Adventures in writing for an anthology plus #Giveaways! (Act Fast! Ending 11/27)

I am so tremendously PROUD to be part of this anthology. I was approached by the fantastic Debbie McGowan earlier this year and asked to submit to the (then unnamed) anthology. I can't tell you what that meant to me...to have someone reach out to me and ask me to sub. That had never happened before, and I was honored. Our theme was stories of hope and I took an old Christmas story I had written years ago and completely re-wrote it, infusing it with all my love and hope and excitement.
Proceeds from the sale of the anthology are going to the Trevor project--which is absolutely fantastic charity. I hope you'll take the time to check out my little story and read more about our anthology (now named) Boughs of Evergreen!
Make sure you check out the Goodreads Giveaways in this post~~~
Authors: S.H. Allan, Larry Benjamin, Rick Bettencourt, L.L. Bucknor, K.C. Faelan, Hunter Frost, Ofelia Gränd, Kathleen Hayes, Hans M Hirschi, Laura Susan Johnson, Terry Kerr, Amelia Mann, Debbie McGowan, Shayla Mist, Raine O'Tierney, Ava Penn, Jonathan Penn, Amy Spector, L.M. Steel, Al Stewart and Claire Davis, J P Walker, Matthias Williamson, Alexis Woods
Language: EnglishPublished: 21st November, 2014Publisher: Beaten Track PublishingISBN: Vol 01: 9781909192898; Vol 02: 9781909192911No. of  pages: Volume 1 - 402: Volume 2: 396Category: Fiction Genre: Young Adult Fiction, LGBT, History, Romance, Fantasy, Women's Fiction, Short Stories, Humour, Contemporary Fiction, Holidays and Celebrations
Boughs of Evergreen is a two-volume collection of short stories celebrating the holiday season in all its diversity. Penned by authors from the UK, the USA, Scandinavia and Eastern Europe, these are tales of the young and the not-so-young from many different walks of life.

Themes of family, friendship and romance take readers on a journey through some of the major holidays, both past and present, including Thanksgiving, Advent, St. Lucia Day, Hanukkah, Eid, Saturnalia, Winter Solstice, Yule, Christmas and New Year. In each we find at the very least hope, and often love, peace and happiness.

Each story will also be published individually as ebooks on 1st December, 2014.

Proceeds from sales of this anthology will be donated to The Trevor Project. The Trevor Project is the leading national organization [USA] providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) young people ages 13-24.
For more information, visit: www.thetrevorproject.org.


THE STORIES: (links go to samples and author biographies)
Volume One"A Friend for Christmas" - JP Walker
"A Midnight Clear" - Debbie McGowan
"From All of Us to All of You" - Ofelia Gränd
"Homme for the Holidays" - Jonathan Penn
"Kiss Me At Kwanzaa" - LL Bucknor
"Lion's Hero" - Alexis Woods
"One Nightstand" - Rick Bettencourt
"Shiny Things" - Amy Spector
"The Bard and his Boyfriend" - Kathleen Hayes
"The Christmas Present" - Larry Benjamin
"The Invasion of Tork" - Al Stewart and Claire Davis
"X-Mas Cake: A Modern Fairytale" - Raine O'Tierney
Volume Two

"A Christmas Tale" - Hans M Hirschi
"A Family Christmas" - Terry Kerr
"A Good Word" - L.M. Steel
"A Little Christmas Magic" - K.C. Faelan
"Always Have, Always Will" - Amelia Mann
"An Angel in Eyeliner" - Hunter Frost
"Boyfriend Goes Home" - Laura Susan Johnson
"Christmas Commitment" - Shayla Mist
"Coming in from the Cold" - Ava Penn
"Holidays with Drum and Bell!" - Matthias Williamson
"Te Amo, You Mushrooms" - S.H. Allan

Cover Design by Tami Veldura (http://coverthepages.blogspot.com), protected under a creative commons Attribution, Non Commercial, No Derivatives license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

Goodreads Book Giveaway Boughs of Evergreen by Larry Benjamin Giveaway ends November 27, 2014.
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