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.

Join me at Sam's for my Piece in the Tree of Life Collaborative Writing Challenge!

Today was my day for the collaborative writing challenge unfolding (blossoming? sprouting?) on Samantha Geary's blog. Set to the music of Audiomachine, Tree of Life: Branching Out is being spun by a different writer each day. How will it end?

Here's my piece! I hope you'll enjoy it and backtrack to read the others. There will be voting on the best pieces from August 10 to August 17 by private message. For more information Tree of Life: Branching Out, you can visit the informative post on Sam's informational page or the A-to-Z Challenge blog.

Bonus: If you comment on the entries, you'll be entered to win a selection of prizes (more information on that at the last two links I posted). The more you comment, the better your chances! Plus, I'm incredibly nervous as to whether I did the story justice, and I would love to hear from you.

This is a great project, and I'd like to thank Sam for thinking of me. What an honor and a delight! Especially as I read my fellow participants' stories, and see what talent has come along with me on this journey.

May you find your Muse.