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Flashy Fiction and Other Insane Tales volumes 1 and 2 are now available in a bundle! Not only do you get both books together, you save 25% too!
Flashy Fiction and Other Insane Tales (Bundle Vol 1 & 2)
by Jen Wylie and Sean Hayden
Anthology Bundle
Published March 17 2013
Price: 2.99 (save 25%)
Available at [Amazon]
IT’S THE BEST OF BOTH BOOKS!
Okay, technically it’s just BOTH BOOKS in ONE seriously funny and scary easy to read, purchase only once, compendium of the deranged! And you save almost a WHOLE DOLLAR! Do we rock or do we rock?
An anthology of the strange, bizarre, and just plain weird.
Zombies, vampires, ghosts, and …crickets? Try a taste of writing from two very different fantasy authors. Flash stories are super short and perfect for when you ‘just have a minute’. This anthology contains 15 stories from authors Sean Hayden and Jen Wylie. Run the rampart of emotions in this exciting mix of tales. From humor to twisted, there is something for everyone.
Unicorns, zombies, devils, dark whispers, teddy bears, and …fireflies? Try a taste of writing from two very different fantasy authors. Flash fiction stories are super short and perfect for when you ‘just have a minute’. This anthology contains 15 stories (both flash and longer short stories) from authors Sean Hayden and Jen Wylie. Run the rampart of emotions in this exciting mix of tales. From humor to horror, sweet to twisted, there is something for everyone.
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I won't hold you all in suspense for any longer. Last year, I put together "Sing We Now of Christmas" and was very pleased at the end result of raising over $1000 for charity. This year, I wanted to do something to up the ante.
So, this year, not only am I going to release volume II, but I am going to hold a charity concert with Utah's very own...
They will be headlining the concert I'm putting together for the first Saturday in December, with all proceeds going to charity. If you'd like a taste of what to expect, please go visit them on April 20th for their Spring Concert. I went last year, and it was a blast, with a huge variety of music and excellent guest artists.
More details to come. Stop by next Friday when I reveal the cover for Volume II...
Any guesses about what it will look like?
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I've been away for eight days hence no entries. Lucky for me, Lorraine Orman has continued writing reviews and here is the latest...
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Read Me Another One, Please! New Zealand Stories and Poems For Children. Stories selected by Belynda Smith and Dorothy Dudek Vinicombe, Whitcoulls Publishing.
In the old days this handsome hardback would have been called a treasury. It’s a good word to describe the collection of delicious offerings waiting between the covers. It mingles short stories, poems, extracts from novels, and picture book texts. There are lots of familiar authors included – I can’t list them all but there are at least 20 well-known New Zealand children’s writers here, with some of them having more than one work included. I was interested to see short stories by authors who are generally better known for their novels – Brian Falkner, Tania Roxborogh, Susan Brocker, Deborah Burnside. The stories cover a wide range of subjects, but you can be sure that all of them are light-hearted and entertaining, and many of them are funny. Some of the already-published stories and poems are re-printed with their original illustrations while others have been illustrated especially for this volume – so there’s a wild and heady mix of styles.
As well as a useful buy for primary schools, I see this as an excellent Christmas present for families with children aged about five to ten. If you’re stuck on what to buy, rush out and get this one now (or if you’re a grandparent, maybe you should keep it for when the family comes visiting...).
ISBN 978 0 9876674 0 3 RRP $29.99 Hb
Reviewed by Lorraine Orman
Call for Submissions:
You see it all the time in dedications and acknowledgements of books: Words like: “To my dear husband, who has supported my writing all throughout the years in spite of the odds,” or “To my wife, who never stopped believing in me.”
But what happens when your ‘significant other’ doesn’t support your writing, either because he thinks you’ll never make it or because she thinks you’re wasting your time and efforts for nothing?
Writers often talk about their supportive spouses/partners, but seldom do we hear about the unsupportive ones—mainly because it is a cause of great sadness and shame to the writer.
I’ve heard of cases where a husband told her writer wife flat out, “You’ll never make it.” I even once heard a story about a husband who was so jealous of his wife’s ‘writing world,’ that he burned her manuscript.
Though I don’t have a working title yet, I’m looking for 2,500-3,000-word (or longer) honest, poignant first-person accounts in the style of Chicken Soup for the Soulseries. That is, true stories that are ultimately inspirational and show a great deal of perseverance and determination from the part of the writer in spite of the odds—in short, essays that will offer hope and moral support to writers who are experiencing a similar situation. The essays will be compiled into an anthology.
- Does your significant other totally ignore your ‘writing world’ or view it with contempt either because you’re not making enough money or because they feel jealous?
- Does he/she refuse to consider your writing as anything other than a ‘mere hobby?’
- Does he/she belittle or demean your ‘writer dreams?’
- Does he/she believe you’re wasting your time and should be spending that time in something more ‘valuable?’
- Does he/she make you feel guilty for those hours you spend writing?
- Does he/she say they understand, but then they put demands on your writing time and don’t respect it?
- Is he/she jealous of the time you spend writing at the computer?
- How does their behavior make you feel as a person and as a writer?
- To what extend do their criticism contribute to your insecurity, anxiety, and maybe even depression?
- How do you cope with their behavior?
- What keeps you writing and persevering in spite of all the odds?
- What would you like he/she to understand about you as a writer?
I talked about this idea with my agent and she’d be interested in representing this type of project providing I come up with a compelling set of personal essays. Of course, submissions will be treated in confidentiality and real names of people and places can be replaced with fictional ones.
Deadline: March 1st2013
You may pass on the information to people who you think might be interested.
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Tweet17×23 Showcase Contributors: Isaac Lenkiewicz, Kyle Platts, Henry McCausland, Nick Sheehy, Joe Kessler Nobrow Press Following on from the success of the excellent Nobrow anthology- a bi-annual publication of two halves: one comics and one illustration, and their Showcase series, a smaller format paperback comic which launched Luke Pearson’s much-lauded Hilda adventures, Nobrow produced this last July : [...]
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Walking a Tightrope in Bare Feet, selected by Tessa Duder and James Norcliffe, edited by Glyn Strange, Clerestory Press for the School for Young Writers (www.schoolforyoungwriters.org/) This is the 12thbook (published 2013) in the Re-Draft anthologies, which aim to publish the best of New Zealand young writing. The anthologies have been published since 2001, presenting the winning stories and poems from an annual competition for young writers aged 13 to 19.
Also supplied were The World’s Steepest Street(no.10, dated 2011) and The Temptation of Sunlight (no.11, dated 2012). Each volume has an eye-catching photographic cover, and includes up to 47 contributions, with some writers having multiple entries. Inevitably there is a huge variety of themes and styles, focusing on both teenage and adult preoccupations – but all of them are very readable, and many will surprise with their skill. But considering the judges have to choose from around 600 submissions, I guess this isn’t so surprising.
These books should be in all public, secondary school and tertiary institution libraries. Teachers, librarians, authors, bookshop owners and reviewers are often asked by families how young people can get their work published, and these Re-Draft anthologies should be the first resource provided.
One interesting postscript – I was intrigued to see in the latest volume that the judges are asking for more stories to make them smile. Hint to young writers – try writing humorous stories!
Available from all good booksellers, and from The School for Young Writers, PO Box 21-120, Christchurch 8143. Can be ordered direct from the School for Young Writers website www.schoolforyoungwriters.org where the RRP includes postage and packaging.
ISBN 978 0 9582888 9 7 $34.50 Pb
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Valhalla Press Literary Fiction and Creative Nonfiction Contest
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- First prize: $500, Ereader of your choice and inclusion in Ragnarok, the Valhalla Press 2013 Anthology
- Second prize: Ereader of your choice and inclusion in Ragnarok, the Valhalla Press 2013 Anthology
- Honorable Mention: Inclusion in Ragnarok, the Valhalla Press 2013 Anthology
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- Limit your work to 5000 words.
- Deadline August 30, 2012. Winners will be announced by September 30, 2012
- Entry fee is $15 per submission payable via PayPal only.
- Manuscripts should be submitted electronically as a Microsoft Word document or RTF format.
- Do not put your name on the manuscript document. (This will be entered separately on our website.) A cover letter is not required.
- Work previously published in print or electronically will not be considered. All work must be original with the writer owning the copyright. International submissions are welcome.
- Simultaneous submissions are permitted, but we ask that you notify us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere. We regret that there can be no refunds or substitutions for withdrawn work.
- Valhalla Press acquires first-time International electronic rights from contest winners. All other rights remain with the author.
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I know there are a lot of writers who read this blog who write poetry. If you enter, GOOD LUCK!
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HarperTeen and figment are partnering to provide YA writers with this contest opportunity to get their story published in an anthology along with other well-known YA authors.
The contest challenge: Write a story that takes place at night or in the dark. The story can be of any genre: contemporary, paranormal, horror, science fiction, romance, humor, fantasy, etc.
What happens in the dark? Why are things different at night? Maybe it’s magic, or madness or both. A new anthology coming Summer 2013 from HarperTeen, Defy the Dark explores those questions and invites you to try your hand at answering them.
What’s in it for you? A chance to be published in Defy the Dark, alongside some of your favorite YA authors (including Sarah Rees Brennan, Rachel Hawkins, and Beth Revis).
The winner will be noted in the book’s table of contents, on the copyright page, and have a byline on their story. They will also have an opportunity to give an acknowledgment and will be featured on the Defy the Dark website. The grand-prize winner will receive a $500 cash prize awarded by HarperCollins and five copies of Defy the Dark.
1. Eligibility
The Defy the Dark New Author Contest (the “Promotion”) is open only to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States (including District of Columbia and territories, possessions and military bases) or Canada (excluding Quebec) who are thirteen (13) years or older at the time of entry.
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Figment, LLC, 118 East 64th Street, New York, NY 10065, and HarperCollins, 10 East 53rd Street, New York, New York 10022.
3. Entry Period
The Promotion begins on August 1, 2012 at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time (“ET”) and ends on September 1, 2012 at 11:59 p.m. ET (the “Promotion Entry Period”).
No sun-drenched, thousand-watt fables here—bring us your things that go bump in the night, bring us the things that hide in the shadows. Saundra Mitchell, the anthology’s editor, is excited to read your best YA fiction and choose one writer to be a part of the forces that will Defy the Dark.
4. Submission Requirements
- Submission must be between 2,000 and 4,000 words.
- Submission must be an original work created solely by you, has not been previously published, and does not infringe upon any third-party copyrights or other intellectual property rights.
- Submission must not contain defamatory statements.
- Submission must not contain any telephone numbers, street addresses or email addresses of any individual.
- Submission must not invade privacy, publicity or other rights of any person, firm or entity.
Click here for more official rules: http://dailyfig.figment.com/defy-the-dark-official-rules/
Good luck!
Talk tomorrow,
Kathy
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HarperTeen and figment are partnering to provide YA writers with this contest opportunity to get their story published in an anthology along with other well-known YA authors.
The contest challenge: Write a story that takes place at night or in the dark. The story can be of any genre: contemporary, paranormal, horror, science fiction, romance, humor, fantasy, etc.
What happens in the dark? Why are things different at night? Maybe it’s magic, or madness or both. A new anthology coming Summer 2013 from HarperTeen, Defy the Dark explores those questions and invites you to try your hand at answering them.
What’s in it for you? A chance to be published in Defy the Dark, alongside some of your favorite YA authors (including Sarah Rees Brennan, Rachel Hawkins, and Beth Revis).
The winner will be noted in the book’s table of contents, on the copyright page, and have a byline on their story. They will also have an opportunity to give an acknowledgment and will be featured on the Defy the Dark website. The grand-prize winner will receive a $500 cash prize awarded by HarperCollins and five copies of Defy the Dark.
1. Eligibility
The Defy the Dark New Author Contest (the “Promotion”) is open only to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States (including District of Columbia and territories, possessions and military bases) or Canada (excluding Quebec) who are thirteen (13) years or older at the time of entry.
2. Sponsors
Figment, LLC, 118 East 64th Street, New York, NY 10065, and HarperCollins, 10 East 53rd Street, New York, New York 10022.
3. Entry Period
The Promotion begins on August 1, 2012 at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time (“ET”) and ends on September 1, 2012 at 11:59 p.m. ET (the “Promotion Entry Period”).
No sun-drenched, thousand-watt fables here—bring us your things that go bump in the night, bring us the things that hide in the shadows. Saundra Mitchell, the anthology’s editor, is excited to read your best YA fiction and choose one writer to be a part of the forces that will Defy the Dark.
4. Submission Requirements
- Submission must be between 2,000 and 4,000 words.
- Submission must be an original work created solely by you, has not been previously published, and does not infringe upon any third-party copyrights or other intellectual property rights.
- Submission must not contain defamatory statements.
- Submission must not contain any telephone numbers, street addresses or email addresses of any individual.
- Submission must not invade privacy, publicity or other rights of any person, firm or entity.
Click here for more official rules: http://dailyfig.figment.com/defy-the-dark-official-rules/
Good luck!
Talk tomorrow,
Kathy
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I have been a busy little writer and have now added publisher to my growing list of titles. I am the proud co-founder of
Anassa Publications, LLC!It all started with a desire to give the
Rocky Mountain Women Writers the opportunity to become published in a compilation. I wanted to give back to the hard-working, dedicated writers who make an effort to help our fellow members and writing community. The idea to put together a collection for the RMWW had been brewing for years, I just wasn’t sure exactly how to piece it all together.
After self-publishing a book for my son, I was inspired to go ahead and begin with the process of creating an anthology that would showcase the works of the Rocky Mountain Women Writers. I teamed up with my good friend, fellow author and RMWW member,
Diana Dolan, and together we made it happen!
Diana and I had a vision for a company that would help communities thrive and give writers an authentic publication experience - thus, Anassa Publications, LLC was born!
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It has been a truly difficult time, and I've got to say, I was down and out for a while. Without going into too many details, I was laid off from a beloved job and have had a terrible time looking for work. I became very sick and for a couple weeks, I was barely able to do anything, much less get any writing done.
I'm still out of a job, but at least I'm back on my feet, and using the extra time to write and work on great projects.
I'm happy to announce that "Sing We Now of Christmas: An Advent Anthology" is coming very soon. I've ordered the proof copy of it and it just needs my final review. It will be coming out in paperback and Amazon Kindle formats.
You can get a better idea about what you'll find at the anthology's website:
adventanthology.wordpress.com
We will be having a promotion soon to get everything kicked off that has to do with "The 12 Days of Christmas". We're also hoping to do another book next year that will benefit autism. Please send any stories you'd like to have considered for that my way.
This week, another anothology came out of which I am a part. I have two stories that are modern parables that I think you'll like. Check out "Parables for Today":
http://amzn.com/1599559226
I'll going to try to be online more in the upcoming days. Thank you all for your friendship and support.
AUTHORS RELEASE SHORT STORY CHRISTMAS ANTHOLOGY FOR CHARITY
With help of authors across the country, Utah author Michael Young has compiled an anthology of short stories, each based on a different Christmas carol. All the proceeds from the anthology, SING WE NOW OF CHRISTMAS, will be donated to the National Down Syndrome Society, in honor of Michael’s two-year-old son, Bryson, who has Down Syndrome. The anthology is available in paperback and Amazon Kindle formats from Amazon.com.
Christmas carols capture the spirit of Christmas like nothing else, and Sing We Now of Christmas brings beloved carols to life like never before.
Walk in the footsteps of good King Wenceslas. Experience anew the bells on Christmas Day. Witness the journey of a soldier who lost his voice as he participates in the miracle of Silent Night. Experience all this and more in these heartfelt, entertaining tales donated by a team of authors from across the country, teaming together for a good cause.
Covering twenty-five stories--one for every day through Christmas itself--this anthology is ready to become a new advent tradition for your family!
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Somehow, the summer has disappeared and fall is in full swing. Have the kids really been in school a month already? I rather dislike how times seems to by flying by so quickly these last few years.
So… lots and lots of stuff is new! I’ll try not to ramble too much 
I’ve been super, crazy, insanely, sleeplessly, stressfully busy. Thanks to lots of chocolate etc and the occasional ‘crash day’ I’m still going strong… and still busy.
First off… In case you missed it I have a new book out! Whoo hoo! Broken Aro is the first in a young adult epic fantasy series (The Broken Ones). It is a full novel (abt 70k words) and is available at amazon (ebook) and amazon, BN, createspace (print). Happily it’s been getting fantastic reviews so far and I’m plugging along at the next book, Broken Prince, hoping to have it out early in the new year. Please check it out! (If you want to review, feature or otherwise spread the word please feel free to drop me a note)
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Open your eyes to darkness. What do you see? Does the darkness frighten you? Now imagine the darkness being the cargo hold of a slave ship. Your city has fallen. Your family is most likely dead. You don’t know anyone around you, and some of them aren’t even human. Giving up would be so easy to do, but not for Arowyn Mason. Not after being raised in a military family with seven brothers. Every great story should begin with a plan. Aro’s was to escape and to survive.
Escape comes, but at a price. As they reach the shore, Aro and the other survivors learn that freedom doesn’t mean safety. The slavers want their property back and will do anything to get it. The party uses every ounce of their brute strength, a hearty helping of cunning, and even ancient magics to keep themselves alive. Sickness, danger, and even love surprise them at every turn. Dealing with danger becomes their way of life, but none of them ever considered that nothing can be quite as dangerous as a prophecy. Running turns into another race altogether as her world falls to pieces again and again.
On to the next thing new… Sean and I have a second volume of Flashy Fiction and Other Insane Tales coming out in a few weeks! We had so much fun writing the first one (and it was so well received too) we jumped into a second right away. Personally I think this one is even better than the first. My very first, and possibly only, psychological horror is included! I’m a scaredy cat to begin with-but just editing it freaked me out LOL. I hope you’ll all give it a read too! The release date for it is set for Oct. 23. Check out the awesome cover! It’s the other side of the spooky face!
Just to keep me even busier, Sean and I are gearing up for the World Fantasy Convention in Toronto Nov 1-4. We’re super excited to be going and having the opportunity to meet so many great authors that will be attending! I keep falling into ‘fangirl’ mode just thinking about it, which is probably good that I get that over with now…maybe I can act normal when I’m actually there. We’ll be in the Dealer Room selling our all of our books in print at the Untold Press table. If you’re attending be sure to stop by and say hello!
As always, lots of hugs and rainbows to you all! Your continued support and friendship are greatly appreciated and mean so much to me. Hugs hugs!
Lynda R. Young’s short story titled Birthright has been published by J. Taylor Publishing in the Make Believe anthology launched TODAY! Virtual cake for everyone!! Make Believe is currently available in e-book format and includes Paranormal Romance and Fantasy stories inspired by the image on the cover. This will make great holiday reading.
Birthright by Lynda R. Young
Christa can mask the pain and hide the scars, but running from a birthright is impossible.
She’s tried to escape her grief by fleeing to a small town in Florida. Much to her frustration, the locals think they recognize her even though she's never been there before. To make things worse, a man named Jack spouts outrageous theories about her.
Both spur Christa to bolt, to start fresh yet again, but there’s something about Jack that intrigues her enough to stay. The only problem? Someone else wants her to leave, and they won’t stop until she’s dead.
Go this minute to the J. Tayor Publishing Make Believe website HERE to read blurbs about all the stories in this wonderful collection, as well as how to order it.
About Lynda R. Young:Lynda R. Young lives in Sydney, Australia, with her sweetheart of a husband who is her rock, and a cat who believes world domination starts in the home. She writes speculative short stories and is currently writing novels for young adults. In her spare time she also dabbles in photography and all things creative. You can find her here: Blog, Twitter, Facebook, Goodreads
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Congratulations to all those who completed National Novel Writing Month! I finished early this year and that felt pretty good. I'm now on to what I call "National Novel Revision Month", in which I sand down the rough edges of my hastily-constructed novel. I'm sure many of you are doing the same. I've decided to call this sequel to the Last Archangel, "The Last Kingdom", which has to do with the prophecy in Daniel 2 of the Old Testament. Go read it for a clue as to what I mean:
http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/dan/2?lang=engAs such, I want to announce the winners of my NaNoWriMo contest. Alas, no one who entered the contest beat me to the punch of winning NaNoWriMo, but I did select three lucky winners to receive first chapter evaluations of their NaNoWriMo manuscripts. They are:
Heather JustesenDiana AultMegan ConwayThanks for entering! I think I'll make that an annual event, so start gearing up for next year.
Next of all, I'm very excited about how many people are preparing stories for my Christmas Carol anthology. I would still love to see more entries. If you are considering writing one, please let me know so that I can make sure we all write on different songs. I have included a list of those songs already taken in my "Current Projects" page above.
All proceeds of this project will go to the National Down Syndrome Society, which is a great cause, so I hope you'll help me spread the word! If there is anyone who would like to volunteer their services in helping design a cover, edit/typeset, or anything else, please shoot me an email at thecanticlekingdom@gmail.com.
Finally, look for a new blog hop starting tomorrow, and to all of you, I wish a blessed and peaceful holiday season.
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Last year I was invited to contribute a short story with a paranormal them to an anthology from Leap Books titled SPIRITED. I was super excited, especially when I found out that some fantastic authors would be joining me.
Since my THE SEER has some amazing fans, I wanted to give them a new story with favorite characters Sabine and Dominic. So I wrote PHANTOM OF THE PROM; a ghost, prom, romance.
SPIRITED is out now online and in March a paperback comes out, too.
This book is split up in three different genres of stories: PAST, PRESENT and FUTURE. My story is in the PRESENT category. I thought it would be fun to share the titles and authors for each story:
SPIRITED paranormal Anthology, edited by Kat O'Shea
THE PAST
1. Strangeways vs. the Wraith by Judith Graves
2. The Senet Box by Jill Williamson
3. Stained by Mark Finnemore
4. Thread of the Past by Dawn Dalton
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5. The Cold One by Candace Havens
6. Death becomes Her by Kitty Keswick
7. Oast House by Carmen Tudor
8. The New Girl by Maria V. Synder
9. Aftermath by Halli Dee Liburn
10.Phantom of the Prom by Linda Joy Singleton
FUTURE
11. Night Queen by John W. Otte
12. To Hell and Back by Shannon Delany
13. The Story of Late by Heather Kenealy
Hope you check out our stories!
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Spring is upon us, and you can prepare for both Spring and Summer vacations with plenty of good books! Check out recommendations for all ages, plus DVD’s and teaching too!
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Plan in advance for father’s day! The month of June is dedicated to books for dads and boys…don’t worry, a few dads & daughter books thrown in too! Good list for reluctant readers as well as summer vacation. Enjoy!
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In celebration of Mother’s day, moms, women and daughters, recommendations span ages and areas of interest. Great for summer vacation reading too!
Thank you to all who have voted for the title of the Christmas Story Anthology. There were many great suggestions. I think that I may make this an annual event and so I will keep the other great suggestions for following years. I’m just sad that we couldn’t use them all. Without further ado, the name of the Anthology is going to be:
Sing We Now of Christmas: An Advent Anthology
The anthology is already off to the editor, so the cover is going to be next. I have a cover artist already, and now that I have the title, I will just need some suggestions for the cover. I have some ideas, but I’d also like to hear from you. I’m going to be gone all week to my brother’s wedding, so when I come back next week, I’ll go ahead and send an email to the cover artist.
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Hugs and chocolate,
Shelly