Pitch Wars Blog Archive

Blogfests and The Twelve Days of Christmas Harry Potter Style video by CA Marshall (accompanied by Brenda Drake)

 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ First off, I’m participating in several blogfest, so please scroll down to find The Harry Potter, Midwinter, and  Query Letter Blogfests. Secondly, CA Marshall is holding the Twelve Days of Christmas Blogfest on her blog (HERE) starting tomorrow. She’ll have guest bloggers writing about each day of the song and I’ll be contributing to day twelve on December 24th. From what I hear there’s some hot dancing and superheroes depicted in some of the Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago

Query Letter Blogfest (Midwinter Blogfest & Harry Potter Blogfest is posted below)

To day is the Query Letter Blogfest over at Jodi Henry’s blog Turning the Page: A Literary Ramble go (HERE) to read all the participants’ entries. We’re posting query letters for review on our WIP or finished manuscripts. So here’s my entry. I worked late trying to pull something together, so this is kind of rough. Anyway, it’s a query for my NaNoWriMo project that is currently in revision. Thanks for Stopping by!     Dear Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago

Midwinter Blogfest (check out my entry for the Harry Potter Blogfest just below this one)

Marieke is hosting a Midwinter Blogfest on her blog Marieke’s Musings check it out the participants’ entries (HERE). Here’s the rules: “What does your MC do for Midwinter? Any special celebrations? Yule, Christmas? Celebrations for a midwinter solstice? A Festival of Light? A Wild Hunt? Perhaps something else completely? Christmas on the beach or winter in June? Maybe your MC has good memories of a winter’s day past when life was easier before the story you Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago

The Harry Potter Blogfest

Michael Di Gesu is hosting the Harry Potter Blogfest over at his blog In Time . . .  today go (HERE) to read all the other participants’ entries. Here’s the rules: “In honor of HP, I would like to have an HP blogfest. In 500 words, I would like you to create a scene with any of the HP characters from any of the seven books. It could be anything you want. Funny, magical, serious, Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago

Another blogfest … Harry Potter style

On December 11th Michael Di Gesu is hosting the Harry Potter Blogfest over at his blog In Time . . . to enter to win some awesome prizes go (HERE). Here’s the rules: “In honor of HP, I would like to have an HP blogfest. In 500 words, I would like you to create a scene with any of the HP characters from any of the seven books. It could be anything you want. Funny, Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago

Tis the season to blogfest . . . or something

  December 12-24 CA Marshall will be hosting the Twelve Days of Christmas Blogfest. On her blog (here) she’s having guest bloggers write about the gifts in the song The Twelve Days of Christmas for each day until the 24th. The posts will be about anything from a short story, a memory, a rant, an essay on the history of that day’s item, or whatever. I will be contributing on the 24th with Twelve Drummers Drumming. Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago

Take on Amazon Web Splash . . . help Talli Roland

Help Talli Roland’s debut novel THE HATING GAME hit the Kindle bestseller list at Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk by spreading the word today. Even a few sales in a short period of time on Amazon helps push the book up the rankings, making it more visible to other readers. Amazon.co.uk: http://amzn.to/hNBkJk Amazon.com: http://amzn.to/hX2ieD No Kindle? Download a free app at Amazon for Mac, iPhone, PC, Android and more. Coming soon in paperback.  Keep up with the latest at www.talliroland.com. About THE HATING GAME: Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago

I’ve won the NaNoWriMo battle . . . time to celebrate?

They say slow and steady wins the race, and they’re right. After struggling several times, I’ve finished my first National Novel Writing Month! I couldn’t have done it without all the wonderful comments from my fellow bloggers (psst that’s you)! I’d like to thank my Word War buddies CA Marshall, Shelley Watters, Erica Chapman, Kari, Chaos (Aislinna), Abbey, Child of Ink, and Jessica. We had some fun times in our Word War chat room – Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago

A time for thanks . . . and that NaNo thing

Today’s coffee is a home-brewed hazelnut blend, and it’s totally putting me into the mood for Thanksgiving. As  I prepare to bake a dozen pies today (I’m the pie lady in my family), my thoughts are on the people I’m thankful for and who my life wouldn’t be as special without. Not only am I thankful for my wonderful family and friends, but I am thankful for you, my writing community, who has never let Read more…

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