Fancy being the new Bob Dylan?
I'm blogging on Authors Electric today - with news of an exciting competition coming soon.
http://authorselectric.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/anyone-like-to-be-new-bob-dylan.html
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Friday, 26 October 2012
Thursday, 4 October 2012
ALEXA'S SONG is now available on Amazon
It just went live!
Note: It's aimed at adults, and is a love story of a kind between two creative people who are each fighting their own demons.
Watch this space for news of an exciting competition on the theme of the book, coming soon....
See Alexa's Song on Amazon UK
... and on Amazon USA
More soon,
Best wishes,
Ros
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| Cover design by Rob Tysall |
Note: It's aimed at adults, and is a love story of a kind between two creative people who are each fighting their own demons.
Watch this space for news of an exciting competition on the theme of the book, coming soon....
See Alexa's Song on Amazon UK
... and on Amazon USA
More soon,
Best wishes,
Ros
Sunday, 3 June 2012
STOP PRESS: 'Coventry Tales' has won a national prize!
I was delighted to get back from a few days' break yesterday to discover that our Coventry Writers' Group anthology Coventry Tales has achieved FIRST PLACE (hurray!) in the Writing Magazine Writers' Circle Anthology Award! What an achievement and how encouraging for everyone involved.
As regular readers of my blog will know, we brought out this book of short stories, poems, historical accounts and humorous pieces as something of an experiment last November. The contributions were all written as entries in a competition held last summer, and we felt it would be a waste just to let them go. One of our members suggested we self-published as a paperback and an eBook - and as a result of his enthusiasm and expertise (thanks, Mike) - that's exactly what we did.
For some of our members, this was the first time they had seen their work in print. We all had a lot of fun and learned a tremendous amount about what goes into self-publishing a book. I was able to practise my skills as a proofreader and we commissioned a talented local artist who brought the book alive with her wonderful illustrations of Coventry.
From the blurb:
Coventry Tales is the new book inspired by the city and the people of Coventry. Fifteen local authors make up this colourful collection of nineteen short stories and poems, providing insights from Coventry's past and present, narratives that explore the fabric of the city life and what makes it unique, stories that celebrate the life of Coventry and the people who inhabit her.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to step back in time and live in the Coventry of yesteryear? Or yearned to discover the mystic powers of the Coventry Ring? Want to know what Lady Godiva was like to live with, or see the wild zebras of Binley?
Here you will find all these stories and more. Written by some of Coventry's finest writers, Coventry Tales provides a rich and colourful tapestry of stories and insights into our city.
Anyway, congratulations to all involved in the writing and production and publicising of Coventry Tales.
Downloads:
On Amazon UK:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Coventry-Tales-best-known-up-coming/dp/1907670149
On Amazon US:
http://www.amazon.com/Coventry-Tales-best-known-up-coming/dp/1907670149
Wednesday, 4 May 2011
Coventry Tales
Had a wonderful time at my local writers' group last night... the Coventry Writers' Group - see our forum at coventrywritersgroup.myfastforum.org/
We ran our own competition - the idea being that each of us write something (poem, short story, flash fiction) that could be called a Coventry tale. We put our entries (all anonymous) into a pile on the table and volunteers read each piece aloud. We then awarded marks out of ten to each (giving a ten to ourselves to eliminate cheating!) and the mathematical minds among us went away to count the votes.
It was great fun trying to guess who had written which piece. One or two were fairly obvious to me, though no less enjoyable for that. On the whole though, I guessed wrong, and was astonished when the authors were revealed.
And no, we didn't use AV to decide on the winners. I'm not sure quite how the eventual system worked, but everyone seemed happy with the results and, I'm very pleased to say, neither Nick Clegg's nor David Cameron's entries won! And yours truly got third place and a book token and so was very chuffed.
Look out for the book - we're thinking of publishing and marketing it as Coventry Tales.
We ran our own competition - the idea being that each of us write something (poem, short story, flash fiction) that could be called a Coventry tale. We put our entries (all anonymous) into a pile on the table and volunteers read each piece aloud. We then awarded marks out of ten to each (giving a ten to ourselves to eliminate cheating!) and the mathematical minds among us went away to count the votes.
It was great fun trying to guess who had written which piece. One or two were fairly obvious to me, though no less enjoyable for that. On the whole though, I guessed wrong, and was astonished when the authors were revealed.
And no, we didn't use AV to decide on the winners. I'm not sure quite how the eventual system worked, but everyone seemed happy with the results and, I'm very pleased to say, neither Nick Clegg's nor David Cameron's entries won! And yours truly got third place and a book token and so was very chuffed.
Look out for the book - we're thinking of publishing and marketing it as Coventry Tales.
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