I have a confession. I’m officially a year older as of the first of this month. Chalk one up for the Aquarian.
Hero Lost, Mysteries of Death and Life, Part 4
Last installment of my Featured Follower of the Month
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Hero Lost Mysteries of Death and Life
An Insecure Writer’s Support Group Anthology
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This July I’ll be featuring the twelve authors (three each Monday) who contributed stories to the
Hero Lost Mysteries of Death and Life
An Insecure Writer’s Support Group Anthology
Website – Lost Hero Anthology
Print ISBN 9781939844361 $14.95
eBook ISBN 9781939844378 $4.99
Print:
EBook:
Each author has submitted their favorite inspirational quote, so this month I won’t be adding my usual quote.
Thank you, authors!
Ellen Jacobson, The Silvering
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” ―Mark Twain
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Olga Godim, Captain Bulat
“Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can.” ―Terry Pratchett
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Erika Beebe, The Wheat Witch
“You will write if you will write without thinking of the result in terms of a result, but think of the writing in terms of discovery, which is to say that creation must take place between the pen and the paper, not before in a thought or afterwards in a recasting… It will come if it is there and if you will let it come.” ―Gertrude Stein
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Clock’s ticking! Do you have your #IWSGPit ready?
Don’t miss the July 30 deadline for the next IWSG Anthology.
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Quote of the Week: “Destiny is a name often given in retrospect to choices that had dramatic consequences.” J.K. Rowling
Hero Lost, Mysteries of Death and Life, Part 2
Hero Lost, Mysteries of Death and Life, Part 2
This July I’ll be featuring the twelve authors (three each Monday) who contributed stories to the
Hero Lost Mysteries of Death and Life
An Insecure Writer’s Support Group Anthology
Website – Lost Hero Anthology
Print ISBN 9781939844361 $14.95
eBook ISBN 9781939844378 $4.99
Print:
EBook:
Each author has submitted their favorite inspirational quote, so this month I won’t be adding my usual quote.
Thank you, authors!
Tyrean Martinson, Of Words and Swords
“Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It’s a way of understanding it.” ―Lloyd Alexander
Elizabeth Seckman, Mind Body Soul
“It’s none of their business that you have to learn to write. Let them think you were born that way.” ―Ernest Hemingway
Sean McLachlan, The Witch Bottle
I can’t give the whole quote because it’s a poem–“All the Way” by Charles Bukowski. His poem “The Laughing Heart” is a good one too, but the first poem is more directed at writers.
Also, a great spoken word for all creative types can be found here:
Don’t miss the July 30 deadline for the next IWSG Anthology.
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Have you read an anthology lately? Will you enter to be included in the next anthology?
And whatever you do, don’t miss July 27th #IWSGPit on Twitter. 8am-8pm Over 30 agents are checking the twitter feed.
And whatever you do, don’t miss July 27th #IWSGPit on Twitter. 8am-8pm Over 30 agents are checking the twitter feed.
Quote of the Week: “Life is like a game of poker: If you don’t put anything in the pot, there won’t be anything to take out.” Moms Mabley
Hero Lost, Mysteries of Death and Life, Part 1
This July I’ll be featuring the twelve authors (three each Monday) who contributed stories to the
Hero Lost Mysteries of Death and Life
An Insecure Writer’s Support Group Anthology
Print ISBN 9781939844361 $14.95
eBook ISBN 9781939844378 $4.99
eBook ISBN 9781939844378 $4.99
Print:
EBook:
Each author has submitted their favorite inspirational quote, so this month I won’t be adding my usual quote.
Thank you, authors!
Jen Chandler, The Mysteries of Death and Life
“Keep working. Follow the shape of your mind’s particulars (its rhythms, its oddities) like a bloodhound, and take the ‘narrative’ as far as you possibly can, so that the words are utterly yours, so that you’re writing in that singular way that singular thing NO ONE but you can write. Each time.” ―Ari Banias, poet, From an interview in the Jan/Feb 2017 issue of Poets & Writers Magazine
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L. Nahay, Breath Between Seconds
“A writer is a world trapped within a person.” ―Victor Hugo
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Roland Yeomans, Sometimes They Come Back
“Just because I am on a different path than you does not mean I am lost.” ―Samuel McCord
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Don’t miss the July 30 deadline for the next IWSG Anthology.
For all My Email Connect Peeps I’m offering a free mobi or mp3 of a short story from the anthology, Beware the Little White Rabbit.
Have you read an anthology lately?
Monday Miscellany-Anthologies
Anthologies are hot!
And I think we’re going to see a lot more of them, especially in eBook format. What do you think about them? I mean does a collection of short stories, perhaps thematically linked, appeal to you? Would you be likely to plunk out a few dollars ($1.99-$2.99) to download one of these eBooks? Is it more to your liking to have a paperback than an eBook? I’d love to hear your ideas.
I did a bit of hunting for some and here are a couple I found. The retold fairy tales looked good. . . and SPOOKY!
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So did the more global one with international stories. It really fascinated me.
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I guess I’m interested in this because I’ve signed on to do some short stories for anthologies. My first one is out now and it’s called The First Time. I’m really in good company with Jenny Moss, Stacey Jay, Carrie Ryan, Sydney Salter, Kurtis Scaletta, Jon Skovron, Janet Gurtler, Leigh Brescia, Rhonda Stapleton (Ed.), Jessica Verday (Ed.) and many more. Stay tuned because there’s more coming.
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