Anne Tyler Lord

Coffee Klatch News: July 8th

I’m on a break this week, but please continue to send me info for the next Coffee Klatch for Thursday, July 16th.

Well, okay, just a few drops of coffee! Here are a couple of time sensitive bits of news

Emma Newman is drawing TOMORROW (Friday, July 9th) for another FridayFlash winner to get their story recorded. “Authors pick their favourite flash they wrote in June, I pick on at random and make a voice recording for them.”  All details and place to enter are here:
So, just like last month, I am going to record a Friday Flash written by someone in the community (for free), publish it here to showcase their writing and of course, send it to the flash author to do with it what they will. I get a chance to practice producing other people’s work, and the winner gets a professionally produced audio version of their story. The only thing I ask is that at the end I get to say that I recorded it and give out my URL in case someone who listens would like me to record something for them.

Jim Bronyaur announced the release of his #oilspill album, IN THE THICK OF IT ALL, he says:

So, it’s no secret how bad the oil spill is. And I’m not here to tell you what’s right and wrong and who should take blame for the situation. I am here to tell you that you could do something to help…

I decided to record an album and for every album and/or song sold, I will make a donation to the oil spill. To check out my announcement for this project – and hear my little rant about my generation –read it here.

Now, there are four options for the album and each comes with a donation… read more here

Submissions to Coffee Klatch News

Request for info about your fiction serials. Send me your info if you write serial fiction. I plan to start listing serials that are published online by the many wonderful writers who follow Writer’s Life. I am expecting many serials, so I will list them over a few weeks in the order I receive them. This includes sites that feature many fiction series.

I have one more request, please send me as many hashtags as you can that people use on Twitter for fictional series, such as #webfic, etc.

If you write a serial, send me the following information (this will help me so I can list them easily and quickly) send the info in this format to the email address below:

Your Name, Twitter name (with link), website (with link), title of your serial (with link to the first installment in the series), and brief description (one sentence to one paragraph long).

Do you have a contest, challenge or publication (print, ebook or online) or interviews you would like to share with our writer’s life community? Have you discovered a great resource for writers online? If you have news or announcements for the weekly Coffee Klatch (posted each Thursday) send a DM on Twitter (@Writers_Life) or email to Coffee @ AnneTylerLord.com.

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9 responses to “Coffee Klatch News: July 8th”

  1. Gracie

    Hey, Anne, glad you’re having a break, and hope you’re actually getting to rest.

    I have a little fantasy serial called Fire and Water. 1st episode is The Old One: http://wp.me/pRlZX-X There’s also an index page: http://wp.me/PRlZX-1u

    I post these for #TuesdaySerial. There’s around 20 people (and growing!) using this hashtag to promote their serials every week. It’s moderated by PJ Kaiser and Tony Noland. Check it out for more wonderful serials. There are also some good serials using the #FridayFlash hashtag, as well.

    And thanks for putting out the serial call. I love this format and want everyone else to love it, too. 🙂

    Enjoy your vacay!

  2. Lyn Thorne-Alder

    I forgot to mention hashtags, sorry!

    I most commonly use #webLit, and there’s a sort of RT’ing collective going on with that hashtag. I’ve seen #serial, #webserial, and #webfiction, as well as genre-specific tags (#fantasy, #romance, #scifi) used pretty regularly as well.

  3. Lyn Thorne-Alder

    Hi, this is cool!

    My name is Lyn Thorne-Alder, @LynThorneAlder on Twitter
    My website is http://lyn.thorne-alder.info & my livejournal

    My main serial is Addergoole, a contemporary fantasy story with erotic and dark-fantasy elements, a modern-day fairy tale of sorts, following three students as they fall down the hole into another world, slipping beneath the surface of the normal world. We enter the story as they enter a strange, new school and discover just how much they don’t know about themselves, their parents, or their world.

  4. Cecilia Dominic

    That cat is pretty much what I look like in the morning when I get up and find that Hubby hasn’t set up the coffeemaker (yes, we have one with a timer). 🙂

    I’m working on a serial for TPD, but need to get through the whole first draft before I can revise and post. Can I send it to you when it’s ready to “go live?”

    Thanks, and sorry to have missed the big bash! I think I was still traveling, but I’m in town for a few months now.

    Cecilia

    1. Anne Tyler Lord

      Oh yeah, that will be fine. I will be listing serials for several weeks and can add it to any of the news posts.

  5. Anne Tyler Lord

    Thanks gals! I have been tired from the big party bash and very busy with life stuff – See ya all soon!

    Isn’t that cat great? hehe!

  6. Deanna Schrayer

    What Laura said – you certainly deserve a break after hosting such wild parties! Rest up and take care Anne.

  7. Mari Juniper

    Ohh, you scared the heck out of me! What do you mean no coffee? heh

    On the other hand I’m glad you’re having a pause. It’s always wise to do so, once in a while. Lots of yoga in the meantime, I hope? 🙂

  8. Laura Eno

    You deserve a break after planning that wild party! I love the picture of the cat… 😉

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