eBook Deals Nov 22 – Nov 28

thanksgiving thrifty thursday free and bargain eBooksBlack Friday, Cyber Monday – we’ve got the deals here! Fill that reader with free and 99 cent eBooks! We have plenty here on Thrifty Thursday.

Readers: look in the comment section below. If you see one you like, click over and buy it. How easy is that? (If you don’t see the book covers, adjust your browser’s adblock settings.) Continue reading “eBook Deals Nov 22 – Nov 28”

Which “Olmsted Point” Flash Fiction Story Gets Your Vote?

Vote5It’s that time again…time to choose your favorite flash fiction story of the week! It’s all up to you now – only one can win Flash Fiction Readers’ Choice Champion honors. It’s super easy – choose your favorite and cast your vote below.

Check out this week’s entries here. Make your decision, then use those share buttons at the bottom of the post to spread the word. Attention Authors: It is okay if you ask people to vote for you!

Voting polls close Thursday at 5 PM Pacific time. If the poll doesn’t close on time, any votes received after 5 pm will be removed.

REMINDER – entries over the 250 limit are disqualified.

Which "Olmsted Point" Flash Fiction Story Gets Your Vote?

  • Tamara McLanahan (40%, 6 Votes)
  • Judith Garcia (20%, 3 Votes)
  • John Leake (13%, 2 Votes)
  • Lou Silvestri (13%, 2 Votes)
  • Mary Kay Bonfante (13%, 2 Votes)
  • Rachelle Cory (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Ed Cooke (0%, 0 Votes)
  • JB Wocoski (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Lexi Storm (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 15

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NOTE: Entrants whose submissions exceed the 250 word limit will be disqualified even if they win. ONE VOTE PER PERSON, please. Duplicate votes will be deleted. The results displayed above are unofficial until verified by administration.

November 2018 Writing Exercise: Pernicious

writing exercise stretching-498256_960_720Our overworked administrator is getting a well-deserved break today, so we figured you all might like to take this time to exercise your writing chops.

Therefore, here’s a writing prompt for you; do as you wish – short story, flash fiction, poem, what have you. There is no deadline or word count restriction. Just write. (Comments are closed – write on your own.)

This week’s word: PERNICIOUS

Use it however you’d like: as the title, in a sentence, or as inspiration. Ready, set, write!

Write a Best-Selling Book in Just 3 Days!

Have you seen these ads? Had your eye caught by that promise of easy-peasy success and wealth? I’m assuming (*cough*cough*) that most of you would know from the get-go that this is the bait for a complete scam, but just in case it tickles your palm and sends your brain into financial what-ifs, here’s the lowdown.

You used to see these ads in the backs of magazines (does anyone read paper magazines anymore?), but now you’ll see them as pop-ups on questionable sites or as books on Amazon. If you search on Amazon for any kind of writing advice, you’re bound to see a few of these come up as suggestions.

I looked at one recently called Continue reading “Write a Best-Selling Book in Just 3 Days!”