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Week 11 Flash Fiction Contest Voting

Vote!The time has arrived for IU readers to begin voting in this week’s Flash Fiction Competition. On behalf of the IU staff, I want to thank all the entrants for doing such a great job with the writing prompt and the merciless constraints of the exercise.

This week, there are ten entries from which to choose. You may review the entries here. Please spread the word and encourage your friends to vote by using the share buttons at the bottom of the post!

The poll will be open until 5:00 PM MST Thursday

Select the entrant with the best story for the IU writing exercise competition, "The Last Season."

  • 3. Shiri Sondheimer (39%, 38 Votes)
  • 7. Dianna Stover (23%, 22 Votes)
  • 5. K. Zeth Ozbirn (18%, 17 Votes)
  • 9. Genora Powell (10%, 10 Votes)
  • 8. Terveen Gill (5%, 5 Votes)
  • 2. Yvonne Hertzberger (3%, 3 Votes)
  • 4. RG Bud Phelps (1%, 1 Votes)
  • 10. A. L. Kaplan (1%, 1 Votes)
  • 1. Robert H. Cherny (0%, 0 Votes)
  • 6. Elisavietta Ritchie (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 97

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Video Trailer: Julieanne Lynch’s Walking with Shadows

Author Julieanne Lynch shares the trailer for her Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy/Young Adult novel, Walking with Shadows:


Walking with Shadows is available through Amazon.com, Amazon UK, and Barnes & Noble.

Other Influences on Authorial Style – by Joe T Velikovsky

Stephen Hise posted a really great question here about The Influence of Personality on Authorial Style  – and it really got me thinking. I’m paraphrasing now, but Stephen’s (excellent) point was, as an Author – can you put your attitude towards the world into your Storyworld? (i.e. Optimist, Pessimist, Skeptic, Cynic or Realist/Pragmatist…)

It’s an excellent point! And – in my humble opinion, probably the most important thing about `Voice’ as a writer. But – I also think – it’s incredibly difficult to do—not in the execution but in the publishing.

Allow me to unpack that idea: Continue reading “Other Influences on Authorial Style – by Joe T Velikovsky”

Books without Borders – Yonkers

Books Without Borders is a literary event which will be held on the Yonkers Waterfront on June 9th 2012.

Booksellers, Authors, Agents, Publishers, and Designers are all invited. Authors and Booksellers will be selling books. There will be workshops, seminars and panel discussions throughout the day. It is a place for authors and booksellers to promote themselves and their books. This is the event for new authors trying to get noticed by mainstream publishers and agents.

Books Without Borders is being organized by the City of Yonkers, the Yonkers BID, the Yonkers Library System, The Westchester Guardian and Yonkers Tribune newspapers, WGRN Radio and Dennis Sheehan of The Writers Collection.

The event will encompass the area from the Riverfront Library two blocks to and including Ella Fitzgerald Park. There will be live music at several locations within the event boundaries. Local restaurants are participating and hosting signings for featured authors. For more information, please visit the event posting on Goodreads.

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