By Jade Reyner:
Wow… that’s a weighted question.. and one that I would like to hold my hands up to in shame and admit that yes, I probably am guilty of sabotaging the trade that is self-publishing.
I shall explain.
(click on Jade’s banner to read on)
See, some pals of mine are having a contest on Facebook. It’s a short story contest, and unlike many, it’s free to enter. There are seven genres included, and they are:
Contemporary Fantasy
Horror
Historical
Paranormal Romance
Romance
Young Adult
Mystery
All genres will be judged independently, and the winner of each will receive a $5 Amazon gift card and a bundle of ebooks. An overall winner will be chosen from among these and the grand prized is a Kindle Fire, a huge book bundle, and a banner for your website, designed by the incomparable Danielle DeVor – not to mention, bragging rights to the “Golden Shorts.”
So. The deadline for entry is November 30th. You gotta short in a drawer somewhere, drawing dust? One that’s been bugging you to be written? Now’s the time, bucko. Throw it out there and take your chances…if you have the nerve…
Click on the contest banner (designed by Danielle) to read more, and to enter:
Whether, online or in an actual bookstore the first thing that grabs my attention is the cover. Walking through the aisles of B&N it’s like they are all screaming “Me, me, pick me!” If the artwork is good I will read the synopsis, if not I will pass it up unless I recognize the author or if the title is exceptionally catchy.
Recently I was given a copy of (Click on Paula’s image below to read on)
“I didn’t wait for Luck. I raced after him with a truck.”
I’m that bestselling and award winning author of comedy-mysteries and fun-informative non-fictions with over 2 million readers internationally… currently working the next big stage. Yep! You guessed it! …[Pssst… if you didn’t guess, try looking HERE! …Or smack yourself with one of my books until it dawns on you.]… Hugs for now. You’ll probably need it.
Being serious for a sec, I’m also the first author to win an International CrimeStoppers Award for a children’s series. [YAY!]
Things I LOVE:
When a movie producer calls after reading my books, and my agent has to say ‘get in line!’
Things I Hate:
When TV crews show up with their sexiest, skinniest female reporters… and I’m still trying to find the garden rake for my hair.
NOTE: For all of my M+ Rated works see my Pen-Name A.A. Bell [e.g. author of the multi-award winning Diamond Eyes series about the girl who can see through time.]
WARNING! WARNING!: Anita Bell is my real name and pen-name for over 30 titles since 1990. I write all of my own books so I’m always the sole creator, aside from narrators hired by 4 of my Big 6 publishers for the audio editions, who sometimes appear on Amazon as co-creators. So if ever you see a book with my name as a co-writer, or a self-published book that is not listed on this page, then that’s another writer who began using the same name for publication. Go figure. Somewhere out there must be a cloning machine. Run now. The world wasn’t safe with only one of me!
Pssst: Yes, I also wrote 3 of the Top 10 Bestselling Business Books of the Decade, Downunder 2000+ (Your Mortgage, Your Money, and Your Investment Property, which all have subtitles longer than my arm and a string of other books in that series)
But I’ve never been “CEO” of anything unless you count being boss of my own muses, and even then, I’m usually the one who’s bound, gagged and chained to a keyboard with a gun to my head.
Then again; aren’t we all?
I love to connect with other authors and readers, so please, come by and say hi!
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ThePoetTrees
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AnitaBell.FanPage
Blog: http://bellsballadyblog.blogspot.com.au/2013/03/ode-to-million-dollar-apple-pancake-4.html
Amazon Author page: http://www.amazon.com/Anita-Bell/e/B00CBVAF6A
Author Website: http://www.anitabell.com/home.htm
Having said all that, I’d be thrilled if you’d have a look at my newest book, “Killer Smile”…
A Comedy Romance: When a hapless cartoonist is electrified by a small gift from her mysterious neighbor, she falls into a web of intrigue and wickedly funny events, which leave her teetering on a cliffhanger between Love and Disaster
Excerpt:
Chapter one: Waking from the dead:
[No…not as a zombie or Vampire. Just on a typically bad day for me]
A flash of light made me blink and I heard one of the paramedics say some-thing about my heart beating too slow.
“Great,” I mumbled, trying to grin. It could have been worse. I should have been flat lining.
Sprawled half-naked on my kitchen floor, the first thing that came into focus -aside from the schnoz on the cute medic – was the knife behind him, sticking out of my muffin toaster.”
I hope all of this has made you just a little curious, and that you take the time to go look at “Killer Smile” – and any of my other books, too.
Thanks so much for coming by….talk to you soon!
Anita
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“I didn’t wait for Luck. I raced after him with a truck.”
I’m that bestselling and award winning author of comedy-mysteries and fun-informative non-fictions with over 2 million readers internationally… currently working the next big stage. Yep! You guessed it! …[Pssst… if you didn’t guess, try looking HERE! …Or smack yourself with one of my books until it dawns on you.]… Hugs for now. You’ll probably need it.
Being serious for a sec, I’m also the first author to win an International CrimeStoppers Award for a children’s series. [YAY!]
Things I LOVE:
When a movie producer calls after reading my books, and my agent has to say ‘get in line!’
Things I Hate:
When TV crews show up with their sexiest, skinniest female reporters… and I’m still trying to find the garden rake for my hair.
NOTE: For all of my M+ Rated works see my Pen-Name A.A. Bell [e.g. author of the multi-award winning Diamond Eyes series about the girl who can see through time.]
WARNING! WARNING!: Anita Bell is my real name and pen-name for over 30 titles since 1990. I write all of my own books so I’m always the sole creator, aside from narrators hired by 4 of my Big 6 publishers for the audio editions, who sometimes appear on Amazon as co-creators. So if ever you see a book with my name as a co-writer, or a self-published book that is not listed on this page, then that’s another writer who began using the same name for publication. Go figure. Somewhere out there must be a cloning machine. Run now. The world wasn’t safe with only one of me!
Pssst: Yes, I also wrote 3 of the Top 10 Bestselling Business Books of the Decade, Downunder 2000+ (Your Mortgage, Your Money, and Your Investment Property, which all have subtitles longer than my arm and a string of other books in that series)
But I’ve never been “CEO” of anything unless you count being boss of my own muses, and even then, I’m usually the one who’s bound, gagged and chained to a keyboard with a gun to my head.
Then again; aren’t we all?
I love to connect with other authors and readers, so please, come by and say hi!
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ThePoetTrees
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AnitaBell.FanPage
Blog: http://bellsballadyblog.blogspot.com.au/2013/03/ode-to-million-dollar-apple-pancake-4.html
Amazon Author page: http://www.amazon.com/Anita-Bell/e/B00CBVAF6A
Author Website: http://www.anitabell.com/home.htm
Having said all that, I’d be thrilled if you’d have a look at my newest book, “Killer Smile”…
A Comedy Romance: When a hapless cartoonist is electrified by a small gift from her mysterious neighbor, she falls into a web of intrigue and wickedly funny events, which leave her teetering on a cliffhanger between Love and Disaster
Excerpt:
Chapter one: Waking from the dead:
[No…not as a zombie or Vampire. Just on a typically bad day for me]
A flash of light made me blink and I heard one of the paramedics say some-thing about my heart beating too slow.
“Great,” I mumbled, trying to grin. It could have been worse. I should have been flat lining.
Sprawled half-naked on my kitchen floor, the first thing that came into focus -aside from the schnoz on the cute medic – was the knife behind him, sticking out of my muffin toaster.”
I hope all of this has made you just a little curious, and that you take the time to go look at “Killer Smile” – and any of my other books, too.
Thanks so much for coming by….talk to you soon!
Anita
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