NovelRank

If you have a book on an Amazon site (UK, US, Canada, France, Japan or Germany) you can keep track of your sales and ranking with NovelRank.

This is a free website which has easy to read charts, RSS feeds, and real-time data. All you need to do is grab your url on Amazon and paste it into the little box. Simples.
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Red Socks

Have spent an enjoyable couple of days reading, re-reading and re-reading the re-reads for the latest quarterly fiction competition from Writelink.

There were some interesting and original takes on the theme 'red socks', so judging the entries wasn't at all easy. Am happy with my final choice though.
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Tracy's Hot Mail

Tracy’s got so much to tell her friend, Emma. Her Gran would have written a letter, and her Mum, phoned, but Tracy uses email, of course. How else can she let Emma know about her new boss, Mr Tugger and his penchant for playing with the change in his pocket; or Petrol Pauline and her fling with Mike the mechanic. Then, obviously, there’s Tracy’s personal life and the ridding of the useless Simon which means she’s available again, but Tommy Tightpecs, the computer guy, turns out to be gay. What a waste!

Tracy's Hot Mail, the ebook by T A Belshaw, is to be published by Big Bad Media. Formatted like emails, Tracy's outpourings really are a must-read; her humour is sometimes caustic, often unintentional and always hilarious.

Well worth checking this one out - for when you're in need of a good titter.
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Spikethecat comps

Here are two contests from Spikethecat for short stories up to 2,500 words. The two winners, plus ten other entries, will be published in anthologies.

Adventures in Time and Space Volume Two

Entry fee is £4 and the closing date is 30 September 2010

Someone Has To Die Volume Four

Entry fee is £4 and the closing date is 30 November 2010

Prizes for each contest:
1st - £100
2nd £50
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Haiti 6 months on

Monday 12th July 2010 marked the six months anniversary of the devastating Haiti earthquake. Sales from the 100 Stories for Haiti anthology have raised thousands of pounds for the Red Cross to help the victims, please support the project and buy a copy of this superb book.

You can hear some of the authors in the latest podcast too.


Or visit the 100 Stories for Haiti website.
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The Agatha Christie Festival

Torquay, the English Riviera, is the place to be this September when the town hosts the annual Agatha Christie Festival.

This year sees the 120th anniversary of the great writer's birth, so be prepared for mysterious, nay, murderous goings on at venues around the town. Everything from theatre productions to murder mystery dinners and 1930s themed village fetes.

The festival runs from 12 to 19 September 2010.
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