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CASH PRIZES $$$ for HOLIDAY 560 words MAX – WRITING CONTEST with TELLABLES on Amazon’s Alexa

Here is a chance to win some HOLIDAY cashola! Submit your 560-word story to Tellables Writing Contest and have a chance at getting your story broadcasted on Alexa!

Elements of Successful Fiction to Keep Your Novel Writing Schedule on Track or NaNoWriMo Prompts from Jessica Morrell and Kiffer Brown-Writer’s Toolbox Series The Writing Toolbox

VETERANS DAY – Honoring All Who Have Served – Books For, By, and Honoring Veterans

How to Write Your First Draft in Four Weeks — by Award Winning Author Michelle Rene – NaNoWriMo Season

Tellables Voice Driven Stories Selects 4 Chanticleerian Authors for Spooky Halloween Micro-stories

Prepping to Write – Plotting, Inciting Incidents, Atmosphere, Characters – Brainstorming Tips for the NaNoWriMo Season – Chanticleer’s Writer’s Toolbox Series

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GLOBAL Chillers, Killers, High-Stakes Thrillers – We want them all! Welcome to the November SPOTLIGHT on Global Thrillers Awards

The clock is ticking! We want your chillers, your killers, your keep us up all night thrillers! The November 30th deadline approaches... are you going to save the world, or what?

The 2019 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards for Middle-Grade Readers – The Short List

The ROSSETTI Book Awards for YA FICTION SHORTLIST for the 2019 CIBAs

The CLUE Book Awards for Suspense & Thriller Fiction – the Long List for the 2019 CIBAs

OCTOBER is PARANORMAL TIME for ALL things that go BUMP in the night!

The Semi-Finalists Announcement for the M&M Book Awards for MYSTERIES – a division of the 2019 CIBAs

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The much-anticipated second installment of the Shadow Sword Series that delivers Epic Fantasy like none other. A treat for all who love their fantasy novels thick and multi-faceted. Highly recommended.

VANOPS: The LOST POWER by Avanti Centrae – Crime Mystery, High-Stakes Thriller, International Thriller & Suspense

A HOME on the SOUTH FORK – An Early History of ACME – A Northwest Washington Community by Margaret A. Hellyer – Pacific Northwest History, Narrative Non-Fiction, Small Town Histories

HILLBILLIES to HEROES: Journey from the Black Hills of Tennessee to the Battlefields of World War II – The Memoir of James Quinton Kelley by S.L. Kelley – World War II Biography, American Heroes, World War II History

RIDE the UNIVERSE by Mark Rues – Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Philosophy, Magic Realism

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GLOBAL Chillers, Killers, High-Stakes Thrillers – We want them all! Welcome to the November SPOTLIGHT on Global Thrillers Awards

The clock is ticking! We want your chillers, your killers, your keep us up all night thrillers! The November 30th deadline approaches... are you going to save the world, or what?

10 Question Interview with Multi-Award-Winning Author, MICHELLE RENE – Book Discovery, AuthorLife, Book Marketing

10 Question Author Interview with PAULA BUTTERFIELD – Women Artists, Author Interview, Book Discovery, Film, Books

10 Questions with ELANA MUGDAN – Marketing, Writing, Fantasy Books, Dragons, Author Interview

10 QUESTION INTERVIEW WITH MULTI-AWARD WINNING AUTHOR JANET OAKLEY – Author Interview, Historical Fiction, Award-Winner

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Sean Curley – Computer Scientist, Technical Executive, Humanist, and Author

Blockchain and publishing were right up there with audiobooks for buzz-worthiness. It is looming on the radar and is touted to be the next big thing in the INDIE publishing industry. We are fortunate to have Sean Curley decipher the techno talk for us.