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Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Readers' Choice Award - Killer Nashville

Vote for ones you've read.
Panzer made a stop at the Killer Nashville conference site and discovered the voting has started for the Readers' Choice Award.
There are 287 books listed as entries for your voting. You are allowed to vote for up to ten of your favorite books. To make your voting easier the list is in alphabetic order by author. Voting closes July 25. You don't have to attend the conference to vote. Just go to the site.
  Panzer says, "You can tell your friends to come and vote too."
 Note: With a list of 287 books this is a very, very long post. Bring whatever you want to eat and drink while you decide who to vote for.
 For information and to cast your vote tootle over to Killer Nashville Readers Choice Award

How Scammers Are Using Amazon and Amazon Trademarks to Rip Writers Off - Writer Beware(R)

Prepare yourself now.
Today Panzer made a stop at the Writer Beware(R) site. There he found a post about Amazon scammers and fakers.
 Victoria Strauss' post begins with examples of scammers who bought advertising space on Google searches. The rest of the post gives examples of how the fakers and scammers trick writers and authors into believing they're part of Amazon.
 Panzer says, "You must read this post. It will keep you from getting involved with these scammers and save you time and money."
 Note: This is a long post. Bring a cup of tea and a muffin for today's reading selection. To read the post tootle over to Scammers

A Monday Panzerism

 Panzer on unintended consequences:
It's a thin line between cute and chaos.
Cute is ....when the kitty swats at the reflection of a fly in the mirror.
Chaos is ...
when the kitty chases the fly ...
It's the fly's fault. He made me do it.*

and ...
dives head first into the mirror ...
and ... the whole thing comes crashing down.



*From Cat Wisdom for humans

Free Something Is Going To Happen post: Into The Weave (by Jennifer Black)

It's an interesting post.
Panzer was tootling around in the Catosphere when he made a stop at Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine's blog Something Is Going To Happen. There he found a post by writer Jennifer Black.
The post Into The Weave compares the writing of fiction to the weaving of yarn and spider webs.
Note: This is a medium length post. Bring a cup of iced tea and a chocolate chip cookie (biscuit) for your snack.
To read the post tootle over to Jennifer Black

Your Free Sunday Jigsaw Puzzle: What's your name?

HintHere's your Sunday jigsaw puzzle.
As always remember at the puzzle site to click the square in the lower left corner to see the finished puzzle.
Have fun!
To do the puzzle tootle over to What's your name?  

Free Film Noir Mystery Movie: Somewhere In The Night

Save me some popcorn.
Here's Panzer's Saturday night movie for you. The movie Somewhere In The Night is from the Classic Masterpieces movie channel on YouTube. It's 1 hour 48 minutes long.
Enjoy!

To watch the movie tootle over to Film Noir

Free Mystery Audiobook: The Sittaford Mystery

  I love Agatha Christie mysteries.
For those of you who like mystery audiobooks Panzer found one for you.
The audiobook The Sittaford Mystery is written by Agatha Christie and narrated by Hugh Fraser. It's 6 hours 40 minutes long.
You know the drill: It's free for your listening.
Have fun.
To listen to the audiobook tootle over to Agatha Christie

Free Clean Romance Audiobook: Show Me A Stand-in Husband

The weekend starts now.
Panzer wants to start your Saturday entertainment with an audiobook romance he found on YouTube.
 The audiobook  Show Me A Stand-in Husband is written by Alexa Verde.. It's 6 hours 25 minutes long. As always it's free for your listening. Enjoy!
To listen to the audiobook tootle over to Alexa Verde audiobook

Free Mystery Audio Short Story: The Case of the Missing Will by Agatha Christie

You've enough to keep busy now.
For those of you who prefer short classic mystery, Panzer found a Poirot Investigates short story episode at The Classic Tales Podcast on YouTube.
The audio short story The Case of the Missing Will is written by Agatha Christie. It's narrated by BJ Harrison and is 25 minutes long.
As with all Panzer's treasure finds it's free for your listening.
Enjoy!
To listen to the podcast episode tootle over to Poirot Investigates

67 Writing Contests in July 2023 - No entry fees - Publishing ... and Other Forms of Insanity

What else can I find for you?
Our fastidious kitty boy Panzer was cleaning the inside of the Panzermobile, when he noticed something wedged under the pilot seat cushion. Pulling it out, he discovered it was a post from the Publishing ... and Other Forms of Insanity site about writing contests.
Erica Verrillo's post lists 67 free to enter writing contests. There are fiction, nonfiction and poetry contests. Be sure to read the submission rules before submitting.
Panzer says, "Sorry this is late, but most of the contests are still open for submissions."
  Note: This is a long post. You'll need to decide what to bring to eat while you read.
 To read the post tootle over to Writing Contests