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August 23, 2017
Back To School Charity Raffle & Blog Hop! #indieauthorscare
Hi gang! To celebrate the blog hop, I would like to offer a free copy of Showdown, book 1 of the Wyrd West Chronicles, to anyone who buys a ticket at any price, whether it’s $1 or $100. Just post a screenshot of your completed form in the comments (or a link to one) on this post and message me with your contact info, and I’ll see you get the Instafreebie download link! Thanks for supporting this great cause!
Your secret word to work towards completing the hop is EMPTIES.
The next stop on the hop is #5 Michelle Chantler!
Hello, blog hoppers! Welcome to our Back To School Charity Raffle and Blog Hop!
We’ll be hopping this week to support a generous cause! Indie Authors Care and Amanda’s Book Nook For All Audiences is sponsoring this Charity event, and all proceeds will be going directly to The Internation Rescue Committee, specifically the education department!
We’ll be raffling off an 8” Kindle Fire HD, a $50 Amazon gift card, and an ebook library filled with over thirty books! Raffle winners will be drawn September 6th at 3 PM EST.
For a chance to win any of these prizes, all you have to do is purchase at least one raffle ticket. Of course, your odds of winning do go up exponentially with each ticket you purchase!
How to Hop
In addition to the big event raffle, we’ll have a prize for one lucky person who completes the entire blog hop! Make sure that you go to each and every post in order so that you can put together the special phrase hidden in the blog posts! At each stop you will collect one word that is in bold and/or alternate colored lettering to make the final phrase. Once you have the phrase please email it to info@fiction-atlas.com with the subject line “Blog Hop Phrase”
Ticket Prices and Discounts
Good news for you, raffle tickets are being sold at a discount all week long during the blog hop!
During the blog hop, tickets will be $1 each. After the blog hop, tickets will increase to $3 each.
We also have some bulk discounts.
During the blog hop, you may pay $10 and get 11 tickets, $20 and get 22 tickets, or $50 and get 60 tickets.
After the blog hop, you may pay $15 and get 6 tickets, $30 and get 12 tickets, or $60 and get 25 tickets.
What are we hoping to do with these donations?
We are hoping to raise at least $800. There are many ways we can spend this money. Option one is to spend it to purchase school supplies for 40 children. Option 2 is to use the money to send 14 kids to school for a year. Option 3 is to use it for one donation package each which would amount to sending 3 kids to school for a year, one school supply kit, one teddy bear and creativity kit, pay for one new classroom, pay for school clothes for a child, teaching supplies, and a safe environment.
So, you see, we can change the world together and ensure that these students around the world have all the tools they need to get a quality education in a safe environment with qualified teachers.
Tickets will be sold via Google Form to keep accurate records of all transactions.
No purchase necessary to participate, though odds of winning are greater when multiple tickets are purchased. If you would like to submit one free entry, please email info@fiction-atlas.com with the subject “Raffle Mail Entry.”
PURCHASE YOUR TICKET HERE
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSckOn3NFmwxe6sWiKoCAqAPHHawVMlbIaVTLHBos5THUc9Tog/viewform
We hope you’ll click GOING on the event and help us spread the word about this raffle!
Don’t get lost!
Here’s a map to help you find your way through every site on the hop!
Hop #
BLOG
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http://fiction-atlas.com
2
https://www.facebook.com/amandasbooknookMA/
3
https://www.moncriefs.net
4
https://dianemorrison.wordpress.com
5
https://www.facebook.com/missymichellebkrevco/
6
censmarkettawelker.wix.com/thebookreviewchick
7
Facebook.com/bellaemywrites
8
www.DLArmillei.com
9
https://thedreambook.wordpress.com/
10
kaylamatt.wordpress.com
11
www.MelissaEBeckwith.com
12
http://aekirk.com/blog/
13
http://lmpreston.blogspot.com/
14
https://soupmama.wordpress.com/
15
www.heatherbloggs.com
16
http://zarahoffman.com/blog
17
http://www.facebook.com/realbooktalk
18
http://emmygatrell.com
19
https://www.facebook.com/AuthorKLHumphreys/
20
www.shannonnemechek.com/blog
21
https://www.facebook.com/AuthorSiennaGrant
22
www.facebook.com/authorbettyshreffler
23
https://www.facebook.com/AuthorReaganHollow/
24
http://www.tmslay.com/blog
25
https://www.facebook.com/AnitaGrayAuthor/
26
www.christapaige.com/blog
27
http://www.alyssadrakenovels.com
28
http://clcannon.net
Why You Should Post More Cat Memes
First and foremost, because I really enjoy them floating past my social-media feed.
Everything further down from here is pure conjecture.
If you’ve been around on social media, especially if you are a beginning author still building up your fan base, you’re probably wondering how to get noticed. The following are ideas about what might help you.
WAAAAIIIIT. I didn’t get to the point yet, don’t just rush off to post a cat meme.
First, let’s dispense with the obvious. Unless you’re Stephen King, don’t – ever – drop a “buy my book” kind of link. Social media is for social interactions, not for advertising. Just place yourself in the eyes of the person scrolling past your post. Would you stop what you’re doing, click that links, and rush to buy the book? Didn’t think so.
Second is a corollary. Don’t be an asshole. In other words, be nice. Provide value…
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August 22, 2017
Airbus Sets Sights on Space with 3D Printing
The latest development from a collaboration between 3D Systems and Airbus proves that space is the place for 3D printing.
In the redesign of a radio frequency (RF) filter engineers have managed to bypass surface topology concerns and cut the weight of a part by 50%.
The metal component is now the first tested and validated part of its kind for commercial use in telecommunications satellites, used to feed television, phone and internet signals around the world.
Read the full article at 3D Printing Industry.
August 21, 2017
Why a Writing Coach is Your Best Friend
Note that this is not an endorsement of this coach’s services. It’s just that I didn’t know what a writing coach did, and thought you might not either!
People live at the heart of your story.
You may think your book is about you. And it absolutely is. Your unique voice breathes life into a story that only you can tell.
But it’s not JUST about you.
It takes a village of beta readers, critique partners, writing coaches, editors, agents, proofreaders, graphic designers, and publishers to get your book onto a shelf and into the hands of the readers who will connect with your story.
It takes a village of beta readers, critique partners, writing coaches, editors, agents, proofreaders, graphic designers, and publishers to get your book onto a shelf and into the hands of the readers who will connect with your story.
I’ve been sharing with you this month how critical it is for today’s writer to embrace writing in community and abandon the out-dated vision of the solitary writer pecking away at a typewriter (or…
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August 20, 2017
SciFan™ HUGE Summer Sale and Cover Reveal!
You’ll note that work by yours truly is featured in Issues 7 and 8! Get ’em now while the getting is good!
We are SciFan and we’re having a sale with new covers!
First the great news. Issues 1-7 will be discounted or FREE during the following days:
Issue 1: 99 cents (couldn’t make it FREE, we tried!)
Issue 2: FREE from the 19th-23rd
Issue 3: FREE from the 19th-23rd
Issue 4: 99 cents from the 19th-26th
Issue 5: 99 cents from the 19th-26th
Issue 6: FREE from 19th-23rd
Issue 7: 99 cents from 20th-27th
Issue 8: Newly released and only $2.99
Issue 9: Now available for pre-order!
There is NO better time to grab some of those back-issues of SciFan Magazine. Just think, you can get SEVEN issues of SciFan Magazine for under $4.00! Unbeatable!
But wait, there’s more (feeling like an infomercial now)! For just $14.95 Whoops 
August 19, 2017
So You Want to Read . . . Sci-Fi/Fantasy
I don’t entirely agree with their subgenre examples and definitions. If anyone thinks that The Death of Grass or Earth Abides are “Cozy Catastrophes,” then they clearly have not read the books or don’t grasp them at all. Still, it’s a good list of some of the classics of SFF.
By Haley Larson
Science fiction and fantasy have never been straightforward genres. They encompass any number of weird, obscure, and wildly imaginative works of fiction, which is why it feels constraining to have only two categories for all these tales. That’s why we’re drilling down into th12e subgenres: to give you a starting point for venturing beyond the broad definitions of SF/F. These reading guides are by no means exhaustive — if you have suggestions, please add them in the comments! Check back on this page as we continue to dive deeper into the wide, weird world of sci-fi and fantasy subgenres.
Read the full article at Unbound Worlds.
August 18, 2017
August 17, 2017
Lost in Space: Research Rabbit Holes and how to avoid them. Kind of.
The trouble with research is that it’s kind of addictive.
The trouble with Google is that it panders to that addiction.
So you need to find ways to keep more or less on track when you do this.
First of all: write down the exact question you are looking for an answer to. “All about the fourteenth century” is not the best place to start.
If you are world-building from scratch, then at least try making some headings like “Food”, “Architecture – elite”, “Architecture – Peasant”, “Transportation” and so on. Then start with one, and try really hard to follow it through till you feel you have a handle on that section before starting on the next one. Keep some paper and a pen beside you to write down any off-topic stuff that comes up as you do the research – but don’t abandon the original search.
For example: You…
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August 16, 2017
33 Unusual Tips to Becoming a Better Writer
Some good ideas here.
My favourite is “Make people cry. Make them feel the potent moments.”
