Month: July 2012

First Ever! Tie In Our Flash Fiction Challenge

There is a first time for everything. This week, there was a tie in the voting for the best entry in the Indies Unlimited Flash Fiction Challenge. Congratulations to Brian Beam and Irina Serban.

The winning entries are accorded a special feature here today and a place in our collection of winners which will be published as an e-book at year end.

Congratulations to Brian and Irina, and thanks to everyone who participated – excellent entries! Now, without further ado, here are the winning entries (in alphabetical order by author last name): Continue reading “First Ever! Tie In Our Flash Fiction Challenge”

One-Star Reviews of the Hundred Greatest Novels, #50-26

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Actually, it ends next week, but this week merely continues the countdown of brutal one-star reviews on The Novel 100: A Ranking of the Greatest Novels All Time (by Daniel S. Burt). We groaned our way from 100 to 76, wept bitter years from 75 to 51, now we’re rounding the bend for the home stretch with numbers 50 to 26.

Once again, these are all real one-star reviews from real readers, culled from a popular reading site. I am not saying I agree or disagree with any or all of them, and I am not doing this solely to elicit gasps or chuckles. My only goal is to remind my fellow scribblers that for every single book ever written, there are readers who feel they are absolute drek. Take solace in that whenever you get a less than stellar review yourself, and know that you will. Unless, of course, you think you are oh so much better than every writer on this list, in which case you are delusional and there is just no helping you. Continue reading “One-Star Reviews of the Hundred Greatest Novels, #50-26”

8th Annual Write a DearReader Contest

Write a DearReader ContestThe 8th Annual Write a DearReader Contest is now accepting submissions of previously unpublished short works on nearly any personal subject.

The deadline is August 12, 2012. Maximum word count is 650 words. Multiple entries per person are acceptable.

Prizes are: Grand Prize – $300; Runner Up – $200; Third Place – $100. In addition to a cash prize, the winning columns will be published in the daily book clubs at DearReader.com, Read-It-First.com and at BookTrib.com.

For more information, please visit their website.

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Indies Unlimited is pleased to provide this contest information for the convenience of our readers. We do not, however, endorse this or any contest/competition. Entrants should always research a competition prior to entering.

Can You Feel The Love?

I want to prepare you for something. You might want to sit down. Are you sitting down? There is going to come, in the very near future, a week where you will be forced to reread some of my older posts. I will be in a delivery room freaking out with a big smile on my face.

Continue reading “Can You Feel The Love?”