Day: December 23, 2017

Special Announcement: Free Fantasy eBooks on Instafreebie

Hello again! I got a tip about a promotion for some free fantasy eBooks on Instafreebie, and I wanted to share the news with my readers. Most excitingly, one of the books involved in the giveaway is Sister of Echo: The Making of a Villain by our very own Ameel Koro!

The promotion began Decemember 22, 2017, and ends January 11, 2018. All you have to do is follow this link to Instafreebie during this time frame and then choose which books you want to download. The list of possibilities is a mile long, and there are no limits to how many you can download so long as you do it before January 11th.

I’ve only read Sister of Echo, but one look at the list tells me that I’ll be wanting to download most of them. (I am a huge fantasy nerd, after all.) Some of the eBooks are only previews, not the entire books, including The Lion Prophecy by Alexander Grant and Wyvernette: Hatchling by Kaye Fairburn. Still, I’m sure you won’t be disappointed if you check those out as well. Most of the covers are also impressively professional, including the new cover for Sister of Echo.


Image retrieved from Instafreebie

If/when I read any of the other books on this list, I’ll let you know and provide a full review of the book(s). If you read any of the books, please let us know in the comments what you think of them and which of the books you would recommend. I’d love to hear what other fantasy lovers–or even non-fantasy fans looking to read more diversely–think about these sorts of novels.

Do you know of any special book giveaways or discounts? Is your own book currently discounted/free or will be in the near future? Drop a line in the comments below or e-mail me at thewritersscrapbin@gmail.com and I will mention the promotion(s) in a future post.

Happy holidays, beloved readers!

 


Designed by Stephanie Hoogstad circa 2011

Novel Writing Contest: James Jones Fellowship Contest


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Happy Saturday, everyone! Sorry for my scarcity again this week. The holidays are hectic and I’ve had quite a bit of work thrown my way (and Bubba has been keeping me up at night). Anyway, today I want to tell you about a special writing competition called the James Jones Fellowship Contest. Given that last month was NaNoWriMo, I figured that this particular contest would interest many of my readers.

I got my copy of the latest Poets & Writers earlier this week. As I was skimming the “Deadlines” section, a brief section on the James Jones Fellowship Contest caught my eye. It’s a contest specifically for novels-in-progress by writers who have not previously published a novel. Needless to say, I was intrigued and decided to go to their website to learn more.

Here are the most important highlights of the contest:

  • Writers who have not previously published a novel and are U.S. citizens are eligible to enter
  • Self-published novels are ineligible for submission
  • Writers may enter if they have published any other type of work, including non-fiction articles and short stories
  • Submission can be done by physical mail or through their online submission form
  • The entry fee is $30 for snail-mail entries and $33 for online entries
  • The submission must include a (maximum) two-page outline or synopsis of the entire book and the first fifty pages of the novel-in-progress
  • Grand prize is $10,000 and an excerpt from the winning novel will be published in Provincetown Arts (July 2019)
  • Two runners up will receive $1,000
  • Deadline is March 15, 2018, at midnight Eastern Standard Time

For more information on the James Jones Fellowship Contest and to enter your novel-in-progress, please refer to their website.

I highly recommend anyone with a novel-in-progress who has not previously published a novel to enter. As far as exposure and financial support goes, the possibilities attached to winning this contest are worth the entry fee. If you try and lose, at least you can take comfort in knowing that you tried. If you don’t even try, you certainly won’t win.

You can see what else Poets & Writers has to offer by visiting the magazine’s website. And for even more contests and publishing opportunities, be sure to snag your free PDF copy of Winter 2018 Guide to Writing Contest, brought to us by The Writer.

Know of any writing contests or publishing opportunities with approaching deadlines? E-mail me at thewritersscrapbin@gmail.com or drop a line in the comments below and I’ll make sure to include the information in a future post.

Happy weekend, everyone, and Merry Christmas to those who celebrate the holiday! To everyone else, Happy Holidays (including a Happy Kwanzaa to my African American readers and a belated Happy Hanukkah to my Jewish readers)!

 


Designed by Stephanie Hoogstad circa 2011