First: I’m going to be doing my first LIVE radio interview on August 20 at 9:30 a.m. (CDT.) Join us at Back Porch Writer. I will also post a link to it afterwards if you’d like to listen to it later.
If you follow me on my Facebook page then you already know that I received three copies of the new edition of Minutes Before Sunset. And I was so excited! (Still am) They are beautiful. The coloring is just as I’d always imagined, front and back, and the wording has been delicately refined. On top of that, there’s only one extra page (because of the changed language) so you don’t have to worry about a much longer or shorter novel. The new edition means so much to me that I haven’t been able to put it down since, which is how I got my idea.
It’s already for sale for only $12 through Amazon and Barnes & Noble, etc. But I wanted to celebrate by giving three SIGNED new editions away to my talented readers. That’s right. Talented–not just lucky. I wanted to do my first giveaway that celebrates the talent of all of the writers I’ve met through this blog. So if you write–you’re eligible, and there’s more to win than just Minutes Before Sunset.
Check it out:
Now, this is a different kind of a writing challenge: I don’t want an entire story. I don’t want a single line. What I am looking for is an excerpt (no longer than 10 pages) and I want to see beautiful prose. There’s only one twist.
Do you have favorite quotes from a novel–those words that just stuck out from the page and made you think? I want to see that. I want to be reading along and see a life lesson hanging on the sentence but blending in to the descriptions. (You’re even welcome to bold it.)
Not only will you win a free signed copy of the new edition of Minutes Before Sunset, but you (and your book/websites) will be featured on ShannonAThompson.com in an upcoming future post, which we will discuss over email, so it won’t be spoiled for everyone else!
Okay. So one last time:
- Pick out an excerpt of your writing–no more than 10 pages. Also include genre and brief synopsis.
- Bold your life lesson line (or a quote you think readers will attach themselves to)
- Send it to shannonathompson@aol.com with the subject “Giveaway” before August 26.
I will announce the winners on September 2, and, hopefully, have that post up the next time (as well as your prizes shipped to you.)
So what are you waiting for? Email me with those delightful entries! I accept all genres 😀
~SAT
Announced posts to look forward to:
August 21: Back Porch Writer (Radio Interview)
August 22: A Matter of Resistance: Release Party!
August 26: Competition Closes
September 2: Winners
September 25: One Year Anniversary
Shannon A. Thompson 
Would it be okay to enter a short story? Just a few pages in length.
Of course!
~SAT