Today’s guest post is from a good friend of mine from across the pond. Matt Hayward is an excellent creative writer. After my post on Flash Fiction, we conjured up this great idea.
Here’s Matt to spell it out for you:
I have some awesome news for you today: Tumblemoose Writing Services and A Writer’s Journey are joining forces for a special project!
Following George Angus’ post on Flash Fiction, we have decided to create a group writing project for both our communities. Details follow, but it is your opportunity to have some of your work published to an ebook that will be available on the excellent Smashwords website.
What you need to do
Just write a piece of Flash Fiction: A story of no more than 1000 words, email it to either myself or George by 10th May as a Microsoft Word document, and we will then format your work and publish it for you. You can send us as many pieces of writing as you like; we aren’t limiting to just one entry per person. Any genre but erotic/adult will be accepted. So get writing!
That isn’t all!
Each person that enters will be added to a prize draw (only one prize draw entry per person, not per piece of writing) to win a prize based on sales of the ebook. The winner will be announced on June 12th, and the prize given will be based on proceeds up to June 10th.
From an Amazon gift card, to a Moleskin notebook, to maybe even a Kindle 2 from Amazon should the book really be knocked out the park.
Get started!
We are looking forward to your entries, so do get started.
We would ask that all entries, due to the restrictions inherent to ebooks, are of minimal formatting. We will attempt to keep your desired formatting as much as possible, but please be aware that some changes may need to be made. The ebook will be on a ‘Reader chooses price’ release, published by myself with all proceeds for the first month going towards a prize. Further proceeds will be used to help fund both sites. All entrants will receive a ‘promotion code’ to receive the ebook free of charge. All entrants will be credited accordingly.
Hey George & Matt!
What a great idea! I’m not currently seeking fiction “fame,” but have a few short shorts from the past lying around that I just might toss into the ring.
Can’t wait to see what kind of response you guys get. Let the games begin!:-)
Great idea guys! May 10th is a little tight for these busy fingers, but I’ll do my best to enter.
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MaryAnne,
I would just love to see a little fiction from you. Your nonfiction style is so engaging and true – I bet your fiction would knock my socks off!
George
Sean,
I’d love to have you. Surely you have a shorty hanging around the ol’ Dad archives? But hey – no pressure.
George
That’s a great idea! I hope to be able to participate, it’s just been a madhouse around here. Spring fever has kicked in and the boy’s all have tons of end of school year stuff.
Hey Tracy,
Remember that Flash can be UP TO 1000 words. You could do a short-short-shorty about a group of boys who plot to send their mom to the looney bin…
Cheers!
George
All right! You got me and it’s done! I even had no anguish over reducing the story down to 1000 words.
After sober reflection it was easy to see a couple of sentences that were irrelevant and I tossed ‘em overboard. You should have it by now.
And THAT, my dear fellow writers, is a challenge to you to get yours in!