Event! World's Greatest Story hosted by My Writing Life

A. Jarrell Hayes is hosting the World's Greatest Story at My Writing Life.

Let's write a story, together. Share one sentence from your book, and they will be rearranged into what I call The World's Greatest Story. Should be fun. Please send one sentence per book (any genre) by July 15th.

Email one sentence per book, along with book title and author's name, include Amazon link and author's blog/website (optional) to A. Jarrell Hayes.

Date: 7/23/13

Event! Time Travel hosted by Makai Queen

Makai Queen is giving your characters the opportunity to do a little time traveling!

I love history and thought it would be fun to give our characters a chance to do a little time traveling and find out where and when they might choose to go!

Soooooo......

If the main character of your book could travel back to anywhere in time, where would they go and why? (100 words or less)

Email your entry to Makai.

Date: July 22

Event! Remember Your First Kiss? hosted by Allie Jean

Allie Jean wants to know:

Remember your first kiss? Give us a 50 word or less outtake of your characters' first kiss. Followers will vote and winner will receive a review of their book from the ladies at Feeding My Lovely Addiction.

Submit your entry to Allie.

Contest runs July 22-24

Event! Dream Cast hosted by Victoria at Love in a Book

Victoria at Love in a Book asks:

Who is your dream cast to play the hero, heroine and any secondary roles in your novel?

Victoria grew up on movies. She's seen them all, and knows what its like never having to rent a movie because her dad already owned it in the video library, cataloged by year, genre and title.

All authors can participate with as many entries as desired and entries will be posted through the week of the Fair. There will be voting on best movie premise, hottest actors, best all star cast, most enticing scene (author sent) and other categories. If enough there are enough entries, we can separate by genres.

Voting will take place on her site throughout the week and winners will be announced at the end of the book fair.

Authors must send cast list, movie premise, scene and YouTube trailer to Victoria before July 15th.




She needs time to set everything up, and no last minute additions can be promised.

Event: Office Romances: Character Job Interviews hosted by Lily Bishop

Lily Bishop at Don't Call Me Sugar, wants to know:

Do the jobs that your characters have impact their relationship, or is your characters' job incidental to the story?

This event is tailored for romantic fiction, but all are welcome.

Participants will complete a brief "job interview" sheet for their main characters, hopefully giving us enough of the story to intrigue us without giving the main plot away. Links to your blog/books can be included at the end of the character resume/interview sheets.

If you'd like to participate email Lily Bishop to obtain the prompts for the interview.

Event: What's Your Theme Song? Hosted by Maghon Thomas

Maghon Thomas is a fan of music, so she's turning it into a competition, hosted on her blog, Happy Tails and Tales.

Tell Maghon what the theme song of your book(s) is or match a song to your favorite scene. Then send the artist's name, song title and, if you like, a short excerpt to "match the scene." to Maghon and she'll let her followers vote on the best theme song.

All authors can participate with as many entries as desired and entries will be posted through the week of the Fair. There will be voting on most creative song, best lyrics to match a scene, and other categories.
Winners will be announced at the end of the fair.

Authors & Bloggers, Sign Up for the Blogger Book Fair by June 15

 

Check in to the Blogger Book Fair, and book your trip to far away places!

July 22-26, 2013

Authors and Book Bloggers, Sign ups for the July 2013 Blogger Book Fair will close on June 15 at midnight central time, so get your registrations in to participate!

As of 6/4/2013, we have:

Authors: 89
Books: 233
Bloggers: 14

 If you haven't yet registered, you can find all of the information on the Blogger Book Fair page.

1. Check out the Code of Conduct
2. Fill out either the Author Sign Up form or the Blogger Sign Up form (Deadline June 15)
3. Kayla will match everyone with hosts and send out this information to you after sign-ups close
4. Check out the events--all authors are eligible to participate in the events, and if you have an event you'd like to host, just fill out the simple Event Sign Up Form--all of this information can be found on the Events! page (Deadline July 8).
5. If you're interested in hosting a giveaway to drive traffic to your site, sign up via the Giveaway Sign Up form (Deadline July 15).
6. And if your book will be FREE or $0.99 for the duration of the Fair, you can sign up on the Free and $.99 Book Sign Up Forms (Deadline July 15).

Events:

as of 6/4/2013

Art Fiction Gala hosted by Lucie Smoker

Does your fiction promote the visual arts--through featuring an artist, painting, sculpture, performance art, etc? Then, consider entering Lucie's Art Fiction Gala. The Art Fiction Gala is a virtual celebration of fiction that highlights the visual arts. Dress up in your finest, pick up some friends--a bottle of wine--and sample mind-blowing fiction that crosses the line between literary and visual art. Plus a gallery of art featuring reading. More information & entry instructions

Three Wishes hosted by Kirstin Pulioff

Introduce your characters to the world. Kirstin Pulioff invites you to ask your main character, "If you found a magic genie lamp, what would be your three choices?" More information & entry instructions

Flash Fiction Challenge II hosted by Thomas Winship

Get ready to exercise your flash fiction muscles. For the Flash Fiction Challenge II, Thomas Winship will provide an opening line. From there, entrants will craft a flash fiction piece of approx 500 words. Entries will be displayed on Thomas' blog Vaempires during the BBF, spread out evenly across the five days, in order of receipt. More information & entry instructions

Snapshot Synopsis Contest hosted by Fel at The Peasants Revolt

Challenge: chisel your synopsis down to 50 words or less. Voting will be open throughout the fair for visitors to vote on their favorite Snapshot Synopsis. More information & entry instructions

Reader's Choice Awards hosted by Sherri at Shut Up & Read

All books registered for the Blogger Book Fair are automatically entered into the running for the Reader's Choice Awards. Voting will be open from July 22 to July 25. More information

Indie Soap Box Files hosted by Shah Wharton

Take a turn on the Soap Box. Shah invites speculative fiction writers to write a guest post about being an indie (or hybrid) writer. More information & entry instructions Restrictions: Speculative fiction writers only

Monster Menagerie hosted by Noree at Trip the Eclipse

What's your favorite monster or supernatural creature? Feature your creature in a flash fiction piece (500-800) words to be featured on Trip the Eclipse. Visitors will vote on their favorite piece. More information & entry instructions

What's Your Theme Song? Hosted by Maghon Thomas

Maghon Thomas is a fan of music, so she's turning it into a competition, hosted on her blog, Happy Tails and Tales. Tell Maghon what the theme song of your book(s) is or match a song to your favorite scene and her followers will vote on their favorites. More information & entry instructions

Office Romances: Character Job Interviews hosted by Lily Bishop

Lily Bishop at Don't Call Me Sugar, wants to know: Do the jobs that your characters have impact their relationship, or is your characters' job incidental to the story? This event is tailored for romantic fiction, but all are welcome. More information & entry instructions

Ways to Help:

Donate to the Blogger Book Fair via the BBF Donation Fund. To help get the word out about BBF, we would like to place ads on Facebook, Goodreads and other places, but to do, so we need a little help. We'd also like to have some BBF sponsored giveaways, so money donated would also go toward prizes. NO MONEY WILL BE KEPT BY ANY ORGANIZER OR PARTICIPANT.

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