Shattering the Glass Slipper Writing Competition

A few days ago I had mentioned that I'll be hosting a writing contest, along with Stephanie of Misfit Salon, and I'm excited to announce that the contest is now underway.As you might have guessed from the image, the contest is related to the story of Cinderella and the goal is to re imagine the classic fairy tale in a new way. Perhaps tell the fairy tale from a new perspective, provide a new ending or take some of your favorite themes from Cinderella...

My 2010 Reading Year in Review & Reading Resolutions

I don't usually give too much thought as to which books are my favorite because often it's whatever book I most recently enjoyed. But with book bloggers everywhere putting up their lists of 2010 favorites I decided to give it a try and see if I could manage to pick out my own favorite reads from this past year.Just a note: The books listed are ones that I've read this year but were not necessarily published in 2010Fantasy:Since the majority of the books that I read are fantasy I wasn't surprised to see that most of my favorite books fell into this...

The Passage by Justin Cronin

When Justin Cronin’s eight year old daughter expressed her concerns that his books were not interesting enough, Cronin asked what she thought he should do about it. His daughter responded that he should write a book about a young girl (preferably red-headed) who saves the world.During the next few months father and daughter discussed some ideas for this hypothetical novel until Cronin decided to take the next step and see if this was a story that...

Look out for it...

If you enjoy writing short stories or have always wanted to give it a try, now is your chance.Stephanie, from Misfit Salon, and I will be hosting a really fun writing contest during the month of January.Stephanie has already designed this amazing button (which I am totally in-love with) which will give you a hint about the kind of contest it will be...More details to follow soon...

A Beautiful Story of Holiday Generosity

I discovered The Bloggess a couple of months ago when Jenny Lawson (the Bloggess) had written a post about meeting Neil Gaiman. Since then I have been a regular visitor to this blog due to Jenny's wonderfully hilarious posts that always leave me smiling. But last week Jenny veered away slightly from her regular irreverent style to offer free $30 gift cards to the first twenty people who leave a message on her blog. If you’re struggling for money...

Free ebook from ChiZine- Limited time only

ChiZine Publication has a special holiday gift for fans of dark fiction; a free ebook of your choice!Just email them by noon on December 26th with the title of the book that you want, and they will send it to you. Pretty awesome, no?From their website...A Free eBook of YOUR CHOICE Now that you’ve all unwrapped your shiny new Kindles and Kobos, we wanted to give you a very special present—a free eBook of your choice. Yup, totally free, no strings attached, just-because-we-love-you kind of free. Simply e-mail us at czpmas@gmail.com with a message...