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Final Poem, Blog Schedule/Survey, Newsletters
Read More: Final Poem, Blog Schedule/Survey, NewslettersIt’s the last day of April, and also the last day of National Poetry Month! I have to admit, I didn’t read a poem this week. The weather was nice, the sun beckoned, and much yard work (and a little inside cleaning) ensued. But poetry isn’t something that needs to be relegated to one month…
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Moths, Stones, & Writing Prompt Deadline
Read More: Moths, Stones, & Writing Prompt DeadlineIn case you missed it, the latest by Alex Westhaven, The Dry Rain, is out and available now in digital format! You’ll find links and a long excerpt over on the book page – and because yours truly had a very busy weekend, the story is just 99 cents for one more day. Around 11pm…
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Release Week, Excerpt, and February Writing Prompts
Read More: Release Week, Excerpt, and February Writing PromptsIt’s release week! This Friday (Feb. 23rd), The Dry Rain by Alex Westhaven will finally be available in digital format. The print version may take a little longer, but it’s coming soon as well. Here’s the blurb: The earth has a bug problem – one large enough to potentially threaten humanity. But in the small…
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The Heart and the Triangle, and Writing Prompts
Read More: The Heart and the Triangle, and Writing PromptsWednesday is Valentine’s Day, in case you missed the swath of pink, white and read hearts all over the place lately. I was thinking about love triangles the other day, and how there always seems to be one, even if one or two of the people in the triangle are unaware of the other’s feelings.…
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The Art of Covers & Submission Deadline Weds.
Read More: The Art of Covers & Submission Deadline Weds.How much impact does a book’s cover have when you’re browsing the shelves (physical or digital) for something to read? We’ve all heard the old adage to “never judge a book by its cover”, and yet, we all do, even if it’s merely a subconscious note in the back of our mind. I was thinking…
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Coming Soon – Insects and Adventure
Read More: Coming Soon – Insects and AdventureAre you ready for some new reading material? We’re ready to help you out with that! We have two new books coming out in the next two months – The Dry Rain is an Insecticide novella by Alex Westhaven, and The Time Stone is the first book in a debut young reader series called The…
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Free for Halloween, NaNoWriMo, & Weekly Writing Prompts
Read More: Free for Halloween, NaNoWriMo, & Weekly Writing PromptsBSB News Happy Halloween! Yes, the post is a day late this week, but it’s Halloween, and it seemed like a good day to give away a free book! So, if you click on one of the links below, you can download a copy of Jack by Alex Westhaven completely free. A little something to…
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Excerpt: Lettuce Prey by Alex Westhaven
Read More: Excerpt: Lettuce Prey by Alex WesthavenLettuce Prey by Alex Westhaven He was feeding the bitch cake. Off his own fork. Bastard. Abby Mars peered through the small portal window in the swinging door that separated the kitchen from the dining room. Her ears burned with anger as she watched her boyfriend with another woman. Not just any woman, but a…
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News, Spoilers, & Weekly Writing Prompts
Read More: News, Spoilers, & Weekly Writing PromptsBSB News We posted one poem for the prompts last week – a fun little eclipse-centered piece called The Warning by Alex Westhaven. Did you read it? If not, catch it at the link below: Prompted Poetry: The Warning Want to join the fun next week? Scroll down, grab a prompt and write a story or…
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Dream Big
Prompt word of the week: Dream. Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and I was thinking about how his “I Have a Dream” speech is very popular, but I don’t think I’ve ever read one of his books. So I looked up a few of his titles, and these three stood out to…
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Happy New Year!
Prompt word of the week: “Cheese” You may have noticed some changes here and there to the site (small, but the product catalog is now much improved aesthetically), and we’ve been doing a lot of work in the background, not just to this site, but to our author sites as well. The beginning of a…
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