Happy Weekend folks. I thought I’d share a few of my findings from my readings in blogland as well as a few mentions I found of myself while visiting 2 blogs. The first 3 listed are writing contests offered by 3 authors many of us know, or who should get to know and then I have some awards to share with you.
First up is Stevie Turner’s monthly writing contest where you can submit a short story once every month until the end of the year, maybe longer, she’ll have to let us know.
I’ve been struggling to think up a subject for a new novel, and have been letting too many distractions keep me from sitting down at the computer and starting a new book.
However, I decided that with this new category I’d also share my own short stories every month on each main call-to-arms blog, in order to make myself get back in the habit of writing again. Hopefully word about the contest will soon get about, and perhaps even more authors will want to take part. The contest is FREE, and I’ve made a laurel for the winner to add to the end of their story each month. Here’s the first one:
Don’t forget, you’ve got until 25th October to add your link via the blue button below. I’ll choose the winner on 31st October. Continue Reading At Stevie’s blog
Next is Sally Cronin’s blogshare feature – The New Sunday Show – The Bucket List, where you get to be featured on Sally’s blog and share 2 of the most hoped for wishes to fulfill on your bucket list.
The Sunday Show Interview and Promotion.
In this interview series I would love to know what your top TWO items are on your bucket list and if you have not written one yet, then perhaps it is time to get your thinking caps on.
When you have given the matter some thought you can send to me. I have done an example below to give you an idea of the format.
By the end of the series, if we have a lot of guests, (hint, hint) we should be able to compile a pretty comprehensive list of activities with something for everyone. I will pull all the wishes together into our own Ultimate Top Ten Bucket List that might take the place of the the one I have featured. Read more at Sally’s blog.
Next up is contest #2 open at Charli Mills’ Carrot Ranch Rodeo Contest. Geoff Le Pard is running this fun short story entry laughing contest. The deadline for entry has been extended til Sunday night just before midnight so there’s still time!
Little and Laugh is your chance to raise a grin, trigger a giggle, release a chuckle, generate a guffaw, give life to a groan. Tell us a story – it can be true, it might be a BOTS (based on a true story) or it might be complete fiction – and see if what makes you smile, what releases your funny does that for the judges. After all being funny is no laughing matter.
Submission information
You have 299 words, give or take 9 (ok, that means you’ll still be in the competition if you come in above 289 and below 309) to make us chortle. You need a title and, best of all, the title doesn’t count. Though a title that is similar to ‘This is a story of a Knight Errant and his lonely Pooch, Puddle who undertook a quest to better themselves when the world was young and Nutmeg still known as Crazy Megan…’ is not to be encouraged. Continue reading for more instruction
And now for a few mentions!
I was delighted to come across friend and author’s blog, Plain and Fancy Girl, Marian Beaman, as she writes about her dilemmas about completing her memoir. Memoir is a tricky genre and as writers we all seem to have our own strategies for putting our plots and arcs together. Marian is showing us how she’s managing that process and I was delighted to see she shared a link about 2 posts I shared on the topic as well as one of my quotes.
Writing memoir is like drawing a self portrait while looking in the mirror. Sort of. Don’t be surprised if your picture turns out backwards. Which may not be such a bad thing!
And so I began . . .
Two and one-half years ago after taking an online memoir-writing course, I constructed a timeline of my memoir, using neon-colored stickies unfolding in scenes. Continue Reading . . .
And now for my last mention, I was thrilled to be nominated and chosen by Mr. MN – The Militant Negro Blog and offered 4 lovely blogging awards. Yes there are rules that come with awards, but as many of you know, I love to break rules and share my awards with all of you, so please feel free to copy any or all of these beautiful awards for your own blogs because, if you are my readers, you are all welcomed and deserving. 🙂
Mr. MN Says:
I stopped being involved in awards for this blog of mine 5 years ago because I never followed the rules properly. I’m too old to start doing things properly now days so I’;m gonna break these award rules beyond repair.
LET ME BE PERFECTLY CLEAR, IF YOUR NAME IS BELOW, YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED BY ME TO DO A THING…..BUT ENJOY YOUR AWARDS. NO RULES APPLY TO ANYONE ON THIS LIST. As you can see, I broke the rules!!!
The Rules:
- Give 11 questions.
- Tag 11 people.
- Answer the 11 questions given to you.
- Don’t forget to thank the person who nominated/ tagged you.
I’ll start my award rules breaking party by not answering any questions about me but by directing you to two recent blog post about me…… Continue reading
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Congrats on the awards, Deb 🙂 Mr. MN is a guy after my own heart. I love breaking rules! Glad you mentioned these posts, because I missed them while I was gone. And I’m bowled over by the amount of time it must have taken to put this together. Thanks so much, girlfriend ?
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Thanks bunches T. Lol, yay to us the rule breakers! But glad you caught some goodies here that you may have missed. The beauty of sharing the word! ❤ xx
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Welcome bunches, my cohort in crime 🙂 ❤
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❤ 🙂 🙂
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Debby, Wow! Congratulations on all your lovely awards and thank you so much for your fantastic gesture to us all!! Very much appreciated! ?❤️Rules?! I’m sure they’re meant to be broken…it’s always fun to make up your own!
A wonderful eclectic mix of posts for us to savour today and I’m off to have a look around – thank you for collating and sharing. Have a great weekend! ??
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Hi Annika! Thanks so much for dropping by. I’m glad you’re going to have a peek around. These little mini writing contests are so much fun. Hope you find something that interests you. Thank you, and have a beautiful weekend too my friend. 🙂 ❤ ?
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BTW, Debby, it might just be my computer (after a week of IT problems!!) but the last two links to in your final sentence don’t link to you??
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Annika, are you referring to the paragraph above the awards? If so, that’s a reblog portion from The Militant Negro’s blog, lol. But in case that wasn’t clear, I clarified. 🙂 xxx Thank you my friend for your eagle eye on patrol! ❤
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Debby, you are the most energetic writer I know, echoing Tina’s observation about the effort you put into this post. By the way, thanks to Tina for clicking on my link and commenting. That makes you generous about sharing too. What a community you have built here. I’m honored to be part of it. 🙂
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OH thanks Marian, for the lovely comments. That’s the beauty of sharing because we get to introduce others. I should think you’ll have a few more readers trail through in the next few days as the blog circulates. 🙂 Glad to have you part of the community. 🙂 x
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What a busy day! Oh my. I stopped participating in the awards cycles for the same reason MN did–I never followed the rules. I will say, I love reading other bloggers’ entries because I usually find out lots of interesting stuff.
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Me too Jacqui, I enjoy getting to know fellow bloggers that way. And I always offer to share awards too for the same reasons. 🙂
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Congrats on your awards Debby. Great pick of the posts. I’m joining in the humour Carrot Ranch flash fiction challenge which is not my usual genre but good to step out of my comfort zone and try something new!
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Yay, that’s great Marje. I look forward to reading it. I still want to hop on, so I hope to get something in later. I joined in Norah’s first one. So much fun! 😉 xx
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Yes indeed! Xxx
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Thanks for the mention Debby… holding your space for you…. hugs ♥
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Thanks Sal. It’s on my whiteboard that is growing like my TBR LOL. I”ll get there. But it gives me a good idea that perhaps #1 on my list should be ‘time’. 🙂 xxxx
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I’m always amazed at the challenges and level of experience people have with writing! Loved the photo of Mariam plotting her memoir!
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Thanks Ter. Yes, it’s an all too familiar process. 🙂 x
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A brilliant post, Debby. A few new bloggers to me here and some interesting competitions.
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Great Robbie. Glad I could introduce you to a few new things here. 🙂
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Thanks for sharing the Rodeo! It’s shaping up to be a fun ride!
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Of course Charli! I’m so sorry I missed getting into Geoff’s, just no time. 🙂
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Looks like a lot of fun! 🙂
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I have a lot of catching up to do. Thanks for making the job that much easier, and congrats on the awards from MN – a great list of bloggers. 🙂
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Thanks Diana. Always glad to share the goodies I come across – something for everyone. 🙂 x
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Hi Debby,
This is an interesting collection of posts; some of which I knew, some I didn’t. Congratulations on the mentions and the awards. You have much to teach others about memoir writing. It’s great to see your lessons being shared with others.
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Thanks so much Norah. I was thrilled to find myself mentioned by a fellow memoir writer. I’m so glad to know my words resonate with others. 🙂
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There is pleasure in that. Now, bring on the sales. 🙂
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Amen! 🙂
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🙂
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Congratulations on the awards, Debby! Mr MN rocks ~ He’s so caring and generous 🙂 I’m loving this grouping of contests and mentions. The blogging community is amazing ❤
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Thanks Christy. And I’m with you, this is such an awesome community of people who ‘get’ each other. 🙂 xx
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Great compilation, Debby. I hope to catch up on all your posts and the ones you linked to soon. Congrats on the awards!
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Thanks Liesbet. 🙂
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