Hi all,

In the eternal quest for publishing creds, I've sent out a few short stories over the past month or so. My story, the Seven of Swords, got picked up by Jersey Devil Press and is now live.

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Just 7 more days until the first Chapter of An Object in Motion is posted on www.reybooks.com Then every week a new chapter will be posted until the FREE E-Book is released on March 19, 2011! Look for the cover to be posted on Rey Books on Facebook on Saturday Jan 29, 2011!!!!

Remeber, with this E-book short story being…

http://henya-writingismylife.blogspot.com/2011/01/falling-in-love-with-your-fictional.html

An excerpt from a chapter in my book, Black Diamonds.

http://henya-writingismylife.blogspot.com/2011/01/woman-with-jet-black-hair.html

I'll be dropping the FREE ebook short story An Object in Motion on Feb 7, 2011 for all e-readers on my website www.reybooks.com . If you need a FREE Kindle app you can get that on the website as well. This weekend I plan on posting the cover and the first two (2) or three (3) chapters on the website as well. If you check on it I'd love feedback.

If you get a chance…

Over seventy people attended the prize giving ceremony last night of the Wight Fair Writers Circle, Winter Short Story Writing Competition in Newport on the Isle of Wight.

 

I was very honoured to be asked to  give a short talk at this wonderful event and to present the prizes to the adult category of the competition at the Castlehold Baptist Church and new reception rooms in Newport.

I'm very grateful to Wightlink who generously sponsored my ferry trip across to the Isle of…

Would you love to see your short story published in Crimespree? Well, it's a definite possibility if you enter Love Is Murder 2011's short story contest. Jon Jordan, publisher of Crimespree, is committed to printing the winning entry in the February, 2011 issue of his fine magazine, and that could be yours! But hurry! The deadline for entries is September 1, 2010. Contest rules can be found at www.loveismurder.net under "Events".

Good…

The Case of the Death Dealer

Alexander Steele Investigations

(Free!)

Part 1: Pusherman

Private detective Alexander Steele has been around for quite sometime. You may

not have heard of him but that’s about to change. The concept for…

Last Saturday I had the pleasure of presenting certificates to the shortlisted entrants of the Southern Area Young Crime Writers' Competition organised by the Crime Writers' Association of Great Britain and supported by the Library Service. It was so lovely to meet so many young people who enjoy writing and reading and it was an incredibly difficult task choosing a winner. In the end I was forced to choose between two stunning entries.…

We are proud to present the free BookRix writing contest: March 15, 2010 to May 10, 2010

Put forth what you consider to be your best work of fiction, whether it’s a short story, script, adventure, vampire romance, fan fiction or even Manga: All genres are welcome in this contest! The work must be at least 20 BookRix pages long, but…

Story Web Structure to “stay within reason” for the Novel & Short

by Robert W. Walker

When is a story going to get unwieldy and out of your…