Author P.K. Harrington contacted Indies Unlimited about the release of her new book, 2012 Armageddon: Unholy Alliance. This new title was released in November 2011 in Kindle and December 2011 in paperback. She says, “This is my first and possibly only fiction title. It is available through Amazon, Barnes & Noble Nook and Smashwords.” Continue reading “PK Harrington Announces the Release of Her First Fiction Title, “2012 Armageddon:Unholy Alliance””
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Find the resonance in your characters – Thea Atkinson
I hate running. I really do. Some runners anticipate a good run with eager legs. Not me. I hate every step, each landing of foot on the pavement, every breath I drag in and expel in quick, uncoordinated bursts.
I’m not a good runner either, but two years ago something happened that sent me out into a frigid March morning in Nova Scotia, wearing cheap sneakers and raggedy sweatpants.
My husband had his first real and frightening MS event then. You need to understand: the 23 years I’ve known this man, he’s been a hearty and hale, strapping, no-holds-barred, forearms-like-Popeye’s fisherman. In Nova Scotia, no less — that means he fishes for lobster in the dead of winter. Think Deadliest Catch on a smaller scale but no less dangerous. Continue reading “Find the resonance in your characters – Thea Atkinson”
Southwestern Law School’s Legal Fiction Contest
Southwestern Law School is accepting submissions of original short works of fiction, and winning entries will be published in a future issue of the Journal of Legal Education.
The contest is open to lawyers and non-lawyers, academics and non-academics – anyone setting a fictitious story in a legal setting (law school, law firm, courtroom, legislature, judge’s chambers, etc.) or focusing on a law-related character (lawyer, law professor, judicial clerk, etc.). All submissions must be original and previously unpublished works of short fiction related to law school or the practice of law. Submissions must be no more than 5,000 words (approximately 20 double-spaced pages).
There is no entry fee and no monetary prize; the winning stories will be published in the Journal of Legal Education: The Fiction Issue in early 2013. Additionally, the winning entries and ten runner-up entries will be posted on the JLE website. Authors will retain copyright ownership.
Submissions must be received by 6:00 p.m., Pacific Daylight Time, Thursday, March 15, 2012.
For more information, go to http://www.swlaw.edu/jleweb/fictioncontestrules
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Kingston University London’s Short Biography Competition
Kingston University in London is pleased to announce a new competition for short innovative biographical writing designed to lead to publication by Kingston University Press Ltd.
Closing Date: Post-marked by midnight Friday 10 February 2012
Entry Fee: £20 per item
Each entry to be a maximum 35,000 words (judges will favour those under 30,000 words)
You may submit multiple entries, provided the £20 entry fee is paid for each
The author of winning manuscript or manuscripts will be published by Kingston University Press *
For more information, please visit their website.
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