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Novel Pitch: The Black Arrow, by Peter Frahm

Originally posted on WILDsound Festival:
LOGLINE PITCH: Title: The Black Arrow Written by: Peter Frahm Type: Novel Genre: Action/Suspense Logline: The Black Arrow is a Action/Suspense novel in which history professor John Bowman, after losing his wife to an organized crime hit, wages a one-man war against the mob to avenge her death. Interested in…

Novel Pitch: INTO THE AMERICAS, by Lance & James Morcan

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LOGLINE PITCH: Title: INTO THE AMERICAS Written by: Lance & James Morcan Type: Novel Genre: History, Drama Logline: Young English seaman John Jewitt is one of only two European survivors left after his crewmates clash with Mowachaht Indians on the west coast of North America. Torn between his desire for…

Winning Short Story: Held Up by Bree Katz

Don’t worry about how much your first draft is going to suck. Just get the words out there. Editing is a special hell all its own, but once you reach that stage, you’re partway through. If you obsess over making the story perfect before you even sit down to write it, you’ll never get started.

Winning Short Story: This Pond is too Crowded by Stacey R. Janik

My advice might sound cliche but write what you know and write from your heart and never let anyone tell you you can’t do something.

Winning Short Story: MR “NAUGHTY” BECOMES MR “NICE” by Laura Anne Ewald

This started as a children’s story about a “book nerd” kid—based on an experience I once had back in seventh grade when, yes, I made the mistake of reading Lad: A Dog on a Friday afternoon during reading hour in Mr. Swanson’s Social Studies class. The story is looking more and more like a romance the more I think about it, though. I may leave it in the children’s age group, but I think kids can learn a lot about human nature, nurturing, and love by watching the way grownups behave toward one another.

Winning Short Story: MY ROAMEO, WHERE ART THOU MY ROAMEO by Michelle Assor

My story is about a woman in the midst of a marriage crisis and a pending divorce. While walking her dog one morning, she receives an eerie phone call from a family member who reluctantly discloses that her husband is dead.

Winning Short Story: TEARS FOR MY BABY SISTER by Jody T. Morse

Watch the May 2016 Winning Short Story Reading. TEARS FOR MY BABY SISTER by Jody T. Morse Performed by actor Becky Shrimpton Get to know writer Jody T. Morse: 1. What is your 1pg Short Story about? When in our twenties, my sister and I led very different lives. For instance, while I resided in… Continue reading Winning Short Story: TEARS FOR MY BABY SISTER by Jody T. Morse

Interview with Novelist Mark Ryan (Keep it Together)

Mark Ryan was born in Oxford, growing up in the shadow of the dreaming spires. His first novel; ‘Pendulum Days: Afraid’, is the first in a series of contemporary fairy tales and supernatural fiction. Followed by ‘Book II: Purgatory’. He has also published a collection of poems and stories in ‘Ghosts by proxy’, with themes… Continue reading Interview with Novelist Mark Ryan (Keep it Together)