Tree of Life Book Trailer & Links

Today's [Mostly] Wordless Wednesday is the Tree of Life book trailer!


You can purchase Tree of Life, which includes my story set to the musical piece Turning Point, at Amazon. Only $.99 for the collection, and all proceeds go to the Downey Education Fund, which was set up for Tina's boys.

Now for some links.

Accepting Submissions:

River Styx is accepting submissions by mail through November 30. They accept short stories, poems, plays, and essays. Payment is in the form of cash, plus contributor copies, plus a one-year subscription.

Wolf Willow Journal is accepting submissions for their winter issue, with the theme star-crossed lovers. They accept flash fiction, short fiction, non-fiction, photography, and artwork. Pays cash depending upon type of submission. Winter issue deadline November 30.

Vine Leaves Literary Journal closes for submissions to their January issue November 30. Prose and script up to 800 words, poetry, artwork and photography. Pays 3.50 EURO per edition.

Bad Dream Entertainment is open to submissions of short fiction, novellas, novels, and articles. Submissions close November 30. Dark speculative fiction. This is a paying market.

ZYZZYVA is accepting submissions of non-fiction, short fiction, and poetry through November 30. Also, artwork. Payment is not detailed, and they only accept mailed submissions.

The Future Fire is seeking short works for their anthology, Accessing the Future. Deadline November 30. Speculative fiction. 2500-7500 words. Pays $.06/word.

The Knicknackery is accepting poetry, short fiction, non-fiction, and artwork. All genres. Token payment.

Cracked is looking for writers for their humor site. Paying market, though payment is not specified. Cracked is free to read, so you can research the types of articles they accept.

Strange House Books is accepting your weird flash fiction for Strange Story Saturdays. Pay is not detailed. Open submissions.

Contests:

The Hermaneutic Chaos Literary Journal is holding their first annual Jane Lumley Prize for Emerging Writers. Deadline November 30. This year entries must be poetry. It will alternate each year between poetry and prose. First prize is $300 and publication.

What do you think of the Tree of Life trailer? Any of these links interest you? Anything to add? Publication news?

May you find your Muse.

White Lady Blog Tour - Can You Determine the Truth?

Jessica Bell, author and editor, is stopping by to talk about White Lady, releasing October 1. You decide which statement is true and enter to win a giveaway. Welcome, Jessica!

GUESS THE TRUE STATEMENT & WIN JESSICA BELL'S THRILLER, WHITE LADY! (Statement #51)

To celebrate the release of Jessica Bell's latest novel, WHITE LADY, she is giving away an e-copy (mobi, ePub, or PDF) to the first person to correctly guess the one true statement in the three statements below. To clarify, two statements are lies, and one is true:

Jessica Bell was 14 when she ...
a. drove her father’s VW Beetle into a lamp post
b. got a tattoo of a star on her left bum cheek
c. got her nose pierced at a chemist’s

What do you think? Which one is true? Write your guess in the comments, along with your email address. Comments will close in 48 hours. If no-one guesses correctly within 48 hours, comments will stay open until someone does.

Want more chances to win? You have until October 31 to visit all the blogs where Jessica will share a different set of true and false statements on each one. Remember, each blog is open to comments for 48 hours only from the time of posting.

If you win, you will be notified by email with instructions on how to download the book.

Click HERE to see the list of blogs.

ABOUT THE BOOK:

*This novel contains coarse language, violence, and sexual themes.

Sonia yearns for sharp objects and blood. But now that she's rehabilitating herself as a "normal" mother and mathematics teacher, it's time to stop dreaming about slicing people's throats.

While being the wife of Melbourne's leading drug lord and simultaneously dating his best mate is not ideal, she's determined to make it work.

It does work. Until Mia, her lover's daughter, starts exchanging saliva with her son, Mick. They plan to commit a crime behind Sonia's back. It isn't long before she finds out and gets involved to protect them.

But is protecting the kids really Sonia's motive?

Click HERE to view the book trailer.
Click HERE for purchase links.

Jessica Bell, a thirty-something Australian-native contemporary fiction author, poet and singer/songwriter/guitarist, is the Publishing Editor of Vine Leaves Literary Journal and the director of the Homeric Writers' Retreat & Workshop on the Greek island of Ithaca. She makes a living as a writer/editor for English Language Teaching Publishers worldwide, such as Pearson Education, HarperCollins, MacMillan Education, Education First and Cengage Learning.

Connect with Jessica online:

Website | Retreat & workshop | Blog | Vine Leaves Literary Journal | Facebook | Twitter

Thank you for stopping by, Jessica. So, folks, which one is the true statement?

May you find your Muse.

The Watchers Book Trailer and Giveaway

Today, I'm pleased to host Deirdra Eden, and the trailer for The Watchers Book 1, a story that looks to be full of adventure and fun! You'll find a giveaway at the end of this post.

The Watchers Book 1: Knight of Light

 In England, 1270 A.D., Auriella (pronounced yurr-ee-ella) flees her village after being accused of witchcraft. Pursued by nightmarish creatures, she struggles to accept the truth about her humanity. Filled with fairies, dwarves, pixies, dragons, demons, and monsters, Knight of Light is an enthralling tale that will capture the imaginations of readers young and old.

The Watchers Series has been described as Braveheart meets Supernatural. The mythology for the series is based on many theological texts from dozens of sects with correlating themes. Ancient writings include The Dead Sea Scrolls, The Traditional Apocrypha, The Pearl of Great Price, and The Kabbalah.

“The Watchers” are supernatural beings in human form whose duty it is to protect and guard mankind from the armies of darkness. Unfortunately, as the Book of Enoch mentions, some of these Watchers go bad. Although the mythology is based on these texts, Deirdra Eden’s The Watcher’s Series is written in a traditional fairytale style with a young girl’s discovery of incredible, but dangerous powers within herself, a cast of humorous side-kicks, a quest for greater self-discovery and purpose, and villains of epic proportions

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About the Author

"My goal in writing is to saturate my books with intrigue, mystery, romance, and plot twists that will keep my readers in suspense. I want to see fingerprints on the front and back covers where readers have gripped the novel with white knuckles! Aside from writing, I enjoy jousting in arenas, planning invasions, horseback riding through open meadows, swimming in the ocean, hiking up mountains, camping in cool shady woods, climbing trees barefoot, and going on adventures."
-Deirdra Eden

Find Deirdra Eden and The Watchers Series online on Amazon, Deirdra's website, Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads, Wattpad, and Pinterest.


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Looks like a fun and exciting story! Thank you for stopping by Deirdre. 

May you find your Muse.

[Mostly] Wordless Wednesday - Going Bovine & Links

Today's [Mostly] Wordless Wednesday won't be one of my photos, but a fun book trailer I wanted to pass along. It's a funny book trailer, and one that I've mentally filed away for when the day comes that I'm having to make one.


Libba Bray will be a keynote speaker at the 2013 Pikes Peak Writers Conference. I'm looking forward to meeting her!

Links!

Accepting Submissions:

Voluted Tales has reopened for submissions. At this time, they are only taking pieces for their main magazine, but will reopen the other three as they go. They are seeking sci-fi and fantasy short stories, as well as some steampunk. You can also submit artwork. Paying market.

Etopia Press, via Bothersome Words, is accepting novel submissions for speculative fiction and romance/erotica (or a combination thereof). Royalty paying market.

Contests:

The Stories Space "Darkness and Light" Story Competition has given their last call, deadline February 27. Cash prizes paid out via Amazon Gift Card or Paypal.

The Fountain Valley School of Colorado is holding their annual Althenaea Poetry Competition. Open to 9-12 graders in the Pikes Peak region.

The Pikes Peak Branch of the National League of American Pen Women (and Yours Truly, the Flash Fiction Chair) is hosting their annual flash fiction contest. Cash prizes. $10 entry fee. Theme: Hidden Amongst These Worlds.

Blog Hops/Fests:

Mark Koopmans will be hosting the Got Green? Blog O'Hop on March 15. More details to come along later.

Carrie Ann's Blog Hops is hosting the Lucky in Love Blog Hop from March 15th to 18th. Talk about your love, your romance and how much you love St. Patrick's Day.

The Ninja's next blog fest has been announced: the Top Ten Movie Countdown Blogfest will take place March 18.

Jamie and Allison are holding the Level Up! BlogFest on February 20. Easy peasy, you just post about a game you play or used to play, and why you enjoy it.

Stephen Tremp, Laura Eno, and Luanne Smith are hosting the National Wormhole Day Blog Hop on March 13 & 14th (Einstein's birthday). If you could go through a wormhole and choose your destination, where would you go and what would you do there?

Anything you'd like to add? Any of these you're particularly interested in? Did you watch the Libba Bray video? If so, what did you think of it?

May you find your Muse.