cj Sez: Let’s get to the Other Important Stuff first: Local
or near-local readers and writers, mark your calendars for Saturday, March 21,
and a FREE event: the Mobile Literary
Festival
Tidbits to share
Writers Digest is
hosting its 28th Annual Self-Published Book Awards this year. Whether you’re a professional
writer, a part-time freelancer, or a student, here’s a chance to enter a
competition exclusively for self-published books. If you’re interested, go to https://bit.ly/32WT9gO and don’t
dawdle…the deadline for entries is April 1, 2020, and that’s no joke.
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Kirkus says . . .
If you’re self-published
or published by a small traditional press that has an equally small or no
publicity department, take note. Kirkus posted a piece with tips on how to get
your new book baby a chance at a professional book review. (They say a book
review can be a game changer that can be spun into book sales.) Read more here: http://bit.ly/2Wr5Mwn
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On a personal note:
I attended a local workshop
on Saturday, hosted by The Haunted Books Shop and led by visiting,
international authors Jennifer K. Dick and Lisa Pasold. They discussed the
process of using other authors’ books and visuals as writing prompts. For one
exercise, we opened a random book to a random page, and using the first five or
seven words on the page, put pen to paper to create our own stories. The goal
was to incentivize daily writing to build our own unique voices. Try it...You might like it. I thought the workshop was interesting and worthwhile, and it was free. Great combination. To learn more about Lisa Pasold, her background
and writing credentials, go to https://www.lisapasold.com For more about Jennifer K. Dick, see https://jenniferkdick.blogspot.com/
Sunday, Tuesday, and Friday are auspicious days this
week
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Super Worm Moon: The First Supermoon of the Year
On March 9, you may
(depending on the cloud cover where you live) get to be enthralled by the first
supermoon on the 2020 calendar.
The March full moon
traditionally goes by the name Worm Moon, which refers to the earthworms and
grubs that tend to emerge from their winter dormancy at this time of year,
marking a sure sign of spring!
cj sez: I wonder if
those little invertebrates remembered to turn their internal clocks ahead on
hour. Which brings up the question: Did you remember to Spring Forward and lose an hour of sleep?
That’s it for this week’s post. You-all guys keep on keeping
on and I’ll try to do the same.
cj
Autographed print
copies of my novels CHOOSING CARTER and DEADLY STAR are available at The
Haunted Book Shop. Several of the anthologies in which I have stories,
including the Mobile Writers Guild PIECES anthology series, are also available.
If they’re sold out or don’t happen to have a copy of any book(s), by any
author that you want, they’ll place an order for you.
TO ORDER (and
support an indie bookstore) contact The Haunted Bookshop here: The Haunted Bookshop Angela Trigg, the awesome owner and an
award-winning author in her own right (writing as Angela Quarles) will be happy
to ship you the book(s) of your choice. If you’re in Mobile area, do stop in at
the book store; it’s a neat place to browse.
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