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Memorable Mondays: INDIESTRUCTIBLE by Jessica Bell and Curiosity Quills Press Borderlands Anthology Competition

Happy Monday, everyone! I hope you all had an enjoyable weekend, and that your new week gets off to a happy and productive start.

Thanks for those who dropped by my personal blog for Friday's post. 

Today I'm here to fill you in on two fantastic thing going on in the writing community.






The first is Jessica Bell's INDIESTRUCTIBLE.


eBook: $0.99 USD 
Publisher: Vine Leaves Press 
ISBN 10: 0987593102 
ISBN 13: 9780987593108 
Language: English 
Edited & Compiled: by Jessica Bell Contributing authors: Alex J. Cavanaugh <> Angela Brown <> Anne R. Allen <> Briane Pagel <> C.S. Lakin <> Ciara Knight <> Cindy M. Hogan <> D. Robert Pease <> Dawn Ius <> Emily White <> Greg Metcalf <> Jadie Jones <> Jessica Bell <> Karen Bass <> Karen Walker <> Kristie Cook <> Laura Diamond <> Laura Pauling <> Laurel Garver <> Leigh Talbert Moore <> Lori Robinson <> Melissa Foster <> Michael Offutt <> Michelle Davidson Argyle <> Rick Daley <> Roz Morris <> S.R. Johannes <> Stephen Tremp <> Susan Kaye Quinn

ONLY 99c TO HELP SUPPORT THE INDIE AUTHOR & AN AMAZING CHARITY!
by Jessica Bell

The day I realized I’d been obsessing over my sales figures way too much was the day I closed my eyes and tried to think about the real reason I am an indie author.

Is my primary goal to make money? No. So why do I keep obsessing over my sales stats? I realized it’s because more sales means more people reading my work. What I really really want is to be read. I want to share the one thing in this world I would cut my fingers off for. I know. If I didn’t have any fingers, I wouldn’t be able to physically write, but you know what I mean.

My passion for writing comes with a perpetual replacement button, attached to my side seam, just in case it becomes unraveled, and falls off, after a day gallivanting through the publishing jungle. It can be tough in there, but in the end, being an indie author is OH SO WORTH IT.

This made me wonder …  what’s everybody else’s story?
Then Indiestructible was born.

Need motivation and inspiration to self-publish, or sign that contract with an interested small press? Have you done all the research you can, but still feel ambivalent about the idea? Indiestructible: Inspiring Stories from the Publishing Jungle brings you the experiences of 29 indie authors—their passions, their insights, their successes—to help you make the leap into indie publishing.

This is not a how-to guide. This is the best of the indie tradition of experienced authors paying forward what they’ve learned, giving you information to help you on your journey. The personal essays in this book will leave you itching to get your work into the hands of readers and experience, first-hand, all the rewards indie publishing has to offer.

Not only is this anthology packed full of interesting, unique, and genuinely helpful information, and totally worth the 99c (only 99c!!!), 100% of proceeds will be donated to BUILDON.org, a movement which breaks the cycle of poverty, illiteracy, and low expectations through service and education.

Pretty amazing, huh?
What are you waiting for?
Buy Indiestructible—support the indie author and an amazing charity—TODAY!

CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE INDIESTRUCTIBLE

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About Jessica Bell:
The Australian-native contemporary fiction author, poet, and singer/songwriter/guitarist, Jessica Bell, also makes a living as an editor and writer for global ELT publishers (English Language Teaching), such as Pearson Education, HarperCollins, Macmillan Education, Education First and Cengage Learning.

She is the co-publishing editor of Vine Leaves Literary Journal, and the director of the Homeric Writers’ Retreat & Workshop on the Greek island of Ithaca.

Connect with Jessica online:
Website | Blog | Facebook | Twitter


The second is Curiosity Quills Press' Borderlands Anthology Competition.


Curiosity Quills Press love their authors, but they also know there’s a lot of untapped talent out there.

Are you pursuing a writing career? An admired fanfic writer? Long-time writing vet?

Now’s your chance to challenge your creativity in a wide-open literary universe and get published alongside bestsellers. If you’ve got what it takes to survive in the Borderlands that is…

About the Borderlands Competition

Author and Acquisitions Editor James Wymore - known for his hard-hitting dystopian sci-fi thriller, Theocracide – and Aiden James (yes, we know, James and James) – best-selling author of the Judas Reflections and Talisman Chronicles series - are currently writing a brand new series: The Actuator. The first in the series, Fractured Earth, was released on August 12th, 2013.

Our enterprising authors have developed a world with endless possibilities, and we want to know where your mind can take it in the Borderlands Anthology!



Thanks for reading, I hope you find something that sparks your interest in today's post, and please check back later on today, as I'm participating in Christine Rains and Cecilia Robert's More Than Just A Kiss blogfest.

Memorable Mondays: Curiosity Quills Edition



Happy Monday everyone! Hope you all had a productive/ relaxing weekend, and are ready to go for a new week!

Thanks for the comments on my latest Favourites Friday entry; it was a lot of fun taking part in The Armchair Squid's Cephalopod Coffeehouse, and I hope to do it again next month!

It's back to Memorable Mondays today, and this week I'm promoting something quite close to home - my new employer Curiosity Quills! 





Curiosity Quills is a gaggle of literary marauders with a bone to grind and not enough time for revisions.

We are an independent publishing house, creating together, supporting each other, and putting out the best darn tootin' words this side of Google.


Want sci-fi? Want paranormal? Want horror? Want mystery? Yeah, there's an app for that.





Aiden James has brought to life the first three installments of Dying of the Dark Vampires. Now, Curiosity Quills Press brings you the first “Calling of the Co-Authors”, a competition to help bestselling author Aiden James find a worthy co-author to continue Txema’s tale.

  •     Are you a writer? Check
  •     Do you love Aiden James’ novels? Check
  •     Are you familiar with the dark skill of vampire authorship? Check


Then you are a perfect candidate to compete and be considered to co-write with Aiden James!

Fans and Voters: This is your chance to read several different plausible courses the storyline could take, and the opportunity to choose how you want the story to continue! Don’t miss it!



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Curiosity Quills Presents: Call for Serialization Submissions

Over the last three years, Curiosity Quills Press has brought you a plethora of wonderful serializations, many of which have gone on to be published as ebooks and paperbacks; such as Amy Fecteau’s Real Vampires Don't Sparkle and Michael Panush’s Jurassic Club.

Now they're looking for exciting new hard-hitting dark sci-fi, speculative fiction, and paranormal works of the highest quality, aimed at adults, young adults, and new adults, to be published at the Curiosity Quills website.

If you’re interested in submitting something to them, please read through their author submissions guidelines, and then follow these instructions:

To submit a manuscript for consideration, please send an email to one of the addresses below with the following information:

  • A one-page query letter containing your genre, title, word count, and a brief blurb about the book.
  • The first five (5) double-spaced pages
  • For serialized works, please include information about update frequency, update length, and projected series duration.
  • Established authors are welcome to query with a standard proposal package of three chapters, a synopsis, and a query.

PLEASE DO NOT INCLUDE ANY PERSONAL WRITING CREDENTIALS, AWARDS, REVIEWS, OR PROMOTIONAL LINKS

Young Adult: ya@curiosityquills.com | New Adult: na@curiosityquills.com | General Adult: adult@curiosityquills.com | Not sure which to use? editor@curiosityquills.com

Best of luck with your submissions, Curiosity Quills look forward to hearing from you soon.

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Curiosity Quills recently reached a huge milestone; a thousand posts. CQ have come a long way in the last few years, and  want to thank everyone who has supported them thus far; it’s greatly appreciated. They  hope you’ll stick with them into the future, as they have some exciting things planned.

Reaching such a massive milestone has made them reflective and eager to improve and one of the areas they want to focus on is their social media presence. For this reason, they've created a quick user survey to find out how you rate their social media presence this far, and what they can do to improve.

It only takes three minutes to fill out, and Curiosity Quills will be extremely grateful if you could give them your feedback. Thank you. 



Thank you for taking the time to check out what Curiosity Quills is all about, and what they've got going on at the moment. I don't just say this from the point of view of an employee, but also as a writer who thinks what they're doing is brilliant, and truly believes in them.

Please check back later in the week for Working Wednesday for another snippet from my WiP paranormal romance.