WordCrafter News: Special Christmas Edition – Looking Forward to 2024 & Early Call For Submissions
Posted: December 25, 2023 Filed under: Anthology, Books, Call for submissions, Children's Books, Dark Fantasy, Dark fiction, Dark Humor, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Holidays, Horror, Kickstarter, Paranormal, Science Fiction, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Stories, Uncategorized, Western, Women's Fiction, WordCrafter, WordCrafter News, WordCrafter Press, Writing, Writing to be Read | Tags: 2024, Anthology, Call for submissions, Charlie Chickadee Finds a NEw Home, D.I.Y. Author, Dark fiction, Heather Hummingbird Makes a NEw Friend, My Backyard Friends series, Poetry Treassures 4: Natural World, Sarah, Tales from the Hanging Tree, Timothy Turtle Discovers JEllybeans, Women in the West adventure series, WordCrafter Press, WordCrafter Quality Writing & Author Services, Write it Right Quality Editing Services, Writing Reference, Writing to be Read 16 Comments
Looking Forward to 2024
WordCrafter Press
2024 promises to be exciting at WordCrafter Press and I am thrilled to tell you about it.
In January, book 2 of the Women in the West series, Sarah launches on Kickstarter and its going to be a good one. Rewards will include not only early digital and signed print copies of Sarah, but Special Edition Illustrated copies of both Sarah and Delilah, never before offered.
In March, Sarah will be released through distributors, and will be available at your favorite online retailers. I’ll be launching with a book blog tour and giveaway, so be sure and watch for that.
In April, Poetry Treasures 4: Natural World will be released through distributors. (The cover pictured above is just a fill in.) Featuring poetry written by guests of the 2023 “Treasuring Poetry” blog series with Robbie Cheadle. There will be a book blog tour for this book, with audio/video readings by the poets.
In May, my nonfiction writing reference book, D.I.Y. Author will be released through distributors, and will be available at your favorite online retailers. If you’re an author on a shoestring budget determined to find ways to write and sell books, this book is for you. Naturally, a book blog tour and giveaway will accompany this release.
In July, we have a Kickstarter campaign planned for my children’s book series. I’ll be releasing the first three books in the My Backyard Friends series, Heather Hummingbird Makes a New Friend, Timothy Turtle Discovers Jellybeans, and Charlie Chickadee Finds a New Home. After a first illustrator experience which turned sour, these books have been awaiting an illustrator for eight years. But I finally found one, whose illustrations I am proud to have featured in my books, Robbie Cheadle. If you know her, you might be familiar with the wonderful illustrations she’s begun to do recently, and you’ll understand why I am so thrilled to have her as an illustrator. These stories feature animal and bird characters in tales that each teach a social lesson. With Robbie’s beautiful illustrations, they are not to be missed.
In August, the first three books in the My Backyard Friends series will be released through distributors, and will be available at all your favorite distributors. I’ll be launching with a book blog tour and giveaway.
In September, a by invitation only themed anthology, Tales From The Hanging Tree, will be released through distributors and launched with a book blog tour and giveaway, with audio/video readings by the authors.
In October, the 2024 WordCrafter anthology will be released. Each year I release the annual anthology in October, which is just a scary month. Halloween is my favorite holiday, and I love scary stories, and other scary stuff, so releasing in October is condusive to dark fiction. In 2023, we had a great line-up of dark and scary stories in Midnight Roost, so we’re going with a dark fiction theme again this year. It will include both by invitation submissions and contest submissions that are worthy, and feature the winning story from the contest. (See Call for Submissions below.)
WordCrafter Quality Writing & Author Services
I’m happy to announce that in 2024, WordCrafter will be adding Book Trailers to our list of quality author services. We will have three different trailer designers available to choose from: myself, Robbie Cheadle and DL Mullan, and they will be offered at affordable prices.
Other services offered include editing and publishing services and WordCrafter Book Blog Tours. I still have time slots available for editing services into 2024. Learn more at Write it Right Quality Editing Services.
Writing to be Read
On Writing to be Read, 2024 promises more of the new monthly blog series, “POP with Jeff Bowles”, which has been well recepted. A blog series about all things POP, the first Wednesday of every month.
We also have a new addition to the WtbR team. Starting in January, DL Mullan will be bringing us another new blog series the first Friday of each month, “Undawntech: Technology and the Creative Arts”. Be sure to check it out and give Dawn a big welcome.
Call for Submissions – 2024 WordCrafter Anthology
It’s time for the Call for Submissions for the 2024 WordCrafter Anthology, which we’re calling “Dark Fiction” for now. Dark fiction is the theme: horror, paranormal, dark fantasy, science fiction, speculative fiction. Any genre as long as it is dark or scary will do. I’m leaving it wide in the hopes of bringing in a diverse selection of stories that will keep readers awake at night.
Submission Guidelines
Genres: Paranormal, Dark Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction, Dark Humor, Speculative Fiction any combination there of.
Length: up to 5000 words
Submission Deadline: April 30, 2023
Submissions open January 1 and close on April 30. Watch for the January 1 post for full submission guidelines and contest entry.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to All!
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Wow, Kaye, what an exciting line up for 2024. I’ll share after New Year when more bloggers are on-line. Thanks for the mention of my artwork 💝
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I am so excited about your illustrations, Robbie. I can’t wait to show off your covers, too. They are wonderful. ☺️
Merry Christmas. 🌲☃️❄️⛄⛄❄️☃️🌲
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I am delighted you like them 🌟
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Most assuredly a busy time.
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About Patty L. Fletcher
Patty L. Fletcher lives in Kingsport Tennessee where she works full time as a Writer with the goal of bridging the great chasm which separates the disAbled from the non-disAbled. She is Also a Social Media Marketing Assistant.
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Thanks for reading and commenting, Patty. Merry Christmas. 🌲☃️❄️⛄
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Youâre welcome Kaye.
Like Robbie, Iâll share more when people are back from holiday.
THE BLENDED LIVES CHRONICLES: SIDES OF THE ORDER
About Patty L. Fletcher
Patty L. Fletcher lives in Kingsport Tennessee where she works full time as a Writer with the goal of bridging the great chasm which separates the disAbled from the non-disAbled. She is Also a Social Media Marketing Assistant.
Follow her for book information and more here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Patty-L.-Fletcher/author/B00Q9I7RWG https://www.amazon.com/stores/Patty-L.-Fletcher/author/B00Q9I7RWG?
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Your writing and publishing plan for the new year sounds great Kaye. I
should try something like this. Does making a plan help you to be more productive?
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Hi, Kay.
Patty Fletcher here. Glad to meet you.
I cannot speak for Kaye, but for me, setting a writing goal then creating small obtainable goals to lead me to the main one is helpful. It enables me to focus.
In 2023, my word was focus. I put out a lot of things from my life which were hindering me. I published one full-length book and was in several of WordCrafter Pressâs anthologies.
Working with Kaye has helped me realize a new dream and it has been awesome.
It as also a lot of work, as Kaye nudged me out of my writing comfort zone.
Probably more info than you wanted but I thought Iâd toss my two cents in.
Happy Holidays.
THE BLENDED LIVES CHRONICLES: SIDES OF THE ORDER
About Patty L. Fletcher
Patty L. Fletcher lives in Kingsport Tennessee where she works full time as a Writer with the goal of bridging the great chasm which separates the disAbled from the non-disAbled. She is Also a Social Media Marketing Assistant.
Follow her for book information and more here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Patty-L.-Fletcher/author/B00Q9I7RWG https://www.amazon.com/stores/Patty-L.-Fletcher/author/B00Q9I7RWG?
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Hi Patty,
I’m so glad to know I’ve been helpful to you. Thanks for the kind words of support. ☺️
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You really have and I am amazed to find I have something that is almost done I think you might like for your upcoming anthology.
This is getting a bit weird.
THE BLENDED LIVES CHRONICLES: SIDES OF THE ORDER
About Patty L. Fletcher
Patty L. Fletcher lives in Kingsport Tennessee where she works full time as a Writer with the goal of bridging the great chasm which separates the disAbled from the non-disAbled. She is Also a Social Media Marketing Assistant.
Follow her for book information and more here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Patty-L.-Fletcher/author/B00Q9I7RWG https://www.amazon.com/stores/Patty-L.-Fletcher/author/B00Q9I7RWG?
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I look forward to reading your submission. 🙂
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Iâll talk with you about it in a private email.
THE BLENDED LIVES CHRONICLES: SIDES OF THE ORDER
About Patty L. Fletcher
Patty L. Fletcher lives in Kingsport Tennessee where she works full time as a Writer with the goal of bridging the great chasm which separates the disAbled from the non-disAbled. She is Also a Social Media Marketing Assistant.
Follow her for book information and more here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Patty-L.-Fletcher/author/B00Q9I7RWG https://www.amazon.com/stores/Patty-L.-Fletcher/author/B00Q9I7RWG?
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It absolutely does, Kay. By making a business plan each year, it gives me a clear picture of the projects and by placing them on a calendar, I can be sure of the timeframe I have to do them in, giving myself deadlines. Before I started making a yearly plan, I just kind of jumped from one project to the next and they got done when they got done. Definitely more productive now.
Thanks for the great question. ☺️
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I’m going to start on my plan for 2024 today. Thanks for the inspiration Kaye! 🙂
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😁 Go for it, Kay. It helps to have goals. 😁
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