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This issue, I have a packed email for you, with Writing Updates, Future Plans, Character Art, so read on for all the bookish goodness...
Showing posts with label anthology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label anthology. Show all posts
99 Pence Sale - After The Rain Charity Anthology
If you're looking for a collection of great stories and a way to support charity, I have the perfect anthology for you.
After The Rain is now only 99p until August 25th, before leaving Amazon forever on 3rd September.
After The Rain is a collection of stories written by the Write Here, Write Now Community celebrating life after loss—and not always the most obvious kind.
With a hearty mix of humour and warmth, these short reads will remind you that even in the darkest times, there's always a ray of sunshine ready to break through the clouds.
From finding the courage to start over, discovering happiness in the strangest of ways, or simply learning to rise above life’s challenges, these stories will leave you feeling uplifted, inspired, and entertained.
After The Rain is a limited-time anthology, raising funds for Hopefull Handbags.
Featuring stories by Clare Bentley and Kyra Lennon, Clare Dugmore, Toya Richardson, Louise Emmerson, Donna Frank, Katie L Smith, T.S. Arthur, Julie Archer, M.B. Feeney, HL Heidemann, Anna Edwards
Magic at Midnight ARC Sign Up and Writing Update
Happy weekend, everyone!
Spring/ summer looks like it's finally here, as the weather in the UK is warming up. We have plans to go to the park a little later, but first I wanted to write a quick update.
I know I have a blog over on my website, but I think I might use this blog to update about my writing only, and then the one on my site to update about my writing AND personal life.
We'll see how it works out...
The rest of this entry is under a read more cut, so please click on the link to find out more about the Snowy Wings Publishing Magic at Midnight: YA Fairytale Anthology, and how I got on doing CampNaNoWriMo in April.
Spring/ summer looks like it's finally here, as the weather in the UK is warming up. We have plans to go to the park a little later, but first I wanted to write a quick update.
I know I have a blog over on my website, but I think I might use this blog to update about my writing only, and then the one on my site to update about my writing AND personal life.
We'll see how it works out...
The rest of this entry is under a read more cut, so please click on the link to find out more about the Snowy Wings Publishing Magic at Midnight: YA Fairytale Anthology, and how I got on doing CampNaNoWriMo in April.
COVER REVEAL: Snowy Wings Publishing YA Fairy Tale Anthology - Magic at Midnight
Happy Wednesday, everyone!
Today I'm super excited to reveal the cover for the Snowy Wings Publishing YA Fairy Tale Anthology - Magic at Midnight, which is scheduled for release May 29.
My, as of yet, untitled re-telling of the Nutcracker Prince is one of the fifteen stories featured, and here's a little more about it:
Today I'm super excited to reveal the cover for the Snowy Wings Publishing YA Fairy Tale Anthology - Magic at Midnight, which is scheduled for release May 29.
Once upon a time is eternal…
Turn the pages and fall into the enchanting worlds of beloved, age-old fairy tales made new again in this fifteen-story collection from Snowy Wings Publishing.
A girl with long, long hair is trapped in an attic, ensnared by promises of immortality, the radio her only companion. An android wants to believe in her life, that the feelings she has are real—and that she might be just as beautiful as her famous stepsister. A gamer must save her true love from the mysterious, dark entity that has ensnared him in their MMORPG. A modern teen is lured to the fantastical Land of the Dolls, and only her own cunning can help her escape. These are just a few of the bewitching tales found within Magic at Midnight.
From sci-fi to fantasy, contemporary to historical, paranormal and more, there’s a fairy tale retelling in this collection for every reader. Featuring stories from bestselling and award-winning YA authors as well as emerging voices, this anthology will take you to distant worlds and back again—all just familiar enough to make you feel at home.
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Clara Birch has always loved Christmas, and the story of The Nutcracker Prince is her favourite since childhood.
That’s why she’s determined to attend town's annual masquerade ball themed around the classic fairy tale. It doesn't matter that she's only sixteen, and the ball is held at town's most exclusive nightclub, Sugarplums. Clara and her best friend, Maria, are armed with fake IDs, and they're not taking no for an answer.
Once at the ball, Clara is approached by a handsome stranger, who offers to buy her a drink. After just one sip, she passes out. When she awakens, Clara finds herself in a strange realm, and though the world is not her own, it’s oddly familiar to her.
She soon discovers she’s been spirited away to the Land of the Dolls; a kingdom ruled by the Nutcracker Prince she so loved as a child.
But all is not as it seems in the Land of the Dolls. After stumbling upon the palace dungeons, Clara discovers the Nutcracker Prince is hiding a terrible secret. The magical Land of the Dolls is nothing more than an illusion.
Now Clara must escape this once enchanting fairy tale realm, before it costs her her soul.
ClusterBusters: Where Words Fail, Music Speaks Anthology
A group of authors, well known and new, will be joining together to produce an anthology of short stories and poems, with all proceeds going to Clusterbusters, a charity which specialises in “research, education, support and advocacy related to cluster headaches”.
Please come check out and like the page. Not only is it for an excellent cause, but there will be some amazing stories and poems from great authors!
https://www.facebook.com/wherewordsfailanthology/
The Love In The First Degree Anthology Cover Reveal Sign Up
Happy Monday, folks!
As I've mentioned before, in July the Love In The First Degree Anthology, the proceeds of which are going to the Innocence Project, and that I have a story in, titled Seeking the Truth, will be released.
Before then though, we're having a cover reveal on June 17, so if you're interested in taking part, please sign up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/148BoJrfddR_zwg1Fmn6_J5-w3NHLfrc218skRwjbyIs/viewform?c=0&w=1
Hope to see you all next week for the reveal!
Working Wednesday: Curiosity Quills Primetime and After Dark Anthologies
Happy Wednesday, everyone!
Thanks for the comments and replies on this week's Memorable Monday post, as well as your support for Helen Ginger, Cherie Reich and Alex J Cavanaugh.
I'm back today for another Working Wednesday update, that includes a very special request.
Not much going on on the writing/ editing front, as I'm very busy with my work for Curiosity Quills, though hopefully I'll get a chance to do some writing later in the week.
Which brings me to ... The Curiosity Quills Primetime and After Dark Anthologies.
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At the beginning of October, CQP is launching their first annual anthologies. Primetime will be a collection of spooky, unusual, thrilling and unique short stories by some of Curiosity Quills' best authors. It's companion anthology, After Dark, will be a collection of steamier stories.
I'm hoping some of you will help spread the word about this double anthology in trade paperback and digital, especially as 10 % of profits will be going to no-kill animal shelters (with a bigger split going the animals' way from our hard-cover edition we will be putting on Indie Go-Go a little over a month from now).
The anthology will feature authors such as JR Rain, AW Exley, Tony Healey, and Jose Prendes (the screenwriter for the sequel to the viral hit Sharknado).
If you're interested in hosting the cover reveals, a release day blitz or reviewing either anthology, please sign up via the link form below, using the response box to tell me which option you're interested in.
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This list will close in 23 days, 9 hrs, 56 min (10/11/2013 11:59 PM Europe - Greenwich Mean Time)
Thanks for your support, and I look forward to hearing from you!
Overcoming Adversity Launch
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Last month, you may remember me taking part in Nick Wilford's Overcoming Adversity bloghop, a bloghop where participates wrote a small piece - either fictional or real life - about overcoming adversity. Nick then compiled the entries into an anthology, the proceeds of which are going towards the college fund of his stepson Andrew, who has cerebral palsy.
Well, the anthology is now live, so you can all check it out!
Blurb: A collection of seventy moving and uplifting original pieces - real life, flash fiction, and poetry - about battling against the odds and the ultimate triumph of the human spirit. The contributors include Amazon bestselling authors Alex J. Cavanaugh and Kyra Lennon, and the cream of upcoming talent.
The anthology is part of a fundraising effort to send the editor's stepson, Andrew McNaughton, to a specialist college in England. Andrew has cerebral palsy, and is a remarkable young man with a promising future. However, the free further education options offered in his own country of Scotland will not challenge him and allow him to progress. In order to access the education he deserves, Andrew will have to pay exorbitant fees, thus creating a situation of discrimination.
Help us get Andrew to college by buying a book that runs the full gamut of human emotions, ultimately leaving you inspired and glad to be alive. Whatever struggles you are going through, our sincere hope is that this book will help.
The cover was designed by D.R. Cartwright (DRC) from a concept by Ella Wilson - two awesomely creative ladies!
Purchase Links:
Amazon UK | Amazon US
| Smashwords | Goodreads
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Editor Bio: Nick Wilford is a writer and stay-at-home dad. Once a journalist, he now makes use of those rare times when the house is quiet to explore the realms of fiction. When not writing he can usually be found spending time with his family or cleaning something. He has four short stories published in Writer’s Muse magazine. Nick is also co-running a campaign to get a dedicated specialist college built in Scotland. Visit him at http://nickwilford.blogspot.co.uk/.
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