrote too many pages too fast, too much editing and revising, I need a break. Not to mention, our beloved, cute, beautiful doggie, Pancho, just passed from the big C a few days ago. Remember Pancho, our lab-akita mix with a beautiful smile who wore a Santa costume last Christmas? It was so fast, it happened all too fast, too soon, too fast... So, I have to get away, get my mind off.

That's why I'm saying good bye to you, just for a little while...

Pancho, come back soon!