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Winter 2025 ~~ Contests and Markets

Where to go and what to research:  Contests and Markets for Any Month Start your year off write. Submit! Here’s a list of over 300 publications seeking poetry, nonfiction, creative nonfiction, and more. You’ll find more than you’re looking for and it might stimulate some new ideas for publishing and collaboration as well as writing.

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Winter 2025 ~~ Marketing

“To market successfully, you’ll have to connect with this readership’s unique aspects.”  ~~Eleanor Hecks 5 Marketing Strategies for YA Authors to Engage Young Readers By Eleanor Hecks Writer Advice EDITOR’S NOTE: If you’re a YA author reading this, I’d be interested in collaborating on publicity. I have 2 books on the market, Talent and Disrupted,

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Winter 2025 ~~ Interview(s)

“Don’t be afraid to follow your gut.” ~~ Katie Garner Justice Achieved Plus an Author’s Twists, Turns, and Tips An interview with Katie Garner Do you ever really know your family or the people you love? Do you ever know how you might respond to a crisis before it happens? I have a page on

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Winter 2025 ~~ Hooked on Books

Editor’s Note: I hope you like the selections we’re sharing here. If you have a book you’d like reviewed or you’d like to write reviews for us (250-350 words please), you can reach us through the contact box on the home page. No guarantees because my TBR stack is always high, but you might have

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Winter 2025 ~~ Writing Advice

“I’ll only say what I love in the writing unless you ask for something else.”  ~~B. Lynn Goodwin January Writing Prompts   Try a personal essay or a poem as you write about one or more of these questions. OR write from the POV of a character you’re working with instead of yourself? OR mix

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Prior Contest Winners–Scintillating Starts 2024

The Contest Winners Are Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Linkedin “The ideal book will entice readers with something new—new characters, new plot, new outcome, a sense of urgency, or even an unexpected look at a familiar topic.”   ~~B. Lynn Goodwin Scintillating Starts with Promise The publishing world is constantly changing. Today’s agents are

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Fall 2024 ~~ Writing Advice

Prompts for October Be a winner. Write a story or scene from the point of view of a jack-o-lantern, skull or any other Halloween decoration.  Make a list of memorable Halloweens you’ve experienced.  Write about an October holiday that is not Halloween. Click the link for an amazing list and note the first item on

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Fall 2024 Hooked on Books

Den of Iniquity Written by J.A. Jance ISBN #: 978-0063252585 William Morrow (September 10, 2024) Unexpected & Engaging Have you ever imagined past and present mysteries colliding? Or imagined the consequences of revenge? Or wondered how an ex-homicide cop turned P.I might do if he goes back in the field? You’ll get to see both

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Fall 2024 ~~ Interview

“When the time is right… re-enter the meditative writer state.”  ~~Beth Castrodale Mysteries Unfolding Gradually It took me a while to get to Beth Castrodale’s The Inhabitants, but once I did, I had trouble putting it down. I was fascinated by the way she moved from grounded reality into the possibility of ghosts. She kept

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Fall 2024 ~~ Marketing

Using Google Ads to Market Your Author Website? Here’s What You Need to Know An article from Forbes highlights that the self-publishing industry has grown exponentially in the past decade. Over the last five years alone, WordsRated found that the number of self-published books has increased by 264%. However, this also means that competition has

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